This page only includes rules changes published by Peter the GM in Tribe News or via email.
UPDATE 19 June 2025: A new version of the Mandate will be released "soon". The plan for this page moving forward is to only include rules updates that have been published by Peter the GM in Tribe News or via email from the point at which the new Mandate has been released. Expect this page to be reset regularly as these rules updates are incorporated into the Mandate.
Note that alcohol at Fair is sold by the Barrel. So, for example, if you are selling 1 Barrel of Ale you must show this as a transfer of 100 Ale and 1 Barrel to 7263.
(Tribe News 901-09)
Consortium #1 is pleased to announce the completion of the first public Apiary build at DA 1713. The Fair has Hives increased by 10% which are planned to be built into the Hives available on the Price List.
(Tribe News 902-12)
Once one of your Tribes gains Arch1, that Tribe may be designated as the Archaeology Tribe (notify the GM). Only one Archaeology Tribe per Clan is allowed.
The Tribe continues to function as a normal Tribe in every way except that it and sub units of that Tribe may excavate artefacts at an archaeological site. The Tribe also needs Exc1 skill to be able to dig for artefacts.
An archaeological site will be guaranteed within 15 – 25 or so hexes of the parent Tribe (likely to be placed in fairly inhospitable places like Mountains and Swamps, the player needs to ask for this placement but not the position). The initial Ruins site shown to a Clan belongs to that Clan exclusively. These sites cannot be transferred to other Clans.
The Excavation unit can be an Element or Garrison. (The element or garrison is not free, and must be an acquired through Adm or Garr skill as usual). Couriers and Fleets may not be Excavation units. The Excavation unit can gather artefacts (weight 10lbs) from the site at the guaranteed rate of 1 (only) artefact per turn, using 10 people excavating with shovels or picks. Exc1 skill is required.
An Excavation may gather at one excavation site per turn and can lose that site if the unit is attacked and defeated in battle. The victor may use this site (with an Arch unit) as long as it is the only site excavated in the turn.
(there are no restrictions on attacking and you may build fortification in the Excavation site)
(Tribe News 901-01)
Slaves should just be added in col E (ie don’t worry about entering them in col F)
(Tribe News 903-05)
When at Sea/Lake, water for the Fleet for both both people and horses is auto-deducted. A manual transfer of Grain or Fodder to usage is required if carrying animals. Water and Grain or Fodder needs to be manually transferred for Elements carried by the Fleet.
(Tribe News 903-01)
Please sort your Orders by unit (ie Tribe) number so that all Activities done by any one unit are batched together. If there are gaps, eg 0123 Hunting, 0123e1 Hunting then 0123 Locating Scouting, then the latter Order (Scouting) will overwrite the 0123 Hunting which will not be executed.
(Tribe News 901-03)
Last turn we had an instance where a player put a (failed) Eng Order in the first row/line. Activities for this Clan failed to upload. A test revealed that when the Eng Activity was removed from the first line the Activities uploaded. While it is like that a “good” Eng Activity (such as Meeting House) would not be an issue, I recommend that you don’t start Activities with an Eng Order.
And.
Note: your Engineering and Shipbuilding orders will work auto for many items however they will not work for some. It is not easy to be specific here as sometimes this is to do with flaky code and sometimes to do with how players enter Orders (which can be resolved over time). There are two responses possible when Engineering and Shipbuilding Orders do not work. First, short term fix, let the GM know what you intended to build and which materials were or were not deducted. Second, if a particular Order does not work consistently then use GM Actions to show what you are building (specify unit) and then use Transfer to 1263 in Transfer Orders.
(Tribe News 900-09)
Please enter your skills clean each turn rather than copy/paste.
(Tribe News 901-01)
An important note for LibreOffice and Numbers users: the Distinction column on the Tribes Activities sheet won’t auto-populate. You’ll need to use the TribeNet Activities Distinction Table to lookup any text to manually enter into the cell in the Distinction column for your activities. In most cases, this will be NONE, but not always. Failure to enter valid text will likely result in failed activities.
TribeNet Activities Distinction Table
If you wish to use LibreOffice or Numbers for turn entry, you’ll need to email tribenetpbem@gmail.com and ask for the XLS formatted version of the Auto Turnsheet instead. XLSX formatted Auto Turnsheets (the default) won’t work with LibreOffice or Numbers.
(Tribe News 902-10)
If the Activities of a unit are separated by the Activities of a different unit the latter Orders will overwrite the former which will not be done. For example:
0263 Hunting Provs 100
0263e1 Hunting Provs 100
0263 Curing Skins 10
0263 Hunting provs will not get processed.
(Tribe News 901-12)
First, Fleets, composed of Barges that are autonomous units. Once the river/lake route is confirmed these units may use GOTO Orders to transit the two end/mid points on the route. This enables ordinary unit to unit transfers of goods.
Second, ferrying (using Ferries) into adjacent hexes. This does not involve moving units but does require filling out a Transfer Route sheet (request from me) for the two hexes in question.
(Tribe News 902-06)
You calculate how far your Fleet can move based on 2 MP per hex river/lake/ocean or 1 MV points per hexside. You can travel a maximum of 20 hexes (or 40 hexsides) in one turn this way. If your route is further than this you will need a second (or third) etc leg, Barges do not require Jetty at interim points.
(Tribe News 902-09)
If you are building a Jetty where there is no Meeting House the code will not allow it. So if you are building a Jetty in a non MH hex please send materials to 1263, and show hex coord for Jetty build in GM Actions.
(Tribe News 903-05)
Require crew of 6.
(Tribe News 900-06)
Greetings Chief
There have been some module updates across a few areas, and I would like to run these new modules in 12 902.
Movement
Movement of land units has been tightened up in so far as the calculated and reported weights and carrying capacities are much closer to expected. Note that Wagons are now included in the data with a weight of 1000 lbs but a capacity of 3000lb. (Fleets are still a way off)
Mounted units
In the previous module, fully mounted units were often given more MV than they should – and this may happen again until the issue is resolved.
Miscellaneous
Fixed wrong resource consumption for four skills: BONEWORK, CURING, DRESSING and STONEWORK
Eg correct Stones and Bones deducted when using these materials to make items. So this turn don’t transfer Stones/Bones to usage but watch your results.
Fixed wrong food consumption via GT (fish, milk and bread)
You should also see a number next to provs and fish eaten in Final Activities
Salting added to Fishing, so that unused fish may be Salted.
Engineering of container/Installation buildings rewritten. (Container buildings are Refinery, Bakery, Charhouse, Distillery and Brickwork, Installation buildings are Smelter, Burner, Oven, Kiln, Stove, Still). Now they are built independently, that is, in your Orders to build Refinery and Smelter two orders should be used instead of one :
So Instead of former
ENGINEERING REFINERY IRON 55
Use
ENGINEERING REFINERY IRON 50
ENGINEERING SMELTER IRON 5
These orders may be given on the same turn but Refinery building must precede the Smelter.
Also
People carrying capacity was previously entered wrongly into the data (it was 300 instead of 30) some units that were able to move on previous turns may find themselves overloaded.
Farming
Come 01 903 we will run Farming as per the auto Orders data entry (that is, as traditionally run). In line with this the returns from Farming will be different, but should not be radically different. However, we wont know until a couple of months of Harvesting (around months 6 and 7) whether things are running smoothly. So, I suggest that if you are doing Farming, you also keep Excel records as you have in previous years.
I addition, I doubt that Rice and Sugar Beet will run auto. And I am not sure about Grapes. So keep records for these crops.
(Email 902-12)
9.2 Combat and Movement
Combat can be initiated in two ways.
Whether an attack is initiated will depend on resolution of any Suppression Orders the target might have.
In these cases, you use the defenders assigned in Orders and the equipment you have on hand. You are given some information, you submit combat Orders, and the combat is run in the week after Reports are sent.
Before Movement attacks are deemed to happen after Activities in the turn. Suppression is not relevant.
