Morituri

Morituri te salutant. Those about to die salute you. You begin as a slave owned by Gaius Varro, a lanista who takes every coin you win on the sand. Fight, scheme, trade and love your way out of his ludus, across the sea to Egypt, and back to Rome with enough gold to take everything he owns. Morituri is a hand-drawn role-playing game set in the first century BC, with a story in three acts and a living city to walk between the fights. FIGHT IN THE COLOSSEUM - Real-time, side-on combat with light strikes, heavy blows, blocks, parries and dodges - Five fighting styles: Secutor, Murmillo, Retiarius, Thraex and Dimachaerus - Every champion has a signature move. Watch for the red glow, then dodge or bleed - Win the crowd. If they love you, they spare you when you fall. Lose them three times and the Emperor turns his thumb - Kill a beaten man for fame, or spare him and earn an ally who may…