Bit of a newbie question here but I cant find much info regarding 'heirs' and Shogun: Total War (Warlord Edition).


I'm playng Single Palyer as Shimazo at 'Normal' level. I make reasonable progress,
managing to surround the lake just south of the Wakasa area. However, I've taken a while to do
this and my initial stock of six heirs has dwindled to one, aged mid-forties. It doesn't look
like my Daimyo's going to be a daddy again any time soon, so, barring assassination or illness it
looks like I've got to conquer the remianing 20+ provinces at a rate of over one a year.
Again. So I'm going to lose again. Probably.

I've kept the daimyo and his heirs away from touch and go situations wher ethere might have been a
risk of being killed but I still run out. So I was wondering whether this situation can be avoided by
means other than attempting to blast through the game at top speed?

I read the heirs are produced totally randomly but they do seem to stop at apx. six.
Of the six, none of them seem to reproduce at all. If they do, they game doesnt tell
you and they dont count anyway which is a shame :-D

Are there are conditions in the game that can be created which will encourage your Daimyo
to breed? :-D Like moving him to a comfy Godlen Palace or something, out of harms way.

Or is it just a case of playing the game faster.