[PnP] Progress

[Choinski, Burton]

I'm sorry if my tone was harsh...I didn't mean to sound that way.  R&D on
rules based on a synthesis of mix-matched sources is a tough task.

 

But 1BB per board foot (93 BB for 93 BF) sounds way off track, especially
when trying to fit with P&P prices.  My construction cost figuring, in where
I figured the prices based on the cost of the labor has lumber at an average
of 0.15 BB per BF.  A price variance of 2.8 orders of magnitude means we
have very differing baselines.

 

 

 

  _____  

From: Scott Adams [mailto:longshot at darktech.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:33 PM
To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List
Subject: RE: [PnP] Progress 

 

At 07:10 AM 7/27/05 -0400, you wrote: 




You can't just turn cents into BB, and modern terms is very misleading due
to industrialization. 



I know...





I would suggest that you try and find sites that give prices in medieval
times.  (Domesday book is one source).  



If you knew how much material I have, will have and have read you'd be
boggled.  I could earn a doctorate in the amount of material I have.  But
the problem is there is no exact records.  It took me and Alex a couple days
to just get some math worked up :)  
I read 2 complete books on ships and ancient times.  And those were clear
experts.  I do know for example Athens spent 469 Silver to build one
Trireme.   While this isn't much when you consider the other data this site
gave on the crew wages and the TOTAL treasury of Athens then its alot :)

I




Again, if you follow from the contruction rules I submitted, price is based
on the cost of labor, since the trees are "free".  


I'm using them and other sources.  It won't just be all your rules or all of
another rules.  It'll be a compilation of that and things yours and othes
just don't supply.  
The problem is whatever I do not everyone will like.  This is why I've tried
to spend years getting folks to help out on this to make it a cooperative
thing.  When finished it'll be suitable for ME which is the important thing
and at least 30% fact based in some areas or as much as 80% fact based in
others.  It may be too realistic in some areas and pure guesswork in others.


So we'll see....when its one I'm sure folks can make their own versions :)



Longshot - ZC of AdventureNet International Echomail Network

Fringe BBS - EWOG II - 904-733-1721

Telegard / Allfix Beta Site

Website: http://users.cybermax.net/~longshot
<http://users.cybermax.net/~longshot> 

ICQ: 24436933

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.powersandperils.org/pipermail/pnp/attachments/20050728/32b6a88d/attachment.html>