To Carry a Sword

To Carry a Sword is a roleplaying game about guarding a medieval caravan, where your social connections matter as much as the money you earn. You help the people who hire you in ways beyond fighting bandits, from tending their animals to telling stories to their children. You can pursue goals such as becoming skilled and famous enough to join the Queen’s escort or seeing a religious pilgrimage reach its destination.

Plan your journey

Choose routes across a procedurally generated world and explore its map for clues that advance each questline. Text events shape your journey, alongside strategic planning and real-time combat. The narrative spans over 85,000 words and can be played at your own pace.

Help the people

Getting caravans safely to their destinations calls for social skills as well as combat ability. You can serve the land’s Noble, Criminal, Religious and Heathen factions, and take care of the needs of the people who depend on you.

Shape the narrative

You can mod the narrative and add your own text events.