Town Hall Message

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I am Mayor again and have made changes to my previous message:

Newest TH report in the forum. TAVERN FULLY STOCKED! (Need meat? Please shop our tavern!)

========== ANNOUNCEMENTS =========
* Town Hall is Buying ALL Fish Under 16!
- - Go fishing today: MAP: http://fishing.melyadon.info/?village=whithorn
TUTORIAL: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2008/09/whithorn-fishing-tutorial.html
=== List your fish under 16 to sell them! =====

** NEW!? Please use the New Citizen Program by Buying Our Program Corn! Questions? Mentor: Syseelia, Michael_Gallagher or the Mayor: Xenina.

* Town Danger Code is White (no danger)

* Travel Danger Code is White "low danger" from here to Wigtown, but I suggest that you NEVER travel without a grant.
= GRANTS ARE FREE! = Here is a guide: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2009/03/grant.html

=========== - TH MSG MENU - ==========
1) News
2) Food Information
3) How to Help Your Town
4) Economics / Laws /Suggestions
5) Leveling Up
6) Autobuys
7) Suggested Prices
8) Town Statistics

============ - 1) NEWS - ===========
* Short on veggies. I don't see a reason for this, so I'm now suggesting that people Level into vegetables.

* We are short meat, so please butcher some meats or import if you travel! Thanks.

* LADDERS: Please list for £20 and £60 respectively or no one will buy them.

===== - 2) FOOD & STATS/ GIFTS - ====
*HP = Hunger Points

BREAD: 2 HP, 0 Gifts
CORN:: 1 HP, 0 Gifts
VEGGIE:1 HP, 1 Charisma Point
FRUIT: 1 HP, 1 Charisma Point
MILK:: 1 HP, 1 Intelligence Point
FISH:: 2 HP, 2 Intelligence Points
MEAT:: 2 HP, 2 Strength Points

GIFTS::
Charisma: Helps you to get hired when competing for a job or to buy or sell items on the market. Example: If Joe has 3 Charisma and Sarah has 1 Charisma Point and both attempt to buy the same bread, Joe will buy the bread and Sarah will not.

Intelligence: Helps you to make more choices when fishing, chopping wood, picking fruit and so on.

Strength: Helps you to fish out further, chop wood higher and so on. Also, Strength Points come into play when you are robbing or being robbed by people on the roads and/or when fighting in an army.

==== - 3) HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN - ====
* Become a Lord and our town is paid a stipend, just for having you in town.

* Another way to help us out is to pick up food items to sell when you leave town.

*You can also volunteer for a Town Council position.

== - 4) ECONOMICS/LAWS/SUGGESTIONS - ==
* MARKET: Our economy is low priced and moving. :)

* Minimum Wage: is currently 14 pounds

* Profiteering on our market is illegal and can be prosecuted.

** If you have concerns on a certain product, please send a note to your Mayor! Also, if you need a loan for any reason, contact the Mayor. Thanks. **

* FORUMS: I highly encourage you to read and post in our forum. To truly play RK is to know the forums. Just click on the word "Forum" below your news scroller. Then click on "Go to the forum with your player's account 'your name here'". Once in the forum, you can scroll down to our county (Galloway) and our town (Whithorn). If you can not see the forums, please check your security.

========== - 5) LEVELING - ===========
*Please notify the mayor with a simple note when you level.*

= TO LEVEL ONE: (If you participated in our NEW CITIZEN program, just send me a note.) I suggest you have 150 pounds before you get a first field. (You'll need some cash for expenses and to hire people). Then please choose:

* VEGGIES!! (You harvest on day 5. No stats needed.)
* CORN: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

= TO LEVEL TWO: We have a lot of level twos here. If you are thinking of moving, don't level UNTIL you move, because you lose your workshop when you move. If you do level in Whithorn, I suggest you ask around. Butcher may be a good choice right now.

========== - 6) AUTOBUYS - ===========
Meat: OFF
Cow HW: OFF
Pig HHW: OFF

Please don't use wool autobuy. Thanks!

======= - 7) SUGGESTED PRICES - =======
Corn ____ 2.60 (1hp)
Bread ___ 5.40 (2hp)
Veggies _ 7.70 (1hp, +1 Charisma)

Meat ____ 16.80 (2hp, +2 Strength)
Fish ____ 15.90 (2hp, +2 Intelligence)
Milk ____ 8.10 (1hp, +1 Intelligence)
Wheat ___ 10.10
Flour ___ 12.70
Wood ____ 4.00
HHW _____ 15.00
HC ______ 30.00
Knives __ 14.20
Axe _____ 150
Boat ____ 95
Oar _____ 21 (Only for carpenter use)
Wool ____ 11.25
Hides ___ 15.00
Buckets _ 39.00
Sword ___ 200
Helmet __ 150
Shafts __ 9.00

(THESE MINIMUM prices assume wool=11, hides=15 and wage=21 pounds. Larger items are more difficult to save up to make and therefore may cost more.)
Dress ____ 234 (18 wool, 1 hide)
Shirt ____ 109 (8 wool)
Shoes ____ 28 (2 hides)
Trousers _ 65 (4 wool)
Hat ______ 56 (2 hides)
Rope belt_ 52 (1 hide, 1 wool)
Belt _____ 41 (1 hide)
Boots ____ 86 (4 hides)
Hose _____ 45 (2 wool)
Mantle ___ 246 (15 wool, 4 hides)
Headscarf _28 (2 wool)
Waist Coat_131 (7 hides)
Headdress _78 (2 wool, 2 hides)
Toque ____ 56 (2 hides)
Cloak ___ 175 (4 wool, 7 hides)
Skirt ___ 117 (8 wool)
Apron ___ 116 (6 hides)
Shield ___ 71 (3 hides)

Unhooped buckets = 20
Small Ladder = 20
Large Ladder = 40

========= - 8) STATISTICS - ===========
Number of players, level 0 : 233
Number of players, level 1 : 87
Number of players, level 2 : 59
Number of players, level 3 : 11

Number of wheat fields: 84
Number of corn fields: 51
Number of vegetable patches:95

Number of cow ranches: 13
Number of sheep ranches: 9
Number of pig ranches: 17

Number of cows: 29
Number of sheep: 21
Number of pigs: 35

Number of millers: 20
Number of bakers: 10
Number of butchers: 12
Number of blacksmiths: 12
Number of carpenters: 12
Number of weavers: 14

How to Write a Town Hall Message

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Town Hall messages should have three sections:
1) Announcements (things you update on a daily/bi-weekly basis)
2) A menu of things discussed in the message
3) The actual items that you just said would be in the message

It helps to have a little intro about yourself before the message, so that new people know that the Mayor is active and changing the message regularly. You'll also want to use bullet-points under each heading for each piece of subject matter. Keep the whole of the letter as short as you can. Take out notes that become unnecessary later.

