Kingdom

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MusicA lute, picking its way along.

The intro

Tips as you go

How it works

Every step, two ways lie ahead. Pick one and your heir walks there, up-left or up-right, and whatever waits there happens. Nothing says which way is better.

Health: at nothing, you die.
Food: you eat a loaf every step. With none, you starve a little each step.
Gold: buys things. A debt you can't pay ends in the debtors' gaol.
Power: in a fight, your power plus two dice against theirs. Arms and armour add to it.
Renown: fame. It counts when you reach for the crown.
Foresight: spend one to see how each way bodes.

Relics last this life. Blessings and curses last it too, unless lifted. After sixteen steps you're in line for the throne, and five more choices decide whether you win the crown. Win it, and four more carry you through the royal city in procession. They decide what kind of ruler you'll be, and wherever the last one leads, that tile becomes your throne room.

When a life ends, your child takes up the road. What you leave buys Bloodline powers that every generation after keeps. Everything is kept in this browser, and This house, below, can take it to another.