u/BeggarsRoad

I’ve been building the map for Beggar’s Road, a medieval survival game set in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in 1407, basically right before everything starts sliding toward the Battle of Othée...

I wanted it to feel less like generic fantasy Europe and more like an actual place you’d have to survive: Liège, Maastricht, Tongeren, Visé, the Meuse, forests, monasteries, market towns, bad roads, and places you really shouldn’t wander into broke and hungry.

Still tuning it, but I’m pretty happy with the parchment-map look so far.

If anyone knows weird stories, local disputes, road dangers, guild drama, religious trouble, or general Low Countries chaos from this period, I’d love to hear it.

I’ve been digging into medieval history (specifically the Bishopric of Liege) for a game project and I’m trying to avoid the usual knights/castles/chosen-one stuff.

I’m more interested in ugly little everyday problems: fake relics, toll scams, pigs causing legal trouble, angry merchants, bad medicine, desperate monks, muddy roads, food shortages, local disputes, etc.

What are some strange, funny, or awful medieval situations that would make good encounters?

Working on a medieval survival roguelike called Beggar’s Road.

No magic, no chosen one, no heroic destiny.

Just an authentic medieval experience. Bad roads, worse companions, hungry peasants, angry merchants, fake relics, desperate monks, and decisions that usually make things worse.

Trying to make it feel like a playable medieval disaster.

Curious if people would enjoy dark historical comedy like this.