Here's my latest letter. Notice the subjects are divided up and each subject is bullet-pointed and kept short and to the point:

___________________________________________________________________
Greetings Citizens! Thank you for your vote. I do appreciate it and I'm already working hard for you!

========== ANNOUNCEMENTS =========
* Mine full? No Jobs? Go fishing today:
TUTORIAL: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2008/09/whithorn-fishing-tutorial.html
=== FISH AT 15.35 WILL BE PURCHASED!==
** New Mentor: Syseelia - CONGRATS! -
** Volunteers for Town Council?! Post in the FORUMS please.
* There is "low danger" from here to Wigtown, but Wigtown is FULL of criminals and so are their roads. I suggest that you NEVER travel without a grant.
= GRANTS ARE FREE! = Here is a guide: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2009/03/grant.html
* SPECIAL THANKS !! Our town has quickly recovered. We now have meat and bread. Thanks to everyone who sacrificed to do what they could for OUR town. :D

=========== - TH MSG MENU - ==========
1) News
2) Food Information
3) How to Help Your Town
4) Economics / Laws /Suggestions
5) Leveling Up
6) Autobuys
7) Suggested Prices
8) Town Statistics

============ - 1) NEWS - ===========
* LADDERS: Please list for £20 and £60 respectively or I can't buy them.
===== - 2) FOOD & STATS/ GIFTS - ====
*HP = Hunger Points
BREAD: 2 HP, 0 Gifts
CORN:: 1 HP, 0 Gifts
VEGGIE:1 HP, 1 Charisma Point
FRUIT: 1 HP, 1 Charisma Point
MILK:: 1 HP, 1 Intelligence Point
FISH:: 2 HP, 2 Intelligence Points
MEAT:: 2 HP, 2 Strength Points
GIFTS::
Charisma: Helps you to get hired when competing for a job or to buy or sell items on the market. Example: If Joe has 3 Charisma and Sarah has 1 Charisma Point and both attempt to buy the same bread, Joe will buy the bread and Sarah will not.
Intelligence: Helps you to make more choices when fishing, chopping wood, picking fruit and so on.
Strength: Helps you to fish out further, chop wood higher and so on. Also, Strength Points come into play when you are robbing or being robbed by people on the roads and/or when fighting in an army.
==== - 3) HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN - ====
* Become a Lord and our town is paid a stipend, just for having you in town.
* Another way to help us out is to pick up food items to sell when you leave town.
*You can also volunteer for a Town Council position.
== - 4) ECONOMICS/LAWS/SUGGESTIONS - ==
* MARKET: Our economy is low priced and moving. :)
* Minimum Wage: is currently 14 pounds
* Profiteering on our market is illegal and can be prosecuted.
** If you have concerns on a certain product, please send a note to your Mayor! Also, if you need a loan for any reason, contact the Mayor. Thanks. **
* FORUMS: I highly encourage you to read and post in our forum. To truly play RK is to know the forums. Just click on the word "Forum" below your news scroller. Then click on "Go to the forum with your player's account 'your name here'". Once in the forum, you can scroll down to our county (Galloway) and our town (Whithorn). If you can not see the forums, please check your security.
========== - 5) LEVELING - ===========
*Please notify the mayor with a simple note when you level.*
= TO LEVEL ONE: (If you participated in our NEW CITIZEN program, just send me a note.) I suggest you have 150 pounds before you get a first field. (You'll need some cash for expenses and to hire people). Then please choose:
* CORN
Guide: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
= TO LEVEL TWO: We have a lot of level twos here. If you are thinking of moving, don't level UNTIL you move, because you lose your workshop when you move. If you do level in Whithorn, I suggest you choose carpenter or baker!
========== - 6) AUTOBUYS - ===========
Meat: OFF
Cow HW: OFF
Pig HHW: OFF
Please don't use wool autobuy. Thanks!
======= - 7) SUGGESTED PRICES - =======
Corn ____ 2.90 (1hp)
Bread ___ 5.60 (2hp)
Veggies _ 8.20 (2hp, +1 Charisma)
Meat ____ 16.80 (2hp, +2 Strength)
Fish ____ 16.00 (2hp, +2 Intelligence)
Milk ____ 8.60 (1hp, +1 Intelligence)
Wheat ___ 10.50
Flour ___ 12.80
Wood ____ 4.00
HHW _____ 15.00
HC ______ 30.00
Knives __ 14.50
Axe _____ 150
Boat ____ 95
Oar _____ 21 (Only for carpenter use)
Wool ____ 11.25
Hides ___ 15.00
Buckets _ 39.00
Sword ___ 200
Helmet __ 150
Shafts __ 9.00
(THESE MINIMUM prices assume wool=11, hides=15 and wage=21 pounds. Larger items are more difficult to save up to make and therefore may cost more.)
Dress ____ 234 (18 wool, 1 hide)
Shirt ____ 109 (8 wool)
Shoes ____ 28 (2 hides)
Trousers _ 65 (4 wool)
Hat ______ 56 (2 hides)
Rope belt_ 52 (1 hide, 1 wool)
Belt _____ 41 (1 hide)
Boots ____ 86 (4 hides)
Hose _____ 45 (2 wool)
Mantle ___ 246 (15 wool, 4 hides)
Headscarf _28 (2 wool)
Waist Coat_131 (7 hides)
Headdress _78 (2 wool, 2 hides)
Toque ____ 56 (2 hides)
Cloak ___ 175 (4 wool, 7 hides)
Skirt ___ 117 (8 wool)
Apron ___ 116 (6 hides)
Shield ___ 71 (3 hides)
Unhooped buckets = 20
Small Ladder = 20
Large Ladder = 40
========= - 8) STATISTICS - ===========
Number of players, level 0 : 233
Number of players, level 1 : 87
Number of players, level 2 : 59
Number of players, level 3 : 11
Number of wheat fields: 84
Number of corn fields: 51
Number of vegetable patches:95
Number of cow ranches: 13
Number of sheep ranches: 9
Number of pig ranches: 17
Number of cows: 29
Number of sheep: 21
Number of pigs: 35
Number of millers: 20
Number of bakers: 10
Number of butchers: 12
Number of blacksmiths: 12
Number of carpenters: 12
Number of weavers: 14                                                                                                                SEE MORE RK POSTS

Grant Tutorial

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This tutorial for Grantees and Grantors

SHORTCUT: http://tinyurl.com/RKgrants

In Deutsch

What is a Grant?
A grant is a Special Handbag that you carry in Renaissance Kingdoms. It can only be given by the Town Mayor or by the Sergeant, Sheriff or Trade Minister. Once granted the grant can not be taken away from you. Only you can "cancel" and therefore send the grant back to the town or County.

