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 == Creating Route Maps ==
-What sort of route exists in a given 20-mile hex depends on the amount of infrastructure.  Infrastructure is expressed as a number, calculated from the density of population that exists in that hex, and other hexes within the same geopolitical province.  Zero infrastructure (0) indicates no humanoid development of any kind; less than 4 describes a highly isolated community with few people, usually living as [[Villein|villeins]], far from any authority or noble jurisdiction.  Essentially, a "frontiersman or woman," though the word hadn't been coined in the 17th century.  An infrastructure between 5 and 15 describes an isolated village; between 16 and 30, a well-connected village or small town.  Large towns and then small cities emerge with infrastructures between 31 and 100 ... and any place with more than 100 is either an important political and economic center, or on the periphery of truly large market and military centres like London, Paris, Vienna or Constantinople.  Some parts of Holland, Italy and Japan are so dense that high roads crisscross and lead in every direction, without the traveller catching a glimpse of true wilderness.
+What sort of route exists in a given 20-mile hex depends on the amount of infrastructure.  Infrastructure is expressed as a number, calculated from the density of population that exists in that hex, and other hexes within the same geopolitical province.  Zero infrastructure (0) indicates no humanoid development of any kind; less than 4 describes a highly isolated community with few people, usually living as [[Villein|villeins]], far from any authority or noble jurisdiction.  Essentially, a "frontiersman or woman," though the word hadn't been coined in the 17th century.  An infrastructure between 5 and 15 describes an isolated [[Village|village]]; between 16 and 30, a well-connected village or small town.  Large towns and then small cities emerge with infrastructures between 31 and 100 ... and any place with more than 100 is either an important political and economic center, or on the periphery of truly large market and military centres like London, Paris, Vienna or Constantinople.  Some parts of Holland, Italy and Japan are so dense that high roads crisscross and lead in every direction, without the traveller catching a glimpse of true wilderness.
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-! Route !! Movement per 10 hrs<br>(at stride-3)
+! Route !! Movement (miles) per 10 hrs<br>at stride-3
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-! Route !! Movement per 10 hrs<br>(mi. per action point)
+! Route !! Movement per 10 hrs<br>(at stride-3)
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 '''Cart Tracks''' consist of two ruts on either side of a center mound, with loose stone materials supporting the wheels. The surrounding wilderness is cut back to allow two carts to pass one another, but there is a 1 in 12 chance of a cart becoming entangled in vegetation or slipping off the track's grade.  Wagons cannot navigate the track.  Grass and scrub will cover the track up to one foot high for hundreds of yards at a time, and time must be taken to strip the vegetation from the cart's axles.  No bridges or ferries.  Fords will cross rivers up to 4 pts.
-'''Cart Paths''' are similar to cart tracks, but are used so infrequently that the ruts are not maintained with stone and vegetation will have encroached upon the route.  This takes time to physically hold it back or cut it away.  The existing centre mound will scrape the axles, causing breaks (1 in 16).  In places (1 in 12) the cart will need to be levered over humps.  No bridges, ferries or fords.  Though [[Desert Route|desert routes]] have no ruts or vegetation, they are classed as this type of route.
+'''Cart Paths''' are similar to cart tracks, but are used so infrequently that the ruts are not maintained with stone, with vegetation encroaching on the route.  This takes time to physically hold it back or cut it away.  The existing centre mound will scrape the axles, causing breaks (1 in 16).  In places (1 in 12) the cart will need to be levered over humps.  No bridges, ferries or fords.  Though [[Desert Route|desert routes]] have no ruts or vegetation, they are classed as this type of route.
 [[File:Path.jpg|right|350px|thumb|'''Path''' between trees]]

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 | Cart track || 6 || three
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-| Cart path || 3 || two
+| Cart path || 3 || one
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-| Path || 1 || one
+| Path || 1 || none
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 | Trail || 0 || uncounted

