A Sage's Salary
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You were born a sage's salary¸ conceived only to fulfil a bargain...
A Sage's Salary is a solo journaling game about the lives of sages and their pupils. You begin the game as a salary¸ a child who was a payment given to a sage for a great service¸ who is taught the secrets and is to succeed the sage.
Sages don many guises¸ they travel far and often¸ they are allowed everywhere and welcome nowhere. Their ways brush against war and song and death. As a salary¸ you have little choice in your life in the sage's care¸ and much is determined by the aspect of the sage under which your ages pass. In the second half of the game¸ you become a sage yourself and find a salary of your own and must decide on how to shape the life that has been forced on you.
The game can be printed as a trifold pamphlet on a single sheet of paper. It requires only a six-sided die and a place to write. Every playthrough of the game results in the story of a new character¸ bounded by past and future. You may create an unbroken chain of characters by playing in succession.