Morning Coffee Break

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Question of the Week:

What do you miss most about the fall eventing season?

Small Pleasures Bracket - Round 9

Well, a night of questing with the full moon emerged as the victor. I guess you're all a bunch of lunatics. That completes the first set of matches in our bracket and this is what it looks like so far:

So now we're into the matchups between the first set of winners and we'll start to see some really tough contests. This first one I expect to be a doozie.

Option A: Flush toilets on site.

Option B: There is ample parking adjacent to the feast hall.

As usual, vote and debate on Facebook!

Meme Mondays

 by the Meme Team

Home Questing: Task 18

By Christopher "Janus" Donnelly 

Here is my email address: techiemikey@gmail.com .  If you prefer, you can contact me via facebook messenger, discord, phone or any other manner in which you can actually contact me.

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[Transcript]
Hi all, Janus here and welcome to Home Questing: The Eighteenth task.

This week’s challenge is a little bit different than previous.  This week’s I am asking you to contact me and schedule a time we can have a small 10 minute conversation or so.  You’ll end up doing your challenge during then.

You have until Friday at noon to contact me, and your time starts now!

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Tao's Dealing School: It's Time to Let It Ride

by James "Tao" Murphy

This is a simple game to pick up but can have a pretty deep strategy.

The player puts a chip on each of 3 spots, they may also play an optional bet called pair plus; more on that later. The dealer shuffles the cards and each player and the dealer receives 3 cards. Without looking the dealer discards one of their cards in some set or random way. The player now needs to make their first choice, if they wish they can pull back there first bet or let it ride. The dealer now exposes their first card. The player now makes their second and final decision of pulling back their second bet. The dealer then exposes the second card and pays out the winning hands.

They way to win in let it ride is for your 3 cards and the dealers 2 cards to make some kind of poker hand. Depending on the casino the payout might be different, but some pretty standard payout are:

• Pair of tens or better each remaining bet is paid 1:1
• Any two pair 2:1
• Three of a kind 3:1
• Straight 5:1
• Flush 8:1
• Full house 11:1
• Four of a kind 50:1
• Straight flush and royal flush vary greatly but 100-1000 to 1 on these hands is not uncommon

Any hand that only has a pair of nines or less; including hands with only a high card are considered losing hands.

All these examples are if you bet 1 chip on each spot. Most casinos will let you bet more than 1 chip. Because of the 3-bet structure you do need to have more than 1 gold to play in most casinos.

So you look at your three cards and decided if you want to pull back a bet, the dealer shows up a card, you decide again on your second bet, dealer shows the last card and winners and losers are paid/collected.

There is also an optional side bet called pair plus.

This bet is only based on your original 3 cards.

If your first three cards contain any pair (yes even two’s), 1:1

If your first three cards are all the same suit 4:1

If your first three cards are sequential, (2,3,4 or Q, K A, but not K, A, 2) 6:1

If your first three cards are all the same 25:1 is common

If your first three cards are the Queen, King, and Ace of one suite 40:1 is common

Let’s look at a few examples of hands.
                You start with Jack of spades, Jack of hearts, and the 4 of Clubs. This is guaranteed to be a winning hand as it has a pair of 10’s or better. When the dealer asks you if you want to pull back your bet you would indicate no. They expose a 10 of diamonds and a 5 of hearts. Your hand would be J, J, 10, 5, 4. Each of your three bets would be paid out 1:1 winning 3 gold (1 per bet)

                Same example but let’s say the dealer shows the Jack of diamonds, and the 5 of hearts; your hand would be J, J, J, 5, 4. Each of your bets would be paid 3:1 winning 9 gold (3 per bet)

Now if you had bet the pair plus on either hand you that bet would also pay out 1:1 because your hand had any pair.

Another example would be you start with the 4 of hearts, the 6 of spades and the 7 of clubs. This is a terrible hand. You might look at this hand and definitely pull back on of your first bet. The dealer shows an 8 or hearts. Many players would pull back there second bet. But a small miracle happens, and the dealer shows the 5 of clubs. You have made a straight 4,5,6,7,8. Your remaining bet gets paid 5:1! If for some reason you had left your first and second bet out there, then each bet would have been paid 5:1 (15 gold!) but this is pretty unlikely, and most players would make the more conservative play and pull back the bets. (quick math: less than 5% of the time this will happen)

The strategy of this game comes with looking at your first three cards and deciding if there is enough possibility of a good hand happening to leave your first bet and let it ride. Keep in mind your final payout is based on how many bets you “let-ride” and how many you pulled back.

Another strategy that many people use is to use the pair plus as kind of an insurance bet so that if they get a pair less than 10’s they don’t lose anything. (While the main bet loses, the pair plus bet wins so if the bets were the same amount it’s a push)

This is one of those games where you can quickly pick up the rhythm just by watching a few hands.

