Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
Usage: CATCH [number of horses] [days] Time: as given or necessary Time to learn: 14 days. Time to use: Variable.
Attempt to catch any wild horses found roaming the plains or pastures. Each day the noble will have a 25% chance of catching a wild horse, if any can be found.
Examples:
catch # catch as many horses as possible catch 1 # stop after catching 1 wild horse catch 0 10 # try to catch horses for 10 days catch 1 10 # stop after catching 1 wild horse, or 10 days, whichever # comes first
Plains provinces produce one horse per month, up to a maximum of 100 horses in the province. Pastures produce three horses per month, up to a maximum of twenty horses in the pasture. In all cases, horse-catching ceases when no more horses can be found roaming in the location.