Fallowborn

An English serf who'll die in the mud he was born in. A blacksmith's apprentice in Aquitaine. A hedge knight with a good horse and an empty purse. Pick one of seven lives, anywhere from Ireland to the Urals to North Africa. The year is 867, and the job is the same for all of them: drag your bloodline up the ladder before it dies out — Serf → Freeholder → Gentry → Baron → Count → Duke → King → Emperor, one funeral at a time, while ~65 AI realms fight their own wars and redraw the map around you.

How it goes:

- Set a focus — work the land, drill the levy, haggle, court your intended — and time flows day by day. No click-spam; your wrist has feelings.

- Marry (mind your station), raise heirs, and carry on as the next generation when death comes. It comes.

- Once you hold land, play liege and vassal — grant counties to sworn men and crush their revolts, or raise your own banner for independence.

For the always up to date version → https://play.fallowborn.com

Fully moddable (https://github.com/dli9431/fallowborn#modding) — the whole world is plain data. Zero dependencies, no build step — tested on a 2015 PC, and your phone is fine.

💬 Bugs, ideas, and dynasty disasters → Discord: https://discord.gg/G8E67hY2pj

☕ Free forever; if you insist, there's a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/fallowborn

Built openly with AI assistance, by one person. Source on GitHub (https://github.com/dli9431/fallowborn), PolyForm Noncommercial License (https://github.com/dli9431/fallowborn#license) — free to play, mod, and share.