# French villagers only have men **URL:** \ **Category:** III - Report a Bug\ **Created:** [December 27, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/french-villagers-only-have-men/112305 "2020-12-27T03:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FastAuthor96737](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/fastauthor96737/32/64437_2.png) [@FastAuthor96737](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/FastAuthor96737)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/french-villagers-only-have-men/112305/1 "2020-12-27T03:37:10Z")
### ▶ GAME INFORMATION - **BUILD #:** ###### - **PLATFORM:** Steam - **OS:** Windows 10 ### ▶ ISSUE EXPERIENCED ❓ _DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). Limit to ONE issue per thread._ How can a group of men reproduce offspring? ### ▶ FREQUENCY OF ISSUE ❓ _How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST._ - **100%** of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS) ### ▶ REPRODUCTION STEPS ❓ _List the DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue… Be descriptive!_ Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue: 1. Choose French production villagers 2. 3. ### ▶ EXPECTED RESULT ❓ _What was supposed to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?_ New unit production ### ▶ ACTUAL RESULT ❓ _What actually happened (what went wrong) because of the issue you’re reporting?_ ### ▶ GAME FILES ❓ _Include a [OneDrive or Google Drive link](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/how-to-find-and-share-save-game-and-recorded-game-files/102084) to a SAVE GAME or REPLAY FILE (.aoe2record) of the match where you encountered the issue._ - ### ▶ IMAGE & ATTACHMENTS ❓ _Attach a relevant PICTURE (.jpg, .png, .gif), VIDEO (.mp4, YouTube), DXDIAG FILE (.txt), or [CRASH/GAME LOGS (.aoe2record, .txt)](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/how-to-find-and-share-save-game-and-recorded-game-files/102084) below._ - ---
**Author:** ![ArkadasLlisa](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/arkadasllisa/32/114107_2.png) [@ArkadasLlisa](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/ArkadasLlisa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/french-villagers-only-have-men/112305/2 "2020-12-27T13:26:06Z")
Although is not a bug, DE should had added female CDB, and a unique skins for Cree CDB ---
**Author:** ![GenericGrunt7](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/genericgrunt7/32/64113_2.png) [@GenericGrunt7](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/GenericGrunt7)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/french-villagers-only-have-men/112305/3 "2020-12-27T15:37:24Z")
Well coureur de bois weren’t an exact parallel to settlers of other nations, they were independent traders who travelled to the new world to make a living trading with the natives for furs. I’m pretty sure all of them were men, and it was common for them to marry native women due to the lack of european woman in the new world at the time, and the nature of their work (they would have spent most of their time travelling the new world and meeting/trading with the native peoples instead other europeans). The reason why CDB are more efficient than settlers in game is because CDB in real life were significantly more rugged than regular settlers. > **[Coureur des bois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois)** > > A coureur des bois (French: \[kuʁœʁ de bwɑ\]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French: \[kuʁœʁ də bwɑ\]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) was an independent entrepreneurial French-Canadian trader who traveled in New France and the interior of North America, usually to trade with First Nations peoples by exchanging various European items for furs. Some learned the trades and practices of the Indigenous peoples. > These expeditions were part of the beginning of the fur trade in the North A... ---
**Author:** ![Dragonrunt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/dragonrunt/32/61875_2.png) [@Dragonrunt](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Dragonrunt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/french-villagers-only-have-men/112305/4 "2020-12-27T19:38:37Z")
And the economic success of the french fur traders where entirely dependent on the local women they married and I think it is unfair to neglect their historical role by excluding them from the game. Wikipedia has an illuminating article dealing with the the subject: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage\_à\_la\_façon\_du\_pays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_%C3%A0_la_fa%C3%A7on_du_pays)]