Tavern Talk

LLUDEX

Tavern Talk · LUDEX

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- PC

Release

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Critic score

80/100

Platform families

Editorial overview

Inside Tavern Talk

What it is

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Befriend a colourful cast of adventurers as they brag about their latest triumph – or commiserate an utter failure. Whether it’s relaxation or a fresh thrill, you’re on hand to give each patron what they need.

Beyond the walls of this cosy tavern, a world-threatening danger is brewing. Every quest, rumor and conversation is intertwined with the ultimate fate of the land.

The Wayfarer's Inn is a safe haven to a colourful cast of characters inspired by TTRPGs. Get to know their unique personalities, and help them find a place that feels like home.

Serve an ever-growing menu of magical drinks to your patrons, but choose carefully, as your choice will alter their fates. Gather rumors from the tavern-goers and use them to create quests for your adventurous guests.

Piece together the fragments in your little study and uncover the secrets of an ancient evil threatening the land. As adventurers return from their mighty quests, they’ll bring back trinkets you can use to decorate your tavern. Your choices shape the snug interior of the Wayfarer’s Inn!

The premise

The game is about the owner of Wayfarer's Inn, a tavern in the fantasy land of Asteria and the patrons they meet along the way. The player must serve magical drinks and interact with adventurers who visit the tavern, including elves, vampires, vukakin, dwarfs, echoes, phantasm, meerfolk and so many more. As they talk to the various adventurers, they uncover more lore about an ancient threat which is rising in Asteria.

Maybe they prevent the worst from happening, but this is up to the player.

You walk into a tavern and get to work! You are the owner of the Wayfarer’s Inn, a popular watering hole in the fantasy land of Asteria.

But you’re no ordinary barkeep. Be it a potion of seething fury or prancing swords, the drinks you serve can change your customer’s destiny forever. You can also turn the rumors you hear at work into intrepid quests for your patrons!