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Best currency hud?

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Thanks for the information!

The inventory sounds like the one in Skyrim.  I was always scrambling for ingredients or a healing potion just as some dragon was blasting me out of my boots

I do wish that G&S would give us more access to their APIs so that we could modify different items ourselves.  We had that ability in RPS and I made pretty good use of it.  I always wanted to drop some code into fancy chairs to that the upper nobility would lose energy for just sitting around doing nothing.

I also like that Unity has herbs.  G&S really needs to get into the whole healing aspect.  For now, I guess we can fake it by repackaging different wines & spirits into medicine bottles etc.

I was looking on the SLM to get an idea of the size of the actual user base and at first glance it seems smaller than G&S but I haven't delved too deeply into the group sizes etc.  I wonder what the impact was of Inworldz going under as they seemed to be operating there as well.

Site News: Construction & Clean Up 2019

Site News & Guidelines

LHVW was long past due not only critical maintenance but a good cleaning & refresh.  I thought I would keep a bit of a journal here so that you know what's been done.  If anything goes wonky or your data suddenly disappears don't hesitate to yell so that I can fix it.

Software Upgrades: All site modules, including the Core module (the big mama of the system) are now up to date. You should see improved performance & functionality in many different areas.

Security Upgrade: We have a security certificate and we've switch over from http to https.  All http links should be automatically redirected.  We really don't have any secure data on this site (nor do we ever intend to) but it's nice that the browsers aren't flagging us as NOT SECURE any more.

New Banner: Abbondio has graciously given us permission to use his image Barks and Paddles as our new header.  I think it looks fabulous!  You'll have to clear your browser cache (images or files/data) for it to appear.

Modified Main Page: I've tweaked the formatting to freshen things up a bit.  I've also fixed some broken Forum links so that they're now actually pointing to the LHVW Forum again.

Increased Supporter Quota: I've increased the media quota for all site supporters as some members were hitting the maximum despite doing their do diligence and cleaning up old content.  If you were being blocked by the media quota you should be ok now.  If not contact me.

New Flavicon: I've been letting our flavicon default to Jamroom's (our server host) but I finally bit the bullet and created a custom one.  It's REALLY hard to make an image that looks good at every size from 250px x 250px down to 16px x 16px which is why I put this task off for so long.

User, Profile, Group Cleanup: A constant task but I'll be putting more emphasis on this in the weeks to come. If you have groups that you aren't using, please delete them.

Fingers crossed that all will go well.  So far so good!

Tat

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 03 Apr 2019 02:44:17PM

Best currency hud?

General Discussion

I think it would be grand if members of the Queen's Hamlet could go shopping in the streets of Georgian London and perhaps the shopkeepers of Georgian London could get some of their fresh meat, produce and wine from the farms of the Queen's Hamlet

It's one of the reasons that I started Managing a Historical RP Economy in the hope that the historical RP communities could become better connected.  As has been mentioned before, the huge courts of the old days are gone but I believe that there's great potential for smaller scale RPGs that can interact with each other.

I found some information about Unity and it reminds me a bit of the original system we used in the Duché called RPS.  Perhaps Mansur will drop by and tell us more about it.  In any case, the Queen's Hamlet is committed to G&S.

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 02 Apr 2019 12:24:18PM

Best currency hud?

General Discussion

That's interesting!  I knew he was considering it but hadn't heard much about it.  How's it going?

Join my new RPG: Gorean-inspired, Marquis de Sade's Chateau RPG set in 1765.

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Bumping this up!  So good it needs to be repeated

Fisher of the Month Challenge April 2019

QH Challenges

Good point!  I have to confess that I'm not 100% certain.  It kept swimming up to the dock, staring me in the eye and showing me it's teeth.  Unfortunately I was too flustered to get a better picture, perhaps later today I will have better luck.

Managing a Historical RP Economy

General Discussion

So why not enforce one simple rule: You dress the part? You spend the part!

It's been my observation that an economy usually isn't part of the initial RPG rules but is added on piece-meal at some point after a pattern of behaviour has already been established.  Perhaps this makes it less palatable to the members already involved because they actually didn't sign up for it.  I really don't know but find it interesting to speculate.

If this is true, then starting a fresh RPG with an economic plan in place from the beginning is the easiest way to go.  I must say that the banking services currently being offered are a huge bonus for those just starting out.  Not to discourage those looking at retrofitting an economy as I believe the challenges are well worth the cost.

I couldn't agree more that 30L$ is a very small price to pay to get your foot in the door.  The QH started out with an economic plan which included scratching in the dirt for the initial capital.  It was a lot of fun but it was also a lot of work.  If I had to do it again, I'd pay 30L$ in a heart beat for starting capital.

Honestly these are exciting times not only for those just launching a new RPG but also for those veterans with economic visions!

Fisher of the Month Challenge April 2019

QH Challenges

One lobster, one seaweed and a 4 tuna.  I also started a up a tentative friendship with a HUGE tuna I'll call Earl.  Earl would come to the dock to get his head scratched, I kid you not!  I like to think he was being friendly but he was probably just taunting me.

Running total: 8

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 31 Mar 2019 04:40:59PM

Managing a Historical RP Economy

General Discussion

Minister of Finance: An Essential Role

It's my firm belief that managing a successful economy within a Historical RP requires a Minister of Finance.  Depending on the RP the title will vary: Minister of Finance, Estate Manager, Lord High Treasurer etc. but whatever the title the duties remain the same i.e. to keep the economy moving while balancing the budget.

In a perfect RP everyone would participate in the economy by buying, producing/serving, and selling.  It's been my experience (gained over the past 11 years of analysing numerous Historical RP groups) that there's usually a huge imbalance between supply and demand.  People really like to craft and sell.  No one likes to buy.  Crafters build up an inventory of goods until they reach a point where further production is pointless. People lose interest, the economy dies and everyone goes back to having monthly tea parties.

Ideally at the top of your social hierarchy you should have a king like Henry VIII who likes to dole out money (until he bankrupts the huge treasury left to him by his father and has to dissolve the monasteries in order to recover- but I digress).  Even if the person(s) at the top of the food-chain understand that spending is important using a system like G&S it means that they probably won't start out with vast funds (they'll have to fake their wealth) and fresh injections of capital will always be required.  Let the Minister of Finance help with that.

Moving down the class ladder, you're never going to be able to force people to spend what they see as their hard-earned coins. You may impose certain fees but make them too onerous and there will be a revolt … shudders at the thought of the sans-culottes marching on the palace.

You may be able to come up with various scenarios that make spending fun, more power to you if you can because it takes skill and effort.

In the meantime you should count on someone who's job is keeping the coins circulating.  This person must be supported by the RP group's management.  It's most likely going to take L$ in the beginning and the ultimate goal should be to have a system that is L$ cost neutral.  Think of this as just another real cost of RP.

A Minister of Finance is well worth the investment as it allows other players to go happily about their RP lives, never needing to worry about economic stability.  It's also an enjoyable role for the right person; I can testify to that myself!

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 31 Mar 2019 10:10:04AM

Fisher of the Month Challenge April 2019

QH Challenges

See you on the docks!

Made my first attempt at the Country Coffee House .  The venue is beautiful and not a lot of lag.  To find the fishing hole you have to walk out the backdoor of the cafe and head through the woods.

Caught a ton of fish, a box of tea seeds, and a basket of gold.  No luck with seafood so zero points to start with.

ETA: After a long, grueling session I'm on the board with two points.  One oyster & one salmon.  Again I caught a ton of fish and a box of tea seeds.  In the end I basically had to jump in the lake and club the seafood with my rod!

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 30 Mar 2019 01:52:23PM