The King's Musketeers

[karohemd]

Last weekend I joined a number of old friends (you might be able to spot fractalgeek, queenortart, undyingking, pengshui_master, sesquipedality and others) in The King's Musketeers, set during the reign of King Louis XIII of France, with characters both from real history as well as literature (e.g. Alexandre Dumas' novels). As often during these weekend events, costuming was at a very high level, many self-

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[bateleur]

Wow, you weren't kidding about the costumes! :-O

[karohemd]

Some of the ladies had a dress for each for the five game sessions. I have no idea how many pieces of luggage they needed for those voluminous costumes...

[mr_malk]

Known technically as "Being on a Five-Frock Strategy", I understand!

Glad you enjoyed yourself, it was good to see you again!

[karohemd]

Likewise!
I still can't hear Delilah without thinking "Richelieu", despite him standing behind me breathing down my neck the first time we sang it. ;o)

[motodraconis]

That looks superb! What a great weekend.

I could be up for something like this - if it involves 18th century (or near as dammit) clothes (looking at their previous events, the masquerade and more musketeers would be doable for me.)
Not interested in Café Casablanca, but give me a shout for anything else!

[karohemd]

Will do! I don't know if they will be rotating existing games on the site or a new one will come in. I'll know when CC has finished. Pyrates might be a good one for you from the list.
IIRC, they're waiting at least 10 years before running a game again.