Travel the 13th-century Silk Road as a merchant caravan master. Buy silk in Chang'an, spices in Baghdad, and Damascus glass in Syria — then sell at profit in Constantinople. Survive bandits, Mongol patrols, desert storms, and rival merchants across 8 real cities, 15 historical trade goods, and 4,000 miles of ancient route. ## What's included - **8 real cities** — Chang'an, Dunhuang, Samarkand, Bukhara, Merv, Nishapur, Baghdad, Constantinople (plus Damascus, Cairo, Trebizond optional routes) - **15 historical trade goods** — silk, jade, porcelain, spices, paper, gunpowder, Damascus steel, glass, dyes, perfumes - **Real medieval economics** — price differentials reflect documented historical trade - **Pax Mongolica period** (1258 AD) for relative safety — but bandits, Mongol patrol shakedowns, and rival merchants still threaten - **Caravan management** — camels, horses, porters; food + water sufficiency for desert crossings - **Random encounters** — desert storms, oasis discoveries, mysterious travelers, religious pilgrims, mongol checkpoints - **Reputation tracking** with city governors, merchant guilds, religious orders - **Multiple campaign lengths** — single-route (50 turns), full Silk Road (200 turns), legacy mode (3 generations of merchants) - **Persistent saves** — your caravan state, wealth, reputation carry between every session ## Limitations - **Text-only** — descriptions + choice menus; no graphics, no map - **Pacing is yours** — sessions can be 5 minutes or 2 hours; no real-time mechanics - **Single-caravan focus** in v1 — no merchant empire - **English-only narration** — no Mandarin / Arabic / Persian language modes - **Historical accuracy is best-effort** — built on documented Silk Road research, but a game first ## Best fit Fans of strategy games (Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis), historical fiction readers, and players who want a cozy-but-strategic management sim with permanent consequences. ~$9/mo for unlimited campaigns.
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