The player lets me know of any intention to attack (GM Actions). The units involved may do Activities (including assigning defenders) before the combat. The units involved may both move. The units involved MAY NOT transfer goods AM.
The players then receive their Report. In the following week the combat is resolved and any retrospective changes made. For example, B is not on that Gold mine after all, they are in fact dead.
A unit may fight any other single unit only once per turn. A Clan may only engage in a maximum of two combats in a turn.
Combat is resolved in the “non-processing” week and requires a couple of days lead time for the GM to prepare and distribute materials to players.
(Tribe News 900-04)
The present rule is that the loser of combat in the field forfeits 50% of its weapons and armour used in the field to the victor.
I think a better rule (that accommodates the idea of wear and tear) is that:
(Tribe News 901-09)
To earn these from winning a battle where units from different Tribes have combined in the fight, each Tribe must contribute at least 10% of the force.
(Tribe News 902-02)
(testing a new proposal for a while)
Applies for 18 game months from starting month.
All new clans start in PROTECTED or COMBAT MORATORIUM mode. What this means is that new Clans may not be attacked for the moratorium period on the map sheet occupied by their main Tribe. This map sheet will hereafter be referred to as the Green Map.
However, new Clans may engage in combat both within and outside the Green Map during the moratorium period noting:
Other Points
If a new Clan requests a start in a particular map sheet, Protection will not apply for this Clan. However, GM discretion will apply. For example, if you have played three turns and a friend asks to join the game and be near you then this will likely be done without loss of Protection. It will mainly apply to new Clans who want to join near already established Clans.
Any potential attacker should seek clarification from the GM as to whether their potential target is eligible for attack. The aim is to publish a list of Protection Clans in Tribe News (and new players should help out by reminding me when the 18 months are up).
Exception – if your Main Tribe is on the edge of the Green Map and acting as GT for units on a different map, those units will also have Protection.
Any Clan may relinquish this Protection by announcing it. When this happens, the Moratorium period ends, and the following turn the Clan can attack and Suppress normally. This is a choice for the Clan who agrees to accept the possible consequences of ending their Moratorium early.
I emphasise that it will remain the case that new Clans will be placed a fair distance from older Clans. However, this is not to say that a Courier unit moving for a game year will not turn up in your neck of the woods, but whether a major combat unit will do this is doubtful. I suspect and hope these new rules would make things a little more interesting for the newer players.
Keep your Truces up.
(Tribe News 902-11)
The new combat module is almost finished (thanks to Grun and Dave). At this stage it includes a minor defensive modifier when, for example, you build your fortifications in hilly (vs flat) terrain. The rules at present say that all terrains are regarded as flat but my preference is to introduce this modifier as it acknowledges a more realistic situation. But let me know if this would unduly effect you.
A word doc with some qualitative analysis of weapons/armour etc in combat will hopefully be distributed with this Tribe News.
(Tribe News 903-06)
When taking up a mission pls let me know in GM Actions in the turn you ciollect the goods, and the turn of delivery.
(Tribe News 901-11)
Can more than 1 unit from the same Clan do the same courier run? No - but you can have a unit doing both legs of the same run, eg one going from Osake to Tokyo and another going from Tokyo to Osake.
(Tribe News 902-05)
Couriers may not act as Goods Tribes.
(Tribe News 903-07)
If you have recently lost/absorbed a unit, eg 0001e1 pls wait a turn at least before recreating (ie using the same e extension), instead create 0001e2.
(Tribe News 901-09)
Crewing is not counted as an Activity. Maintain Boats is an Activity.
(Tribe News 902-04)
I had a few requests this turn to delete/remove units. Note, if you absorbed a unit (Group has been Absorbed) on the previous turn, it will appear in your Report (with no content). The system removes the unit when it is updated for the following turn. The bottom line is that these units will be removed auto the turn after you absorb them. It is only where you see a unit still with population that it wont be.
(Tribe News 903-07)
These have been tweaked so that players have one minable and one tradeable desired commodity.
(Tribe News 900-03)
The DCTG representing Map G area is pleased to announce a number of desired commodity traders have set up in the following areas. They are purchasing a wide range of commodities in 200 Coin packets. There is also a Gold for Coin Exchange in the area.
GD 0411 Coin Exchange
GF 1113 Silk Trader
GF 1717 Jade Trader
GG 2215 Frankincense Trader
GG 2404 Diamond Trader
GH 0706 Musk Trader
GH 2708 Coffee Trader
GI 0109 Tea Trader
GI 2515 Opium Trader
GJ 1108 Spice Trader
GJ 2009 Olive Trader
GK 0907 China Trader
GK 2302 Pearl Trader
GL 0404 Ivory Trader
GL 2611 Ruby Trader
(Tribe News 902-06)
Some players inadvertently bought Dogs at the last Fair and now have them in their holdings. Might as well open up Dogs for all at the next Fair.
(Tribe News 900-12)
If you are using Effective Workers (most likely as a result of research bonus that has not yet been coded, or implements that should but don’t add to production, people held over that have been Farming etc) pls add these in your Orders Template in the Clan tab under Auxiliaries. You can then assign extra people in Activities and these will balance in the Clan Tab. Place a Comment letting me know why Auxiliaries have been assigned.
(Tribe News 902-05)
A more sophisticated analysis of what goes on in Engineering is provided by 0177. The list is based on Distinction. It does not include Bakeries and Mills, they can be added later.
Some options need to be checked, especially Stonework (probably does not deduct stones as with other Stonework items).
If you find anything that adds to this pls let me (or 0177) know
Refinery with Brass.
Report 11/900:
58 effective people worked on Refinery using (100 logs, 150 coal, 155 brass, )
Expected:
100 logs, 150 coal, 75 brass
Actual deduction of goods:
100 logs, 150 coal, 75 brass. (Only Brass checked at this stage)
The code deducts the correct amount of goods but the Report will show a larger amount of Brass being used.
Result: Ref1 and another Ref under construction
Suggestion: assign 55 to building a Ref1 and another 15 to building smelters in bld1.
ENGINEERING Charhouse NONE 55
ENGINEERING Iron Burner NONE 25 Bld 1
(Tribe News 900-08)
A reminder. Orders will work auto for many items however they will not work for some. It is not easy to be specific here as sometimes this is to do with flaky code and sometimes to do with how players enter Orders (which can be resolved over time). There are two responses possible when Engineering and Shipbuilding Orders do not work. First, short term fix, let the GM know what you intended to build and which materials were or were not deducted. Second, if a particular Order does not work consistently then use GM Actions to show what you are building (specify unit) and then use Transfer to 1263 in Transfer Orders. The plan is that when coding fixes start to kick in we identify what is not working and tackle these one at a time. Where code does work, eg building Meeting House, pls continue to use auto Orders. You should be able to identify what is/is not working after a couple of attempts.
(Tribe News 901-11)
This text:
The Excavation unit can be an Element or Garrison. The element or garrison is not free, and must be an acquired through Adm or Garr skill as usual. Couriers and Fleets may not be Excavation units. The Excavation unit can gather artefacts (weight 10lbs) from the site at the guaranteed rate of 1 (only) artefact per turn, using 10 people excavating with shovels or picks. Exc1 skill is required.
An Excavation may gather at one excavation site per turn and can lose that site if the unit is attacked and defeated in battle. The victor may use this site (with an Arch unit) as long as it is the only site excavated in the turn.
There are no restrictions on attacking and you may build fortification in the Excavation site.
The excavation unit can only be attacked, raided, etc by other excavation units, and itself may only attack, raid, etc other excavation units. Using an excavation unit in a manner unintended for the unit could lead to the abolition of the archaeological function for your Clan.
The excavation unit may not occupy nor otherwise make use of a fortified site.
Is replaced with this:
The Excavation unit can be the Archaeology Tribe, or an Element or Garrison belonging to this Tribe. The Element or Garrison must be an acquired through Adm or Garr skill as usual. Couriers and Fleets may not be Excavation units though they may transport Artefacts as can any other unit in the Clan. The Excavation unit can gather artefacts (weight 10lbs) from the site at the guaranteed rate of 1 (only) Artefact per turn, using 10 people excavating with shovels or picks. Exc1 skill is required.
