Are there any other bridges you would suggest building in the Riverlands aside from the one at the Ruby Ford?

Don’t know if I mentioned it during the Riverlands Development post, but yeah, I definitely would build some bridges other than that one. The main thing is balancing economic development with military security given that bridges negate our main defensive advantage, and can interfere with river traffic. Hence, the use of swing bridges – that way you can swing the bridge back over to your bank when you need to and then swing it back. 

To begin with:

  • if I’m trying to maximize House Tully’s power, I might just build the Ruby Ford bridge as a swing bridge attached to Riverrun 2.0, which means that everyone who crosses the Trident needs to go through me (lots of revenue there) and means I can cut off traffic as needed. 
  • At the same time, I would dredge the existing fords over the Red Fork and Tumblestone west of Riverrun, and then build swinging bridges so that I can control east/west and north/south traffic between the Riverlands and Westerlands, and the Northern and Southern Riverlands.
  • I might also want a swinging bridge at Fairmarket and Stony Sept. 

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