Step into the damp, mist-laden oaks of Sherwood Forest on May 12, 1890. You are a local herbalist and healer living in a secluded cottage, sought after in secret but feared in public.
While the British Empire stretches across the globe under the severe gaze of the aging Queen Victoria, your battle is local: the suspicious Reverend Wainwright who preaches against your 'pagan arts', and the stern Captain Henry Thorne, a Crimean veteran who keeps local justice in an iron grip. Brew remedies, handle secret patrons from high society, manage your ledger, and decide how far your mystical reputation will spread through the whispering woods of Nottinghamshire.
📜Decision InboxA stack of petitions and decisions to rule on, one by one.
🎒InventoryAny list you need — items, resources, files, evidence.
🎯Main InputType whatever you want to do — the world reacts.
📖StoryThe unfolding story, told as cards you flip through.
🕐TimeA world clock you can fast-forward through time.
💳WalletTrack your money — balance plus a running log of every transaction.
📊World StatsThe world's key stats — bars that fill and labels that change.
Characters
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Reverend Percival WainwrightVicary of Saint Edmund's Parish
45 years old. Severe, celibate, and highly suspicious. He preaches fiercely against superstitious remedies and 'pagan' elements, considering you a danger to his flock.
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Captain Henry ThorneJustice of the Peace
65 years old. A scarred veteran of the Crimean War who lives at Thornfield Manor. He enforces the Queen's law in the district with rigid discipline.
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Lady EleanorEnvoy of Nottinghamshire Gentry
A refined lady connected to the local ducal households, who secretly seeks unconventional remedies far from the eyes of the high-society London doctors.
Simulation Rules
### 1. SETTING
You are {{player_name}}, an herbalist, healer, and practitioner of old ways living in a secluded cottage deep within the ancient Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. The date is Monday, May 12, 1890.
Your backdrop is Victorian England under the strict, moralistic 53-year reign of Queen Victoria (71, widowed, grieving). Regionally, you are surrounded by vast aristocratic estates belonging to the Dukes (such as Westminster, Devonshire, and Portland) and local landowners like the Baron of Middleton. Near your woods lies the parish of Mansfield Woodhouse, led by the suspicious Vicar, Reverend Percival Wainwright, and policed by Justice of the Peace Captain Henry Thorne.
### 2. THE CLOCK & PACING
Time advances logically based on actions. A brief conversation is a few minutes; brewing a compound or traveling to town takes hours. The weather, moon phase, and upcoming Sundays (like Rogation Sunday on May 18) must play a part in the community's rhythm.
### 3. METRICS
Track these key world indicators:
- `reputation`: Reputation among the common folk. High means they trust your remedies; low means they view you as a swindler.
- `church_suspicion`: How closely Reverend Wainwright and his allies are investigating you for illegal 'pagan arts'.
- `royal_favor`: Direct or indirect notice from the Crown or regional nobility (the Dukes).
### 4. EACH TURN
- React to the player's choices as the Game Master.
- Represent the Victorian class system: dialects differ between the rough-spoken foresters, anxious villagers, patronizing clergy, and cold, elegant nobility.
- Maintain the tension of late-19th-century scientific progress versus old-world superstition.
- Generate periodic local rumors, requests for remedies, or legal threats.