An Excavation unit may dig an Artefact at any owned excavation site but can lose that site if the unit(s) are the site is/are attacked and defeated in battle. The victor may subsequently excavate this site (with an Arch/Excavation unit).
There are no restrictions on attacking and you may build fortifications and/or a Village in the Excavation site.
(Tribe News 903-03)
A particular hex can be used repeatedly but not twice by the same Clan. A player needs to indicate when they are collecting an animal and state the hex coord in GM Actions. Combat is possible in hex. Building is possible but no Village building. No bartering with GM is entered into.
(Tribe News 901-12)
Leopold Goltz BC 0410
Charles Ernst BE 2903
Sachin Mamdot BF 1009
Salor Ghadezi CB 2516
Wilfred Roades CB 0514
Douglas Pocock CH 1708
Farook Paigah CJ 2810
Thomas Cavan CL 0805
Kanji Akhito CO 2307
Mitsui Tanaka DF 2515
Dom Sicluna DG 0315
George Metaxas DI 1009
David Featherby DJ 0907
Sophie Laskaris DK 0515
Leonor Gerona DL 2915
Cayetana Adales EB 2712
Alonso San Damian EF 2503
Qing Ya Ling EI 2616
Hong Wei Yuan EJ 1615
Thor Vidal EL 2005
Hela Shipper FB 2815
Vladka Meed FD 1715
Tom Spencer FF 2912
Thomas Jenkins FH 1008
Jerzy White FL 2515
You can also build in NPC Cities and Towns if you are the first to build there.
(Tribe News 902-02)
Note: Art, Music, Dance and Cooking may be “sold” as part of the Trade activity - participation in Cultural Disciplines counts as 1 slot against the 10-item trade limit.
(Tribe News 901-03)
If Morale is 1.09 or above, Smoking will no longer be effective.
The Morale effect should be temporary (you should not get a Morale boost from smoking you did 5 years ago) however, this is too difficult to manually adjust. In addition, should Morale accumulate at 0.06 per year then after some years that would add up to a cheap but significant way of boosting population. As a compromise the Morale effects from smoking at Fair are capped.
(Tribe News 901-04)
Please include your Clan number somewhere in the file name.
(Tribe News 901-03)
Farming is done via the Farming spreadsheet and you need to keep your records each month for audit purposes. And then use 1263 to transfer crops in. A number of players entered Plowing and Planting via Orders entry. I have kept these as I am interested in seeing the results that Access gives but your numbers need to come from the Spreadsheet.
From next turn please include your Farming spreadsheet with Orders as a separate attachment but not a separate email.
Interim Farming rules and spreadsheet posted into Discord “Recent Sends”
Use skill level as it was in the harvesting month.
(Tribe News 901-03)
Farming is done via the Farming spreadsheet and you need to keep your records each month for audit purposes. And then use 1263 to transfer crops in. A number of players entered Plowing and Planting via Orders entry. I have kept these as I am interested in seeing the results that Access gives but your numbers need to come from the Spreadsheet.
From next turn please include your Farming spreadsheet with Orders as a separate attachment but not a separate email.
(Tribe News 901-01)
Interim Farming rules and spreadsheet posted into Discord “Recent Sends”
(Tribe News 900-12)
Fixing Farming is a coding priority after weights/movement. There is no point running Farming while it is broken so no Farming for 900. The aim is to have it going by 01 901. If the code is not ready by then we will use the farming calculator on the wiki and Transfers from 1263.
(Tribe News 900-01)
Farming is done via the Farming spreadsheet and you need to keep your records each month for audit purposes. And then use 1263 to transfer crops in. A number of players entered Plowing and Planting via Orders entry. I have kept these as I am interested in seeing the results that Access gives but your numbers need to come from the Spreadsheet.
From next turn please include your Farming spreadsheet with Orders as a separate attachment but not a separate email.
Interim Farming rules and spreadsheet posted into Discord “Recent Sends”
(Tribe News 900-02)
When using a GT relationship across a river via Ferry there is no need to assign crew. In a normal GT relationship goods are not actually moved from one unit to another, and thus weight of goods and carrying capacity is not relevant. When moving across a hex of Ocean/Lake you do need to have enough ferries and crew to carry the desired cargo.
(Tribe News 903-07)
Winter figures are still good. However, fish generated by a unit do not seem to shared with other units in its GT. Take this into account.
Salting Fish. Use to and from 1263. Prompt in GM Actions.
(Tribe News 900-11)
Returns are too high and will be reduced. The exact reduction will be announced soon and from that point there will be 12 months before implementation. A further change will be that crews on ships in Fleets will be able to Fish.
(Tribe News 902-11)
Returns are too high and will be reduced. From (and including) 05 904 there will be an across-the-board reduction in Fishing returns of 20%. Crews on ships in Fleets will be able to Fish.
(Tribe News 903-04)
Fish weigh 1 lb and are caught during Activities. They thus add to the weight of a unit at the point of Movement. Fish, like provs, are eaten at the end of turn (ie after Movement), and if uneaten are discarded and will not appear in your inventory.
Ps – the carrying capacity published on Report is looking more accurate than numbers in supplementary spreadsheets. Also, if a new item (like Dance Costume) is added to the game, this will show up directly in published figures vs waiting for a spreadsheet author to enter it.
In short, if your Report says you are over weight it is worth increasing your cc so that you are not, and then adding some.
(Tribe News 903-04)
If using this, the units must start in the same hex.
(Tribe News 900-03)
You may build Fortifications in a hex:
If there is a Village in a hex you may build fortifications (only) in this hex if:
If the Truce is subsequently broken any fortifications remain in place though they may not be upgraded/converted to a Village.
What this means
units from two or more Clans may build fortifications in a shared hex if a Truce prevails between the various parties.
as per normal rules, a Clan may build Fortifications for another Clan in the hex (but only if a Truce prevails)
only one of the Clans in the hex may build/have a Meeting House in that hex. Thus only one Clan may have a Village in the hex enabling Village Activities such as Refining. That is, the one Village per hex rule does not change.
that units from different Clans cannot share a site (units from the same Clan can). Units from different Clans are independent in this sense. This is not a change either.
In short it means that Truced units in your hex doing things like mining can enjoy the benefits of fortifications if attacked in the hex.
Rationale
(Tribe News 901-02)
Fur Jackets can be sold at any trading Town or International City for 2 Coin each (limit 10 per Clan per turn).
Fur Coats can be sold at any trading Town or International City for 3 Coin each (limit 10 per Clan per turn).
(Tribe News 900-09)
GM Actions comprise of 2 parts. First, those that require manual action, eg placing truces, creating new units etc. Second, those that require inspection of Orders, eg transfers to and from 3263 etc. If you are using a Special Hex or trading at an NPC city (using 3263) can you note this in GM Actions so I can inspect and audit the transfers quantity. Please place these in rows below GM Actions that require manual intervention.
(Tribe News 900-06)
GM Actions includes both manual entry of data and things I need to look act (usually without further action). Be useful if you could divide your GM Actions Table into two sections. The top section refers to manual entry of data, the bottom section things that you are bringing to my attention. For example, 60 AM Shipbuilding, 12 from previous turn, 8 carry to next turn.
(Tribe News 902-05)
Please show in GM Actions when you are moving a unit to an adjacent hex and retaining the GT relationship.
(Tribe News 902-09)
The Stangassinger Triball Guild has been formed.
Requests to join to 0275:
nossnahoj.evets@gmail.com
(Tribe News 903-07)
Permanent crops are not working so Grapes will be treated like other farmed crops.
(Tribe News 903-01)
More than one unit may not herd the same animals.
(Tribe News 903-06)
Herding of a specific group of animals in an inventory cannot be done by more than one unit. That is, two or more units may not herd the same animals. To put it another way, Herding cannot be shared across units. If you have more animals than herders required, you should plan so that this is not the case.