Its purpose:
Grants are used to safeguard goods and money. (Once placed in a grant, money and goods used to be sage from theft. In 2011 this was changed. Now they can be pillaged.)

It is usually used to keep a separate bank account for buying and selling.

Find Your Grant:
Click on "Me" and then "Your duties and responsibilities" It will say "You are currently granted by the Town Hall of Blahblah - "See." Click on "See" to read your grant. The granter usually puts your name, town, date and instructions in the grant contract.

Records:
Before you use or touch your grant, make sure that the grant contains the items that are stated and/or that you have agreed upon. Record the contents in a notepad, excel or word document, so that you will know what to return when you are finished.

Put Your Stuff in the Grant:
If you don't need to place your personal items or money into the grant, then you will do nothing.

If you want to put things into it, then you start from the grant. It will contain at least 1 item or £2. Open an extra window that goes to the market. (Make sure that there is no other wood on the market for 15.95.) You will want to list the wood for 15.50-15.95 and then buy it with your own money. This means that instead of two wood, your grant now has 15.95-31.90 and nothing else.

Use this 31.90 to buy your own inventory items and wood (use normal prices, unless you don't mind that other people buy your meat at 15.00, etc.). (To place LOTS of money and/or goods into your grant, you will need to repeat the process MANY times.)

Tax tricks:
If you list anything on the market for minimum the tax costs will be cut. I suggest buying your low cost item several times.

Buying From The Grant:
Right now your grant says, "The trades that you are currently doing are NOT executed under the terms of your grant." Once you click on the button "Switch", you will buy under the terms of the grant, meaning that the purchase will be debited to the grant account."

If the grant has money, then you can use this money to buy things. To BUY with the grant's money click on "Switch". The drop down will say, "The following transactions will be carried out under the terms of your grant". Now, anything you buy will go into the grant and the grant's money will be spent until you either:
1) Log out of RK
2) Click on "Switch" again

Returning the Grant:
When you want to return the grant you must be in the County (if the TM, Sheriff, Sergeant granted it) or the Town (if the Mayor granted it) where you received the grant. If it was a travel grant with 2 wood, you can probably keep it for a really long time and the Mayor or TM won't really mind. If it was a trading grant, you should ask the Mayor or TM how badly they need it back. If it was for a trade, ie, 10 wood sold at £4, then please cancel it as soon as possible and get a new grant. Holding a very old grant and "donating" money back instead of cancelling your grant can mean you are held accountable for your grant later. Another TM will not know that you already paid. So, best to cancel it and get a new "travel" grant.

Open your notepad, word or excel document where you stored the information of what was in the grant when you got it. Do your best to sell expensive from your own inventory and buy cheap from the grant. This will place your personal money back into your personal inventory.

Try as best you can to even out the grant, so that it contains the same items and/or value that it had when you received it. If you traded for your town or County, you should be leaving any profit inside the grant. Usually trade grants make a good profit, so lots more value than you started with.

To cancel the grant and send back the entire purse full of money and/or items, just click on the word "Cancel" at the very bottom of your grant.

Should you have questions or need help ask the person who granted you or another Mayor/TM.

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Mayors, TM, Sheriff, Sergeant ~ How To Make A Grant

Note: At this time only Mayors and Sheriffs can grant £ cash £. TMs can only grant goods. Sergeants can only grant weapons. Items must be placed inside in order:
Money (You have to place inside upon creation. You can not place money in later)
Goods (All officers in County can SEE the grant you created. So a grant can be created by the Sheriff with £200. If it is left in the office then the TM can place corn inside, the Sergeant can then place a sword inside. Anyone can issue it once it is finished.

- Click Town Hall

- Click The Mayor's Office tab

- Click Grant Management

- Scroll to the bottom

- Click on Create New Grant (If you can't create one then you have one pending. Either cancel it or finish it up and grant it. )

- Fill out the sheet with the person's name and your wishes. Make sure to date and sign it:

- Click Create when you're done.
- Click Inventory to place items in the grant. If you transfer items to a grant you can not chose which grant. It will always go to that one on top (I think). Either that or on the bottom.

- Click the Mayor's Office tab

- Click Grant Management

- Click on See under the "Grants to give"

- Type in the person's name who will receive the grant

- Click Grant

- You did it. :)

Note: You can only create ONE grant at a time - unless you are on a mobile phone and go back a page. I was able to create three grants by glitching. Of course it was the same grant contract over and over, but it is doable. If you are organized I'm sure you could figure it out. :)

How to Write A Chief Mentor Welcome Letter

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Okay. I have changed the introduction message just a little bit. It was EXTREMELY long and drawn out.

Here is the letter that I send when I assign a new Chief Mentor:
I have placed you as Chief Mentor. I have also added you into the Town Council private forum thread. Access it in forum 2. Just search for "Whithorn Town Council".

CHORES:
Your job as Chief Mentor:
1) Check up on how many new people we receive every day.
2) Send letters to those who are 5-10 days old on a regular basis.
3) Answer letters that are sent to you.
4) Sit in the Town tavern as often as you can to answer questions of the newbies who pop in.

~ Xenina

To New Players, Read This:

________________________________________________________________
Welcome, to Whithorn! I’ll be your guide. My name is Syseelia and I'm the Chief Mentor of this town. If you need ANY help, just click "reply" and send me an "in-game" letter. =]

== NOW, FIRST THING: Click on "Town" and then "Market" and purchase 10 bags of corn from the market at £4.95 each. This will enroll you in our NEW CITIZEN program. (You may receive a note from me or from the Mayor confirming that you are now in the program.)

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: When you are ready for level 1 (you have earned 5 reputation points & 65 pounds of cash), contact the Mayor and she will tell you how to get £55 CASH. This £55 will push you into Level 1 and the Mayor will give you advice on what kind of field you should choose.

This letter is LONG and I get that, BUT I suggest that you – SAVE IT - somewhere, as mail is deleted automatically after 2 weeks.

== NOW, YOUR TUTORIAL:
- LEVEL ZERO: This game is all about living day to day and working your way UP in the world. =) Level zero is all about having what it takes to move up. The key is to SAVE YOUR MONEY! Save your money and food and do not waste it (on clothes, food or anything else), or you can’t level as quickly as you should. Also, if you don’t know, ask! Ask the Chief Mentor or the Mayor. You are not “bothering” us.

