A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Undead Horizons: Pirates Plague is anything but tiny. Early computer role-playing games helped turn rules, inventories, exploration and character progression into systems that could support long-form digital adventures. And the history keeps stacking up: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.