(Tribe News 903-07)
To prevent illegal water hopping, EM 2709, EM 2809, EM 2909, EM 3009, EN 0310 and EN 0109 are all Conifer Hills.
(Tribe News 902-10)
Hirelings are held by a unit and can only be used by the unit which is holding them that turn. They effectively serve as extra Actives. They require provs and have on going costs of 10 Silver per month. If they are not paid a number will leave. (provs will not be required until this is coded)
They do not need overseeing and do not grow. However, they require water if ending a turn at sea etc. Hirelings carry their own goods and do not participate in carrying goods for the purposes of Weight calculations. They take up cargo space on ships as per people. Similarly, they count as people if you are forming a fully mounted unit. Hirelings will not participate in combat if they are part of your Clan. They may not be transferred between Clans. If captured they are taken as Slaves. Hirelings may not be transferred between Clans.
Up to 20 Hirelings may be hired at 2 Coin each from:
Askew
Blasket
Buckenara
Burnside
(Tribe News 902-05)
Home City Trade at Fair bonus removed
Was - if you have no other modifiers, with a HC all Trade limits on goods are multiplied by 2.
(Tribe News 900-11)
Please let me know mid-week if you have a Clan Village that you have declared as your Home City (pls cite co ord)
(Tribe News 902-02)
You may declare any one of your main Village positions as your Home City. But if/when you reach Pol10, it is the Pol 10 Tribe that becomes the Home City. This is not only a more elegant rule, it meshes better with coding requirements. Code collects Tithes from hexes around location of the Tribe with politics 10, not around Home City.
Note also: Tithes are collected after weight calculation, so the weight of collected items is not reported in turn Report.
(Tribe News 903-05)
(Tribe News 903-04)
Via Locate into remote hex
The overrun unit is lost to the attacker (meaning the victor acquires most if not all goods). The lost unit gains no scouting info from the turn (unless by GM oversight). The identity of the attacker will not be revealed (unless by GM oversight – which will be infrequent).
Via Combat or Still (in the same hex).
Combat occurs before MV. So an attack that results in an overrun in the hex will reveal the attacker because the units will be shown together in the turn prior. Locate via the “Still” orders will also fall into this category. The identity of an attacker will be revealed via Local gossip if you like.
(Tribe News 902-02)
If you are creating a new unit and you don’t want Inactive growth let me know as soon as that growth occurs (in your Report not in advance of Report) and I will delete them for that turn and for future turns.
(Tribe News 903-05)
Please remove this section from the Mandate.
(Tribe News 903-03)
Jetties and Boatsheds
Ferrys require a Jetty at either end Warships, Frigates, Merchants and Traders require Jetties to berth at a village Protected berth in a village requires boatsheds Jetties substitute for Wells in villages.
That is, Jetties are good for ferrying and water, boatsheds for protecting ships.
Players using Fleets containing Warships, Frigates, Merchants and Traders are bound by the honour system. Note NPC Cities/Towns have Jetties where relevant.
(Tribe News 900-12)
NPC Towns and Cities on water have Jetties that can be used by visiting units.
(Tribe News 901-11)
Enter 0250 Activities, then 0250e1 etc. If you do 0250, 0250e1 then more of 0250 the code will look at the last batch of entries for 0250 and overwrite the first.
(Tribe News 903-06)
Fleets that lose ships in naval combat and fall below the required ships (people carrying capacity) for the Fleets crew may use Lifeboats to help people survive. When Lifeboats are carried on ships the Fleet will move as normal, but if Lifeboats are required to be launched the fleet movement will slow to that of a Boat (as the Lifeboats become part of the Fleet). If you have sufficient Adm levels you may want to create a new Fleet consisting of just the Lifeboat component. Lifeboats are in virtually all respects like a Boat and may hold 20 people, 8 oars and up to 60 provs, no animals.
(Tribe News 901-05)
At times the “Move to limit” movement option will take a unit a few hexes beyond which it should end. While we don’t worry about this ordinarily, we would if a Locate from this position results in an attack. Should one of your units be attacked via Locate you should enquire whether the move was legit (this reminder will prompt me to check). While the scouting find of your unit cannot be undone (or a possible Suppressors vs Scouts scuffle) we can at least try to prevent attacks that should not happen. If they don't want their surprise attack to turn into an attack with warning the following turn then players should not use the move to limit option, if they are running Locate orders. These would be rare cases admittedly, and hopefully new code can sort this before it has any practical need.
(Tribe News 902-03)
Where there is more than one target Located in a hex, and those targets are Truced, the target with the largest numbers assigned to defense will be attacked first. Where target units are not Truces the successful Locate may choose which to attack. Any units with zero (or few) defenders in the same hex (and not behind fortifications) will be overrun according to GM discretion. In the case of Truces units this assumes units with defenders have been defeated and that a Clan will not stand by while an ally is attacked.
(Tribe News 900-12)
At times the “Move to limit” movement option will take a unit a few hexes beyond which it should end. While we don’t worry about this ordinarily, we would if a Locate from this position results in an attack. Should one of your units be attacked via Locate you should enquire whether the move was legit (this reminder will prompt me to check). While the scouting find of your unit cannot be undone (or a possible Suppressors vs Scouts scuffle) we can at least try to prevent attacks that should not happen. If they don't want their surprise attack to turn into an attack with warning the following turn then players should not use the move to limit option, if they are running Locate orders. These would be rare cases admittedly, and hopefully new code can sort this before it has any practical need.
(Tribe News 902-05)
At times the “Move to limit” movement option will take a unit a few hexes beyond which it should end. While we don’t worry about this ordinarily, we would if a Locate from this position results in an attack. Should one of your units be attacked via Locate you should enquire whether the move was legit (this reminder will prompt me to check). While the scouting find of your unit cannot be undone (or a possible Suppressors vs Scouts scuffle) we can at least try to prevent attacks that should not happen. If they don't want their surprise attack to turn into an attack with warning the following turn then players should not use the move to limit option, if they are running Locate orders. These would be rare cases admittedly, and hopefully new code can sort this before it has any practical need.
(Tribe News 902-02)
Is buying Mead, up to 20 Barrels, not 200 as previously advertised.
(Tribe News 902-06)
(on hold til supported by coding)
If not coded I will have to police this manually and I don’t have time for that.
Maximum people allowed to Fish on Ships. If a Fleet is moving in a turn, Crewing is counted as an Activity. People neither Crewing nor Fishing may conduct normal Activities.
Ferry% 0
Barge** 0
Boat 4
Fisher 7
Coaster 2
Sm Galley 12
Md Galley 15
Lg Galley 18
Trader 4
Longship 10
Merchant 4
Warship 4
(Tribe News 902-02)
Please do not sail to or otherwise visit QB, RB or SB. Don’t sail south of the S maps. Don’t sail west of A maps, nor east of P maps unless you find some P land mapping that abuts map Q.
(Tribe News 901-06)
Please keep an eye on this. Distilling Mead has been throwing up some random results regarding effective workers for one player (though overall Mead stats and audit suggest it is working OK for all others). As long as your results look kosher fine, but if problems emerge let me know.
(Tribe News 902-05)
Mercenaries are available at NPC International Cities and Special Hexes.
A local Warlord offers to supply you with up to 10 Mercenaries @ 3 Coin each. One transaction per Clan per month. No combat in hex. See GM for details
Mercenaries in your Clan:
For example, if a unit has 200 troops engaged in combat no more than 100 of these may be Mercenaries. The player assigns 200 Warriors (not Mercenaries) to the combat as normal and indicates that 100 of these are Mercenaries. At the end of the combat Mercenaries replace dead Warriors in ratio (in this case, if you lost 40 Warriors dead then this = 20 Warriors dead and 20 Mercs dead).
Mercenaries fight at the skill levels of the unit. They may not be used for Security, Suppression, Scouting etc or in any capacity than that described above. They do not require provs and they can’t carry goods beyond their own private gear.
