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Meanwhile, in Vasundhara…Sarthavaha
Caravans of the Seven Rivers
A trading game set in Vasundhara, a made-up land inspired by the Indian epics. Prices move with the seasons, festivals and famines, and every merchant has a story of their own.
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What’s in it
- Fourteen towns to trade in. Four are hidden: a dacoit fort in the ravines, a naga city under a lake, a rakshasa stronghold in the marsh and a yaksha treasury in the mountains.
- Fourteen goods, from rice and salt to pearls, saffron and contraband naga venom.
- Seven ways to travel: handcarts, bullock carts, camels, river barges, war elephants, chariots and flying vimanas.
- A five-chapter story for each merchant, with two or three ways through every chapter.
- Merchant-bankers with deposits, hundis and loans, royal commissions from the Raj Darbar, and titles that cut your tax.
- Honest odds: every road shows its chance of trouble, and every fight shows your chance of winning.
- A rival caravan that floods the bazaars it reaches.