The Palio

by juggler

Tags: Historical, Serious

Description

The year is 1882. The event is the Palio, a spectacular horse race that has been held annually in Siena, Italy, for hundreds of years. In the Palio, ten of Siena's neighborhood organizations (called "contrade") sponsor horses in the race. In this game, you are the leader of Chiocciola ("Snail") contrada. As the leader of the contrada, it is your responsibility to make sure that your district wins the Palio.

For hundreds of years, another contrada, the Tartuca ("Turtle"), has been your district's archrival. Tartuca will stop at nothing to make sure that your district's horse loses the race. You must not let them succeed. In the world of the Palio, sportsmanship is a relative term. Bribery, sabotage, secret alliances, and intimidation of opponents are standard operating procedure. You are playing to win. Any necessary means may be employed.

Stats

(on a scale of 1 to 8)

Maturity Level: 3 - must be at least this tall to play
Story Difficulty: 3 - trek through the forest
Play Length: 4 - A well spent lunch break
Player Rating: 5 - not the best, certainly not the worst (based on 44 ratings)
My Rating: you have not yet rated this game
Played 307 times and finished 81 times since 12/14/2004

Comments

by a nose :)

-- BerkaZerka
1/17/2012 10:16:42 AM:

Wow. I really gotta admit this was pretty great. I gave an 8/8 for this one. Best one I've seen in weeks!

-- Natagirl
11/26/2011 5:28:47 PM:

simple but pleasant

-- DarkentityOni
11/7/2011 8:17:34 PM:

Very well written. No mistakes about this story. I will happily give you a 5/8 for this good story!

-- Killer999
11/4/2011 9:54:42 AM:

I thoroughly enjoyed this one! The story was concise and clear. More importantly, the choices made sense, the goal was laid out, and the language was largely free of ambiguity and errors.
Good job (and fun)!

-- oldmankatan
10/26/2011 1:56:33 PM:

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