Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers but don't be late to the ball! When you are kidnapped you must take charge of your rescue and reclaim your rightful throne.

Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday is a 158000-word interactive comedy by Charles Battersby where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based without graphics or sound effects and fueled by the vast unstoppable power of your imagination.

Conspirators have imprisoned you in a tower and are plotting to usurp your throne. And it's your birthday! Take command of the inept but well-intended crew sent to rescue you from your tower–a brazen knight a snarky amazon a cursed enchantress and a humble peasant. Work together to escape your captors outwitting your foes to make it back to the castle and regain your power as royal Heir.

But first: fight the three-headed chimera the two-eyed biclops and a horde of insatiable gnomes!(They're surprisingly dangerous after a few drinks). Wield swords magic or fight with your wits and grace. If all else fails pummel your enemies with a chamberpot tied to a stick.

*Play as male female or nonbinary gay straight bisexual or asexual
*Act like a damsel in distress (or an imperiled person) and let your rescuers do the work or grab a sword and fight your own battles.
* Unravel the conspiracy behind your abduction and thwart your scheming siblings.
*Side with the aristocrats or join a peasant rebellion.
*Gain stature to prove that you are the one true Heir.
*Harness fairy magic to bewilder and defeat your foes!
*Disguise yourself as an Elder Vampire stare down a giant and take a nap in a glass coffin!
*Find love with any or your rescuers...or marry a goblin (you know you're curious).
*Bring peace to the kingdom or revel in the chaos of civil war.