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<blockquote data-quote="Kikuras" data-source="post: 6545124" data-attributes="member: 6790771">When I did this with my group, we were huge on simple, easy numbers.&nbsp; We went with a 6-day week, 30-day month, and 12-month year.&nbsp; We did name the days of the week, but generally they didn't mean anything to us as we kept track of the day of the month, '12th day of Foaling, 6th day of Dawning' and such.As for the year system, we chose a system based off of an ancient prophecy that spoke of a world-changing cataclysmic event.&nbsp; We had Before the Prophecy (the years before the grand prophecy), and Before the Reckoning, the countdown of years (established by the prophecy) until the grand event.&nbsp; Because of the important events surrounding the prophecy, as well as the implications of a vast reckoning, most nations in the 'civilized' lands share this system of time-keeping.Depending on the kingdom you describe, it may not be unreasonable for that nation to adopt a new year-tracking system based on the age of the kingdom, or even the king, and political, and economic pressures might encourage other nations to adopt it as well.&nbsp; Or perhaps multiple nations might keep track of years since the fall of an old empire that they were all subjects of.&nbsp; There's really no reason the years can't be tracked from one point or another so long as there's enough reasonable cultural significance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kikuras, post: 6545124, member: 6790771"] When I did this with my group, we were huge on simple, easy numbers. We went with a 6-day week, 30-day month, and 12-month year. We did name the days of the week, but generally they didn't mean anything to us as we kept track of the day of the month, '12th day of Foaling, 6th day of Dawning' and such. As for the year system, we chose a system based off of an ancient prophecy that spoke of a world-changing cataclysmic event. We had Before the Prophecy (the years before the grand prophecy), and Before the Reckoning, the countdown of years (established by the prophecy) until the grand event. Because of the important events surrounding the prophecy, as well as the implications of a vast reckoning, most nations in the 'civilized' lands share this system of time-keeping. Depending on the kingdom you describe, it may not be unreasonable for that nation to adopt a new year-tracking system based on the age of the kingdom, or even the king, and political, and economic pressures might encourage other nations to adopt it as well. Or perhaps multiple nations might keep track of years since the fall of an old empire that they were all subjects of. There's really no reason the years can't be tracked from one point or another so long as there's enough reasonable cultural significance. [/QUOTE]

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