Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)
Usage: MAKE 44 or MAKE 45 or MAKE 46 Time to learn: 14 days. Time to use: 7 or 10 or 14 days. Requires: two or four riding horses [52] Requires: five or ten wood [77] Requires: zero or one iron [79] Produces: wagon [44]
Wagons are used to transport large loads of goods across land routes. There are three types of wagons:
Type Weight Ride Capacity Walk Capacity ---- ------ ------------- ------------- [44] light 500 500 1000 [45] heavy 1100 900 1800 [46] war 1100 900 1800
Wagons travel at riding pace until they exceed their ride capacity. Light and war wagons slow down to walking pace in mountains. All wagons slow to walking pace in swamps.
The three types of wagons have different build requirements:
Type Build Time Wood Riding Horses Iron ---- ---------- ------ ------------- ------ [44] light 7 5 2 0 [45] heavy 10 10 4 1 [46] war 14 10 4 1
In battle, the war wagon provides a +25 defense bonus for the up to 20 men, but only if the stack is not already inside a fortification.