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People remember
Pardon a thief and their family may thank you. The victim’s family may not. Both can matter years later.
Colony simulation
Common
wealth
Rule by Law
Write the laws. Get through winter. Try not to lose the colony.
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Your job
You write the rules.
Then everyone has to live with them.
Commonwealth is a colony sim set in the 1650s. You build along the river, assign work, settle disputes, and decide who gets a say. Citizens keep their own relationships and opinions. They also remember what you did.
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People have their own plans
Citizens work, marry, argue, vote, and form loyalties whether or not it is convenient for you.
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There is never enough
Food, wood, labor, and patience all run short. Every solution leaves somebody waiting.
How you govern
Solve today's problem. Create next year's.
Some problems arrive at your door. Others start because you built the wrong thing, passed the wrong law, or trusted the wrong person.
01
Decide
Handle crimes, petitions, shortages, new arrivals, and old decisions coming back around.
02
Build
Lay out the settlement, assign workers, claim land, and keep the stores from running dry.
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Make law
Write a charter, put laws to a vote, and see what they actually do to the town.
The citizens
They are not waiting for you to press a button.
People work, age, marry, grieve, organize, and vote on their own. Exile somebody and their family may still be angry when the next governor takes office.
Build a town hall, ratify a charter, and find out whether anyone likes the government you designed.
Every Sunday
The paper tells you what the town thinks happened.
Elections, harvests, marriages, scandals, and obituaries end up in print. The editorial line depends on the colony you built.
Vol. I · No. 14Price: One Penny
The Commonwealth
Charter Ratified After Bitter Winter Debate
The council chamber stayed open past midnight while delegates argued over the colony's first charter.
By morning they had agreed on voting rights, property rules, and who would get a seat in the chamber.
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Start with eight people and a river.
Commonwealth: Rule by Law is coming soon to mobile and desktop.
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