I am here. I apologize for not providing more action. I had not seen much from the players lately, but I admit as GM it is my duty to try to keep things moving. Do the active players have suggestions about how they would like things to move? Should we be closing the dinner and going on to other interactions?

Here.

I'm still here, or hereabouts.

In reply to Sir John Marke (msg # 164):

Closing the dinner sounds nice.

Very good. On beyond the dinner...

Happy New Year.

In reply to Sir John Marke (msg # 169):

Happy New Year!
Thank you. I hope you will enjoy my new invitation.
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Happy MOO Year!

If all goes as planned, I will be leaving early Saturday Feb.25 and arriving in Britain early Feb. 26, where I will be staying doing research until I return Mar.13. I am usually able to post to RPOL from the computers in the B&B where I regularly stay, but I do not expect to post Feb.25 or Mar.13.

I am working away on my research in London, but Monday evening I quit early to see Austentatious, a performance in which a group of actors (male and female) in Regency dress improvise a Regency play based on a title provided by the audience. The night I went, the title was "Lies and Liability" and the heroine, Lydia Bow, invents preposterous lies, in particular telling the hero, Alexander Brown, that she is an Italian and the youngest female
opera conductor in Milan (despite the fact that they are in Sussex). She tries to support this by cooking meatballs, painting her house red, white and green, etc. Eventually she is sued in court for lying, but Alexander, having passed a 2-day express law course, delivers a magnificent speech in her defense, pointing out the extent to which lying is the basis of society, politics etc.,etc. and besides, it isn't actually a crime. So Lydia is acquitted and falls into his arms... This is a very simplified version, omitting Lydia's sister, Alexander's father, the matchmaking couple who are supposed to marry off Alexander to someone suitable, and so on and on.

That sounds rather fun...

In reply to David Arabin (msg # 174):

Some of it was fun, but I must admit that I was sharing the "good parts version" -- the cast had started as members of an Oxford University improvisation group called "The Oxford Imps" and I must confess some of the humor still struck me as rather undergraduate, especially a tendency to throw in vulgar words here and there. Not, I think, what the original Arabins would have approved. Still, I once read a biography of King William IV which included some letters he wrote as a young man in the Navy, and parts of them were even more frankly obscene. I suppose it depends on which part of the period you want to restore. Still, I did think the ending was very effective.

Tomorrow (Monday Mar.13) I expect to spend all day returning to my home in the US, arriving about midnight. I hope to be in shape to resume gaming Tuesday Mar.14

I am delighted to see Angeline is preparing for her ride with Sir John. I hope we can all assemble for it soon.

In reply to Sir John Marke (msg # 177):

Happy Easter.

Happy Easter to all.

Hoppy Easter!

Here comes Sir Peter Cottentayle...

It has been a couple of weeks now since we set up the ride. I hope the players are still interested in joining it.

I will be away May 10 through May 14 at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress. I may or may not have internet access there to do RPOL. In the past, I have gotten in some RPOL there, but the Congress has changed a lot since Covid and the computers seem to be less available.

In reply to Sir John Marke (msg # 182):

I will be.

In reply to Angeline Walsh (msg # 184):

I am very glad that you have been able to join us just as I returned from Kalamazoo to welcome you.

I understand Robert Whitford will be joining us shortly. Any others --Ann Morgan, and Lady Victoria Darenvern in particular --would be welcome to join. If characters were not included in the original invitation, they can just meet the party "by chance" on the way.

Well I have to say there is a lot moore going on over at Season of Change, which is a Victorian era game set in 1840, with a couple of folks that used to be in this game.  We should all have characters over there, and probably sunset this one...

It is fair to say nothing very exciting has happened in this game for a while. I had plans for a more exciting event, but it has taken a lot of time to get there and we got involved with the pastry shop in the meantime. If the remaining players here want to migrate to the other game, that is all right with me. I believe I looked at the other game earlier and did not think I cared for it, but others may find it more exciting.
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I currently plan to be leaving for the SCA Pennsic War soon. I may be on RPOL tomorrow (July 29) after that I will probably be at Pennsic until about Aug.12. I may or may not be online during that time.