---
title: "The Desperate Herd"
id: 11899
type: "product"
slug: "the-desperate-herd"
url: "http://localhost/product/the-desperate-herd/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/the-desperate-herd.md"
published_at: "2019-11-30T01:36:25+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:32:17+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "The desperate herd roams a hot torrid plain, grazing on the patchy brush, always seeking more until they find it or starve. They reproduce only if they can eat enough. The rains come bringing thick vegetation, but the herd's gluttony leads to a population explosion—then famine, and the beasts starve in droves. You control metabolism…"
category:
  - name: "Games"
    slug: "games"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/software/games/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Golden Stair"
    slug: "golden-stair"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/golden-stair/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
genre:
  - name: "Game"
    slug: "game"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/game/"
  - name: "Software"
    slug: "software"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/software/"
company:
  id: 10905
  title: "Golden Stair, The"
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/golden-stair/"
price: 14.95
date: 1983
rarity: "Uncommon"
articles:
  - article:
      id: 24490
      title: "Resources (Sync v4 n1)"
      type: "article"
      url: "http://localhost/article/resources-sync-v4-n1/"
adverts:
  - publication:
      - id: 26650
        title: "SYNC v3 n4"
        type: "issue"
        url: "http://localhost/issue/sync-v3-n4/"
    advert_page: "109"
companies_products:
  - id: 10905
    title: "Golden Stair, The"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/golden-stair/"
---

The desperate herd roams a hot torrid plain, grazing on the patchy brush, always seeking more until they find it or starve. They reproduce only if they can eat enough. The rains come bringing thick vegetation, but the herd’s gluttony leads to a population explosion—then famine, and the beasts starve in droves. You control metabolism and energy requirements of the beasts and growth and food value of the vegetation. 16K.