Mercenaries have an initial cost of 3 Coins each and ongoing costs of 10 Silver per month. They (like Slaves), may not be transferred from Clan to Clan.
Many Mercenary camps (Special Hexes) have finite supplies of Mercenaries and once these are gone the Warlord is likely to relocate. You should keep records of any Mercenaries you gain from particular Warlords in your Comments section of Orders. Use 3263 to and from in auto Orders.
Mercenaries and Couriers
Mercenaries that accompany Courier units fight as if they are conventional Warriors attached to the unit and ADD to the number of Warriors that may enter combat. For example, a Courier unit with 30 Warriors and 60 Mercenaries may field 30 Warriors in combat (30+60)/3. Warriors and Mercenaries dead/wounded are lost in ratio. Mercenaries fight at the skill level of the Tribe.
(Tribe News 901-11)
Statistics are suggesting that these are working OK auto. Pls make sure your own records are tight before drawing my attention to these,
(Tribe News 902-02)
If Morale is 1.09 or above, Smoking will no longer be effective, ie General Morale cannot be increased above 1.09 through smoking.
(Tribe News 902-11)
Please don’t do it. I am looking for some axels to break.
(Tribe News 902-02)
We at the coders desk have been at pains to address this problem. Your Report does not list Mounted Capacities. And some units that should not be able to move at mounted speed do move at mounted speed.
The following items
Have these weights and cc:
Wagons are 1000lb and 3000 lb capacity.
Backpack 2 and 32
Saddlebags 4 and 104
(Tribe News 903-01)
22 units failed to move this month due to insufficient carrying capacity. I have been confident recently that reported weights and capacities are very close to what they should be and checking these manually is a very time-consuming part of the process. However, I did spot checks on 8 units and they were all overweight – many of them by not much and a couple because they hunted provs that put the unit overweight.
8 of 22 is good enough for me to believe that all 22 are overweight as reported. If one of these units belongs to you and you reckon it should have moved pls run some thorough numbers before reporting back. Also observe the comment on eating provs below. If you run close to the wire this will happen, especially in Spring months.
There are two stages in the processing run when I hit the button “Update Tribe Checking”. The first of these is Before Movement (and after BM Transfers) and this update will determine whether a unit can move mounted, on foot or not at all. The result of this update is not reported to players as what you see on your Report will also be determined by what happens in After Movement Transfers.
The second time I use “Update Tribe Checking” is right at the end of the turn (as long as I remember). And this will determine the Weight a unit carries and its capacity to carry it AND it is determined AFTER the unity has consumed one prov for each person in the unit.
So if it seems that your unit should have moved, or moved mounted, but didn’t, you need to add 10 x population (plus Slaves) to the Weight and compare that figure with capacity as they would have had those extra provs at the time of Movement.
Changes 11.1
(Tribe News 903-03)
If your Clan collects goods for delivery from one NPC unit to another the goods must be delivered by the same Clan that collected them.
(Tribe News 902-02)
When opposing Fleets are in the same hex they may engage in combat (see also 9.2.1 Fleets and combat).
Naval combat involves two components resolved separately.
First, ship vs ship where a ship’s Damage Rating (DR) and Defensive Points (DP) combine to give a fleet vs fleet outcome. This is essentially captured in the Naval Combat* spreadsheet that will be used til a more sophisticated version is developed.
Second, the melee component where the Warriors from one side vs Warriors from the other (resolved via the Combat Entry Sheet for normal field combat with one or two modifications). Includes (archery, anti-personnel HW and H2H)
Note an important rule now and going forward is that Warriors who can engage in the fight (be it to man heavy weapons in ship vs ship) or melee (Warrior vs Warrior) are limited both by the 1/3 rule and the DPs of the ship (Warriors in the fight may not exceed the DP of the ship).
A hypothetic example that pertains to a non-existing ship. If this ship carried 60 Warriors and has 15 DPs then 15 (not 20) is the maximum Warriors that can be deployed by the ship.
One or two things to change, in particular the Warship which has been underdone in the past. But in general the changes being made are so that ships that are primarily designed for naval combat (warship, feluccas, frigates, galleys) can fully utilize all their defense points if they are fully occupied with warriors.
Revised ship specifications (the latter 3 are research items):
| Ship | New Def points (previously) | New Max people (previously) |
|---|---|---|
| Warship | 25 (30) | 75 (60) |
| Felucca I & II | 15 (32) | 45 (40) |
| Felucca III & IV | 20 (36) | 60 (45) |
| Frigate I | 60 (160) | 180 (125) |
(Tribe News 901-07)
A new module is being used this turn. This will likely show some changes to how Engineering is done/reported – so pls monitor, and as always, any errors can be corrected in the week following.
(Tribe News 903-01)
Some new modules were introduced this turn. Keep an eye on these:
Addressed some problems with mounted capacity.
Bread consumption fixed
Removed requirement that adjacent MH should belong to GT for Farming.
(Tribe News 903-02)
Some updated modules have been introduced this turn, pls give any feedback, but try to avoid essay format Note 24 units were shown to be overweight, a thorough check shows that 95% of them have been correctly earmarked as such. Others that are close – and are too close to manually call – have not moved either. One unit with exactly same weight as cc did not move, pls dont live on the edge. If there are issues with MV you will have to live with them for this turn. And I suggest you don’t fly close to the wire with your weight calculations. Aim for 5 % more than you need.
(Tribe News 902-12)
New players (beginning after 06 901) may distribute a further 35 skill points, any time up to their 6th turn played. Up to four Skills may be advanced to, but not beyond, lvl8. Other skills may not be advanced beyond lvl6. You may not add to Cour, Dip or Gar skill.
(Tribe News 901-08)
After months of work by Peter (0219) I am happy to release an updated set of TribeNet Rules. Please note a couple of things.
First, now that 90 sets of eyes are available to read through the new rules (or part thereof) there is little doubt that further areas for refinement will be found - these will range from simple typos to identifying obscure or confusing rules. So the question is about the mechanism to deal with these. Where you find typos, obvious repetition of text, clumsy prose etc you can drop me an email - which I will pass on to Peter (dont send direct to Peter S). Discussion of rules as such is another matter, as revision of rules is a much slower burn process. This leads to point #2.
Second, before you send me emails regarding the rules per se, have a look at the previous version (that is the version you are presently using). Where you find any contradiction bring these to my attention. Note also that actual changes have been flagged in the new rules - and these do not = contradiction. Common sense will prevail if and when a decision is required to resolve a tension between the new Mandate and the previous issue.
However prior to doing this, run any concerns/confusions through Discord and see whether other players can cast light on the issue.
Experienced players will know that GM tasks are much broader than the consideration of rules - and any such consideration will unfold slowly. Where your issue involves a subjective/aesthetic assessment of style/font/layout etc you can expect this to unfold at roughly the speed it will take you to get a DL10 in a Diplomacy topic/
Thanks to Peter S
(Tribe News 902-10)
Onager
Siege Eq8, Wood 6, 12 Logs, 30 Coal, 4 Iron, 4 Rope, 15 People,
Description
Anti siege equipment device - throws 5 stones in a high arc targeting enemy Trebuchets/Onagers when under Siege/Assault. Each Onager requires 1 Wooden or Stone Tower.
Crew of 4.
(Tribe News 902-02)
I propose to remove all no combat hexes from the game. Here are the considerations.
Having some hexes that are no Combat zones adds quite a weight to the GM administrative load. I have to make decisions about which should be, and which should not be no Combat hexes. Then I have to record them. And importantly, when resolving Locate/Suppression/Combat I have to investigate which hexes are in play – and much of this is manual inspection and open to oversight. In the last iteration there was more than one occasion where I worked through some Suppression/Locate Orders only to find the hex shown as a no combat, having forgotten to check this first.
Having some Special Hexes/Towns/Cities that are no combat zones and some that are not, leads to player confusion. It is much simpler if both GM and player know that combat is possible in any hex.
Future coding (which involves a degree of complexity) would be required to account for these hexes and this seems a peripheral use of coding time.
