This report describes how I used their fast play rules for DECIMO as part of my imaginary world of Edrador. The first map shows Edrador generally while the second shows the lands of the YANI and their neighbours.
We start with the creation of the land and people. First I created the rivers, coastlines and mountain ranges, then the deserts. Finally hills and wooded areas were created. Then each triban was drawn on within the area defined for the YANI people.
Then each triban was given a letter and eventually a name. The table below shows how each scored for army and navy values and characters.
Abbreviations:
1D6 – One normal six-sided die.
M – Mountain; R – River; P- Plain; C – Coast; H – Hills; F – Forests; TC – Trade Centre and TR – Trade Route.
W – The Warrior Character } Starting score shown.
A - The Administration Character } [ ] = Leader of Triban
P – The Political Character }
As luck would have it, the strongest military triban had the worst character scores.
The next table shows the diplomacy at the start of the game and the first six years. The army of the YANI is shown afterwards.
Diplomacy by Triban
Peaceful: 0 – Strong Allies; 1 – Good Allies; 2 – Poor Allies; 3 & 4 – Neutral.
Warlike: 5 – Unfriendly; 6 – Provocative; 7 – War.
| Triban | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Antelope | Bear | Cat | Dog | Eagle | Fish | |
| Kumasi – Kintam | 3 | 2- | 2 | 3- | 3- | 3- | 3 |
| Kumasi – Obuasi | 5- | 5- | 5 | 5 | 6- | 6 | 5 |
| Kumasi – Damonogo | 5- | 5 | 6- | 6- | 6- | 6 | 7 |
| Kumasi – Ahafo | 2- | 2- | 2- | 2 | 3- | 3 | 2 |
| Obuasi – Damongo | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7- | 7- | 7 |
| Obuasi – Ahafo | 3 | 4- | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5- | 5 |
| Damongo – Tamal | 3- | 3- | 3- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Damongo – Ho | 5- | 5 | 6- | 6- | 6- | 6 | 7 |
| Damongo – Sunyami | 2 | 1- | 1- | 1- | 1- | 1 | 0 |
| Damongo – Ahafo | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Tamal – Sunyami | 3 | 4- | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1- | 1 |
| Kintam – Ahafo | 2 | 1- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
| Kintam – Navrongo | 3 | 2- | 2- | 2- | 2 | 3- | 3 |
| Kintam – Togi | 2 | 3 | 3- | 3- | 3- | 3- | 3 |
| Ahafo – Ho | 2 | 3- | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ahafo – Mampong | 3- | 3- | 3 | 4- | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Ahafo – Navrongo | 2- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0- | 0 |
| Ho – Sunyami | 4- | 4 | 5 | 4- | 4- | 4- | 4 |
| Ho – Mampong | 4- | 4- | 4- | 4- | 4- | 4- | 4 |
| Navrongo – Togi | 3 | 2 | 1- | 1 | 2- | 2 | 1 |
| Navrongo – Mampong | 3 | 2- | 2 | 1- | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Navrongo – Kofori | 5- | 5- | 5 | 6- | 6 | 5- | 5 |
| Mampong – Kofori | 4- | 4- | 4 | 3- | 3- | 3 | 4 |
| Togi – Kofori | 4- | 4- | 4 | 3 | 4- | 4 | 5 |
The YANI (No 4 Han Chinese WRG DBA List)
| Card | Plains, Hills, Forests, Rivers & Coasts | Mountains |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 Hch or 3 Cv | 3Cv |
| 2 | 3Cv | 3Cv |
| 3 | 3CV | 2Lh |
| 4 | 2Lh | 2Lh |
| 5 | 2Lh | 2Lh |
| 6 | 4Cb | 2Lh |
| 7 | 4Cb | 4Cb |
| 8 | 4Cb | 4Cb |
| 9 | 4Cb | 4Sp |
| 10 | 4Sp | 4Sp |
| J | 4Sp | 2Ps |
| Q | 2Ps | 2Ps |
| K | Redraw | 2Ps |
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