A game suitable for the Sultan/一个适合苏丹的游戏

This book contains five short stories. Besides the original novel, *A Game Fit for the Sultan*, from the game *The Sultan's Game*, there are four short stories written by the author, Zuanka, within the game's world. These stories depict the fates of a group of ordinary people in the royal city amidst the storm that overthrows the empire. "A Game Fit for the Sultan" is the original novel for the PC game *The Sultan's Game*, but its world, characters, and story are completely unrelated to the original game. The novel's significance as the original work is to define the 'core gameplay' and 'story tone.' The following four stories were all written after the game's release. Their backgrounds are consistent with the game, and their timelines overlap significantly. The protagonists of these stories do not appear in the game, but they may have glimpsed Artur's car heading towards the palace, may have pleased the Sultan's father, or even been among the revolutionaries gathered on the mountaintop… Because of their existence, this world becomes more real, and the other stories that unfold within it become more powerful. —Zuanka

本书收录了5个短篇小说，除《苏丹的游戏》原著小说《一个适合苏丹的游戏》之外，还有4个由《苏丹的游戏》剧钻咖在游戏世界观下创作的短篇小说，讲述了在掀翻帝国的风暴中，一群王城小人物的命运。“《一个适合苏丹的游戏》是 PC 单机游戏《苏丹的游戏》的原著小说，但它的世界观、角色、故事，都与《苏丹的游戏》全无关系。这篇小说作为原著存在的意义，是定义了‘核心玩法’以及‘故事调性’。之后的4则故事，都是在游戏上线之后写完的。它们的背景都与游戏中的一致，时间线也有很多重合。这些故事的主角都没有出现在游戏中，但他们可能曾在路边瞥见过阿尔图的车子驶向王宫，也可能曾经取悦过苏丹的父亲，甚至可能是集结在山顶的革命者之一………因为有他们的存在，这个世界会更加真实，发生在这个世界里的其他故事也会更加有力。”——钻咖