The Broken Cask

"LOOK, BOSS, DRIZELLA IS BACK AT IT AND SHE'S ALREADY ON HER FOURTH ONE. AND THE WIZARDS ARE COMPLAININ' ABOUT THE LACK OF BOOKS. AND CARMINA HASN'T SHOWN UP. OH AND THE KITCHEN'S ON FIRE."

The Broken Cask is a solitaire innkeeping roleplaying game. Well, what in the world does all that mean?

It means your dining room table covered in papers and charts; it’s slinging dice to find out what happens next; it’s hoping that slowcoach cook of yours can get the next meal out in time for a hefty tip and wondering who will come through the door next.

You play it with paper and pencil and at least one six-sided die.

It may inspire you to imaginative feats and storytelling of your own, or it may just be a good time when you feel like relaxing and playing alone.

You will create your inn and innkeeper persona, hire staff, earn gold, expand your inn, trade at the market, send heroes off on adventures, and oh so much more. This is done by rolling dice against random tables to generate events, then rolling again to see how you and your staff handle those events. You keep track of things using a log and put yourself in the middle of the action using your imagination.

Leave it not to the whims of cruel fate (and dice) to rule your inn. No it is you, dear innkeeper, who will pilot this ship through wyrm attacks and drunken brawls. As the Innkeeper, you will...

Hire and train staff
Choose which rooms you will build or upgrade
Head to market for that next piece of gear
Press your luck when you prate about your inn
Roll up your sleeves and do it yourself!
Treat your regular patrons
Increase your inn’s notoriety
Send foolhardy adventurers to an early grave---er, retirement...