The Accidental Series

CLI-Games' flagship text adventure franchise. Terry Pratchett meets Monty Python in a world where turnips solve impossible problems and a peasant keeps accidentally becoming important.

The Story So Far

You are Sir Turnip of Mudbury. Twenty-three years of farming root vegetables, then fate intervened.

Accidental Knighthood: Princess kidnapped. You stumbled into the rescue. King knighted you out of gratitude (and possibly embarrassment). Now you're a knight. You don't know how swords work.

Accidental Dragonslayer: Ancient dragon terrorizing the realm. Previous heroes failed. King sent you because everyone else is dead or hiding. You brought turnips.

Accidental Emperor: King's dying. Kingdom's broke. Conquest seems like the only option. Unless a turnip farmer can find another way.

How It Plays

Text adventure. Type commands. Make choices. Die repeatedly until you figure it out.

north, south, east, west - move around

look - examine surroundings

take [item] - pick stuff up

use [item] - interact with things

talk [name] - speak to characters

inventory - check your pockets

help - see all commands

Multiple endings per crawler. Some heroic. Some tragic. Some involve becoming best friends with a dragon.

The Gem of Greed

Hidden across the series are three gem shards. Grandmother's gift. A forgotten place. A moment of triumph.

Find them all. Something ancient awaits.

Characters Worth Knowing

Old Marge - Mudbury turnip vendor. Always there. Knows more than she lets on. "Turnips solve everything."

Princess Elara - Not a damsel. Partners with you by the third game. Growing into a leader.

King Aldric III - Magnificent beard. Shinier crown. Pragmatic about sending turnip farmers on suicide missions.

Scorchlox the Eternal - Ancient red dragon. Terrifying. Lonely. Surprisingly open to conversation if you survive long enough to have one.

Tips

Turnips are never just turnips

Death is a teacher, not a failure state

Talk to everyone twice

Items persist across playthroughs - what you find stays with you

The hermit sees more than he says

Unlock Requirements

Accidental Knighthood - Available to all

Accidental Dragonslayer - Complete Knighthood (any ending)

Accidental Emperor - Complete both previous games, earn 50%+ of combined badges