Constantinople: The Fourth Crusade
Constantinople stands at the edge of collapse during the Fourth Crusade. Imperial authority weakens under pressure from foreign influence, factional conflict, economic instability, riots, shortages, and growing distrust within the capital. Harbor workers struggle to keep trade moving, militias defend unstable neighborhoods, religious communities care for refugees and the wounded, and foreign merchants turn crisis into opportunity. Every decision risks making the situation worse.
Constantinople: The Fourth Crusade is a streamlined historical setting bible for the Principia Canonica roleplaying system, focused entirely on the instability of Political Collapse within the Byzantine capital. The book provides factions, characters, locations, instabilities, and interconnected pressures designed to generate immediate tabletop roleplaying stories grounded in survival, politics, and social tension during one of history’s most dangerous turning points.
144 pages. PDF and epub files included.
Digital only.
