The Road to Canterbury

Maythebeststorywin!EnterthemedievalworldofChaucer's"CanterburyTales,"whereyourjourney,andthestoriesyoutell,willchangehistory.

"TheRoadtoCanterbury"isa175,000-wordinteractivemedievaladventurenovel,and2018NebulaAwardforGameWritingFinalist,byKateHeartfield,whereyourchoicescontrolthestory.It'sentirelytext-based--withoutgraphicsorsoundeffects--andfueledbythevast,unstoppablepowerofyourimagination.

London,1375.TheBlackPrinceofEnglandisdying,andpeacewithFrancehangsinthebalance.

Youareayoungpauperonasecretmission.JoinapilgrimagetoCanterburywiththepowerfulnoblewomanPhilippadeRoet,co-sister-in-lawtotheBlackPrince,andPhilippa'shusband,GeoffreyChaucerhimself,thecustomsagent,spy,andoccasionalpoet.YourmissionistopersuadePhilippatochangethecourseofhistory.

You'llfightraidersandknights,aidorfoilanassassin,fireupapeasants'revolt,andchangeyourluckforthebetterorworse.Andofcourse,there'sastorytellingcontestwithabigprize--oneyouintendtowin.

•Playasmale,femaleornon-binary,andasgay,straight,bi,asexualand/oraromantic
•TraveltheancientrouteofWatlingStreetfromSouthwarktoCanterbury
•Winaprizeinthestorytellingcontest
•Aquest,ajoust,atrialbycombat?Allinaweek'swork
•Persuadeaninfluentialnoblewomantochangeherpolitics
•Findlovewithaknight,asquire,oratravelerfromdistantlands
•Becomeaknight,ortheheadofanabbey,orapowerfulplayerinLondon'smerchantguilds
•Solvethemysterythathauntsyourfamily
•DeclareyourloyaltytoEnglandortoFranceanddeterminetheoutcomeoftheHundredYears'War

TheHundredYears'warisheatingup:willyoustoketheflamesontheRoadtoCanterbury?