From the dawn of time the skalds told that the world would end in fire. But the thanes are old, the battle horns are silent, and the swords are gone to rust. Time has brought a new age of trade and luxury for those who are willing to put aside the old ways and traffic with foreigners.
Tonight the Honor sets sail not to raid but to allow those aboard to conduct their business far from prying eyes. Among those aboard, some have abandoned the old ways and some still hold to them in their hearts. Though, when the price is right, who can tell the difference? And who still cares?
There will be wheeling and dealing, strife and betrayal, magic and the end of prophesy. Game is inspired in part by Elizabeth Bear's Edda of Burdens setting, Theon Greyjoy, and Noir fiction.
Quick shameless plug: Heithur, written by Andrew Clough, Brian Sniffen, and myself, is running at MIT from 6-midnight Saturday and Sunday this upcoming weekend, October 7-8, and we're an app or two short of filling out both runs. (Game is four hours, but we allot an extra hour at each end for setup and cleanup.) Heithur ran previously at Intercon in March and at MIT in May. We're also running at SLAW at WPI in November, but we're unlikely to run again after that for the foreseeable future, so if you're interested in playing, this is likely to be one of your last chances.
MIT games cast based on casting questionnaires (a bit like a theater production) rather than first-come-first-served like Intercon and other con games, so if you do app, there's still a chance you may not be cast -- I just want to say that up front. However, as I say, we are pretty close to the wire, and we may have drops between now and game-time, so I'd say there's a pretty good chance. We haven't even fixed casting yet, so if you app before this evening, your preferences will be fully taken into account.
The casting questionnaire (as well as a longer description of game) is available at http://evenmere.org:8080/.
Hope to hear from you!
