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I'm posting this in hopes to recruit some adult LARPers, Vampires and Creatures of the Night as conspirators in a little scheme of mine.
Friday, September 9th and Saturday the 10th there will be a Live Action Vampire Game in Portland, Maine that will be small in numbers but large in scale and especially in terms of what Hollywood likes to call "production values".
We aren't playing this game in a gym, some hobby store, or anyone's basement... this is all taking place live, in interior and exterior venues around the city.
The theme is one of "The Embrace", and our victim is already chosen. What we're looking for now are more vampires... Here's the story thusfar...
Portland has existed in a virtual fog, clouded from the minds of kindred and kine alike... It's thought of, but one finds it extremely difficult to contemplate what might go on there or ever finding a compelling reason to go there... Except of course for tourists, fattened mundanes whose lifestyles are bland and banal but who provide a steady stream of sustenance for the local bloodsucking population.
The reason for Portland's obscurity can be found in the workings of it's mysterious Prince... many rumours abound as to her age and lineage, and few can truly lay claim to having seen the reclusive figure, but the fact remains... Nothing enters or leaves the city without her knowledge and blessing... And the Prince keeps the city vieled from prying eyes.
The Prince has kept an even balance in the numbers of kindred in any clan, and has forbade the siring of any childre... Until now. Someone has been chosen for the Embrace, and the Prince has decreed that the clans will each try and seduce the Chosen to their own bloodline. One night has been given for this task.
On the second night the Prince has declared an Elysium to be held in a nightclub, The Vault, where the ranking Primogen will each be able to make their argument for the Claim of Progeny... But who will tip the balance of Power with this new embrace ? Will the victim have a choice in choosing his own fate, or will the capricous Prince dictate his own whim?
In what I think is a first for LARP games, this event will be filmed throughout both nights. "Scenes" will be played back (projected) at the Rave and the Elysium for your out-of-character enjoyment, and to help create a cinematic scope to the game.
What can you expect ?
DATE: Friday night, September 9th will primarily be an outdoor event preceeded by staged encounters around the city of Portland. Each clan will be alllowed to meet with the Chosen in a venue that best represents them (I've already selected the sites and made arrangements for player's to be there). This will be followed by a Rave event outdoors.
LOCATION: I'm tapping my mundane influence to get us permits to an old fort sitting right on the edge of the Atlantic. The battlements are about 15' high and made of granite slabs some 4' thick and the gunports look right over the water. There's an inner promenade inside the seawall, and behind that is a hill that's actually an earthwork bunker riddled with tunnels and rooms that made up the offensive support network of the fort. The hill towers over the promenade by what looks to be over 50'... It's an incredible space that reeks of history and atmosphere.
THE EVENT: I'm gathering permits to allow us to use the fort for firespinning and firebreathers who will be performing for us, and either drumming or electronica music. The Rave will be where the clans come together for the first time en masse, as a prelude to the following night's official Elysium.
DATE: Saturday, September 10th will primarily be an indoor event
LOCATION: A Portland nightclub. The venue in question was a bank in a former life... The kind of old time bank with marble floors, 30' high cielings and mahogany panels... Not too shabby. There's also a balcony that wraps around most of the place which is much more intimate and offers plenty of plush seating, another bar (one of 5) and a couple of pool tables. The seal on the deal is the VIP room I rented... It's the original bank vault, complete with steel door and exposed locks, tucked away behind the deejay stage which you must climb up on to enter the VIP. The VIP holds about 20 comfortably at a time and you can do just about anything you want to back there, well away from the prying eyes of the norms out there. Maine stops serving at 1:00am. Sadly, even I can't do much about that on such short notice. What I can and have done is arrange for the club to be open for after-hours until 3:00am.
THE EVENT: The Elysium and the Choosing of the Sire
(PLEASE NOTE: I have JPEGS of both venues that I can send to you if you provide me with a non-Tribe email address - Unless you can tell me the secret of sending attachments through Tribe)
ACCOMODATIONS:
CAMPING:
We'll send you details on nearby campsights if that option appeals to you. There are 3 within 30 minutes of the game, all for under $20 per night.
HOTELS
There's a motel 6 nearby that fluctuates from 40 - 70 per night, and we have a group rate deal at a Fairfield Inn for $109.
COST: $15 for just Friday OR Saturday, OR just $20 total if you play for the both nights
OTHER EXPENSES: Other costs you'll face are the bar on Saturday night (no liquor at the fort, another state law ), sleeping accomodations and food.
