"Need information on France in 1630's prices" Topic
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| LORDGHEE | 31 Oct 2009 1:19 p.m. PST |
any one have any information on the cost of stuff in France in 1630's or about then. How much the KIng made, what a job would bring the cost of weapons, horses?/ what the income of the nobels was like (this is hard stuff I know) LOrd Ghee |
 Patrick R  | 31 Oct 2009 2:43 p.m. PST |
Dunno if the Flashing Blades RPG might be useful. There is usually a price list for items, though I have no idea how realistic it is. |
| Connard Sage | 01 Nov 2009 12:57 p.m. PST |
Have a look at this link Of course, I don't know where the information is drawn from… |
| LORDGHEE | 01 Nov 2009 1:58 p.m. PST |
Thank you both! In looking up Flashing Blades I learned of drviethruRPG and bougth a pdf of it and it will help. It is the filled out version of the old game Engarde! lots of good ideals. In looking up information came across,A mighty frotress an AD@D guide which a few reviews raved on the detail of its 17th centry information, so I order a copy from Amazon. Lord Ghee |
| LORDGHEE | 01 Nov 2009 2:00 p.m. PST |
Also I sould not write at 4 am. LOL Lord Ghee |
| Jbleed | 01 Nov 2009 5:04 p.m. PST |
Have a read of Dumas' Three Musketeers. there are several chapters where the guys are looking for gear and there is quite a bit of detail on how much item costs. Not sure how accurate Dumas is, but I imagine it is a good start, plus a great read of course. |
| Griefbringer | 02 Nov 2009 2:21 a.m. PST |
If you can find the old At Rapier's Point supplement for Rolemaster RPG, that is a quite useful source for early 17th century France, and has a lot of info on the lifestyle, including income and prices. |
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