This is a game where a randomized story is told by a deck of cards. The front face of a card has a short snippet of text followed by an A/B choice, while the back face of the card reveals the results of that choice. Some results might include shuffling new cards into the deck, gaining an achievement or gaining or losing a point of reputation, which will impact the effect of other cards when they are drawn.
There are mysterious ruins just outside the Capitol, where kids sometimes go to play, despite their parents forbidding them. One of your duties is to ensure that nobody ventures inside, for their own safety. During one of your rounds, you see a doorway that you hadn’t previously noticed. What do you do? Take a peek. Leave it alone.
A. Down a long corridor, you find yourself in an old temple of some sort. On the altar is a small but beautifully crafted bracelet. You decide to take it for yourself, as nobody would miss it.
Shuffle card X [Urchins II] into the deck.
B. You leave the door alone, and continue with your duties; you eventually forget all about the door. Shuffle this card back into the deck.
During one of your rounds in the Marketplace, you feel a slight tug on your belt. You quickly react, catching the hand of an urchin girl. In that hand is the small but beautiful bracelet that you found in the ruins. “Give it back!” The girl screams, “That was my mother’s! She gave it to me!” The eyes of the crowd are on you. What do you do? Take the bracelet and arrest her. Let her go.
A. It’s never fun arresting a child, and the stares from the crowd pierce your back. Still, she tried to steal from you, a royal guard, so she deserves what she gets.
If you have the achievement “Ally of the Urchins”, you lose it. You also lose 1 point of reputation.
B. You release her hand, giving her a stern look. “I ought to arrest you. Get out of my sight before I change my mind.” She doesn’t think twice before scuttling away, bracelet tucked close to her chest.
You gain the achievement “Ally of the Urchins”. If you already have that achievement, gain 1 reputation instead.