Secrets of Salzburg

It is the year 1500. In the town of Salzburg, many routes meet. Every day, carts full of salt and steel, Bohemian glass and Italian wine cross the well-defended bridge. A duty is imposed on all wares, though few people benefit.

High on the hill above the river, the pious and cruel archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach is building a new fortress to maintain control. In the streets below, scholars and schemers are hunting for secrets that will enable them to bend their fate.

Secrets of Salzburg is: 

• a tabletop roleplaying game
• card-driven
• GMless  (though a facilitator might play all NPCs)
• presented as a trifold pamphlet
  
• inspired by Apocalypse World mechanics (by Meguey and Vincent Baker) as well as Push (by Cezar Capacle)
• an entry to the One-Page RPG Jam 2023
• also available in a massively expanded German version (German only, sorry)

It includes an oracle as its central mechanic, three tables for quick character generation and three scenario sketches. 

Released under the Creative Commons licence CC-BY-SA 4.0. In short, you are free to copy, share and remix the text, as long as you give credit and impose no further restrictions.

Can you uncover the secrets of the rich and mighty while guarding your own?