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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 1282844" data-attributes="member: 6271">It is tough to answer this question, because you said the style is still undecided. The style will very much drive which book will be most useful, I think. MMS:WE is great for role-play intensive use. The level of detail helps to bring it all to life, and the LACK of mechanics for interactions with other realms leaves a lot of room for role-playing opportunities. If, as you said, you plan to leave the mechanics in the background, this could be the right system to use. By the way, I did not find it at all time consuming to create a small realm using MMS:WE. That may be thanks to the automated Excel sheets I use to do some calculations for me. I agree that creating each manor can be complex, but the "higher level" presumes a bunch of averages. If you decide to alter the averages, it becomes more complex, but using "stock" values, there are only about a dozen or so parameters to decide on -- everything else handles itself. On the other hand, if you plan to make interactions -- trade, diplomacy, etc. -- among the realms a key factor of the campaign, then Empire may be a much more appropriate choice. The descriptions are abstract, but that helps keep the game from bogging down. One caveat: don't start at the Barony level and plan to scale up. I have noticed a problem with the scale rules: the land does not scale at the same rate as the other factors. A realm that works (ie., produces enough food and has enough living space) at one scale may not work if you convert to "real" numbers and then scale up. Also, on the <a href="http://www.exp.citymax.com/page/page/381629.htm" target="_blank">Community Support page</a>  for Expeditious Retreat Press, you can find a PDF on creating Regions (Provinces) with MMS:WE. You may find these threads helpful: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71964" target="_blank">Comparison: Strongholds & Dynasties - Empire - Magical Medieval Society - Birthright</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70040" target="_blank">AEG Empire - How is it ?</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70249" target="_blank">Birthright comparison with Empire</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70500" target="_blank">Mongoose's Strongholds & Dynasties</a></blockquote>

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