u/SamTheMan377

I played this game a ton when it first released and had a blast, but I haven't really played in about 6 months. Now I'm looking to get back into it after all the updates and I'm finding that the meta has shifted and my old tactics/habits don't work anymore. Specifically, I'm struggling with food/farming and understanding the changes to backyard extensions, and I'm hoping to get some tips on how to make these work in the new build:

• How many morgen should farm plots be? And how many families are needed to manage a single farm?
• Similarly, how many people (roughly) does a single 1 morgen wheat farm (assuming high fertility) feed?
• For backyard extensions, does size still only matter for the vegetable/apple extension?

I love this game and already think its something truly special, can't wait to see where it goes from here! Thanks in advance for help on these question and if you have any other tips for a returning player, please share them!

I've been tempted to pick up Rimworld during the Steam Sale, but I'm hesitant to drop that much on a game that seems like it might be too complicated/tedious based on my preferences. For context, I tend to love city builders/simulation games (like Anno: 1800 and Manor Lords), but I often struggle with games that more about micromanagement (like Workers and Resources) or building automation/supply chains (like Surviving Mars). I keep reading all these fantastic reviews about the 1000s of hours of you can get from Rimworld and how open ended and narrative driven it is, but also that the learning curve is incredibly steep and it takes a while to "get into" before it clicks. Just looking for some reviews/feedback from people that may not have a million hours to get gud to see if its worth my time and money!

Was passing by Carleton earlier (maybe around 8pm?) and saw a large number of ambulances and fire trucks at the field house or nearby. Just curious if anyone knows what happened or if there’s been any updates from the university?

I was recently listening to an episode of the podcast “American Medieval” where the presenters were discussing the precedence of the Crusades in American political and historical culture, and one of them mentioned that the Crusades fit into a “lost cause” tradition, not dissimilar to the US Civil War and to a lesser extent Nazi ideology. I was really struck by this framing and I am wondering if there is any work that explores this idea of Crusades-as-Lost-Cause or even on the role and influence of the crusades in modern America?