01 · DEAL
Read the World
Each merchant receives two private cards. The Bank receives one exposed card and one hidden card. Three shared cards reveal the opening CrossRoads.
A Collectible Historical Strategy Game
Change the cards. Rewrite history.
A standard 52-card deck creates the opportunity. Your collectible historical tokens change the rules. Trade, negotiate, wage war and build your Bank before your rivals—or History itself—claim victory.
2–4 merchants compete against one another and the Bank.
A♥
CROSSROADS · 2027
Caesar
Replace one private card with the Ace of Hearts.
K♣
The cards create opportunity.
The tokens change fate.
Risk. Profit. Repeat.
Familiar cards. An entirely new game.
CrossRoads uses the tension, shared information and hidden strategy of Texas Hold'em as its engine. Every hand presents a new market—and every token gives you a different way to exploit it.
02 · DECIDE
Choose Your Move
Commit a token, trade a private card, negotiate with another merchant or check. Information changes, but certainty never comes.
03 · CHANGE
Bend the Rules
Reveal committed tokens and activate their modifiers. Change a suit, replace a card, expose a secret or turn a losing hand into an empire-building victory.
04 · BANK
Claim the Hand
The winner banks the committed tokens as Victory Points. Used tokens leave play for the rest of the game. Reach the target before your rivals—or the Bank.
The Table Is the World
Every merchant sees the same cards.
But no two merchants see the same opportunity. Your private cards, remaining tokens and opponents' behavior determine whether you trade, commit, negotiate or walk away.
The CrossRoads
10♥10♥
K♣K♣
8♦8♦
??
??
Commit a Token
Trade a Card
Negotiate
Check
Minted to Play. Built to Collect.
History belongs in your hand.
CrossRoads tokens are planned as physical copper rounds with uniform reverses and illustrated obverses. Each token is worth one Victory Point, but its modifier can completely change the outcome of a hand.
Leader · Rome · 2027
Julius Caesar
A decisive leader capable of turning a moment of uncertainty into an opportunity for absolute control.
Modifier: Replace one of your private cards with the Ace of Hearts.
Leader · Mongol Empire · 2027
Genghis Khan
A force of expansion that transforms the terrain and makes familiar strategies suddenly dangerous.
Modifier: Treat all community cards as Clubs during resolution.
Merchant · Silk Road · 2027
Marco Polo
A traveler, negotiator and merchant who creates opportunity by reaching beyond the cards already in front of him.
Modifier: Exchange one private card with the top card of the deck.
Multiple Paths. One Victory.
What kind of merchant will you become?
♦
Trade
Improve your position through exchanges, calculated investments and profitable opportunities. Trade is consistent—but every transaction reveals information.
♥
Diplomacy
Negotiate with rivals, form temporary partnerships and avoid unnecessary losses. Diplomacy is safe, but trust can become a weapon.
♣
War
Commit powerful assets and pursue decisive victories. War can build your Bank quickly, but failed campaigns can leave your collection exhausted.
A New Kind of Collectible
Collect the people who changed history.
Every annual mintage can introduce new leaders, merchants, civilizations, technologies and events. New tokens do not simply become stronger—they create new ways to play the same timeless deck.
01
Collect characters from Rome, Greece, the Ottoman Empire,
the Mongol Empire, the Age of Sail and beyond.
02
Build a personal playing collection based on trade, diplomacy,
disruption, information or aggression.
03
Chase annual dates, finishes, limited mintages and future
silver or gold collector editions.
04
Trade duplicates, preserve favorite pieces and create a
collection that can grow across generations.
The First Mintage Is Coming
History is waiting to be changed.
Join the CrossRoads list for prototype updates, first-mintage previews, playtesting opportunities and early access to the tokens that begin the journey.