Roadwarden

Roadwarden is an illustrated, text-based RPG set in a grim fantasy world. You take the role of a stranger who risks solitary journeys through the wilderness to guard travellers, connect isolated villages, support merchants and repel creatures, bandits and undead.

The peninsula

A powerful merchant guild sends you to an unknown peninsula to expand its influence. You explore the region and gather information to uncover its secrets, taking on a dangerous but respected task.

Your character

You choose your character’s background, abilities, beliefs and personality, and begin as a warrior, mage or scholar. Your choices define your character’s attitudes, while abilities and character progression shape how you deal with the challenges ahead.

Dialogue and exploration

The game combines RPG, visual novel, adventure game and interactive fiction mechanics. You make dialogue choices, solve inventory puzzles, manage hit points and simple survival mechanics, and take on quests that can be limited by in-game time. You can also pursue sidequests and speak with dozens of NPCs as you collect clues and investigate the true nature of the world.

The campaign

The story campaign takes about 30 hours and unfolds across a hostile fantasy world.