Gravitas
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The Lab

Working models of the systems, so you can see how they behave before they reach the game. The numbers are the ones in the current build and change as it is tested.

The Mamluk Institution

Slave Supply

Ample

  1. 0–9Exhausted
  2. 10–29Short
  3. 30–69Adequate
  4. 70–89Ample
  5. 90+Full

Slaves in the Sultan's market at Alexandria, against what it can hold. They are bought at Caffa, Tana and Constantinople.

Royal Mamluks

Under Strength

  1. 0–9Broken
  2. 10–29Depleted
  3. 30–69Under Strength
  4. 70–89Strong
  5. 90+Full Strength

Men in the Sultan's own regiments, against 10,000. His legitimacy stems from the army.

Khushdashiyya

Uneasy

  1. 0–9Strife
  2. 10–29Rivalry
  3. 30–69Uneasy
  4. 70–89United
  5. 90+Unbroken

The households' loyalty to each other and to their master: the mamluk estate's satisfaction.

The Sultan's modifiers

    Values from build v0.14, not yet tested in game, so they may change. Only the top tier of each bar gives a bonus; the one below it is neutral.

    On the bench

    • The spice relay

      A model of pepper moving from Malabar through Aden, Alexandria and Venice, with the levers that decide how much reaches Europe.

    • How a market sets a price

      The game's price formula with supply and demand on sliders, showing where the floor and the cap bite.

    • The ladder of war

      Pick a rung and see what each side commits and what a peace can take.