Scurvy Trail

An Age of Exploration expedition simulator. Buy supplies, sail a documented route one animated day at a time, and try to be the one who notices the water ran out first.

Sea state:

The Passage to the West

HISTORICAL(ISH) · FIRST CROSSING · COLUMBUS 1492

Three ships out of Palos, west into the empty Atlantic, following the Sargasso and whatever hope you brought. Land is somewhere out there. Probably. The crew's opinion on this calcifies weekly.

The Magellan Follies

HISTORICAL(ISH) · CIRCUMNAVIGATION

Sail the actual route around the world: strait at the end of America, the vast Pacific, a quarrel you should not join, and home by the Cape of Good Hope. Most of the crew will not make it. Most of the crew is aware of this.

Da Gama's Gamble

HISTORICAL(ISH) · INDIA ROUND TRIP

Around the stormy cape, trade down the Swahili coast, buy pepper for almost nothing in Calicut, and sail home pretending the return leg was always the plan.

The Merchant's Gamble

RANDOMISED · TRADE RUN

A randomly chosen venture, randomly chosen misfortunes, and market prices that make sense approximately when it is too late. Ideal for learning which barrels are worth it.

Buy provisions and cargo at port markets · press Set Sail to advance a day · events will pop up and must be answered · scurvy is a clock, not a maybe · you have died of scurvy.