Wayback Wednesday

From Thursday September 22, 2011: a post in the "Fighting Chance" series discussing bois, Bedlam, and the Infinite Dark:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2011/09/fighting-chance-boisbedlaminfinite-dark.html


From Friday September 21, 2012: an issue of the Grimloch Tribune featuring the Lead Story: E;ven Ghosts or Elven Hoax?
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-grimloch-tribune_21.html


From Friday September 13, 2013: a 10 Questions interview with Jonathan "Trent" Jessop:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2013/09/10-questions-jonathan-trent-jessop.html


From Monday, September 14, 2014: A How-To Guide on leather mask making by Casey:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-leather-masks-by-casey-karmha.html


From September 14, 2015: part 2 of a three-part series by Gerry Chartier - "Sorcery 101 - Thoughts of a Journeyman Caster."
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2015/09/sorcery-101-thoughts-of-journeyman_24.html


From Tuesday September 27, 2016: a hard-hitting "I Can't Even" column on the controversial topic of pumpkin spice:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2016/09/i-cant-even.html


From Friday September 1, 2017: "international Realms Traveler," Rawlin's bardic from that year's QoH Tournaments:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2017/09/bardic-circle-rawlins-bardic-from-qoh.html


From Thursday, September 18 2018: an interesting piece detailing the making of the Grey Lady costume, a living statue NPC for FolkeWood Questing:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2018/09/making-of-grey-lady.html


From Tuesday September 24, 2019: the "O'Er the Lands of the Realms" map series highlights the nation of Voraniss:
https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2019/09/oer-lands-of-realms-voraniss.html

Small Pleasures Bracket - Round 8

Wow we had a really close vote last week! In fact, you could say that the doggo option just won by a nose! (pause for laughter) Anyway, here is the bracket so far:

This next round will likely be another close contest, and it has all to do with questing conditions:

Option A: A full moon resulting in a well-lit night quest

Option B: A day of questing with cleared and well-defined trails.

As usual, vote and discuss on Facebook!

View Special Edition: Results from the Emergency Event Holder's Meeting

 Greetings,

On Saturday, about 60% of EHs from 2019 and 2020 met to discuss how to move forward with regards to COVID-19.  The resolutions that we voted on have been posted to RealmsNet under the 'Rules' tab.  You can read them here: https://www.realmsnet.net/emergency_ehc .

There will be a virtual Players' Meeting and Event Holders' Council in the beginning of 2021.  Anyone who threw an event this year or threw an event and attended 6 events in 2019 will be eligible to vote at the EHC.  At these meetings, we will not be passing any gameplay proposals, such as changes to spells, as we have not yet had any events with the 2020 Omnibus.  However, if there are proposals related to safety, community, or anything other than gameplay, those will be acceptable.

Until then, there are to be no legal Realms events or any in-person gatherings advertised on the Realms calendar.  At the EHC, where we have the authority to edit the Omnibus if we feel the need to do so, we will revisit this topic.

I'll let you know when I pick dates for the PM and EHC.  For now, have a happy new year.

Yours in service,

Pi Fisher

Meme Mondays

by the Meme Team

Home Questing Task 16 - Results!

by Christopher "Janus" Donnelly 

Hello, and I hope things are going well for you wherever you may be.  This past week, I challenged people to find a place or object that has changed the most over time due to external forces.  So, let’s get right into it.

First, from DelHemar was this:

As he puts it: “Once part of a person's home, now this wall provides shade for passers by who rest on the bench”

Next from Cressida, is something drastically different:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51036608

To quote what she submitted: “This is very different than my usual submission, but wildfires due to external forces (aka climate change because of humans) are a change we cannot afford, and though the example of great change I have submitted is growing back, the damage done to the ecosystem is heartbreaking and most often permanent. As members of the Realms we should all work hard to stay aware of our environmental impact. Most of our events take place in the forests of New England and we would all be devastated if a fire destroyed our favorite questing site. Stay strong, stay green and keeping protecting yourselves, your neighbors and your environment.”

Thirdly is from Laika:

Please be advised, images behind the link may cause severe pain.

My apologies for my Fae-like friends, I have submitted a faestone which I found during a journey along the coast in the far south. These stones were created over many ages (10,000+ years) through water and turbulence forming natural holes into these rocks.

And finally, from myself is this hole in the ground:

This is the remains of a small building in the middle of the woods.


So, this was a task about change, so I decided to ask a person who is that external force changing the world for good.  So this week, Laika is our guest judge.  Take it away Laika.

In last place is Janus for his wonderful… hole. I’m not saying he dug this hole himself but he’s fully capable of doing so himself. Without proof that this hole was not caused by outside forces, IE Janus digging the hole and filling it with brush to cover up; I have to shamefully disqualify his submission.

In 3rd 2nd place is Cressida (4 points) for her tragic reminder of how our world changes through man-made means. Climate change is a very real threat, some would argue it's the greatest threat but we all know that the real greatest threat was Bedlam.

In 2nd 1st place (5 points) is DelHemar for his picture of a home that was torn apart and now has been repurposed. This reminds me of all the ravaged cities and villages of the Realms. I do wish there was a story to go with how the home was destroyed and by what force.

In 1st place is Laika for his amazing faestone. When Janus said I could judge he told me I could give first place to whoever I wanted to so I chose myself. 

Thank you Laika...wait a minute!  When did you submit a picture?  And why did you give yourself first place?  One moment...there.  That’s fixed now.

So starting in a joint last place (aka, disqualified place) is Laika and Janus.  Both submissions were late AND submitted by judges.

In 2nd place (4 points) is DelHemar.  Unlike Laika, I view the wall as having changed very little due to outside forces, even though the rest of the house has.

In first place (5 points) is Cressida.  While not lighthearted, the warnings involved are important for everyone to take into account.

So, this week, the scores are both DelHemar and Cressida at 10 points.

And the running total is as such:

DelHemar	154.5
Cressida	144
Saka	22
Laika en'Naur	20
Iawen	20
Aeston, Areni, and Gwen	18.5
Kovaks	15
Orion	13
Bart	11
Vawn	10
Syruss	10
Jerrick Jerrickson	10
Luc-Dubois Coupant	9
Osa	8
Kwido	6
J'reth	5
Nalydros	5
Rosetta	5
Sagart Hawkshade	5
Tarun Ul-Sikar	5
Thayet	5
Vanduke	4
King Alexander Cecil	2.5
Jace	2
Kara Nithisdottir	1.5
Thoril	1.5

As a reminder, when this ends, there will be prizes available for the top 5 finishers, so anyone can still win a prize!

See you next week!

Guess Who With the View: Round Eight

Small Pleasures Bracket - Round 7

Well, the Realms continues to vote against any kind of water. I hope everyone is at least throwing their garb in the laundry between events and the aversion to wetness doesn't go that far. But it's hard to vote against a communal fire and the atmosphere that it invites. Here is the bracket so far.

In this next round we're comparing two very different things: I'm curious to see people's preferences.

Option A: NPC grunts who are cracking funny jokes all day.

Option B: A cute doggo on site that enjoys petting and scritches from everyone.

As usual, vote and discuss on Facebook!

Rumors for September 1020

 [Across the Realms]

The Black Dagger thief has been sighted again after months of laying low.

Witnesses report seeing a black and green tabard and curled horns.

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There are rumors coming from those who attended the recent Teng Hua gathering that Orion has caught something called "the Sand Madness".

[Chimeron]

Some townsfolk in Chimeron claim to have seen a strange creature skulking around alleyways late at night. Descriptions from eye witnesses say it appeared mostly humanoid but held a tail and a large mane, but its face completely missing bearing a feline or lion like skull. 

Reports also say the creature has been spotted lurking near the portal to Gi and pouring sand out of its boot, suspicions are increasing that this creature may have escaped from the Gi portal and the more popular theory accompanying this rumor is that the creature has been sneaking throw away food from merchant stalls

Meme Mondays

by The Meme Team    

Home Questing: The Seventeenth Task

by Christopher "Mikey" Donnelly

Here is the form for you to submit the item that has changed the most over time:
https://forms.gle/uJyudxNfW8xpb9ph8

If you would prefer to send something to me directly rather than uploading to youtube or some other video hosting site, please email it to techiemikey@gmail.com.

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Transcript:

Hello, and welcome to Home Questing: The SeventeenthTask.  I just came back from Teng Hua so I am going to ask for something that is from them.  I am going to ask you to write a Haiku about yourself or your nation.  The best Haiku wins. You have until next Friday at noon, and your time starts now.

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What You Missed - Tales of Teng Hua-ish

by Jason "Malaki" Gray

It was our pleasure to host you all on behalf of the Emperor, and to help impart more knowledge to your people about the land of Teng Hua.

We are not often used to teaching foreigners, and we hope that you found our game format as entertaining as it was educational.

For those of you that were not able to attend, we covered information relating to various provinces of Teng Hua, notable families and the resources they trade in, the Items of Regalia, Yosei, current threats to Teng Hua, and other tidbits of information.

It was our pleasure to find that His Majesty King Alexander Cecil was quite witty and knowledgeable. His Majesty also has our sincerest apologies that someone dared to impersonate him towards the end of the lesson.

