Greetings, adventurers!

Development on Rumors & Relics continues to move forward, and we're excited to share one of our latest additions to the game: 

The Guild Hall has found a new home within The Sloshed Stag Tavern.

Previously, recruiting new adventurers was handled directly through the Rumor Board interface. While functional, it never quite captured the feeling we wanted players to experience while managing their tavern. We want The Sloshed Stag to feel like a living place where each part of the tavern serves a purpose.

With this update, the Guild Hall has officially moved upstairs to the 2nd Floor.

A Dedicated Space for Recruitment

Players can now travel to the second floor of The Sloshed Stag Tavern and interact with the Guild Hall desk to access the recruitment system. An interaction prompt now appears when approaching the desk at the Guild Hall, allowing players to press "E"  to browse newly available adventurers every day.

This change reinforces the intended gameplay flow:

First Floor

• Review available rumors and contracts.
• Assemble your expedition party.
• Dispatch adventurers on dangerous quests.

Second Floor

• Visit the Guild Hall to recruit new adventurers.
• Rest and advance to the next day.
• Review the outcomes of completed expeditions.

We have found that separating these systems into their own physical locations helps make the tavern itself an important part of the experience rather than simply acting as a backdrop for menus.

Adventurers Continue to Arrive

The Guild Hall refreshes its list of available recruits as time progresses, ensuring that new faces regularly arrive at The Sloshed Stag seeking work, fortune, or perhaps redemption.

Each adventurer is procedurally generated with their own class, strengths, traits, and hiring cost, creating meaningful decisions about who deserves a place among your growing roster.

A New Face in the Guild Hall

You'll also notice a placeholder character standing near the Guild Hall desk.

While they don't currently serve a major gameplay purpose, they represent an important step toward making the world of Rumors & Relics feel more alive and interconnected.

In future updates, characters within the Guild Hall will provide dialogue, information, and additional services beyond simply recruiting adventurers. Whether that means sharing rumors, offering guidance, introducing new systems, or helping expand the tavern's operations remains to be seen.

For now, consider this mysterious figure the first sign that The Sloshed Stag is becoming more than just a tavern.

The Future of The Slashed Stag Tavern

With the Guild Hall relocation complete, our attention continues to shift toward expanding the tavern's daily management loop and bringing more personality to its inhabitants.

Thank you to everyone following the development of Rumors & Relics. Every update brings us one step closer to transforming The Sloshed Stag Tavern into a place players will genuinely want to return to after each expedition.

Until next time...

May your contracts be profitable, your adventurers return safely, and your tankards never run dry.

— Northforge Interactive Games