Greetings!
Have any of you run a Neolithic Campaign? Essentially, a world running from hunter-gatherers to the advent of agriculture, and the Copper Age. In our own historical frame, something like 10,000 BC to about 4,000 BC. This would be *before* the rise of China or Egypt, let alone Greece or Rome. India, too, was similarly primitive during this period. This would also be *before* the Bronze Age.
In my campaign world of Thandor, I have some regions, or entire continents that are more or less in the Neolithic Age.
Very interesting time period, to be sure! All kinds of tribes wandering around, huge migrations going on.
A land of immense forests, glaciers, ice walls. Lots of marshes and bogs. People riding around on horses, but definitely no stirrups. Mostly getting about by walking, or by using a primitive kind of boat. Some also using rough, four-wheeled wagons pulled by two horses. Weapons crafted from bone, animal horn, wood, and copper. Obsidian is also popular. Seashells, amber, furs, and pottery are popular trade goods.
During such a rough time period, there are no kings yet, or much of a social stratification. Huge numbers of wild animals everywhere.
It is also pretty neat that during such times, there can be dramatic climactic changes, resulting in islands and peninsulas being created, or some islands disappearing beneath the waves.
Interesting stuff!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK