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Originally Posted by Raellus
This is a really good point. By 2000 (T2K), it wouldn't be uncommon to find boys as young as 14 in 15 in some European armies (or at least militia units)- especially the Polish and Soviet armies, I am sure.
Most other kids in war zones would be forced to help their families survive by doing some kind of work.
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A few working assumptions I used in my own campaign are:
- children as young as 8 play at least a partial role in the economy (simple jobs, fetching, runners, feeding livestock, etc., on a daily basis)
- from 15 years old, they are playing a 'full' role in the economy, and that may include fighting (and 'underage' is definitely possible too)
Another note, though, is that I inserted a trough in the population demographics for 2-12 year-olds. The reasoning is essentially that while it is possible for a parent to survive the death of a child, the reverse is not always true.