Cast List
A who's who of locals and assorted other folk.
Death in Service the Rules
The Rules in Brief. although as Keith says given these economically uncertain times and the rapid onset of the dreaded Christian/coca cola hijacked Mithras period I feel the safety word Tesco is now financially out of reach to some of us and feel that it should now reflect this time- may I suggest Aldi or Lidl ; )
OOC information for Death in Service
Here is the logistics- what you get at the youth hostel, directions etc.
Death In Service Character Creation Sheet
This is the players character creation sheet for you to download and peruse. Please get it back to us with your deposit so we can start writing for you lovely folk. :-)
The Old Lady's Herbal- Anglo Saxon (crew eyes only)
An Anglo Saxon style text detailing various medicinal compounds.
Till Death Do Us Part- OOC information
All you need to know about getting there, facilities and contact numers in two pages.
Medieval Society- Village Roles
A summary of roles in feudal England written by E.L. Skip Knox- Boise State University. Some players asked for further clarification concerning their place in village society- and as always, we are happy to oblige!
Till Death Do Us Part- All in character information
This is a bumper guide to all the things your character would know about: the village, who's who, wedding traditions, harvest festival, the laws, the geography of the Barony etc.
Twenty-five fireside tales
A series of twenty five medieval tales appropriate for story telling at the event. Each player will be assigned and emailed one in case the need to tell a story should arise but feel free to dip in and have a look.
A worksheet style round up of useful links for costume and context to the medieval era
Does what it says on the tin :-)
How Hrodwyn got her man- setting the scene
This is a story giving the background to the wedding and will hopefully give a feel for the tone of the event.
Till Death Do Us Part- Character Creation Sheets
Here's the basics we need to help to create your character. :-)
Till Death Do Us Part- Player's Guide and Rules
Everything you need to know about the game from an out of character perspective. Includes rules and calls.
Till Death Do Us Part Flyer
Flyer for the upcoming till death do us part event.
Stock Wood Site- A Players Guide
The site comprises of approximately 17 acres of private grassland, woodland, a network of shallow gorges, and an in character Iron Age village. This leaflet provides practical information mainly applicable to players attending Live Role-playing events run at the site. Other site information is available at http://www.legionofdreams.com/location.htm which also details their own live role play fantasy system.
Cold Blow Carnage- The Plot
Now that the events finished, we thought we'd make the plot available for public consumption. Here goes. :-)
Player Group B- Guide to the Retreat
An I.C. guide to life on the retreat and detailed material on the workings therein.
Crew Brief
Advice for crew- costume, atmosphere and stuff.
Player Group B- Rosie's guiding Principles
For player group B (not the wedding party!) only. A brief I.C. guide as to the type of thing you can expect.
OOC information
A shortened version of the Stock Wood guide copyrighted to legion of dreams. This has all the pertinent information but fewer pages to print out. Contains information on directions, public transport, facilities and what to bring.
Player Group A- Who's Who
For player group A only a brief Who’s who. These characters have been to a wedding together so it’s sensible that they know a little bit about each other. Here’s a quick summary with photos to i.d. players. A list of contact details will also be available in your player packs or you can email me.
Player Group A- What Happened at the wedding
For those in Player Group A only. This is a quick outline of anything interesting that happened at the wedding you've just been to.
The week leading up to the event of Cold Blow Carnage
A rather wonderful resource that I nicked from another website. Details the minutiae of daily life in the week or so leading up to the event (which is set June 27-29th 1971)
A potted guide to the 1970s
Here is an illustrated potted guide to what was happening in the early 70s with everything you need to know for the event. Includes information on popular culture, famous crimes, attitudes and mental health.
How to make fake blood
A short instructional video by Alec on how to make fake blood on a paltry budget using water, gelatine and food colouring
Player Group A: Character Creation Sheet The Wedding Party
A blank character creation sheet for your perusal to support the development of 8 "special" characters who will have a different starting point from the main players.
Cold Blow Carnage Flyer 2
A streamlined version of the flyer. Fewer images, but packs a bigger punch.
Player Group B: Character Creation Sheet- the Retreat Goers
A blank character creation sheet for your perusal to support the development of characters who will constitute the main group.
Cold Blow Carnage - Flyer
A flyer for the Cold Blow carnage event, for liberal downloading and emailing to anyone who might be interested.
Pulling Blows
A video explanation of the one second rule. Filmed on our weapons training day.
Weapons Training- Beginner's guide to LRP fighting
A beginners guide to LRP fighting. Mainly focusing on swords.
A Potted History of the 1920s
Keeps your role-play fresh and shiny-clean :-) Taken from the Role Play Book “Call Of Cthulhu”, this is a simple list of all the major events characters may have been aware of at the time.
