>   I agree that this is an area in need of change.
>  And for anyone who says, well, the way it is now is more realistic, 
>  then I suggest that all nobles, peasant, and troops also be given a 1%
>  chance to die every turn.  After all, considering the hygene of the
>  "era" these games represent, the animals probably have a greater life
>  expectancy than the people. 
>Jim
That is a very ethnocentric view, most of the Asian, Middle Eastern, and near
Eastern cultures were very much concerned with hygene (eg. Muslims clean
themselves 
5 times a day, Japanese take baths every day).  It was only European culture
that distained
 cleanliness. 
Rodger
ps breeding peasants only gets you 1 peasant every week vs. recruiting 1 per
day.