Trade Routes in "Bounded Fortune"

I've just been re-reading Bounded Fortune by Independence Games. It's a merchant's manual for space trucking games set specifically in the Clement sector, but also can be applied more widely to any 2d6 game. It's nicely detailed and full of good ideas and usable material. There is one part I'm not sure how to use though...

There is an interesting section on Trade Routes (p 152 - 157 in the paperback edition). Most of this short section sets out a quite complex calculation of Trade Characteristics and then applies them to the planets across Clement Sector. I follow the logic and the calculations well enough, but I can't understand how these quite large numbers are actually used in a trading game. I'm sure I could come up with some kind of homegrown bonus or penalty to add / subtract from a cargo availability role myself. However, 5 pages of intense calculation and meticulous data are devoted to this, so I think it likely that this has already been done. But I can't find it.

Can anybody help me sort this out?

Thanks for your help.

Tim

Can nobody help with this? - Tim

You might have more luck on Independence Games' Discord perhaps.

Starglim - good idea, I'll try that. thanks - Tim

TimInWharfedale said:

Can nobody help with this? - Tim

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New book, probably most don’t have it.

kilemall said:

New book, probably most don’t have it.

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Kilemall - no, not a new book.

Starglim - I emailed the author, John Watts, directly and got a very quick and very full reply. In simple terms, the Trade Routes data I referred to above, was never coupled into a merchant / trading game either in Bounded Fortune or elsewhere. So if anybody does want to use this information, it is best used as just an indicator of possible and likely trade routes. But there maybe a more thorough treatment of space trucking in the future, to fit into the Clement 2 universe, from Independence Games. It's working title is Balancing Act. But I'm sure much will change before it sees light of day, maybe including the name. John suggested that Trade Characteristics might be part of that rewrite if it happens.

So watch out if you're interested, on Independence Games server on Discord at:

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There is a lot more interesting stuff generally on their server as well, though mainly focused on Independence Games products of course.

Tim