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Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 02:55:10 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> This is highly terrain dependant. Watermills would probably be more likely, as
> a windmill would really only be ideal in areas of high wind, such as the tops
> of high hills (the funnel effect increases the wind speed). Watermills
> basically come in two varieties, ones with a dammed-up millpond and ones that
> don't. The ones without a millpond have the waterwheel dip into the stream
> itself, whereas the ones with a millpond use a gutter to channel the water over
> the wheel. Damming would probably only occur where the only available streams
> are slow moving.
Windmills were probably a lot more common than you may think as there still
exists a great deal of them in Europe, especially the low countries, which date
back to the middle ages. Many castles and towns would also have them on wall
towers so they are within the defenses, Krak des Chevlers in Syria being one of
the most famous examples.
> You may also want to include a cooper, as they were pretty important. Barrels
> were probably one of the best ways to store and ship things such as fruit,
> grain, flour, beverages, and nails. Besides, it'd give you an excuse to use
> many of the barrels that we all seem to have surplusses of. ;)
Great idea! Maybe even include a Fishmonger (to fill the barrels with Ninja
fish) and a dragon named Jabberwocky too! :)
Dan
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| (...) A crossroads may also be the center of town, but that would probably make the town less of the "backwards village" Pawel seems to want. (...) This is highly terrain dependant. Watermills would probably be more likely, as a windmill would (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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