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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1643999" data-attributes="member: 9990">Fields of Blood is pretty good, and is the best out there since the turquois Companion's Set, levels 15-25, IMO.  You can get as in-depth with it as you want, and I am using it for my homebrew to gloss over much of it to get good +/- figures for different baronies.  FoB kinda asks you to detail every hex across the land; why bother when you have 500+?  Break it down to make it easy on yourself - say that 50% is unsettled, 20% has villages, etc. and build it from there.  The idea of the upkeep is to keep rulers of vast nations from piling up hoards quickly, and you can see that after a few seasons if your upkeep is varys from the 70-80%.  Imagine a king sitting around for 20+ years gathering loot... you will see how it would add up.    I use an excel spreadsheet to keep my affairs in order, and should only have to change a few things to keep it running smoothly.  Keep in mind that I don't incorporate all of the rules...As far as detailing, I would put together one average hex of each type and repeat it as necessary.  Perhaps two for some, just in case there are 'poor' areas of the region.  Either way, I don't have the time to figure out each of 500 hexes when the PCs are never going to see ~80% of them, let alone try to micromanage them.</blockquote>