I'm posting this in hopes to recruit some adult LARPers, Vampires and Creatures of the Night as conspirators in a little scheme of mine.
Friday, September 9th and Saturday the 10th there will be a Live Action Vampire Game in Portland, Maine that will be small in numbers but large in scale and especially in terms of what Hollywood likes to call "production values".
We aren't playing this game in a gym, some hobby store, or anyone's basement... this is all taking place live, in interior and exterior venues around the city.
The theme is one of "The Embrace", and our victim is already chosen. What we're looking for now are more vampires... Here's the story thusfar...
Portland has existed in a virtual fog, clouded from the minds of kindred and kine alike... It's thought of, but one finds it extremely difficult to contemplate what might go on there or ever finding a compelling reason to go there... Except of course for tourists, fattened mundanes whose lifestyles are bland and banal but who provide a steady stream of sustenance for the local bloodsucking population.
The reason for Portland's obscurity can be found in the workings of it's mysterious Prince... many rumours abound as to her age and lineage, and few can truly lay claim to having seen the reclusive figure, but the fact remains... Nothing enters or leaves the city without her knowledge and blessing... And the Prince keeps the city vieled from prying eyes.
The Prince has kept an even balance in the numbers of kindred in any clan, and has forbade the siring of any childre... Until now. Someone has been chosen for the Embrace, and the Prince has decreed that the clans will each try and seduce the Chosen to their own bloodline. One night has been given for this task.
On the second night the Prince has declared an Elysium to be held in a nightclub, The Vault, where the ranking Primogen will each be able to make their argument for the Claim of Progeny... But who will tip the balance of Power with this new embrace ? Will the victim have a choice in choosing his own fate, or will the capricous Prince dictate his own whim?
In what I think is a first for LARP games, this event will be filmed throughout both nights. "Scenes" will be played back (projected) at the Rave and the Elysium for your out-of-character enjoyment, and to help create a cinematic scope to the game.
What can you expect ?
DATE: Friday night, September 9th will primarily be an outdoor event preceeded by staged encounters around the city of Portland. Each clan will be alllowed to meet with the Chosen in a venue that best represents them (I've already selected the sites and made arrangements for player's to be there). This will be followed by a Rave event outdoors.
LOCATION: I'm tapping my mundane influence to get us permits to an old fort sitting right on the edge of the Atlantic. The battlements are about 15' high and made of granite slabs some 4' thick and the gunports look right over the water. There's an inner promenade inside the seawall, and behind that is a hill that's actually an earthwork bunker riddled with tunnels and rooms that made up the offensive support network of the fort. The hill towers over the promenade by what looks to be over 50'... It's an incredible space that reeks of history and atmosphere.
THE EVENT: I'm gathering permits to allow us to use the fort for firespinning and firebreathers who will be performing for us, and either drumming or electronica music. The Rave will be where the clans come together for the first time en masse, as a prelude to the following night's official Elysium.
DATE: Saturday, September 10th will primarily be an indoor event
LOCATION: A Portland nightclub. The venue in question was a bank in a former life... The kind of old time bank with marble floors, 30' high cielings and mahogany panels... Not too shabby. There's also a balcony that wraps around most of the place which is much more intimate and offers plenty of plush seating, another bar (one of 5) and a couple of pool tables. The seal on the deal is the VIP room I rented... It's the original bank vault, complete with steel door and exposed locks, tucked away behind the deejay stage which you must climb up on to enter the VIP. The VIP holds about 20 comfortably at a time and you can do just about anything you want to back there, well away from the prying eyes of the norms out there. Maine stops serving at 1:00am. Sadly, even I can't do much about that on such short notice. What I can and have done is arrange for the club to be open for after-hours until 3:00am.
THE EVENT: The Elysium and the Choosing of the Sire
(PLEASE NOTE: I have JPEGS of both venues that I can send to you if you provide me with a non-Tribe email address - Unless you can tell me the secret of sending attachments through Tribe)
ACCOMODATIONS:
CAMPING:
We'll send you details on nearby campsights if that option appeals to you. There are 3 within 30 minutes of the game, all for under $20 per night.
HOTELS
There's a motel 6 nearby that fluctuates from 40 - 70 per night, and we have a group rate deal at a Fairfield Inn for $109.
COST: $15 for just Friday OR Saturday, OR just $20 total if you play for the both nights
OTHER EXPENSES: Other costs you'll face are the bar on Saturday night (no liquor at the fort, another state law ), sleeping accomodations and food.
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