If people don't mind, could I use this thread now to ask questions I have as I'm going through the game (and maybe other newbies reading this to ask theirs?) I don't mean to wear out my welcome with questions, it's a real neat game so far.
Go right ahead, I don't mind answering questions, so long as you make a reasonable effort to see if they have been answered already.
current questions:
I've got a kidnapped girl in the dungeon with rebel -17 after 8 weeks but I still don't have the option to brand her as a slave. at what point if ever is that made possible?If it's never possible, what purpose is there in kidnapping/torturing girls there?
I don't recall off the top of my head whether or not kidnapped girls are automatically enslaved. Check the "Girl Details" screen and look in the details on the upper left, under "Reelliousness"; if she is a slave, the next line will say so. If she is not, go back to the dungeon screen and select her from the list. The "Brand as Slave" button should not be greyed out. You always have the option of branding non-slave girls in the dungeon, regardless of their rebelliousness. If you are not getting the option, then it is a bug and should be reported over in the bug thread.
What is the purpose of the bar and what determines if girls work for it? I'm trying to have 3 girls working the bar but they seem waaaay more likely to blow that off then they do to not work and make less money when then do.
The bar earns small amounts of money for your girls, but more importantly it increases the customer base for your brothel services. Occasionally, girls in the strip bar will do a bit of Champagne Room service as well, which pays the same as whoring. Each girl has a rating for how much she likes or dislikes working in each job (click the "More Details" button on the "Girl Details" screen to see what a girl thinks of each job), which, along with rebelliousness, influences if and how often she refuses to work at that job. I believe at this stage, as a girl works at a job she grows to like it more. So far as I am aware, there is nothing else that influences the stat.
The same effect also applies to the gambling hall, though girls make no money working there and there is no equivalent of the Champagne Room, so they never do any special services either.