Unscripted
Roman Stories
A name on a list. A locked granary. A promise with a price. Enter a crisis, learn what people want, and choose what you are willing to put into words.
Free-form conversations · Private and shared audiences · Several endings · No history knowledge required
01 · Rome · An office before dawn
The Name on the List
Your brother Lucan is on an arrest list. The orders have not left the room. Three people can still change what happens to him.
3 possible settlements
Enter this story →02 · Rome · A granary courtyard
Bread Before Sunset
A hungry crowd gathers outside a locked warehouse. There is grain inside. The merchant wants payment, the magistrate wants cover, and the neighborhood wants food today.
3 possible settlements
Enter this story →03 · A Roman frontier camp · The evening before departure
The Legion Will Not March
Veterans refuse tomorrow's march until overdue pay is addressed. The commander calls it mutiny. The paymaster insists the accounts are in order.
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Enter this story →04 · Rome · Between courses in a wealthy house
A Witness at Dinner
An enslaved attendant says your host's account of a theft is false. An innocent porter will be punished tomorrow. Revealing the witness may put the witness in danger.
3 possible settlements
Enter this story →05 · Rome · An antechamber outside a committee meeting
The Triumph's Price
A victorious general wants a triumph. A senator can secure approval, but wants the army dispersed first. The veterans want the rewards they were promised.
3 possible settlements
Enter this story →06 · An Italian town · A surrender tent outside the walls
Open the Gates
A Roman commander offers to spare your town if it opens its gates. The offer protects citizens and their property. Refugees sheltering inside are conspicuously absent.
3 possible settlements
Enter this story →07 · Rome · A courtyard before the funeral procession
The Funeral Speech
Your friend Lucius is dead. His sister asks for a peaceful burial, his ally wants an accusation, and an official wants silence. All three expect you to speak.
3 possible settlements · Write and deliver your address
Enter this story →08 · Rome · March 15, 44 BCE
Before the Ides
Caesar is due at Pompey's hall. An anonymous tablet describes men crowding around him while possible interrupters are kept outside.
5 possible settlements
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