Settlement Mechanics

Settlements are treated like a character with attributes, abilities, and traits.

Settlement Attributes, Abilities, and Traits

Size: in half mile hexes

Settlement Attributes

Resource Pools

• Fuel
• Water
• Perishable Food
• Non-Perishable Food
• Batteries
• Medicine

Settlement Abilities

Resource Production and Management

Safety and Security

Recreation and Morale

Settlement Traits

Settlement Gameplay

These mechanics support two modes of gameplay: Cooperative and Competitive. In Cooperative Play, the players take roles as the governing body of a settlement. In Competitive Play, each player take the role of a settlement or group in a particular region, playing as the character of "that settlement". Campaigns can use one or the other, or a combination of the two.
During a settlement turn (in-game weekly or monthly; per game session), players allocate resources and make decisions for that settlement. The outcome of these decisions will unfold as the character based gameplay unfolds.
Examples:

• Cooperative: Players of characters from Jackson, and manage the settlement of Jackson during faction turns.
• Competitive: Players play their character and a faction that could help or hinder the party: Jackson, WLF, Seraphites, Raider Faction
• Cooperative/Competitive: Alternate Settlement turns between (cooperative) Jackson and (competitive) other factions.

Cooperative

In Cooperative mode, the players take roles of the settlements administration and make the decisions as a group. If the player's character is in that role, their skills can be an asset to the role.

Competitive

If the players are tied to a settlement, it is reccomended that players choose potential ally and antagonist factions, but not that settlement.