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 [[File:Stockholm Roads.jpg|left|350px|thumb|20-mile diameter hexes surrounding Stockholm]]
-Stockholm is the most important city on the Scandinavian peninsula; in Scandinavia, it is only rivaled by Copenhagen.  Each of the hexes shown, including the one containing Stockholm, has an orange number in the upper left corner.  This is the hex's infrastructure number.  The black number in the bottom right hand corner indicates the nominal elevation for the hex.  We do not need to be concerned with the black number.
+Stockholm is the most important [[City|city]] on the Scandinavian peninsula; in Scandinavia, it is only rivaled by Copenhagen.  Each of the hexes shown, including the one containing Stockholm, has an orange number in the upper left corner.  This is the hex's infrastructure number.  The black number in the bottom right hand corner indicates the nominal elevation for the hex.  We do not need to be concerned with the black number.
 Stockholm has an infrastructure of 627.  Starting at the upper right, in the hex containing Norrtalje, the infrastructures number 326, 311, 313, 320, 336 and 350.  The infrastructure of these adjacent hexes is radically affected by their proximity to Stockholm.  I will use these numbers to as a label for these hexes in my explanation.  Stockholm's infrastructure is above 100, so it has built ''six routes'', one to each of the other hexes.  Of course, there would be scores of other routes, but we don't need to represent these on our map.  The players will only want to know what route they use to leave Stockholm or come back to it.  We can invent secondary routes in the area for game purposes if we need them.

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 [[File:Dirt Road.jpg|right|455px|thumb|Example of a '''dirt road''']]
-Roads and routes are humanoid-made ways of [[Travel|travel]], which variously fall into eight categories: high road, low road, cobbled road, dirt road, cart track, cart path, path and trail.  The condition of each is determined by the amount of [[Infrastructure|infrastructure]] present in the local [[20-mile Hex Map|20-mile hex]] of the [[World (Alexis' game setting)|game world]].  Some routes cannot be used by any vehicle, or even by a mount in the hands of an [[Horse Handling I (sage ability)|amateur-skilled rider]].  Better roads facilitate travel, so that greater distances may be covered in the space of a day.
+Roads and routes are humanoid-made ways of [[Travel|travel]], which variously fall into eight categories: high road, low road, cobbled road, dirt road, [[Cart|cart]] track, cart path, path and trail.  The condition of each is determined by the amount of [[Infrastructure|infrastructure]] present in the local [[20-mile Hex Map|20-mile hex]] of the [[World (Alexis' game setting)|game world]].  Some routes cannot be used by any vehicle, or even by a mount in the hands of an [[Horse Handling I (sage ability)|amateur-skilled rider]].  Better roads facilitate travel, so that greater distances may be covered in the space of a day.
 == Route Descriptions ==

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 See Also,<br>
-[[Caravans]]<br>
+[[Caravan]]<br>
 [[The Adventure]]
 [[Category: Don't Review until 2022]]

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-'''Low Roads''' are paved surfaces made of smooth flat paving stones and mortar, with fair drainage.  The roadstead nominally allows for two wagons to pass, though in forest & alpine ranges this space will be tight.  Low roads will include toll bridges of [[Half-timber (construction)|half-timbered]] construction across rivers between 5 to 15 pts.  Rivers or streams less than 5 pts. will be stone-bridged and will not charge tolls.  For rivers between 16 and 24 pts., a ferry will be available for crossing.  Transshipment docks will exist for rivers up to 60 pts.
+'''Low Roads''' are paved surfaces made of smooth flat paving stones and mortar, with fair drainage.  The roadstead nominally allows for two wagons to pass, though in forest & [[Alpine (range)|alpine ranges]] this space will be tight.  Low roads will include toll bridges of [[Half-timber (construction)|half-timbered]] construction across rivers between 5 to 15 pts.  Rivers or streams less than 5 pts. will be stone-bridged and will not charge tolls.  For rivers between 16 and 24 pts., a ferry will be available for crossing.  Transshipment docks will exist for rivers up to 60 pts.
 '''Cobbled Roads''' are made with rounded stones ("cobbles") and mortar, providing an uneven but hard surface, with minimal drainage.  A dirt shoulder, often muddy, and perhaps not available for hundreds of yards at a time, is necessary for passing oncoming vehicles.  Cobbled roads will include toll bridges of wooden or half-timbered construction on rivers or streams between 3 and 10 pts.  Fords will occur in places between 11 and 13 pts.  Ferries will be available for rivers between 14 and 20 pts.  Transshipment boats will arrive every 4-7 days for rivers up to 45 pts.