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Nyctophobia – Pandoro s Travelling Fayre.
“Cautionary Tales of Dreams And Darkness”
The most stylish, action packed and rocking event anywhere to date. To build the picture in your mind, imagine a medieval style trading caravan camped up in the woods, with all the bell tents nestled around a camp fire. Imagine next to that Pandoro’s Travelling Fayre, once again with authentic tents and medieval decorations. Add to that the dozens of candles and a complete stage, built from scratch, erected in front of massive tree trucks for the audience to sit on. There was a man on stilts, fire breathers and much more. And then there was the play. I can only say I wish it was filmed… all this in only the first few hours!
But what also made this event spectacular was the professionalism of the refs and crew, and the attention to detail paid by the various writers.
There was also the rolling start. Who ever came up with the idea of getting players playing on arrival deserves a slap on the back. The start flowed so much more and it meant we could all get stuck in without any waiting about. I guess it also worked well because no major events, trading opportunities etc occurred until everyone was fully briefed and coined up.
The new tanned gloves instead of white jerseys for refs worked really well also. I prefer refs to be very discrete and out of mind because this encourages better role play. Out of sight is out of mind, and the quality of reffing truly aided that on this event.
The crewing was excellent. I know of one crew member that died in the woods, only to be found 1 or 2 hours later. Hats off to you, this added to the story for several players making for a richer experience. We also had Pandora and the five actors – all excellent again. I was the lucky one that had the monkey challenge. The cheeky monkey was hilarious, and tried dozens of naughty and clever tricks to get me to go wondering off into the woods to pick flowers with him. Thank you again monkey.
The fear was awesome again. Thinking that I was going to die (or actually dead) 4 times added to this. I also detected an unusual amount of screaming during our quest to the labyrinth that suggested some of my comrades also felt a little out of sorts.
The food was once again good quality, plentiful and well timed. I could tell that people had put some top effort into sorting this out.
I thought the overall standard of role-play was fabulous at this event. This was partly encouraged by some of us being glammed into thinking we were trees, tree huggers and squirrels and the like. But I also believe all the players put on a real good show this time. There were few lapses into OOC and everyone tackled the very new challenges that faced them with great spirit.
The crew that were located within the caravan itself were also very good and managed to be very interactive throughout the event. I only knew some of them were crew because I saw them in the fort at the start.
I also thought that it was an impressive touch to change the order of things so dramatically for the caravan (especially the Trading Council) at the end of the event – who can guess as to what political wrangling and intrigue will manifest as a result.
Again, hats off to Pandora and the 5 actors who all performed the play to perfection and who all added to the richness of this event beyond measure.
Finally, a big thanks to all those I have not mentioned but who all contributed to making this the smoothest and most stylish Nyctophobia event I have attended to date.
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My Character Highlights
Kneeling before the Faerie King and Queen, fully expecting to be beheaded. Better still, it was poor Elric that got pulled up to be executed. And even better, Elric managed to blurt out the answer just before the killing blow.
Turning into Werewolf. It was an eye-opener to be stumbling about in the woods with a woolly mask that seemed to be designed to restrict breathing, vision and heat loss. I was also shocked to find myself able to creep all the way up to the camp fire. Three different character walked passed me and didn’t batter an eyelid. Although I suppose this is what happens when the council shuns its obligations and does not employ a solid, Rasputin style watch lol.
The Monkey. From the moment Zan’ko saw that idiotic grin bounding towards him in the forest he thought, ‘no please! Not me. Don’t be me that you’re wishing to greet like a simian brother.” The lengths that my monkey friend went to too try and temp me into the woods were astounding: drawing arrows on the ground; pretending to find things; even pretending to impale himself on a large stick… and playing dead for a good 15 minutes afterwards!
Pandoro s Play. This was one the key scenes that that has stuck in my mind. I especially loved the hamming it up style, particularly when the wizards did battle. “Kazizz. Kabam!”
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