The rule was originally designed to stop Clans placing units in these hexes and picking off unsuspecting trading units. But it could be argued that having all hexes open for combat leads to a more interesting range of strategic and diplomatic possibilities.
The above thinking has been in the air for quite a while but a recent email from 0147 has added a further dimension. He points out: A unit can start the turn in a non-combat hex (which may be fairly close to an enemy target), move out, end the turn in a regular hex and then launch and aggressive action such as a Locate. The following turn it can move back to the sanctuary of the no combat hex, and the victim will have no idea when it might emerge again. I can't go and attack it, but any turn it likes it can pop out and launch attacks or raids. With more special hexes arriving in the TN world this is not a desirable state of affairs.
As TN V3 unfolds, I can’t really find a good reason to keep no combat hexes – but if you think I have missed something please let me know.
Should this ruling come to pass I will work on editing out no combat references in various places, but bear in mind, I might miss some. The ruling will also include the idea that Clan fortifications cannot be built in most of them.
NPC CITY Caveat and features
The code supports 10 Tribes per Clan (0 main and 9 sub-Tribes). The concept of an International Tribe 9xxx has been abandoned. With Dip10 you can have 10 Tribes (maximum).
(Tribe News 901-04)
Some clarification
• 1 Oil = 1lb
• Gathering - 10 Oil using 300 Gut or 5 Olives and 1 AM
• You need one Jar in inventory for every 50 Oil you have in inventory.
• Whales - 20/30/40 Oil per Whale, transferred from 1263 (along with provs, ivory, bones etc)
• Lamps: 50 silver, 20 cotton, 20 oil = 1 permanent Lamp.
(Tribe News 903-02)
One person makes 1 oil using either 300 gut and 1 Jar. Jars are required and a Jar = 50 liquid. By comparison. 1 Ale = 1 Barrel Ale = 100 liquid volume. 1 Oil = 1 Jar Oil = 50 liquid volume. The Jar is consumed in the production of Oil. Olives have been removed as an Oil making option.
(Tribe News 902-06)
Please included your Clan number as part of the file name. For example, 0250-06-900.
(Tribe News 900-06)
May not be used as Wagons.
(Tribe News 901-10)
Should I find over assigned workers when I do an audit, the resulting adjustment may see fewer workers assigned than you have available.
(Tribe News 902-06)
If a position is fortified, it is much less likely to be overrun. If it has 0 or very few Defenders and/or low Mob skill it is much more likely.
(Tribe News 903-04)
Pass, Low Mountain - 7 MP to enter hex via pass, no entry restrictions
Pass, High Mountain - 8 MP to enter hex, no restrictions
MV bonuses not coded, however, Wagons are coded to enter via Pass
So for MV point purposes treat terrains with Passes as if their standard MV points.
(Tribe News 900-05)
If you are assigning Picks to Moat diggers pls keep an eye on this one. “It seems that picks are granting +1.5AM to moat digging, rather than the expected +0.5”
(Tribe News 900-07)
A number of players are doing this through Activities rather than using the Farming spreadsheet.
(Tribe News 902-02)
Check this link:
https://tribenet.wiki/ports
(Tribe News 903-01)
Four new ports have been added:
BN 0513 Broome
CB 2510 Said
FO 2208 Anchorage
GG 2505 Holly
(Tribe News 903-02)
As per the combat rules, the rules on Raiding need to be such that they are practically administrable.
9.4.2 Raiding
Scouts on a raid will try to take Slaves from another Clan (unit).
In any one turn, a particular Clan may Raid only one other Clan (selected by the Raider) and by using one unit only. If you do not specify the unit that the raid is against, the first unit encountered will be deemed as the target.
Any one Clan may be Raided no more than twice in a turn, that is, by a maximum of two raiding units (be they from the same or different Clans). Where more than two raids are announced against a single Clan the two largest raiding groups will be those in play.
The intent to Raid needs to be flagged in GM Actions.
Raiding is deemed to occur in any hex passed through (not just in the final hex) - your Scouts will return to report the first units(s) they Raid (that is, they will not continue into the next hex unless there is a specific order to target a particular unit). If you want to Raid in the hex your unit is in, your Scouting MV Orders must be “Still”.
Raiders may not wear Breastplates nor any type of Plate Armour. Scouts with a Raid Order will fight any Warriors on Security plus any on Suppression in a combat/melee without any defensive modifiers (that is, as if vs open camp). They do not fight the assigned Defenders. Raids occur prior to any combat via Locate.
If you specify a Raid vs a particular unit the Raiders do NOT have to deal with security from another Clan's unit present in the hex though they would have to deal with any Suppressors in the hex. As would Scouts on Locate.
You cannot combine Scouting numbers from sub-Tribes in order to Raid. That is, Raiding is done by a single unit.
A Tribe is limited to a maximum of 10 Raiders per Tactics level in each Scouting party. For example, at Tac10 a Scouting party may contain up to 100 Raiders. So the total maximum Raiders from a unity would be 800.
Where scouts from different parties of the one unit are Raiding vs the same opposing unit the total scouts in the relevant parties will be added together for the purposes of adjudication. For example, two Raids by two groups of 100 (Tac10) shall count as a single raid by 200.
If the Target has NO Security or Suppression, then for every 2 mounted Warriors one Slave is available, for every 4 Infantry one Slave is available. Shackles do not count for reducing the effective count of captured slaves when Raiding. If Suppression and/or Security is present a Locate vs Suppressors type melee will ensue and available Raiders are any that survive unwounded after this encounter. If Slaves taken exceeds people in the unit, then the unit will be lost and goods held taken by the Raider.
(Tribe News 901-04)
If the Target has NO Security or Suppression, then for every 2 mounted Warriors one Slave is available, for every 4 Infantry one Slave is available. Shackles do not count for reducing the effective count of captured slaves when Raiding. If Suppression and/or Security is present a Locate vs Suppressors type melee will ensue and available Raiders are any that survive after this encounter. If Slaves taken exceeds people in the unit then the unit will be lost and goods abandoned.
(Tribe News 900-06)
What part does the Security skill play in the battle?
None, once the fighting starts. But it affects whether or not the raiding party is spotted in the first place. For example, 100 mounted Raiders unspotted will take 50 Slaves. 100 mounted Raiders who are spotted will have to melee security forces and win before Slaves are available. Large Raiding parties are highly likely to be noticed.
Consider unit A Raiding unit B. Each side has Sec5, Scout5, Spy5. A uses 100 mounted Raiders. B has 30 mounted Security. The chances of B spotting A are around 70% (though the 30 will likely be hard pressed to stop the 100). If there are 300 Raiders the chances of them being spotted are guaranteed. If mounted Security are 50 then the chances of seeing 100 Raiders (with the above skills) are close to 100%. Fortifications will improve these chances.
(Tribe News 902-02)
The following ships allow Rams:
Small Galley, Medium Galley, Large Galley, Warship
(Tribe News 900-07)
There is a distinction between the building and the items installed in it.
Note: when you initially construct a Refinery using the automated orders, the code assumes that you will also build at least one smelter within it. So a Refinery plus 1 smelter is your first build. You should therefore assign enough workers to build do this, that is, assign 55 workers when you build a Ref1 (none to the installation of the smelter, smelters can then be subsequently installed once the Ref1 is in place).
(Tribe News 900-06)
The following has been dropped as part of the Religion requirement:
During this month, Rel must either be the primary or secondary skill attempt in all Tribes (until Rel10)
(Tribe News 901-05)
Has officially begun.
At least four Clans are required to form a Religious Movement. There can be a maximum of six Clans in any one Religion (at present). No more than ten Religions can exist in the game. However, if this number is reached then membership restrictions may be revised.
If a Religion is reduced to less than three Clans there will be penalties to bonuses and quests. If Religion membership falls below three the Religion falls dormant until another member is found. If another member is not found within 12 months then the Religion lapses and opens up a new spot (in the 10). It is worth ensuring that at least three of your original membership are long term and/or committed players.
