4.0 Time Sequence

4.1 Each turn represents a month of game time. A game month consists of a pre-monthly phase and 4 weeks when various actions can be performed. The GM then conducts a post-monthly phase to check for certain events.  Three months make up a season and 4 seasons make up a year. The seasons are:

Spring: March, April, and May

Summer: June, July, and August

Autumn: September, October, and November

Winter: December, January, and February

4.2 Joining Regiments, clubs, and duels take place Pre-monthly. Some other pre-monthly actions are: Applying for appointments, using influence, borrowing money, purchasing ranks, making investments.

4.3 Some weekly actions are: Visiting a club, bawdyhouse or mistress, going to a party, doing regimental or practicing a weapon, gym training, courting a mistress. Doing nothing is a cheap weekly option. These lists are not all inclusive but should give an indication as to when a particular activity takes place. See also the Beginner's Guide. If in doubt ask a mentor or the GM.

4.22 Recovering from wounds take place at the end of the month if not prevented by illness or other situations.

4.3 When at the front, rolls are made for death and promotion once per season, regardless of the number of months spent away. If the entire season is spent at the front the a character gets 2 rolls each for mentions and plunder; otherwise only one roll is made for each. One set of rolls is made for people joining a frontier regiment in the last month of a season and per month for those in units putting down a rebellion or a riot. Characters departing for the front still get to perform some pre-monthly actions before departing as detailed below.

4.4 The sequence in which Pre-Monthly and Post-Monthly actions are carried out is as follows:

Pre-Monthly Actions

• Players return from the front, foreign expeditions, and missions.
• Duels are fought
• Funds Embezzled
• Investments Mature
• Borrow/Lend/Repay Debts/Sell Property
• Bribes are bought
• PC and NPC resignations
• Purchasing Ranks and Horses
• Joining Regiments (and purchasing initial ranks and horses)
• Applying for and Appointing Posts
• Volunteering and departing for the front (All units volunteered and/or assigned)
• Foreign Expeditions depart.
• Allowances gained
• Support paid for self, housing, and horses. In that order
• Join clubs
• Applying for and being excused from regimental duties.
• Paying club dues
• Buy lottery tickets and pick lottery numbers

Post-Monthly Actions

• Illness recovery and/or aggravation
• Recovery from wounds
• Added points for wound recovery
• Mistress upkeep paid
• Battlefield promotions awarded
• Gain battlefield plunder and buy horses for any new rank.
• Award Titles
• Loss of appointment if requirements are not met
• Gain influence from New SL, mistress, appointment, etc.
• Check for special conditions in appointments
• Gain pay from rank and appointments and pensions from titles.
• Changes in Characters SL
• Changes in Mistress SL

If is worth looking at this sequence carefully when planning your orders. Of particular note is the fact that regimental applications, buying promotions, and applying for appointments all take place before determining who is at the front. It is worthwhile to include both weekly and front orders as your character may not spend the month where you expect for a variety of reasons.