How much money did a wild west ranch make .

mad orc

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How much money did a wild west ranch make .
2)How much money did a wild west saloon make
3)How much money did a wild west gun store make
5)How much money did a mexican hacendado make .

I am trying to improve rules of the game 'Lords of the sierra madre' .
 

SsgtC

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How much money did a wild west ranch make .
2)How much money did a wild west saloon make
3)How much money did a wild west gun store make
5)How much money did a mexican hacendado make .

I am trying to improve rules of the game 'Lords of the sierra madre' .
Impossible to answer without a lot more detail. Western ranches ranged in size from "40 acres and a mule" to bigger than the state of Rhode Island. It also varried wildly based on the land and what it was used for (beef cattle, dairy, sheep or farming).
 
How much money did a wild west ranch make .
2)How much money did a wild west saloon make
3)How much money did a wild west gun store make
5)How much money did a mexican hacendado make .

I am trying to improve rules of the game 'Lords of the sierra madre' .

Need more details. Running a saloon in boomtime in Carson City is very different then running a ramshackle shack in rural Idaho.
 

mad orc

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Okay everyone ,
the properties in question are 1890s era small arizona towns like Demmings or silver city and the ranches are tres rotos and mexican haciendas .
 

SwampTiger

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Find a copy of Chivalry & Sorcery, especially the chapters on Manor Economics, and the Steppe Nomads. Some later RPG's did a good job also. They have done most of the leg work for you. Several of the railroad games and shoot 'em up games have decent economic information, see Boot Hill and Aces & Eights for example.
 

mad orc

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Find a copy of Chivalry & Sorcery, especially the chapters on Manor Economics, and the Steppe Nomads. Some later RPG's did a good job also. They have done most of the leg work for you. Several of the railroad games and shoot 'em up games have decent economic information, see Boot Hill and Aces & Eights for example.
Where can i get em .
 

SsgtC

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Find a copy of Chivalry & Sorcery, especially the chapters on Manor Economics, and the Steppe Nomads. Some later RPG's did a good job also. They have done most of the leg work for you. Several of the railroad games and shoot 'em up games have decent economic information, see Boot Hill and Aces & Eights for example.

Where can i get em .

If I remember right, those are older games. Might want to check Amazon and Ebay
 

SwampTiger

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Aces & Eights is relatively new, within a decade. The others, I'm showing my age here, are from the 70's. You may look into newer games and systems, ie GURPS and similar. Most RPGs have some sort of economic system so players can support themselves. Most good gamemasters will require the players to support themselves within the game setting. I recently bought a copy of the sixth edition of Runequest, 2012, which has a twenty page chapter on Economics and Equipment. It isn't extremely detailed, but helpful up to Medieval times. Even the later versions of D&D have some variant of economics. You will have to factor in railroads, automobiles, steam engines etc. Try some of the Call of Cthulu variants for late 19th century/Victorian Era economics. Finally, you may try a library for prices in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. I have found several sources for the Greek through early Renaissance.
 

SwampTiger

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You can find them in various bookstores, some libraries and gaming shops. You may try some comics shops, fantasy/goth or similar shops. If you have a Society of Creative Anachronism in your area, contact members, look on Craigslist and similar sites, and of course search the net under the names. Railroad Baron may be a good source for some things if you can find it. Many older games have rules online.
 
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