Boarding house?

[wasson9494]

So I've read boarding house is for people that have a quick house issue. (Upgrade or fire) also for nomads. So quick question... if I play the game sorta right no fires upgrade houses in non winter times. And my population grows so I don't get nomads.. what the heck is the boarding house for besides a waste of space time and resources?? Am I missing something?

[mbutton15]

That's about right !!

The only good thing it does is share its food among all the occupants, to help prevent the 'hoarding' effect. So that is only useful early game & if you have no other houses.

[Claybot]

Originally posted by wasson9494:

So I've read boarding house is for people that have a quick house issue. (Upgrade or fire) also for nomads. So quick question... if I play the game sorta right no fires upgrade houses in non winter times. And my population grows so I don't get nomads.. what the heck is the boarding house for besides a waste of space time and resources?? Am I missing something?

I hardly ever use them. Rather spend the resources on more hospitals.

[olympe]

Originally posted by wasson9494:

So I've read boarding house is for people that have a quick house issue. (Upgrade or fire) also for nomads. So quick question... if I play the game sorta right no fires upgrade houses in non winter times. And my population grows so I don't get nomads.. what the heck is the boarding house for besides a waste of space time and resources?? Am I missing something?

You're not missing anything, you actually nailed it.

[Claybot]

Originally posted by olympe:

Originally posted by wasson9494:

So I've read boarding house is for people that have a quick house issue. (Upgrade or fire) also for nomads. So quick question... if I play the game sorta right no fires upgrade houses in non winter times. And my population grows so I don't get nomads.. what the heck is the boarding house for besides a waste of space time and resources?? Am I missing something?

You're not missing anything, you actually nailed it.

But if the OP chooses to accept Nomads then it will be needed. If not accepting nomads then there is no requirement.

Though from time to time with a large fire its sometimes nice to have or if someone chooses to do a large amount of housing upgrades.

Depends on how the OP wants to play the game.

But some do like to have everything that makes the game more difficult turned off in that case there is no requirement what so ever to build it.

[maiden4meldin]

In my Vanilla games, I never built boarding houses until I did the Nomads Challenge for the Achievement. In my MegaMod games, I build them because I sometimes accept Nomads, and because at a certain point in all my games I end up with homeless people. Typically when my population soars and housing is full of adults with no children. It seems like with every new house I end up with about three couples that try to get that house, and then they are homeless because in the time it takes for them to return home, a baby is born, and they can't return. So, I have to build Boarding houses, even without Nomads.

But that is a Mod issue I encounter from time to time. Otherwise, like everyone above me has stated, You nailed it in One!!