The first line to 99% of all pen-and-paper role-playing games is: "You all meet in a tavern." It's as cliche as it is crucial, just so a Dungeon Master can kick things off. But at the Crossroads Inn, the tavern isn't just the starting point—it's the journey and the destination.
Crossroads Inn is a fantasy tavern simulator, where you are the innkeeper of a place located on the borders of three politically misaligned nations, and you've got to keep your supplies rolling in. Do you think Otik's Spiced Potatoes in the Dragonlance novels just magically appear in his pantry? No, he has to source, negotiate pricing, and transport those bad boys. Otik is a logistics mastermind. Further, in Crossroads Inn, you build, expand, and customize the inn itself, The Sims-style, as your business's importance and renown grows. You're managing supply lines, you're cooking up dishes, you're hosting dignitaries and mercenaries alike. You're more important than that castle up on the hill over there. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, you are.
I don't take to Kickstarter often. In fact, this would be my second time, ever. But I like what I'm seeing at the Crossroads Inn, so I've supported the project. Disclaimer.
Crossroads Inn loosely aims for a 2019 launch date.
Crossroads Inn is a real time management sim set in an original fantasy world of Delcrys. Build and manage your tavern, make visiting adventurers happy, and make your services famous all over the land.
Dare to challenge your fate in an epic campaign or lose yourself in an endless sandbox mode. Build your very own tavern, hire and oversee staff, manage supply chain and special services, research new recipes and encounter dozens of unconventional characters. Be smart, be resourceful and plan ten moves ahead to become the most renowned innkeeper in the realm and one day you will rise above your station.
Main features of Crossroads Inn:
• Extended tavern and narrative RPG simulator in one!
• Two campaign modes. Vibrant campaign mode offering a non-linear story, extraordinary characters and unexpected twists and Sandbox mode for simulation fans.
• A world of great politics full of rival factions with whom you can cooperate or act to their disadvantage.
• A climatic soundtrack prepared by a team of talented composers led by Marcin Przybyłowicz, known for his music to Witcher 3: Wild Hunt among else.
• A unique culinary system containing an original set of dishes and a diverse range of ingredients adapted to the customers of the inn - designed by Nerd’s Kitchen.
Let’s build a tavern together!