== A DAY . . . in RK (Renaissance Kingdoms) is the 24 hour period between one reset and the next. Reset occurs each day at 2:00 GMT. (Time is posted on the church). For example, if you are in PST (-8 GMT), reset occurs from 7 – 8 pm at night.

== EATING:
You must eat every day to survive. Look at the top of your screen. Next to your money is your “status”. If you are “fit” you only need to eat one Hunger Point (that means 1 corn). If you are “exhausted” you need to eat two Hunger Points (two corns or one bread).

- FOOD: To eat click on “Me”, then “My inventory”. Click on the hand print to eat each item. Remember what I said above: if you are “fit”, you need ONLY eat one corn. (It will still say you are hungry, but ignore that.) To get more food on subsequent days will buy it either from the market or a tavern (which are individually owned and priced). Your money is only to be used to buy food (not wine, women or fancy clothes). Do not buy any food besides corn or bread until you level. DO NOT BUY BEER.

- DON’T GET DRUNK: To enter a tavern, simply click on the name of one. If you visit the taverns, do NOT buy beer at all(only richer people should ever buy beer) and do not allow anyone to buy you more than 5 drinks or you may get drunk. If you are too drunk you can’t work or eat.

== JOBS & REPUTATION:
The best time to get jobs is early in the new day, for as they say - the early bird gets the work! You have THREE places to get work:
1. The Mine: Click "Out of Town" and "Works". Then click on the mine. (You get 7.50 this reset and then 7.50 on Sunday.)
2. As a level 0, you have to work two days in the Church. This will give you 2 of your 5 required Reputation Points. (More info below)
3. Farm jobs are in the Town Hall: Click “Town Hall” and “Job offers”. You will see a job and the skills required. If it says “0 Intelligence Points” or “0 Strength Points” you can apply for it, even though you have no character statistics yet.

== YOUR TOWN:
Read your Town Hall’s Message and keep checking it. Don’t buy cheap items and then resell them higher. This is a prosecutable crime.

== LEVEL ONE:
Like I said above: “When you are ready for level 1 (you have earned 5 Reputation Points & £65 of cash), contact the Mayor and she will tell you how to get £55 from the Town Hall. This £55 will push you into Level 1 and the Mayor will give you advice on what kind of field you should choose and tell you how to level.” * Remember, you can ONLY get this £55 pounds if you are enrolled in the NEW CITIZEN program. *

== REPUTATION POINTS are points you give and get from other people. (You get two points per week that you can give out.) As said above, you will get 2 Reputation Points from the Church. However, you also need 3 Reputation Points from other players. This is part of the game. The best time to find people to trade Reputation Points with is on Sunday after people get paid and they get their 2 points to give out.

== FORUMS:
Visit the forums right away. Only worry about the top forum for now. Go into the Index and look for “Galloway” (that’s our County). Then look for “Whithorn”. That’s our town. There is both a County and a Town forum. Both are fun and will teach you a lot.

We hope you enjoy your life here in 1456 A.D. Whithorn! Please stay in touch.

Mayor's Recession Help - Lesson 2

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How to keep prices cheap in your town:
Ok, this tutorial is a step by step on how to deal with the recession by causing more of a recession in your town. If you DO NOT follow my advice, please remember that your Town Hall worth will continue to fall and an empty Town Hall can help no one. If you create excess funds, then that's ok, because you can give that money back to your townfolk in many different ways at a later time. Most mayors do NOT have a problem with having too much Town Hall worth.


1) First encourage LOW prices by placing suggested prices in your Town Hall message and mention this in your Mayor's Office forum thread. You are ALREADY in a recession. You can't change that. Lowering prices IS necessary in order to LIVE in a recession. This must be explained to the people.


2) Keep prices cheap:

bags of wheat

10.20

9

bags of wheat	10.65	13
bags of wheat	10.70	13
bags of wheat	11.10	11
bags of wheat	11.40	8

3) So, what do you buy? Once people are selling for less, you have to buy correctly. Let's say I want 25 wheat to sell to the county. Here's what I would buy:
2 of the 11.40
4 of the 11.50
8 of the 10.70
5 of the 10.65
5 of the 10.20

Why not buy all the 10.20? If you bought up all the wheat for low prices, then people would start listing at a higher price and BOOM, you just raised all the prices in your town. Every time you buy, you are shaping your market. Remember that.

4) Why you WANT to keep prices stable: If you keep the price stable and affordable then people will continue to list for the same or lower prices.

5) How to explain: How do you explain to your citizens that you need to pay them EVEN LESS in order to help the town prosper? Here are some questions and answers for you and your citizens. This is something I posted in the forum.:

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"How do we sell items out?"

Well, we send out grants via citizens that volunteer for it. They are usually Town Council Members.

Then, in the last couple of days we sold items out to the County (via the County Faire). All towns are quite dependent on the County Trade Minister buying up our items (unless their mayor organizes his/her own trades). Until very recently, the county was not buying much of anything, but Sheridan has recently created two trades and has bought up a lot of our extra corn, wheat and fish. This allowed me to clear out the TH for the most part.

"What I see, is an overstocked market with lower and lower prices."

Right now the market is manageable. People are selling their items if they list for a good price. If you wish to sell something just contact the mayor and he/she will grant you cash to purchase your items.

What are the mayor's options as far as market manipulation?
1) Place price-caps or minimums: If the mayor were to artificially "stage" the market, there would be a major side effect. Prices would be pretty standard. Yes. However, people with lower charisma would never sell their items and when I say "never", I mean it. Higher charisma items always sell first, so my bread would probably sit forever, while someone like Hebrin would sell their bread pretty quickly. It would be quite unfair and I would never initiate such an unfair advantaged plan.

2) Set 20 wage prices for level twos: I have heard mention of this also. Again, the same result. It is artificially fixing the market. The results? People with lower charisma would never be able to sell their items and they would never get paid.

I believe a free-market is the best thing that we can do at this time.

"Can't the Mayor or whoever maybe once every two weeks send an email so EVERYONE knows what is happening here."

Like someone said, it costs us "communication points" whenever the mayor sends out a "Town Announcement" and I prefer to save the TH cash for better things. If the mayor were to send out letters a lot, you would be looking at serious costs, as we'd have to hire a specific type of Level 3 State Trained to give us Communication Points.

"You guys want to run our town, then how about including those of us (I'm sure there are many) that don't understand or don't use the forum."

