Cob&Cobble

Just to let you know that I still play this game on a frequent base, using Wonderdraft or just a pencil and paper. Would be happy to see further development for this game. Cheers.

Hi,
Would you be able/willing to add a cumulative changelog with new releases? Maybe as a separate file or stuffed into the end of the main document? It will help folks who played early versions catch up on changes in the newer releases. While it isn't a big deal currently since it is 17 days from v0.07 to v0.1, it can add up as this game is developed. Thanks!

Hi Heath,

while working on the translation palimach suggested* I collected a few questions and/or notes. Because there seems to be no PM option on itch.io (or I am unable to find it) I share them this way.

As you are working on the next update some things might be obsolete, so feel free to ignore my rambling where necessary, but maybe there is something you have missed.

Edit: (crossed out the points that have been adressed in V0.1)

• Halving Diamonds and Hearts because of the bad weather event: Are uneven numbers rounded up or down? (How many Civilians do you gain when drawing a Heart 7?)

• According to the description of the lumber camp it should be placed close to a river edge, because of its interaction with the Sawmill. But shouldn’t it be close to a forest? 

• The carpenters' production is dependending on the sawmill. If it is damaged, does the carpenter produce 0 goods even when within 2 tiles of a marketplace?
• In the same vein: When the Lumber camp is damaged the production of this little production chain (Lumber Camp - Saw Mill - Carpenter - Marketplace) drops from 6 to 0? 

• The Fishmonger is producing either 1 good, if close to a fishery, or 2 goods if within range to a marketplace. Is the production summed up if both conditions are met?  Maybe there is a missing + in front of the 2.

• Does upgrading a wall section count as building? (max. 2 upgrades per turn and no other building during this round)

• In the Military section there is an inconsistency in the upkeep costs  For Militia Units the Upkeep is for every 5 recruits.
For the other units the upkeep is for every 5 units, which could lead to the following interpretation:
 5 Units of 10/120 Knights do cost 5 upkeep total.
 I don’t think that this is the intended upkeep cost.

• The quick battle example talks about a wall perimeter of at least 22 walls. But a perimeter could be completed with less walls to grant the modifier for quick combat? 
According to the gatehouse rules there is no size minimum to complete a perimeter, just the size condition for gaining prestige. 

• Turn based combat : The randomisation of the direction the invaders are coming from has two ‘east’ results (Diamonds and Spades) but no ‘west’.

• Knights : Attacking does not end the turn for a knight unit. It may be useful to add this information to the unit profile in the Military section as there is no other mention of a special rule like that for the knights anywhere else.

• Siege Weapons attacking walls are reducing their points. How many points does a wall have? Is it the same as their tier? So a tier 2 Wall is destroyed after the second hit?

• What happens if you draw spade 10,J,Q,K when under 51 civilians. Do you draw a new card or do you ignore the draw and nothing happens this turn?

• 5 Clubs - Can the weapon cache be saved for later or has it to be used when the card is revealed? Without a barracks it would be lost.

*Had been doing a translation for myself, but as there seems to be at least some interest I would share it with you. So far it is a unpolished mock up of the V0.08 but the content is complely translated, with some minor wording issues, where the text is still a bit rugged. But if you don't like it, nobody will ever see it. It is your game after all :-D

Hi Heath. Would it please be possible to add that costs of repair to the next update of the manual? The one with the saw mill was also not clear to me. Thanks. Again, great game. Can't get enough and got my kids into it too. Would be nice to have this translate to German to provide this to a bigger audience.

Hello! I enjoyed the game a lot but have couple of questions.

1) What is the cost of repair? Full price of a building?

2) If the sawmill is downstream from lumber camp does it still have to be within 3 tile radius?

The city of Brightstar is coming along nicely, now AD15. The worst they have endured is some corruption, and the loss of a grain crop. Started recruiting military - just in case. Fun times :)
 

I just stumbled over this subgenre of games and this one looks very interesting, especially as other players are sharing their villages, the all over resonance is quiet positive and the project is growing based on user feedback. 

There seems do be an issue with v0.07 - instead of the rules for quick and turn based combat there is a copy of page 15 (military) on page 13. 

I really like this little game so far, but how to fend off those raiders? 

My villagers want to know what they are paying taxes for when the footmen are just hanging around doing nothing :-)

Thanks for the new version 0.07!  Another suggestion (from someone who has no idea how to do it) is bookmarked links in the PDF, i.e. clicking the link in the contents take you to that page.  Nice, but not essential :)

Is there a maximum to the number of civilians that can inhabit a tile?

This is such a beautiful game. I sat in my remoted Swiss mountain cabin by candlelight and some medieval background music, equipped with a sheet of paper, a pencil and a French playing card set. I'm almost 50 years old now, but those 2 hours of play took me back 30-40 years. No high resolution graphics, just your imagination and the well laid out game plan. Please support this project. I hope the developer will add more features to this game in the future. This has great potential. Thank you for making this gem.

My first game, went for a "short game" to get a feel for it.

The town has no name, and was founded around 15 years ago.

One thing I think needs some clarification/refining is the pop increase from prestige, where do they go? do you create a new housing tile every time, increase pop to one already existing one? I found it quite forgetable too

Looking forward to trying this.  Came here after seeing Nookrium's YT video.

What program did you use as shown to the right please?

Really cool game! Going for my 10th turn:

Fantastic game.  A new genre for me but thoroughly enjoyed playing.  Get expansion happening ASAP.  Thanks for sharing!