Mop Fair - Revision history

Andrew Oakley: /* Rules and play */ Split programme from rules

2014-08-07T00:55:45Z

‎Rules and play: Split programme from rules

Andrew Oakley: /* Rules and play */ Fix bold

2014-08-02T14:38:46Z

‎Rules and play: Fix bold

Andrew Oakley: /* Rules and play */ Powerful magic costs viz

2014-08-02T14:38:29Z

‎Rules and play: Powerful magic costs viz

Andrew Oakley: /* List of Player Characters */ Group magi into their covenants

2014-08-02T14:24:15Z

‎List of Player Characters: Group magi into their covenants

Andrew Oakley: /* List of Characters */ Populated, sortable list

2014-08-02T14:18:42Z

‎List of Characters: Populated, sortable list

Andrew Oakley: Add /* List of Characters */

2014-08-02T13:58:34Z

Add - ‎List of Characters

Andrew Oakley at 09:57, 1 August 2014

2014-08-01T09:57:57Z

Andrew Oakley at 09:10, 1 August 2014

2014-08-01T09:10:49Z

Andrew Oakley: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! width="13em" align=left|Game |Mop Fair |- ! align=left|Storyguide

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 == Rules and play ==
-* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme]
+* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme PDF] contains the game outline
 A freeform is a variant of Live Action Role-playing (LARP) with '''no physical contact'''.
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 Mop Fair is a '''very short game''', only 2 hours long. A more typical freeform or LARP would last a minimum of 4 hours, more typically 6-10. The main goal for this game is as an icebreaker for the convention.
-This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .
+An overview of the game, with a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme]. This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You can [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14-mopfair-rules.pdf download the rules here] but you '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details).
 Note that '''powerful magic costs viz''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform

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 This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .
-Note that '''powerful magic costs viz'' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
+Note that '''powerful magic costs viz''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
 == List of Player Characters ==

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	This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .		This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .
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		+	Note that '''powerful magic costs viz'' in the cut-down rule for this freeform

	== List of Player Characters ==		== List of Player Characters ==

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 |Knights||Sir Rowland the Red Knight||[[Lloyd Graney]]
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 |Magi||Greybeard of the Forest||[[Jonathan Elcock]]
 |-
 |Magi||Longteeth of the Forest||[[Philip Jenkins]]
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 |Magi||Wild Erica of the Forest||[[Laura Knighton]]
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 |Nobles||Earl of Worcester||[[Leif Olav Jøsang]]

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 This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .
-== List of Characters ==
+== List of Player Characters ==
-TBC
+{| class="wikitable sortable"

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	This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .		This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .
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		+	== List of Characters ==
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		+	TBC

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	There is no need to sign up for this game; you will be presumed to be playing unless you indicate otherwise. Please fill in [http://www.grandtribunal.org/survey the freeform survey] and you will be allocated a character in advance by email, otherwise you can turn up on the day and be allocated a character.		There is no need to sign up for this game; you will be presumed to be playing unless you indicate otherwise. Please fill in [http://www.grandtribunal.org/survey the freeform survey] and you will be allocated a character in advance by email, otherwise you can turn up on the day and be allocated a character.
		+
		+	The '''only thing you need to read is your character sheet'''. For players with busy lives, short attention spans or who are just new to freeform games, the bare minimum you need to know has been condensed down to 3 bulletpoints at the top of your character sheet.
		+
		+	== Notes ==
		+
		+	England, 1360. It has been nearly ten years since the worst of the Black Death wiped out over a
		+	third of England's population. The balance of power between nobles, landowners and the peasantry
		+	has been upset by the resulting labour shortage.
		+
		+	It is November and the riverside market town of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, is holding their
		+	annual Mop Fair. Labourers and employers are gathering in the town for negotiation and hiring.
		+
		+	Those looking for work can be seen around town carrying the tools of their trade, so they can easily
		+	be recognised by potential employers. Domestic servants might carry a mop (hence the name
		+	"Mop Fair"), agricultural labourers might carry a hoe, spade, crook or scythe, stonemasons might
		+	carry a hammer or chisel, carpenters might carry a saw.
		+
		+	New employment is usually sealed with the payment of a shilling. It has been decreed that all
		+	negotiations must cease when the taverns open at 6pm.
		+
		+	The employers - nobles, knights, clergy from the local abbeys and magi from the local covenants -
		+	are going to face some hard bargaining. And maybe settle some scores between each other.
		+
		+	As the fair progresses, it seems like the labour shortage is the least of the players' worries.
		+
		+	== Props ==
		+
		+	Costume is optional but props are strongly recommended.
		+
		+	* Knights should carry a sword or shield
		+	* Nobles should wear large jewelry, chains, large brooches or a small crown
		+	* Clergy should wear a large cross
		+	* Magi should carry a wand
		+	* Peasants should carry a tool of the trade (fork, spade, basket, mop, dustpan, hammer etc.)
		+
		+	== Rules and play ==
		+
		+	* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme]
		+
		+	A freeform is a variant of Live Action Role-playing (LARP) with '''no physical contact'''.
		+
		+	Mop Fair is a '''very short game''', only 2 hours long. A more typical freeform or LARP would last a minimum of 4 hours, more typically 6-10. The main goal for this game is as an icebreaker for the convention.
		+
		+	This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details). The adapted ruleset, and a map of the game area and physical room layout, are detailed in the [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14programme.pdf Grand Tribunal UK 2014 Programme] .

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 <!-- Attributes the players or their characters MUST have, or the word None -->
 <!-- e.g. "min. 1 Merinita in troupe" ; "no grogs" -->
-|Note that this game uses custom cut-down rules based on ArM5
+|This game ideally requires 3 storyguides. Note that this game uses custom cut-down rules based on ArM5, adapted for live play without dice.
 |-
 ! align=left|Pre-rolled characters available?