Choice of the Petal Throne

About

Choice of the Petal Throne is a text-based RPG where your decisions shape a complex fantasy narrative. Set in a fractured empire blending South Asian and Mesoamerican influences, you take control of a military captain amid a brutal civil war. Pick your gender, sexual orientation, and moral compass, whether you prioritize honor, ambition, or deception, each path unlocking new relationships and conflicts. The story responds to every choice, steering you toward loyalty, betrayal, or unexpected power plays. Built on M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel universe, the game offers 124,000 words of political maneuvering and cultural detail. Without graphics, the experience hinges on dense dialogue and branching consequences, rewarding careful reading and strategic thinking. Players often cite its depth and the weight of decisions, though the dense prose may not suit everyone. Running on PC, Mac, and Linux, it’s a single-player dive into a world where intrigue and identity drive the plot forward.

Storyline

In the Empire of the Petal Throne, will you find glory, or a knife in your back? A world where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide! M.A.R. Barker's world of Tékumel is a fantasy universe like no other, where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide. The princes and princesses of the Tsolyáni empire vie for their father's mystical Petal Throne, tearing the nation apart with civil war and political intrigues.