(Tribe News 901-01)
Initial goods limited to (shown in Transfers):
Animals
Cattle 60 Goat 200 Horse 30
Minerals
Bronze 200 Coal 1000 Iron 200 Silver 1000
Finished Goods
Provs 2000 Sling 100 Wagon 30
(Tribe News 901-02)
Each Tribe may research 1 skill/turn (in addition to your skill attempt – but see University).
(Tribe News 902-05)
New Research topic - Silver Age (see Research document)
(Tribe News 901-03)
Replace Trackers in the description with Experienced Seekers/Expert Seekers/Veteran Seekers
(Tribe News 901-06)
If your total Clan population has fallen to or below 75% total population of any specified (by you) month it may undergo restoration in any NPC International city (not Trade Towns). Full restoration may not exceed 95% of your total population of the specified month (most likely the month you identify when your Clan had its maximum population).
In essence your Clan is rebooted at an NPC International City of your choosing* as a single entity with either the goods you have remaining or the goods of a new start position.
(* you may not choose the city closest to any Clan that has been responsible for your loses)
For example, in 01 902 my Clan totalled 20000 people. It now totals 15000 people. 95% of 20000 is 19000 people. This will be the Clan’s new population.
Your Clan needs to have not been in combat for three successive months for this option to be available.
Skills
You may resume with some of the Skills previously held. Select the Tribe with the skills you would like to retain. Sum the total skill point levels. 80% of this number may be assigned to new skill levels with no skill exceeding a level previously held. If you have sub Tribes you may select three of the present skills to add on top of the previous distribution.
(Tribe News 901-05)
If sending in a revision to Orders pls keep the file name the same so at my end I am prompted to overwrite. Else if I forget to delete the original file it is possible that Orders may be run twice.
(Tribe News 900-05)
Fortifications but not Villages may be built here.
(Tribe News 902-04)
Fleets/ships cannot be used to travel unknown rivers. But once you have two (or more) known points on a river you can use GOTO Orders to transit between them. These points must be shown in a graphic map sent to the GM. If the transit embraces a Ford, then Longships are the only vessels that can do this in one go (with enough MV points), else you have to set up an intermediary GOTO point on the ford and use this as the jumping off point the following turn.
Fleets on Rivers
You calculate how far your Fleet can move based on 4 MP per hex River/Lake/Ocean or 2 MV points per hexside. You can travel a maximum of 40 hexsides this way. Note that Fords will restrict the type of ships that may be used.
Barge Travel:
You calculate how far your Fleet can move based on 2 MP per hex River/Lake/Ocean or 1 MV points per hexside. You can travel a maximum of 40 hexsides this way.
Atolls
If you plan to build a Village on a River and use this as a base for Ocean Fleet travel then you do this. You pick a spot in the Ocean one normal Fleet move from the Village/Shipyard – this will be called Atoll x with a hex coord. Your Orders from Village to Atoll xx will be “GOTO insert coord”. On the following turn normal Ocean movement will apply. Reverse the process when returning home.
(Tribe News 901-04)
Fleets/ships cannot be used to travel unknown rivers. But once you have two (or more) known points on a river you can use GOTO Orders to transit between them. These points must be shown in a graphic map sent to the GM. If the transit embraces a Ford, then Longships are the only vessels that can do this in one go (with enough MV points), else you have to set up an intermediary GOTO point on the ford and use this as the jumping off point the following turn.
Atolls
If you plan to build a Village on a River and use this as a base for Ocean Fleet travel then you do this. You pick a spot in the Ocean one normal Fleet move from the Village/Shipyard – this will be called Atoll x with a hex coord. Your Orders from Village to Atoll xx will be “GOTO insert coord”. On the following turn normal Ocean movement will apply. Reverse the process when returning home.
(Tribe News 900-05)
You calculate how far your fleet can move based on 4 MP per hex river/lake/ocean or 2 MV points per hexside. You can travel a maximum of 20 hexes (or 40 hexsides) in one turn this way. If your route is further than this, you will need a second (or third) etc leg which will require a Jetty at the interim points. Note that Fords will restrict the type of ships that may be used.
(Tribe News 902-09)
"Use to and from 1263. Prompt in GM Actions."
(Tribe News 900-10)
The top Mission is being implemented for all the scout teams from the same unit, even when different missions are specified. Until this is fixed in the code can you keep all missions the same.
(Tribe News 903-06)
The code is now preventing a second MH build in hex – even if it is your own Clan. So please avoid doing so.
(Tribe News 902-12)
Rich Seeking occurs in addition to normal Seeking but results should be sent to the unit doing the Seeking (or Rich Seeking) from 4263. Normal Seeking may be conducted in a Rich Seeking hex (that is, a unit(s) may do both in this hex)
(Tribe News 901-01)
Can you now please send to:
tribenetPBEM@gmail.com
(Tribe News 902-02)
Please show receiving unit when building Ships.
(Tribe News 901-01)
While a number of ships/structures build without error in one turn via auto, extending projects over 2 or more turns are likely to fail. Thus, if you are planning to do this it is better to use GM Actions to add the item and to 1263 to use materials.
(Tribe News 901-10)
Ships must be in a Fleet in order to move, ie they can be carried by land units.
(Tribe News 902-11)
"13.5 Using Ships for Defence (removed)"
(Tribe News 900-10)
"Shipyard construction: It requires 50 logs, 6 iron, 20 coal (or 9 brass/bronze 15 coal) and a Jetty per 10 people who will work in the shipyard each month."
The Jetty is not required.
(Tribe News 900-07)
Siege Equipment (used in Defense)
Each Catapult requires 1 Wooden or Stone Tower in order to deploy
Each Siege Cannon requires 1 Stone Tower
Each Onager requires 1 Wooden or Stone Tower
Catapults will oppose Catapults, Onager will oppose Trebuchet, Siege Cannon vs Siege Cannon
One piece of attacking siege equipment may be placed vs 20 yards of wall.
Onager
Siege Eq10, Wood 6, 12 Logs, 30 Coal, 4 Iron, 4 Rope, 15 People, Gold 5
Description: Anti siege equipment device - throws 5 stones in a high arc targeting enemy siege equipement.
Crew of 4.
Trebuchet
Siege Eq10, 15 logs, 4 rope, 2 iron, 30 coal, 100 stones, 30 people; Gold 7
Description: 10 people to operate. Cannot be moved; weigh 3000 lbs. Trebuchets fire 5 stones vs walls. They may not be used in field combat. They are a powerful indirect firing siege weapon that do damage to Walls or other Heavy Weapons.
Siege Cannon
Description: Availability special. Requires 1250 Bronze, 7500 Coal, 20 Gold, 10 Log, 35 people to make, siege10. Weigh 2000 lbs. Intelligence 8 can reveal where/how they can be made/found
(Tribe News 901-08)
The Jetty is part of the Village structures and, thus owned by a land unit. Fleets cannot attack land units (though they can be part of a siege). So an attacking Fleet (on the Lake or River) cannot block or destroy the jetty and run the besieged city out of water.
(Tribe News 901-10)
The first skill attempt is always made at this full base chance, whereas the second attempt is typically made at 1/2 of the base chance. The penalty for choosing skills from the same group for these two attempts is that the second attempt will instead be made at 1/4 of the base chance. You may never choose the same skill for both attempts.
(Tribe News 901-02)
Please enter your skills clean each turn rather than copy/paste.
(Tribe News 901-03)
Slaves: You may also acquire these, usually from combat against other Clans. They eat provs and work as Ams. May not be transferred to other Clans.
Hirelings: They don’t eat provs but do cost Silver and work as Ams. May be transferred to other Clans.
Locals: They don’t eat provs and work as Ams. May not be transferred from the unit they initially join.
