The Play's the Thing

Can you win fame, fortune, and romance as a playwright, before a lethal curse brings the curtain down for good?

The Play's the Thing is a 245,000-word interactive romantic fantasy novel by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold, best-selling authors of Stronghold: A Hero's Fate and The Eagle's Heir. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the huge, unstoppable power of your creativeness.

Become the official playwright at the Odeon, essentially the most prestigious theater in Medaris. Here, high society gathers to gossip, frolic, and flirt. Dazzling particular results, enhanced by actual magical enchantments, hold the viewers in their seats. The performs you write have the facility to control public opinion, altering the course of historical past.

But as you are waiting in your first opening night, rumors start flying. Deadly, shadowy creatures are stalking the city's streets. Mysterious accidents threaten your productions. It's a curse, folks whisper—but only the place town's harsh ruler, the Raven, can't hear them. And to find the roots of the curse, you may should dig deep into secrets and techniques that the town's nobles would like to remain safely buried.

The city's quarreling rulers have sturdy opinions about your theater, however they're also prone to its powers. Will you inspire them to avoid wasting Medaris, or destroy it, as they destroy each other? Will you insinuate your self into their hearts and minds? Will you expose their darkest secrets?

Will you write your way out of the tragedy that threatens your metropolis, or call down the curse deliberately, carving your identify in the annals of infamy?

• Play as male, feminine, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bisexual, aromantic, or asexual.

• Win in style fame, important acclaim, or royal favor and avoid scandalous exile.

• Find love or lasting friendship along with your actor buddy, the theater's acerbic director, a swashbuckling city guard, or the heir to the town.

• Manage quarreling actors, skeptical critics, deadly enemies, and a dancing bear!

• Uncover mysterious secrets and techniques from the Raven's past—and your individual.

• Battle darkish creatures with enchantment, swordplay, or spectacular monologues.

• Assassinate the city's tyrannical ruler, or win them over along with your inspiring productions.

• Use your fabulous wardrobe to play whatever function will win the day.