What if the Black Death had gone differently?

Plague kills a third of Europe in six years, breaking the old balance of land and labour.

If it had gone differently: Serfdom and a land-rich, labour-poor order roll on; wages stay flat and the church's authority unshaken.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on the Black Death. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1492Columbus reaches the Americas. Without it, The Atlantic stays a barrier for generations; Europe's empires grow east, not west.
2. 1517The Protestant Reformation. Without it, Western Christianity stays a single church; no confessional map of Europe forms.
3. 1600The Scientific Revolution. Without it, Natural philosophy stays deferential to the ancients; no method, no acceleration.