(Tribe News 903-01)
Any interaction with a Special Hex, for example, a Town/City/Art Dealer/Merchant or whatever, requires a unit to be in the hex in question. This is both to get information re what the Special Hex offers and any transactions with it (that is, goods to and from 3262 which is the transfer code). The main reason for this is that the transfer code 3263 will only respond when the unit interacting is in the same hex. You can only confirm this once you have your Report for the turn. If you assume you will arrive at a particular site and you don’t (for example, weather is poor, or you simply enter incorrect MV Orders) it can send me down a path of investigation that is time consuming.
(Tribe News 903-06)
You need to have a unit in the hex to get details of Special Hexes and pls include hex coord when you are.
(Tribe News 902-10)
Only ask for this once you have your Report and can confirm that the unit in question is actually in a SH.
(Tribe News 901-06)
Steel (and its improved versions of it) is a research topic. However, should you obtain some Steel through trade or other mechanisms you do not need Steel research to make items made with steel. There are many weapons and armour types that can be made using steel (Research doc and pull-down menus will tell you which) and usually require a skill level +1 higher than required for conventional weapons/armour.
(Tribe News 903-04)
Stonework is not showing the correct number of Stones used for Statues, Sculptures, Stone Spears (and most likely all Stonework items). Until coding can fix this, please use Transfer Stones to 1263 and flag that you are doing this in GM Actions.
(Tribe News 900-04)
Reminder that Stones need to be sent to 1263when making Stonework items. The bug looks to be fixed in the next update – but this is not in play at present.
(Tribe News 902-09)
Swamps are now back to 8 MP, Wagons may not enter. While waiting on MV code.
(Tribe News 900-04)
I have noticed players using Teachers to attempt non-Group A skills. In the main these are new players, and I let it go with a reminder. But auditing such attempts has now been added to my manual tasks and, as of last turn, if you achieved illegal skill advancements these have been removed. Repeat offenders, especially amongst experienced players, will invoke a ban on using Teachers for a number of months.
(Tribe News 902-08)
Players should play by the rules as described in the Mandate. While there are some coding glitches players will only be asked to test these upon invitation.
(Tribe News 901-01)
If you are using a Trade Town in the turn the Transfer code is 3263. But please note this in GM Actions so I can check your transfer.
(Tribe News 900-04)
People space can be converted to cargo space at the rate of 1 person = 500lb cargo space (for Traders, this extra space can only be used to carry animals).
The exclusion previously applying to Traders, has been removed.
(Tribe News 900-04)
Don’t do this even as a jest. Costs me time searching, then emailing the player to see if it is a valid transfer, then redoing movement and maybe scouting. I can’t proceed with the turn til I hear back from the player – and luckily the player who had these goods dumped on them was able to get back to me within the hour. It’s a pain in the arse – and this one came at a time when I did not need it.
(Tribe News 902-12)
Please do this in auto Orders, even when creating new units.
(Tribe News 900-03)
Truces
The Access module cannot handle more than 42 Truces. So, this will have to be the formal limit. I recommend that you confine your Truces to those Clans you will actually be meeting in the game and perhaps keep a private list of informal Truces in comments for your own use (and to which I can refer if needs be, that is, if there questions around Suppression etc I can also check the informal list).
Btw – if you have previously had a Truce and cancelled – please let me know.
(Tribe News 903-06)
The Access module cannot handle more than 45 Truces (you know who you are). So, this will have to be the formal limit. I recommend that you confine your Truces to those Clans you will actually be meeting in the game and perhaps keep a private list of informal Truces in comments for your own use (and to which I can refer if needs be, that is, if there questions around Suppression etc I can also check the informal list).
Btw – if you have previously had a Truce and cancelled – please let me know.
(Tribe News 903-01)
When building a University (whether by you or by another Clan), a unit from the building Clan’s Tribe with Research 10 needs to be present at the site (however, Research 10 is not one of the skills needed by the actual building unit(s)). Once built, a Tribe with Res10 does not need to be present in the University hex to use it.
When building please show your unit with Res10 in GM Actions (below the line)
(Tribe News 902-09)
The code has it wrong, Stones should be installed at 5 per person. Please use Transfers to 1263.
(Tribe News 902-06)
Now = 1000 lbs weight
(Tribe News 902-09)
The rules on building Walls suggests that once you have started building 15 foot walls then any further building should not be 10 foot walls or Palisade (or lesser walls in general). However, it seems to me there are circumstances where a Clan might be slowly working on expanding their 15 wall but fall under perceived or actual threat. So let’s say it has built 500 yards of 15 wall but needs 1000 to house its unit. If stones/time/manpower become an issue, would it not make sense for this Clan to throw up a 500 Palisade if it has the Logs making a 500 15 wall and a 500 Palisade with a weighted average defensive factor.
Rules as are:
When a 15’ stone wall covers the same length as the 10’ foot wall the latter becomes redundant (as a building as such). All further work on the wall will be on the 15’ wall (that is, you cannot add further 10’ wall to the 15’). If your Report shows, for example, 15’ stonewall 1000, 10’ stonewall 2000 - this means that 1000 of the 2000 wall is 15’ (not that you have 3000 wall made up of 15’ stonewall 1000 and 10’ stonewall 2000).
(Tribe News 901-10)
There is a coding bug that sometimes allows Fleets to move through 1 and 2 hex wide peninsulas and isthmuses, unexpectantly follow adjacent waterways and jump from one water source to another etc. Fleets should not be able to move in this way (for example, move land hex to land hex with non-contiguous ocean, river or lake borders).
Enforcing this in the code (that is, cleaning the bug) is tricky but this is the aim. Nor is it possible for the GM to manually inspect these violations. So, at this point we will say that if the code allows this first time around (that is, accidentally in those cases when you are moving into unmapped terrain) it is allowed. Historically, unchartered sea exploration was uncertain and dangerous.
Once you have done this, that is, sailed illegitimately into unchartered terrain, the onus is on the player to not do this again. Once you have mapped the area it should be obvious where your ships can go and where they can’t.
If you have done this, that is, moved through a non-traversable land mass, you must inform the GM. The Fleet will be returned to its last legitimate hex and may result in a tweak to the relevant terrain to reduce the chances of this happening again. In general, these terrain tweaks will have little impact on the overall map of the world, but if you think this might effect your local area we can talk about it.
If you have cut a corner or gone through a small island, the GM will likely rule that you just carry on as a few hexes don't make much difference. If you get trapped in a land-locked sea etc then you can ask that the GM place the Fleet at an appropriate, last legitimate hex.
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Clans that attempt to exploit this loophole in the code, for example, to carry armies or fleets to attack other Clans from unexpected direction will have their Fleet movements audited and can expect to be penalised appropriately - most likely by sinking a number of ships with loss of people and denying Fleet movement for a number of turns.
We trust players to deal with this sensibly and follow the rules (and spirit) of the game, not what the code may allow.
The above doesn't solve the issue; and the plan is that over time the code will be fixed.
(Tribe News 902-09)
Well building in CH is being generous. Stick with what the code tells you til the code is fixed, and let me know if other terrains are giving better than expected results.
(Tribe News 901-12)
Wells may not be dig in arid/desert (but this could be an Engineering research topic).
(Tribe News 901-04)
The Unsheathed Blade
Warfare
Clan 0140, Jack, tnclan640@gmail.com
Established 901-10
The Cult of Hathor
Commerce
Clan 0150, Jeff, jmperkins@gmail.com
Established 901-11
The Greater Unreligion of Triball
Triball (Athiesm)
Clan 0275, Steve, nossnahoj.evets@gmail.com
Established 901-11
Kamome
Maritime
Clan 0108, Raven, raven@rinzai.com
Established 901-11
The Cult of Dave
Warfare
Clan 0159, Patrick, pjq333@gmail.com
Established 901-11
Nemesis
Warfare
Clan 0114, Martin, mhall.au42@gmail.com
Established 901-12
Khuzdul
Commerce
Clan 130, gstafford929@gmail.com
Established 901-12
Natures Path
Agriculture
Clan 117, skarmol@gmail.com
Established 902-02
Placeholders will lapse if sufficient Religions are officially formed in the meantime.
(Tribe News 901-11)