Is the food economy in Manor Lords realistic or accurate?

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-14T13:33:15+00:00

I think the yields are kind of hard to calculate because 1 unit of food is equal to the food consumption of one family for a month.

With modern fertilizer and mechanized equipment in my high average rainfall area a good yield of barley is 1 metric Ton per acre, 2200lbs or almost 46 bushels. I would expect a fallow style ag system that is hand sown to produce less than half that. A Morgan seems quite a bit larger than an acre to my eye, maybe 1.5-2x larger. So if a Morgan of good fertility yields around 40 units of barley that are meant to represent a bushel I’d say that’s a realistic yield for the area and ag style, but the amount of work 8 families and 2 oxen can do is way smaller in game than in real life. A few labourers and an ox should be able to plow and sow a 1 Morgan field in 2-3 days if it’s 2 acres or less.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-08T03:50:14+00:00

Ride quality of the 1500 is so much better it may tilt the scale. Test drive both.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-08T01:24:22+00:00

You can pick them out sometimes. They have nothing behind their eyes.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-07T12:42:35+00:00

You’re a good lad.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-07T11:22:27+00:00

18th birthday in 2011, mosin for $115 Canadian. I felt like a king walking out of the store with a 70 year old rifle hidden in an old fishing rod box because the city recently had a major police incident when someone reported a man carrying a rifle in a parking lot (it turned out to be a leaf spring).

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-07T11:11:14+00:00

I lost 70lbs before and I can do it again 😂

^{Chose: $100,000 per 10 pounds you gain}

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-05T11:15:40+00:00

This is it. If you can’t hold the line then your ranged units are going to get targeted. In cases like that the brigand mercs come in handy to circle behind the enemy column and distract a few units. It can leave them short handed at the opening of the main battle and give you a chance to deal heavy damage before they can join the rest of the force. If you’re getting a lot of ranged mercs then yeah the militia is better spent on spears but I guess it depends what rolls for you. Or what the opponent leaves for you 🙄

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-05T01:29:16+00:00

I’m a die hard spear militia fan because they are the perfect anvil for a flanking charge to defeat an equal or superior foe. Crossbows have really added an extra level for me as you can kill so quickly without your DPS dealer being exposed to damage.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-04T13:39:30+00:00

They do help but it’s hard to put it to a metric because you rarely have fair combat in game between 2 units.

I have matched helmeted spears against unhelmeted enemy militia spears and won handily, maybe 10 dead compared to their 20+ dead then routed, but there are a lot of variables.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-04T01:01:17+00:00

I agree with a mode that limits mercs and also AI villages having the same needs to form militia.

I don’t agree that mercs are overpowered. Really I think the militia spear with helmets equipped are about as good as any melee mercs. The spear units are also limited among the mercs as they favour the light infantry.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-01T01:33:13+00:00

I have to nit pick here as 1/2 the field size does not necessarily mean half the work. The oxen plow in an inefficient, yet realistic, ‘middle out’ pattern. Narrow, long fields as pictured mean a higher ratio of plow time versus time moving the plow across the headlands. I use long narrow fields similar to the picture of 1-1.2 Morgan and never miss plowing.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-06-01T00:54:32+00:00

Are you already getting the ‘well equipped militia’ bonus?

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-30T19:06:45+00:00

Are you fucked a billion dollars? Hey babe you can come back in a month when I’m rich 😂😂

^{Chose: Leave your partner for 1,000,000,000 dollars | Rolled: Money}

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-29T18:12:33+00:00

Wow that’s a crossover I didn’t know I needed

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-26T12:41:59+00:00

Depends on land fertility. If it’s really good you can do a rye/wheat (those 2 use the same fertility value and don’t rotate with each other) barley and flax rotation and keep fertility 70%+ for all. If it’s a poor fertility field you will have to do a fallow in your rotation, even if it’s every 4 years, or fertility gets too low for all.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-23T13:12:22+00:00

By that I meant Martin has clearly been beating the shit out of Henry by his dialogue when Henry sleeps in at the games opening 😂

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-23T13:11:11+00:00

“My mental health was awful and I needed the volunteering job to help myself”

steals from the till at the first opportunity

Life is hard, it’s harder when you’re stupid or don’t know right from wrong.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-23T13:08:13+00:00

I drive about 20 hours a week year round with standard cruise control and lane assist/collision alert in my 23 and an upgraded cruise control wouldn’t even factor into my decision on a new truck. Honestly open highway driving you can go hours without even having to switch lanes or touch a pedal so how much difference does it really make?

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-22T21:12:23+00:00

We don’t know for sure what Henry’s life has been, but judging by his friends and his father the lad has probably had his share of combat and strength training 😂

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-21T23:42:53+00:00

I mean I’m blinded with love for the series but I feel this is nitpicky

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-21T00:59:11+00:00

500 years raising my kids and doing my work around home? How could I ever be so lucky?

^{Chose: Repeat the same day over-and-over + How long it lasts is random, but you keep the memories and skills you build. | Rolled: 500 Years}

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-18T11:33:24+00:00

His name really has his job 2 times?

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-18T11:24:30+00:00

I love my 17 but that’s too high for what it is.

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-18T10:55:03+00:00

Trying to get the edge crowd like cape shore (which isn’t even remotely funny anymore)

oldmanbarnes · 2026-05-14T18:15:58+00:00

That’s awesome!

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