| bogdanwaz | 25 Apr 2016 11:20 a.m. PST |
I've posted some pictures for the other game I'll be running at Historicon, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged): link This one is even stranger than The Sound of Music. |
| Winston Smith | 25 Apr 2016 11:30 a.m. PST |
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Frederick  | 25 Apr 2016 11:32 a.m. PST |
Ah, what a tangled web you weave! That – looks – awesome! |
| bogdanwaz | 25 Apr 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
That would have meant cutting hands off of too many figures. |
| Rogues1 | 25 Apr 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
I hope I can get into this game. I hope BoD stuff and my own game doesn't keep me from getting in. It looks great. |
| bogdanwaz | 25 Apr 2016 12:26 p.m. PST |
It's scheduled for 1:00 pm on the Saturday of the con. I think I have 12 slot available for pre-registration but I always have extra slots available for walk-ups. This game can accommodate a lot more than 12 players. |
| Lt Col Pedant | 25 Apr 2016 12:43 p.m. PST |
How can it be 'complete' if 'abridged'? Discuss. |
| kallman | 25 Apr 2016 1:33 p.m. PST |
Bloody brilliant! Players should have to speak in iambic pentameter and quote lines from their appropriate faction. |
| capncarp | 25 Apr 2016 1:48 p.m. PST |
I can see the crew of the C57-D, Morpheus, Altaira, Robby the Robot, and the Id Monster making an appearace! |
| cloudcaptain | 25 Apr 2016 2:46 p.m. PST |
Now THAT is funny. Looking forward to the aftermath. |
| Extrabio1947 | 25 Apr 2016 4:44 p.m. PST |
Kallman +1. Absolutely brilliant! Perhaps you should have a few umpires with PhD's in English Literature. |
| Zebcook | 25 Apr 2016 7:09 p.m. PST |
Dammit, I'll be running a game then. |
| CeruLucifus | 25 Apr 2016 9:57 p.m. PST |
That is brilliant. Wish I could be there. |
| Old Wolfman | 26 Apr 2016 6:53 a.m. PST |
Or Laurence Fishburne as Othello. Or James Cagney as Nick Bottom. |
| Caliban | 26 Apr 2016 8:44 a.m. PST |
Just don't trust Iago. Ever. |
| bogdanwaz | 26 Apr 2016 9:48 a.m. PST |
As Terrement points out, the title is from the stage play and the title is one of the jokes. I performed in it last year, that's what gave me the idea for the game. I've just updated the blog post to include Laurence Fishburne's Othello – missed putting it in the original post. The players will get a chance to re-roll for being able to give a Shakespeare quote. No PhD required but a certificate from link could be helpful. |
| bogdanwaz | 26 Apr 2016 10:15 a.m. PST |
Another special rule we'll have is that Hamlet, each time his turn comes up, will be controlled by a different player to represent the Melancholy Dane's vacillating nature. |
| Old Peculiar | 26 Apr 2016 11:52 a.m. PST |
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| Zebcook | 26 Apr 2016 1:38 p.m. PST |
You need a bear, so someone can "exit pursued by a bear". |
| LORDGHEE | 26 Apr 2016 2:17 p.m. PST |
just Brillant, brillant ideal and brillant exicution. |
| Winston Smith | 26 Apr 2016 4:55 p.m. PST |
Dive thoughts, down to my soul. Here Bogdanwaz comes! |
| bogdanwaz | 26 Apr 2016 6:00 p.m. PST |
How now my sweet creature of bombast
How long is't ago, Jack, since thou seest thine own knees |
| Mithmee | 27 Apr 2016 2:25 p.m. PST |
Here it is even more abridged. To Be or Not To Be |
| uglyfatbloke | 28 Apr 2016 6:02 a.m. PST |
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| Zebcook | 28 Apr 2016 6:22 a.m. PST |
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| bogdanwaz | 28 Apr 2016 6:32 a.m. PST |
Thanks, Zeb. I saw that. People really took their Shakespeare seriously back then! |
| capncarp | 28 Apr 2016 10:01 a.m. PST |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.