Well, I think I do a decent job of updating the TH msg. I change it every 2 - 5 days. Check it. You'll see that things are moved, changed or re-organized every few days. Current News is always given and I keep the "HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN" section up to date. Is there an additional section that you think I should add? I have been told that most people don't want to read on and on about the town's affairs. In fact, the longer the note, the less people read the whole thing.

"Why encourage people to leave our town? It appears to me and please correct me if I am wrong, that the mayor is encouraging people to leave and then saying we are in need of Lords. Well sorry, why not try and keep the ones we have ?"

Well, it would be nice if the Lords that we have would stay and the non-Lords moved away, but that's usually not how it happens. Over the past few months, I have discovered how incredibly difficult it is to manage Whithorn. Many of the Level 2s are unhappy that they can not make a living here and they have explained their problems to me. Unfortunately, in RK, we have the ability to create infinite fields, but we are limited in size by having only one market in the town. This was okay in the past because we didn't have so many items on the market, but when the recession hit, it hit us very hard.

Our problems are circular and they all radiate from the fact that our town is over populated (around 400 people). We have about 85 level two people.

"Question: What I want to know is why aren't working professions encouraged?" and "Why are prices so low? I can't sell my stuff."

Because we have 17 bakers, when a well-populated RK town only needs 6-9 bakers.

For example, we have 28 millers here. There is no way that they will not have to fight to be competitive in a single market.

The recession is just not going to allow level twos to make an awesome income anymore. Now, if you were to live in Ayr, you would suffer from some of the same issues, BUT you would have a greater income because there are less bakers living there.

6) More recession answers:
Our issues are NOT authentic to our town. Every town in RK is overstocked right now. Most THs are suffering seriously. They are broke, trying to buy up their town's goods to help the people. I have done a good job in getting things sold before buying more here in Whithorn and I believe that is because of my experience.

Yes. Things are difficult here in Whithorn, but in some towns they have no veggies or no bread. I send letters out to mayors to ask trade and I often hear: "Please tell me what you want to bring. We are overstocked! PLEASE do not dump cheap goods on our market! We need our people to sell their goods."

So, we really should appreciate that our TH worth is pretty stable and that people CAN get jobs and can make a living by working jobs here. Honestly! We CAN fish here. We don't have to borrow axes from the TH just to work for the day. In other places, they are short on certain things or they don't have enough bakers . . . . and well they do not have the choices that you have, so please think about that also.

Introduction to Politics - Portion 3

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Welcome to Introduction to Politics: Mayors and Mentors CLASS 3

In this class we'll engage your in game abilities, your sensibilities and teach you all about managing a town.

Anyone may attend classes, but you MUST enroll (in the student registration section) in order to participate in class discussions. If you are not actively enrolled I ask that you not post.

I'm so sorry that this class is a week late. I never intended that to happen.

Let's begin:

CLASS iii) Getting Organized

Subject A) Mayors and Mentors love notepad:
I have on my desktop and/or quicklaunch several different documents from my RK folder (inside my pictures). They are:
1) 1_My_grant.txt : 

I use this keep track of any travel grants I have and anything that I NEED to ask for from the TM. Also, if I am traveling with a County grant, I use it to keep track of my trading duties, etc:
Grant to Xenina, Jan. 25
Sell goods for County Profit and Town Supplementation:

Sold = milk @ 8.15

Bought = boat at 90

My cash in this grant = 19 pounds
(If you are a trader, you should be making a note everytime you earn cash or your tavern pays you)

2) 1_Mayor_info.txt:

TO DO::
(Obviously I list things I need to do here, or even daily chores)

_ Finish class
_ Buy up corn and issue new NCP mentor grant
_ Grant Karen
_ Buy wheat/corn/fish
_ Sell to CF
_ Stock tavern
_ Latest Report?

(Prices I buy at)
BUY:
02.75-02.90 <-- br="br" corn="corn">10.20-10.80 <-- br="br" wheat="wheat">08.01-08.05 <-- br="br" milk="milk">under 7.75 <-- br="br" veggies="veggies">16.00 - 16.60 <-- br="br" fish="fish">
(I have a list of prices the TM is buying at, etc.)
SELL:
02.81 <-- br="br" corn="corn">10.41 <-- br="br" wheat="wheat">08.01 <-- br="br" milk="milk">07.95 <-- br="br" veggies="veggies">16.71 <-- br="br" fish="fish">
(Then I have these different letters all with a line in between them: )
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You have enrolled in the new citizen program. Thank you very much. I surely hope that you are already learning your way around our fair city. Please be sure to check for people in the taverns after the daily reset. They will give you reputation points.

You'll also need to work for two days in the church. These are points that must be earned in the church.

Please reply to this e-mail and tell me when you have earned 5 reputation points and 60 pounds. Then I'll give you instructions on what is best to farm and how you can level.

Also, don't forget to read the Town Hall Message. Should you have any other questions, please feel free to send me mail.  Keep in touch.

~ Xenina, Mayor of Whithorn

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Yay! Xenina does happy dance.  Here's how you get your cash. Buy 5 wood and list 4 for ____ and one for ____.

Then send me a letter to say that you listed them on the market and I'll buy them up.

Once you have your cash, you'll want to go into town and find the "Baliwick". Then click on "Meet the Count's First Secretary".

When asked what field you would like please choose wheat. There is a wheat tutorial here: http://renaissancekingdoms.wikia.com/wiki/Wheat

Thanks and congratulations. 

~ Xenina, Mayor of Whithorn

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I see that you have only just begun on your journey in the Kingdom. I certainly hope that you'll continue on your path. If you can you will attain some riches, adventures and many accomplishments.

To attain a boat loan, you should accomplish the following:

- Level 1
- Strength in the excess of 19
- Some kind of activity in the forums

I suggest you start off your journey by visiting the County's forum: Click Forum and Rules, Choose the first option, Find the word "Galloway"

I also suggest reading the Scottish forum called "Highland Halls"

You can also see our current Government and Wars in action in the National Assembly. Simply look for the Title: "National Assembly - Public Chambers". Here you can read all about different things our government is working on, but you can not post.

I certainly hope you'll come visit me in the tavern sometime. I've been a bit busy as of late because I am the new Duchess, but I will try to be in the taverns whenever I am able.

Please also keep in mind that Blissmaker is here to help you as the Town's Mentor. She can provide you with even more information.

Mayor and Duchess,
Xenina
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Greetings my dear. A kindly farm worker has notified me that you hired him for only 12 pounds. As you know, minimum wage is 14 pounds. The law forbids you from hiring for any less than that. I urge you to mail Mr. ___ to make up for these 2 pounds.

