Sauron party reportback
Black gate and gummi orcs, originally uploaded by artnoose.
Tonight was the Fall of Sauron party which I have been talking about for months. The entire afternoon and evening we had the score for the movies playing nonstop. I made a cake in the shape of the Barad-dur, with vegan gummi orcs and a flaming eye of Sauron. I suggest folks click on the picture to see the series.
The tower stood okay, but when I went back to the back house to get something with a friend, apparently the Dark Tower fell. Auspiciously, it happened right at 7 pm, which was when the party was scheduled. On the bright note then, anyone who showed up on time DID get to see the Fall of Sauron.
We started playing Lord of the Rings Risk and then at a stopping point, DM lit the flaming eye while I read a passage from Return of the King. I had made the eye out of cloth soaked in lighter fluid and black string to both hold it together and make it look like the eye of Sauron. The flame ended up being really high but not quite high enough to set the ceiling on fire. Almost, though.
The cake was pretty delicious. We played Risk for a little while longer, and my orc forces got epically slaughtered. We tired out before finishing the game.
Good cake picture + no house fire = winning event.