DDC games...
Just a heads up, I'll be running two games at DunDraCon this weekend, an Ars Magica tabletop game on Saturday afternoon, and a performance LARP based around Shakespeare characters and scenes on Sunday afternoon, in case anyone is interested. Here's the descriptions from the events page on the web site:
307 A Nest of Vipers
Saturday 2 PM in room 165 for 6 hours
Room Map
GM: Erik Dahl
Type: RPG
System: Ars Magica
Edition: 5th
Provided: All characters provided by GM
Rules Knowledge: Beginners Welcome
Game Content: Mainstream
The characters (magi from the medieval Order of Hermes and their companions) must travel to a local nobleman's manor, rumoured to be rife with intrigue, to escort a promising apprentice home to her mistress and try to secure rights to a magic fountain.
682 Shakespeare Lives!
Sunday 2 PM in Salon B for 4 hours
Room Map
GM Troupe: Spontaneous Combustion!
Type: LARP
System: Homebrew
Provided: All characters provided by GM
Rules Knowledge: Beginners Welcome
Game Content: Mature Themes
Genre: Theatre LARPs
Costume Suggestions: Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance costumes appreciated (but not required!)
The princes, generals, lovers, and fools of Shakespeare's tragedies are summoned forth from the darkness to entertain the lords of the underworld. Players take the parts of famous characters from the Bard's plays who ended badly, and through various means natural and supernatural try to change their stories (and those of the others) to yield a more satisfying result.
This game includes a portion of interpersonal politics, a sprinkling of improvosational theater, and a lot of fun playing with the plays (though familiarity with the canon is not required). Conflicts are resolved through a cunning narrative system where players receive coins for participating in scenes and may spend their coins to describe changes to a scene's outcome.
Come join our pick-up troupe of tragedians, and see what happens when all of Shakespeare's darkest characters mingle and scheme on one world's stage.
307 A Nest of Vipers
Saturday 2 PM in room 165 for 6 hours
Room Map
GM: Erik Dahl
Type: RPG
System: Ars Magica
Edition: 5th
Provided: All characters provided by GM
Rules Knowledge: Beginners Welcome
Game Content: Mainstream
The characters (magi from the medieval Order of Hermes and their companions) must travel to a local nobleman's manor, rumoured to be rife with intrigue, to escort a promising apprentice home to her mistress and try to secure rights to a magic fountain.
682 Shakespeare Lives!
Sunday 2 PM in Salon B for 4 hours
Room Map
GM Troupe: Spontaneous Combustion!
Type: LARP
System: Homebrew
Provided: All characters provided by GM
Rules Knowledge: Beginners Welcome
Game Content: Mature Themes
Genre: Theatre LARPs
Costume Suggestions: Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance costumes appreciated (but not required!)
The princes, generals, lovers, and fools of Shakespeare's tragedies are summoned forth from the darkness to entertain the lords of the underworld. Players take the parts of famous characters from the Bard's plays who ended badly, and through various means natural and supernatural try to change their stories (and those of the others) to yield a more satisfying result.
This game includes a portion of interpersonal politics, a sprinkling of improvosational theater, and a lot of fun playing with the plays (though familiarity with the canon is not required). Conflicts are resolved through a cunning narrative system where players receive coins for participating in scenes and may spend their coins to describe changes to a scene's outcome.
Come join our pick-up troupe of tragedians, and see what happens when all of Shakespeare's darkest characters mingle and scheme on one world's stage.