Thank you for your attention.

Xenina
Mayor of Whithorn

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Hey there,

I am obligated to give you some information and a warning about the economics of profit selling. It looks like you went to Wigtown and bought some of their cheap wood, then came here and resold it for a higher price (3.90).

This is not really a big deal, except that I keep buying it from you, which means that you purchased a large quantity in Wigtown. This is not really a good thing for Wigtown, as you are taking the profit out of their Town Hall's economic system.

No doubt that the mayor of Wigtown frowns on having you purchase more than 25 of any one item.

I am not going to prosecute you on this - this time, as neither of our markets (Wigtown or Whithorn) were severly damaged by one trip, but I just want to let you know that when you buy more than 25 of any one item you will want to contact the mayor. Otherwise their mayor
might want to prosecute you. I frown on market manipulation.

~ Xenina

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Mentor Instructions:

Soon I'll issue you the NCP grant. Here are the full instructions. You'll want to save this in a wordpad or word document:

1) The grant will be in your person. Find it in "Me", "My character", "Your duties and responsibilities".

2) The grant will contain 100 corn. List about 50 on the market for 4.95 at a time.

3) Keep updated on your events. Once someone buys into the Program you will see "30-07-2009 17:40 : You have sold at Trancer 10 bags of corn for 4.95 pounds."

4) Click on the person's name (one on that person you can see if they are dead or in retreat, etc. . .) Go ahead and send them a mail anyway.

I would like for you to use this one:You have enrolled in the new citizen program. Thank you very much. I surely hope that you are already learning your way around our fair city. Please be sure to check for people in the taverns after the daily reset. They will give you reputation points.

You'll also need to work for two days in the church. These are points that must be earned in the church.

Once you have received 5 reputation points and you have 60 pounds, contact Xenina (the Mayor) by mail. Label the subject " $$$ time!! " This will make her respond ASAP. Tell her you have purchased 5 wood pieces and are ready for your payment. She will then give you full instructions.

Also, don't forget to read the Town Hall Message regularly. There is a lot of information in there. Should you have any other questions, please feel free to send me mail.  Keep in touch.

~ Blissmaker, Chief Mentor
5) Copy the person's name and post it in your NCP list inside the Mentor's Office thread.

6) When the grant is near empty, send me a mail (with the subject "NCP $$" or post in the forum that you'll need a new one soon. (I'll keep my eye out for that next day and issue you a new grant promptly. I'll also offer some corn for 4.95 from the Town Hall, so we don't lose anyone who would want to enroll.)

7) Once the grant is empty, it should have 495 pounds in it. If it does not, then you still have some corn on the market. Go to the market and click on the "Purchase and sale" tab. Cancel any corn that you have on the market before canceling the grant. This may take 10 minutes or so.

Of course if you have any questions, let me know.

Xenina

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Also, to the Mentor:

Yep, as you can see in the list I put in the sticky there's always a guy who buys only 3 or some person who buys 5, but not 10. Most of these people die, so I don't really mind it too much.

I send them that little letter that I posted in the forum. It says "You have one week to buy the remaining 6 bags of corn". If you do buy them, you will be updated into a participant automatically." Then under that I put a line
- - - - - - < -- like this
and then I put the regular confirmation letter down below the line.

You'll want to return the grant when you have 20 or less corn (or right about that).

I'll put your name is as the Mentor now and I'll send you a grant tonight most likely (if I can get to it).

Xenina

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Hi there!

I'm so glad that I've provided information on my blog. Here are answers to your questions. However, I will also soon be teaching an interactive class in politics. Perhaps you would like to take it. It will be on forum2 and will include some assignments using msn.

I WILL BE ANSWERING YOU IN GREEN.

In Hungary we are interested in a low-tax for security purposes (if someone would take over one of the town hall). We do not want to let anybody wage taxes.
1. If the mayor start the tax system when could someone change the rates first? Anytime if has Financial SP? Or after two weeks? When?
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 RATES CAN BE CHANGED AFTER 14 DAYS. I DO NOT SUGGEST THIS STRATEGY UNLESS YOU ARE ALMOST SURE THOSE CONQUERING WILL BE USING THE TAX. FINANCE POINTS CAN BE EXPENSIVE. IF YOU MUST WAGE A SECURITY TAX, YOU CAN PLACE .01 pence IN THE OLD VERSION OF RK.

SECURITY TAXES AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT BECAUSE THEY COST A LOT AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THE PEOPLE NOT TO PAY IT UNTIL A REAL MAYOR IS IN PLACE. (If they get late fees, the Mayor can pay them back later)
2. I see that one time the taxes can be waged for two weeks. So the minimum tax for one week is 0.25 pounds?
I BELIEVE IT CAN BE .01 BUT I CAN NOT TEST IT WITHOUT USING POINTS.

3. What does happen after two weeks if the mayor does not change anything?
THE SYSTEM ONLY TAXES ONCE. IT WILL NOT CONTINUE UNLESS IT IS WAGED AGAIN.
I hope that helps,

Xenina

END DOCUMENT

3) I also have a TM.txt, but you're most likely not going to need that.


Subject B) Reports:

I use excel documents for reports, but that's not all. I give each trader and/or person who wants one a grant sheet. (This sheet will give them the worth of the grant, so they can return it for more or even than what they got it at.)

Here is your homework. Take the following information and use this EXCEL report to give me your Town Hall's worth:

INVENTORY:
1000 pounds

14 loaves of bread

85 bags of corn

11 pieces of meat

10 vegetables

4 hides

2 buckets

9 wood bushels

6 ounces of iron ore

1 axe

Town selling orders at the Town market
1 small ladder at 20.01 pounds each. Cancel
1 bucket at 38.05 pounds each. Cancel
15 vegetables at 8.11 pounds each. Cancel
8 vegetables at 8.01 pounds each. Cancel
1 bucket at 37.71 pounds each. Cancel
29 wood bushels at 4.01 pounds each. Cancel
1 ounce of iron ore at 19.01 pounds each. Cancel
1 bucket at 38.51 pounds each. Cancel
40 wood bushels at 4.01 pounds each. Cancel
2 fishes at 16.91 pounds each. Cancel
3 ounces of iron ore at 19.01 pounds each. Cancel
2 hides at 15.00 pounds each. Cancel
5 pieces of meat at 17.51 pounds each. Cancel

Town selling orders at the County fair
1 bag of flour at 12.31 pounds each. Cancel
1 fish at 16.81 pounds each. Cancel
1 axe at 141.00 pounds each. Cancel
1 axe at 141.01 pounds each. Cancel
4 fishes at 16.81 pounds each. Cancel
3 fishes at 16.71 pounds each. Cancel

Your Tavern:
The day's income : 23.10 pounds.
Name: TOWN TAVERN 1

Inventory
loaves of bread: 34
fruits: 0
bags of corn: 0
bottles of milk: 0
fishes: 0
pieces of meat: 32
vegetables: 0

Now, use this excel document to create your report:

(I've included 3 formats in case you don't have the newest excel.)

