Hello, everyone
We will be running two orientation LARPs next week: "Hungover in the Hyades", a humorous science fiction LARP, and "Betrothals and Betrayals", a Regency-era fantasy LARP.
"Hungover in the Hyades" will be run on Thursday the 9th in RW James Room L.
"Betrothals and Betrayals" will be run on Saturday the 11th at Beth's house in Kenilworth (lifts can probably be arranged from campus).
Time: briefings start at 18:00
Cost: TBA
Costuming: please do
To sign up for "Hungover in the Hyades", please mail me (adrianna dot pinska at gmail dot com) or Simon (hodgestar at gmail dot com). To sign up for "Betrothals and Betrayals", please mail me or Beth (darkoutthere at gmail dot com). Because it's orientation week, preference will be given to freshers and other newbies.
Here are some blurbs:
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Hungover in the Hyades
By Simon Cross & Adrianna Pińska
The year is 4309. The human sphere has fractured, and Imperial and Colonial forces are clashing in dozens of systems across the galaxy.
Fortunately for you, the Hyades cluster is a neutral territory. Its alien cultures -- which, although primitive, appear to be the remains of several ancient fallen civilisations -- have been placed under the protection of the multi-species Galactic Parliament, a benevolent but mostly ineffectual overseer.
Here the war is just an unpleasant echo. The cluster's inhabitants -- assorted archaeologists, historians, adventurers, lowlifes, suspected spies, off-duty officers, as well as the collected native population (the last believed by most of the former not to really count) -- are far more interested in the exciting discoveries to be made in the forbidding deserts, swamps and jungles of the four primary worlds.
Did their empires flourish and fall independently, or were they uplifted and later abandoned by some conquering precursor race? What is the rightful place of the hundreds of fascinating artefacts recovered from the ruins -- museums, private collections, or the hands of the makers' surviving descendants?
Ordinarily you'd have a lot to say on the subject. Right now, however, you have other priorities. You would very much like to find your pants, and something to take care of that pounding headache. You're sure that the party you went to last night was fantastic -- you can't believe you finally got to see the inside of Matthias Renault's luxury yacht! You only wish that you were able to remember more of it -- and that you knew how to extricate yourself from your current predicament.
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Betrothals and Betrayals
By Donna Giltrap & Debbie Cowens
Lady Bathurst has invited a number of eligible young ladies and gentleman to stay at Albion Hall, in the hope of finding a suitable match for her only daughter. However, behind the polite conversation and pleasant surroundings lurks many a dark secret and hidden agenda...
Inspired by the works of Jane Austen and Susanna Clarke
The Situation
Lady Bathurst hopes to find an eligible husband for her only daughter Caroline. To this aim she has invited a number of suitable young gentlemen (and some token young ladies to balance to numbers) to Albion Hall. The game starts after dinner when the guests have retired to the drawing room.
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Watch this space for further details and more thrilling event announcements!