1920s etiquette
A guide to the complicated etiquette of the time- see below for example:
Excerpt from Correct Behaviour on a Picnic by Donald Ogden Stewart
A young man, for example, is often asked by a young lady to accompany her on an outing. To this invitation he should, after some consideration, reply either "Yes" or "No," and if the former, he should present himself at the young lady's house promptly on the day set for the affair (usually Sunday).
1920's Ceylon
Ceylon in the 1920s was in a process of change – the British began introducing limited electoral reforms and the ‘freedom movement’ pushed for total independence from the colonial masters. The Ceylonese were calling for freedom and Mahatma Gandhi backed that call. However he did not arrive in Ceylon on his first and last visit to the island until 1927 (3 years after the event is set).
1920's Women's Fashion
As the 1920s progresses most women bobbed and finger waved their hair, but the invention of the Marcel wave, the first permanent wave, was a great boon for those with straight hair. In the 1920s Kurlash eyelash curlers appeared and Pinaud produced mascara “612”. In Hollywood where stars like Theda Bara were becoming major influences for women worldwide, Max Factor received an academy award for his Pancromatic foundation, the first award for a make-up product. All fashionable women wore make-up, boldly wearing powder over vanishing creams, strong rouge and kohl round their eyes. The brightly coloured lip rouge was applied with two fingers for the top lip and one for the bottom in imitation of Clara Bow (the girl with the bee sting lips). Pale skin still held sway but in Paris the American Josephine Bakers sensational appearance in “Le Revue Negre” generated a fashion for all things African- and tanned skin. By 1925 American women were spending a billion dollars a year on cosmetic and skin care, and fears were being expressed over the safety of cosmetics
1920's Mens' Fashion
Fashionable men of the 1920s had money and the time to enjoy it. Others were less fortunate and the rich young undergraduates who manned the trams and trains of the General Strike in the UK had little comprehension of the miseries of working class life. The gilded youth of the jazz Age, men like Cecil Beaton, Evelyn Waugh and Scott Fitzgerald drove Hispano-Suiza’s from one party to another and roared down the South of France to indulge the new craze for sunbathing. Elegant men of this period wore their hair short, usually parted at the side and slicked down. Sideburns were not considered fashionable and beards and moustaches were generally seen on older men. “Silly Asses” had centre partings and wore monocles.
A Guide to the Roaring Twenties
A quick tour of the events, look and feel of the 1920's. With lots of lovely pictures to keep you interested and lots of references for further research for you mega keen out there!
1920's British Raj
British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously, India, was the term used synonymously for the region, the rule, and the period, from 1858 to 1947, of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent. The Indian Empire, which issued its own passports, was commonly referred to as India both in the region and internationally. As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations, and a member nation of the Summer Olympics in 1900 and 1920.
Among other countries in the region, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), which was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens, was a British Crown Colony, but not part of British India. The system of governance lasted from 1858, when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (and who, in 1877, was proclaimed Empress of India), until 1947, when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign states, the Union of India (later the Republic of India) and the Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh).
Death In Service (flyer)
A Death in Service is now firmly booked to take place Friday November 6th until Saturday November 27th- 29th 2009 at Burley Youth hostel in the New Forest. The event will be fully catered with indoor sleeping in a centrally heated manor house with extensive grounds and a well maintained interior. Player places are priced at £75 (if you bring your own gas mask) or £85 (gas mask included). We have full public liability insurance from LRP alliance and a professional chef to make sure you are fed, warm and safe!
50% non-refundable deposit (£32.50) secures a place before August 2009. Full price of ticket due September 1st 2009. We apologise but we cannot sell tickets "at the gate". To reserve your place please send a cheque payable to Katie Fruitrock & Les Enfants Terribles to 31 Hampshire Street, Portsmouth, PO1 5LG with your full name, address, email and number of people you are booking for on the back. Please note we are a not for profit organisation and the full cost of your ticket will be invested in the cost of this or future events.
Fruitrock Christmas E-card
To save the planet we've made an executive decisions not to send paper based cards this year. However, if you'd desperately like to print out a copy of our e-card to decorate your mantel piece, they are available here! Many thanks to Kate for the photo and Ester for being in it :-)
Who is Sam Silver? Flyer
A flyer for the enigmatic Spring event.
Another Malestrom Resource!
A jpeg version of the invites to the Moist birthday bash that will have been delivered by a messanger I.C.
Mr Freeport- we're off to Maelstrom again
we're off to Maelstrom again and this time we're running a beauty pageant. See you there.
A Death In Pictures- 2008 Calender
A pdf of the 2008 calender using photos from the event and designed by Kate Appleby available to buy from the online shop- limited number.
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