23 K = http://iamxenina.googlepages.com/TownHallReportSheet.xlsx
57 K = http://iamxenina.googlepages.com/TownHallReportSheet.xls
09 K = http://iamxenina.googlepages.com/TownHallReportSheet.csv

Renaissance Kingdoms Mayoral Tutuorial

Click here to see all Mayoral Tutorials regarding RK

Have questions? Write to me above in the chatbox and I shall reply to you in game if you leave me your in game name. - Updated Nov 2012

This is a tutorial for the mayors of Renaissance Kingdoms. Renaissance Kingdoms is a highly complex online multi-player game that can give you hours of endless entertainment. Still, given how complex it is, it can be hard to know how to get started and harder still to get good at the game. However, it has something for everyone.

This tutorial was written with Whithorn in mind and was edited for Ayr town. Your town and county may require different prices. I also have a series posted in this University:
http://renaissance.forumotion.net/renaissance-kingdoms-university-f8

1) YOUR MAYORS TOOLS:
* Write the information message -Use this to update the Town's Message. Once changed it can not be put back, so I save the old version in a notepad document before I begin working on a new one.
* Change the autobuy prices -If you do use it just make sure that the autobuy prices are extremely low, so that you don't spend undue monies on it or bankrupt your town
* Buy for Town -This allows you to buy for the town. In a fish town buy fish 1-2 times a day. In a wood town buy wood once a day and then relist it for a higher price. This is how your town makes money. You also want to buy bread, corn and keep a few knives onhand. (If you can not buy you are out of Trading Points. See "civil servants" below.)
* Goods inventory -This is where you find ALL your goods. You can send them to the tavern, a grant and/or sell them on the market or the County Fair.
* Purchase and Sale orders - Shows you what the Town is currently selling.
* Resign -Do not click this. It will not ask you confirm. Upon your resignation the election will start over but no one will be mayor. Make sure that the guard is actively "defending the power". (instructions: http://tinyurl.com/DefendYourTown)
* Manage the militia -I like to have 2 for today, 1 for tomorrow and 2 the day after or 1 today, 0 tomorrow. That way it alternates between 1 and 2 and the criminals can't predict how many you will have. Bump it up to as much as 4 if you have more than 7 strangers/criminals in town. They need more than double your militia to overthrow you. For example if I have 2 defenders, they would need 5 to take the town. Save money by having volunteer defenders.
* Statistics - Tells you how many of what field . . etc. You can only read this in OLD version.
* Manage the taxes - If you DO wages tax it sucks up 5 of your Finance Points (see civil servants below). (Instructions: http://xenina.blogspot.com/2009/05/wagetax.html)
* Tax Fraud - List of taxes overdue. You can bring people up on fraud with the PP, but check if they have been in retreat and/or if they have problems first. Never insist on a tax payment when someone threatens to quit the game. Push RK by trying to help pay their late fee. The town gets all that money anyway.
* Assessment sheet - This is your "EVENTS" for the Town Hall. It only shows the last 8 sells, so that's why the Mentor has to sell the New Citizen corn from a grant if you do that program. They can actually keep track that way.
* Manage the ranch keeping - Do not click or use this. It deducts 200 pounds and will KEEP doing it.
* Manage the civil servants and the Town Hall administration - This is how you hire a Level 3 to give us Finance or State points. It will also tell you how many of what points you have.
* File a lawsuit - Uses Judicial points. I never use it. The PP should file all cases for you.
* Grant management - Make grants here. Instructions: http://tinyurl.com/RKgrants
* Assign a chief mentor - This changes who your mentor is and gives them an office.
* Manage the Town Hall's calendar - I hardly ever used. This uses points and notifies anyone who logs in that lives in your town on the day that you tell it to.
* Send a mail to all the town's citizens - This uses communication points, but is a good way to notify people of major changes if you are making a huge change. I ALWAYS use it before I tax, usually giving people 3-7 days notice. However, don't send out too many mails or people won't read them.

2) BUYING:
Buy Off Market
(Never buy up ALL of the cheapest priced goods, as this will raise the prices in your town and no one wants that. Just purchase some of each price range to encourage the market to stay at the prices you like. If you do buy things make sure to relist things with the prices you want your town to have (or slightly higher so that bakers can sell their own bread). The town hall is a giant profit machine, but it also must regulate prices so that goods do not climb too high in price (or dive too low). )

Bread = Buy bread from your bakers to encourage them to bake. The more you buy, the more they will bake so don't buy too much or too little. Use some bread to stock the Town Hall tavern and relist the rest. (Tavern should contain about 25-50 bread at any one time. It depends on how much bread is and how many bread are listed on the market.)

Corn, wheat and flour can all be purchased and resold to set town prices but you should only do that if your town has a lot of cash.

Fish = Not every County buys fish. Ask your TM.

Wood = If mayor of a wood town you want to buy up the cheapest wood 3.40-3.50 and then relist it (or sell it to County) for 3.85- 3.95.

3) SELLING: (We used to have the ability to sell for 5.01, but that is gone now with the newer version)

Sell to Town

Wood = 4.00 (You'll want about 30-50 wood out at any one time and keep about 75 in the inventory. This does depend on how many bakers you have.)
Iron Ore = 19.00 (You'll want about 10 on the market and keep about 10 in your inventory. Buy it from the TM for 18.50-18.75 so that you can make a small profit for the town. This helps with corruption costs.)

 (Most TM are trying to help your town make money, so listen to them. Don't put a price too low and lose your town money).

Sell in Tavern
Tavern Prices are variable, but I usually do .05-.10 over what the cheapest price on the market is at the time. Check back often to make sure you're not gonna lose any money. The town hall does pay tavern taxes, so make sure that you make a profit or your tavern will cost you more than it makes.

Imports:
If you are granted by the County's Trade Minister you'll need to list the iron or wood on the market for the price specified in the grant. Then go to the Town Hall and switch to BUY FOR TOWN. Buy all the items. When you're done the grant should just contain cash. The TM might have placed desired items in the grant description, so buy him the bread, wheat, etc that he asks for. If not ask the TM what he wants you to fill the grant with. 

