# Old Woods

> A free text role-playing game of daily turns, drawn from Romanian folk tales, played in the browser or on Android, in English and Romanian.

Old Woods is a turn-based fantasy RPG told with the creatures and stories of Romanian folklore: the balaur, the zmeu, strigoi, iele, Baba Dochia and the Mother of the Forest. Every dawn gives a fresh set of forest turns; the hero hunts, levels up by beating a master, and at level 15 faces the guardian of the wood. Slaying a guardian ends that life: the Valley of Tears takes the hero's years, one permanent gift is chosen, and a new life begins a little stronger.

## The game
- The woods: a river of woods, each with its own village, quest and guardian: Willow Wood, Sunken Wood, Stone Wood, Deep Wood, Storm Wood, the Other Realm, the Glass Mountain.
- Fights: forest turns every dawn, packs of foes, masters to beat for each level, and a guardian at level 15.
- The Valley: slaying a guardian ends a life; one permanent gift is chosen and a new life begins a little stronger.
- The palace, the horse that eats embers, the Other Realm with its doors, and the Glass Mountain with its zmeu and its egg.
- Kins and paths: five kins to be born into and paths with powers of their own.
- The healer, the smith, the bank and a chest in every village that keeps gear and gold between lives.
- The camp: companions, mercenaries and animals to hire; the docks, with boats for crossing the river.
- The inn: news of the day, gossip, rooms, courting, marriage and a wedding feast.
- Shades: the dead fight shadows to earn an early return.
- The village square, where players talk, with reactions to each line.
- Mail: letters between players.
- Duels: attacking sleeping heroes for their purse.
- Clans: halls, ranks, mottos and a fire of their own; and the siege, a great beast only the clans together can bring down.
- The innkeeper's errands: small daily tasks with a deadline.
- The innkeeper's jar: a lottery drawn at dawn.
- Polls: the village answers the keeper's questions.
- The night watch: guarding the apple tree, wounding the thief and following the trail to the Thieves' Hollow for a golden apple.
- The stolen sun: the zmei steal the sun and every player's kills bring it back.
- Tales: wisdom tests, the water of life and legends told at the inn.
- Holidays of the Romanian calendar, each with its own day in the woods.
- Secrets of the woods: hidden deeds and words that each hero can find once.
- The Hall of Fame and the guide.
- Looks: marks and colours for a hero's name, bought with points that never buy strength; supporting the realm brings points and a mark of thanks.

## Pages
- [Play Old Woods (English)](https://oldwoods.games/): sign in or begin a hero
- [Old Woods in Romanian](https://oldwoods.games/?lang=ro)
- [The guide](https://oldwoods.games/guide): every rule of the game, from turns to the woods' guardians
- [Privacy](https://oldwoods.games/privacy): what the game keeps and why