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Loot. Sort. Survive. Somewhere in Bavaria.

Cover image of Escape from Schmutterwang

About the game

Something happened around Schmutterwang. The valley is a Zone now, the villages are empty, and the things that live in the beer cellars are not the regulars. You play a retired staff sergeant, a peddler or a mechanic who intends to get out — eventually, with as much loot as the pack can hold.

Every run starts at the mission board: a place like Possum Holler or Upper Grumble Creek, a route drawn across a topographic map, an enemy family, a risk and a loot forecast. You choose weapons, ammo, provisions and a stance, then the expedition resolves on its own — waves of enemies, a grub break when health drops, loot decisions when the bag fills up.

Back at camp the real game begins: sorting a grid inventory, forging and brewing at the field workshop, haggling with Trader Earl whose prices depend on how much he likes you, and sending your jackalope out to scavenge. Achievements, a bestiary and a chronicle keep score of everything you've survived so far.

What you actually do

  1. 01

    Expedition dossiers

    Twelve places, twelve sites, four difficulties. Each mission shows enemy family, expected fights, risk and loot before you commit.

  2. 02

    Grid inventory

    Cells, not lists. Weight, space and a travelling bag that decides what comes home.

  3. 03

    The Field Workshop

    The Anvil, The Still and The Sewin' Box. Three stations, three tiers from apprentice to master craft.

  4. 04

    Trader Earl

    Reputation ranks from Stranger to Kinfolk. The better he knows you, the better the prices — and the stranger the gambling games in the back room.

  5. 05

    A jackalope of your own

    Send it scavenging. It doesn't need much, but what it brings back is a bit random.

  6. 06

    Bilingual flavour

    Bavarian in German, Appalachian in English. Same monsters, different accents.

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 of Escape from Schmutterwang
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