The Almanac

What every Warden should know. The numbers below are the usual defaults. A Fold's host may have tuned them.

The Roll & Marks

The Reckoning: the Roll read aloud as Marks are weighed and paid

Standing

The mark of the Warden's Table

The Roll ranks Wardens by Standing. The game counts Standing continuously, and everyone can see it at all times:

You holdStanding each
Acre5
Folk1
10 Coin1
20 Grain1
Levy2
Rider6
Enginery8
Ironclad20

Land weighs heaviest, unit for unit, of anything you can hold. This is a game about land, and the formula says so. You always know who is winning. The question is what the Fold decides to do about it.

The Reckoning

A warband crests a taken field with banner raised and spoils shouldered
The season ends. The top of the Roll is paid.

At the season's end the Fold settles. Marches return, upkeep lands, the Roll freezes, ranks are final. Ties break by Acres.

Marks

Roughly the top third of the Roll earns pay. Payouts fall off steeply. Winning matters more than placing:

ScalePayouts by rank
Duel10 / 2
Skirmish15 / 8 / 4
Standard25 / 15 / 10 / 6 / 4 / 2
Grand Fold40 / 25 / 15 / 10 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 2

Shades are skipped. Their payouts pass down to the next human. The number of humans who mustered sets the curve itself. Marks land on your account, good in every Fold you ever join. Winning dresses you. Being dressed says you win.