Raising the Town

A Salem is built by day so it can survive the night. Over 180 pieces, from homes and honest trades to follies, fences and the rites that ward the dark. Here is what each kind is for.

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Homes

From a one-room hovel to a manor - homes are where your people live, and what the dead come for.

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Trades & Shops

Bakeries, blacksmiths, tanners, breweries and more - the work that earns coins, food and afterglow.

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Civic & Defence

Churches, watch-houses, bell-towers and gaols - the buildings that protect and steady the town.

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Roads, Walls & Water

Residents only walk on roads. Walls and fences shape the town; water is painted by hand.

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Nature & Critters

Trees, rocks, reeds and wandering deer - the living scenery, and the groves you gather from.

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Spooky & Rites

Gravestones, crypts, altars, ritual circles and cauldrons - the dark dressing, some of which wards the dead.

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