During the middle ages the main economic units were the villages and/or manors. These were self-contained economic units which ate most of the food that was raised. They sold the surplus food only in good years. There were basically two levels of people in this society; the peasant and the lord or priest.
First were the peasants or serfs who raised the food. "Serfs were peasant farmers who were neither fully free nor slaves. They could not leave the village, sell an ox, or marry without the lord of the manor's permissions."
The second level of society was the lords and priests. The lords required taxes from the serfs in both food and labor from each family. The church required 10% of everything the serf produced. The largest building in the village was normally the church. This higher level lived off the labors of the peasant class.
Each serf would have to pay to work a strip of land. The strip was defined by the acre. The acre was the amount one could plow in one days work. As well, the serf would have a set amount of days they would be required to work on the lords land. The system was called the open field system. In this system, temporary hedges would be set up to keep cattle out of the fields. The strips were only regarded as owned by the serf during the time of crop growing. After the crop was harvested the land would revert to common land for cattle grazing. This system was a disincentive to developing the land or conserving the soil.
During the middle ages, they used a three or four crop rotation in their fields. The rotation might be wheat the first year, barley the next, and the third year the land would lay fallow with nothing growing in it. The village or manor also had lands, which were known as the commons, where all the serfs or peasants could graze their animals.
Have fun wirh my first castle builder map.Hope you will enjoy this map. P.S. please rate it ;)
if you are fairly new to this site you have improved greatly, even though this is a small map
Snake115,
that was more or less what i was saying
[Edited on 02/08/07 @ 12:37 PM]
Snake115
Posted on 02/08/07 @ 02:16 AM
heh... i do believe that small maps are easier to detail! than my 400 X 400 invasion map incoming! working yet...
really sweet map! especially its a farm that looks
like my parent farm in the countryside O_O
Snake115
Posted on 02/09/07 @ 08:52 AM
Playability: 5
really easy and lovely!
Balance: 5
its a eyecandy map! hat balance do you need? XD
Creativity: 5
love farms where to kick a ball :D and the lions that allmost killed me :S thanks for the 10 bows in armory!
Map Design: 4
well.. giving a 4 because the place around barracks looked unfinished! but good still :)
Story/Instructions: 5
loved it :D
Additional Comments:
good Eyecandy :D
[Edit – This review has been retracted by staff as part of a retrospective moderation of reviews. This was carried out to deal with the issue of some reviews not meeting the minimum standard. The content of the retracted review has been left to stand as a comment. The author is welcome to contact staff about this. Edited by ericgolf]
[Edited on 12/22/08 @ 11:57 AM]
AZ ViTrAzhAs
Posted on 02/09/07 @ 01:06 PM
[Edited on 03/20/07 @ 03:51 PM]
Sparrow
Posted on 02/10/07 @ 06:17 AM
Red King, if you feel something is amiss here in the forums you should email the moderator rather than making accusations openly. I want you and Mr Reaper to stop this ridiculous bickering immediately. I will look into the issue you raised.
[Edited on 02/10/07 @ 06:25 AM]
gemini911
Posted on 02/12/07 @ 04:33 PM
Playability: 5
I like being a farmer, excellent job.
Balance: 5
Not really an issue on castle builders.
Creativity: 5
Amazingly creative
Map Design: 5
Alligned perfectly
Story/Instructions: 5
Well written
Additional Comments:
You are a great map maker, I truly admire you.
[Edit – This review has been retracted by staff as part of a retrospective moderation of reviews. This was carried out to deal with the issue of some reviews not meeting the minimum standard. The content of the retracted review has been left to stand as a comment. The author is welcome to contact staff about this. Edited by ericgolf]
[Edited on 12/22/08 @ 11:59 AM]
subindxsubin (id: SUBINDXSUBIN)
Posted on 01/29/08 @ 11:02 AM
Rating
2.8
Breakdown
Playability
2.0
Balance
2.5
Creativity
2.5
Map Design
3.5
Story/Instructions
3.5
Playability: 2
I didnt have much fun laying this map. The only fun was wacthing the cactus' placed in a row. All the resource were available. There isnt mcuh to this map in my opinion. You should try to make maps interesting.
Balance: 2.5
The balance is low. With lots of resources and other stuff there is no chalenge and I am not meaning invasions. You should make it hard to develop in the beginning the least.
Creativity: 2.5
This is one of the best parts of this map but still I couldn't see any creativity at all. Good efforts though.
Map Design: 3.5
Well the terrain was ok. The trees placed in rows and the cactus farms look neat. You could do a lot more in this map if you ask me. Try adding much more interesting things that are new.
Story/Instructions: 3.5
This is the best aspect of this map. You have got a good and long enough story and it has only a few errors but could be better.
Additional Comments:
Overall a nice map but I feel that this map could have been a lot better.
Sulis
Posted on 03/27/08 @ 03:28 AM
A questionable review was posted by a new member which may be a smurf of someone who is permanently banned. Subsequent comments also removed. Further investigation pending.
Sulis
BlaBlaBlia
Posted on 03/27/08 @ 10:45 AM
Alik asked me to play and rate the mape, that;s all.