I was watching a program about an african tribe over the weekend. The young men and women when they reach the age of, say 13 or 14 aren't just welcome into the communty. But there are rituals they must go through. If they pass they are deed adults. If they don't pass, they remain children forever, never permitted to marry or have children. A young man must prove that he is worthy of the woman he wishes to take as wife. Why not make the coming of manhood (womanhood) part of the game? This could be also amoung the Tech points. You could make the challenges events or options.
Example; when a child reaches the age of four-teen, let them jump into the pond (lagoon, beach, some body of water) You could have as a challenge a relay race about the beach. Or the young men going on a hunting party and bringing back game. Even the building of a canoe.
It gives the villagers more to do as well as skills that build up Tech points.
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