Examples:Iron Ore = Jane, Buy this iron for 18.90 and then fill this grant up with wheat. Then a few corn. - Joe, TM
Wood = Katie, Sell all this bread out. Then please buy your Town Hall's wood for 3.85 each. - Smith, TM

4) Inventory VS. Market

Inventory of the Town's goods:
10 loaves of bread (keep a few onhand)
10 bags of corn (keep a few onhand, unless you have a New Citizen Program. . . then you might want to keep 60-70 corn onhand for that grant)
2 fish (don't buy unless you can profit)
5 pieces of meat (keep a few onhand)
10 bags of wheat (keep a few onhand)
7 bags of flour (keep a few onhand)
7 vegetables (don't buy unless you can profit pretty well)
75 wood bushels (Keep 40-60 on market)
16 ounces of iron ore (Sell 10 at a time on Town Market)
1 knife (save 1 in case someone needs it)

If you know you are going to be short on bakers or butchers you'll want to keep more onhand in case the market goes bare. The more healthy your town is the more flexibility you have with this.

5) How to work/Daily chores
Every day look over your market. First check iron and wood to make sure there are enough out.
Next look at prices. Is anything ridiculously cheap that you could make money off of? If so you can buy some of it to export (on the County Fair) or you can just relist it at a slightly higher price plus .01.

6) Financial loss/gain
Your town will lose and gain profit based on what you buy and/or sell for. Please don’t make a huge spreadsheet with all the losses and gains. You’ll just give yourself a headache trying to figure it out. Simply make a financial report every week and then take a look at your overall worth:
http://iamxenina.googlepages.com/TownHallReportSheet.xlsx

Did you make money? Lose it?

Lord Income:Remember that every town receives Lord income when Lords are in your town. Look at that number for the last week. Take note, so that you know what the average Lord income is. Use this number for your weekly spending amount. . . . meaning if you lost excessive monies on militia or on selling at a loss, the Lord income should be the amount you can afford to lose in order to stay even. Lord of the Robe make the town 4 pounds per day. Nobles of the Sword make the town 9 pounds per day, so encourage people to use two tokens whenever they Lord up.

Corruption:
If you gained or lost, adjust something in your buying plan to make up for it or consider raising taxes. The less people you have in town and the lower your town coffers the higher corruption fee your town pays.

7) Help me
Leave me questions on the top of this page. I check it weekly if not more. If you leave your in game name I can find you easier.

What if we have a surplus of bread? I have 300 unsold veggies and 200 on the market. Help!
Even with the best planning, issues always come up. Sometimes they come out of no where. First, count on your town folk to help you out in a crisis. Post a note in your town hall (and or the forums) that veggies are at a surplus and you must sell it. Talk to your Trade Minister and/or county friends and look in the forums. Can anyone absorb this surplus? Are any other towns in need of it? Chances are there are. If you don't already have a Trading Exchange in your County forum then create your own thread for it. There the TM and other mayors can all discuss trades and/or issue that you have.

Take a look at your financial report: http://iamxenina.googlepages.com/TownHallReportSheet.xlsx
Can you afford to pay some money to get out of this situation? If so, ask for some advice on the matter.

Next lower the price in the town tavern and encourage other taverns to do the same. Changing prices here and there can help a lot. If you need more help look to the county again. A former Mayor or the TM may have great insight and/or be able to bail you out. Your town should never be punished because you were too proud to ask for help.

8) Why?
* Why don't we have any food? We are under seige.
Some armies' tactics are to purchase all of your food so that people's stats are decreased and/or they will retreat. In order to avoid this try to stockpile meat in your home and/or armies. When under siege try to push citizens to take animal and corn fields in order to increase supply. Use the Trading Exchange to trade so that invaders can not buy your goods. Also, keep the taverns stocked up with foods. The invaders can not take food in the taverns (except the town hall tavern).

* Why do you say to keep some corn in the Town Hall?

Corn is a sensitive commodity. It can be bought up by travelers or pig ranchers. Therefore it is always a good idea to keep some held in your inventory, in case your town needs it. Your citizens need to eat it too. When this corn is needed and you list it on your own market, make sure to add your pence to the price, so that you don’t buy your own corn (i.e. 3.21 pounds)

* Why do I need to buy bread regularly? Why should I buy wheat?

You should buy some commodities that are produced from farmers and level two occupations. This is a CAREFUL game! Do not spend too much cash! You want to liquidate goods at every opportunity. Remember cash is better than goods.

The regular buying of things is simply to keep your economy flowing and/or make profit for town hall. If a wheat farmer doesn’t get paid for their wheat they can’t buy bread to eat. If bakers don’t get paid, they can’t buy flour. If the flour doesn’t sell then the millers won’t buy wheat. It is a cyclical dance of your town’s economy and it should be kept moving or your market can become stagnant.

A stagnant market will cause many problems. They can include higher prices, lower prices, instability, public unhappiness and so on. If your market keeps flowing, then these issues can often be avoided.

9)Town Council: If you have a town council, try to give them specific titles and job duties that will serve functions. For example, get a constable and have them check Lavabo for criminals daily. Have them notify you only if there is danger. The County often pays a marshal for you, but if you don't have this service you'll want to hire someone yourself. You can pay them in food, corn, money, anything via grants once a week.

Make sure that they know to kick you in the butt when you need it. They are a great source of new ideas and they can even veto your ideas; pointing out the flaws in it that you didn’t see. They can also travel for grant trading and fill you in on certain issues. A town council should feel valued, but understand that they won’t be doing the actual tasks involved in managing the town.

10 ) Being a Good Mayor
What are the best qualities of a good mayor?

I believe that a good mayor cares most for the people in their town. A good mayor is adaptable to changes and situations. A good mayor tries to accentuate the positive and give praise when it is earned. A good mayor maintains a positive image and good reputation for both them self and their town. A good mayor is flexible. A good mayor does not hold grudges, especially if it is detrimental to trade.

If other mayors, former mayors or townsfolk have concerns you must do what you can to solve the problem. Being a mayor is not for the weak. You will encounter criticisms and many negatives. You will want to quit many times, but remember that you must send negatives up and positives down (just like a good manager in any occupation).

Cooperation: I believe that town and county cooperation is VERY important. As your market prices are affected by other local town and the local travelers you will notice that your commodities can quickly disappear if prices are too low or if your town has a rare item (such as wood). You must safeguard rare items by buying them up quickly and managing your market often. You must also make sure that your prices are comparable to local towns’ prices, so that your market is not pillaged for its cheap goods.

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