In Service,
Ando Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Thanks to everyone who attended the mini virtual event. We were hoping to provide a couple of hours of light role play entertainment, and provide an opportunity for players to get information without any concern for us being tricksy ;)

The event consisted of several rounds of custom questions in the game Quiplash 2, all related to Teng Hua, with the exception of that pesky third round, but even then, all of our players did a great job keeping answers as IC as they could.

From our perspective, this experiment was pretty successful and something we are likely to try again. Thanks for playing along with our crazy ideas.

ToTH Staff

Favorite Folkestone Memories

Labor day weekend has always been Folkestone weekend! Though we can't get together this year, we want to mark the passing of the weekend with a special tribute.

Below are some favorite memories from Feast of Folkestone/ Folkestone Questing that were shared by members of the community. As an added fun bonus to this post, see if you can guess which players wrote these! (This was totally planned by the way and not at all the result of my forgetting to put a line on the Google form for IC/ OOC name, nope, not at all...)

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"Chimeron's quest in to Jonas Cooke's vault. Specifically the victorious march back and presenting Cecil's crown to him and explaining to him what happened. It's one of my favorite Realms memories, not just Folkestone Questing memories."


"How can a man choose among the stars of the sky?
In no particular order, some are Tao, some are npc, one is even Deadmoon.
The first time Blackwood as a nation marched into the feast hall behind Dark
Taking a ride in a trailer, in the dark, down a bumpy dirt road
Escaping hell, finding Fey, wanting to go back to hell
12 hour castle siege
Realizing one table was not going to be enough space
Breaking the demon line
Getting the crown back
Getting a pie
Leading the charge in a black mask and a red shirt
Fighting on the dock in the middle of the night
Watching shadow ascend
Killing the knot demon
No weapons at the sacrifice
In the lands of the grey man
Elements, first on, then off
Handing the dagger off
Helping a giant fall
Margaritas at dinner (off site)
A field full of grave markers."


"The slide events, hands down."


"One of my favorite memories over the year was definitely a ritual battle that happened during the night quest while every one else was fighting a chaotic fight. It was a chance to interact with enemy NPCs in ways we hadn't before while also directly impacting the rest of the quest in a way I haven't seen since."


"I yelled at a demon that I'd pee on him once."


"I always loved when there was an intense bidding war in the auction over something great like armor or a potential magic item."


"Out of the dozens I have as both staff and a player, I will try to choose only two.
Jarrod in a coconut bra!
Running with Shalindra dead in to the Blade Nightclub without her getting her regional clue because, us being us, we assumed we were in Mortal Combat world. Nope, we ran right in to the feeding den of the vamps.
Opening my big mouth and letting my soul be bound to another quite by accident. I should have waited to hear about the consequences.
Telling fortunes to players and becoming an accidental Plot Hook as Sharti the Voodoo Priestess.
Dropping the curtain to reveal the Grey Lady."


"Grabbing a Death bunny tail 😁"


"We were in the field and I think we were on "rocks" and I can't remember why or how we got off. However, I do remember that it was about 80° and I had Nos and Rubis near me. Nos called me over....I hopped the "rocks" I think and him and Rubis convinced me to "take one for the team" and before I knew it, I got a pie to the face for a spell reset. All I know is that a whipped cream pie all over you in 80° heat is sticky and smelly. I was never so happy to take a shower then that day."


"Um, giant bowl of chocolate trifle, obviously."


"The side quest Eagle's Rook was taken on to the Plane of Shadow as part of Shadowking plot will always be one of my favorite Realms memories."


"I’ve told this story a bunch of times, but this is a good excuse to tell it again. I can only assume it was at a Folkestone Questing.

It was probably my first year in the game. We were fighting in the castle and trying to break through the wall (the back door) to escape, it needed like a few hundred hits to smash through. Before long there came a call for hammers to help break it.

Now it just so happened that I had my hammer. If you haven’t seen this thing, ask me about it. So I hear this call for hammers and decide I’ll go help. I lift it into the air and start wading through everyone. There’s laughing and cheering as I make my way to the back. I have no idea how much damage they had done before I got there, but I took a swing and the wall “shattered away”. It was very exciting as a new player and probably one of my favorite memories of the game overall."


"Sitting around after the night quest and going on smores quest with my friends."


"I have a tie, for playing as Saka:

1) Accompanying Sir Wil to scout the woods for torches that needed to be either protected or put out. I honestly can't remember which we were doing. I was a fairly new player still and didn't know the Folkestone site yet. The forest paths were dark and threatening, the weather was great, and Sir Wil was (and still is) Sir Wil. Getting to tag along with him for the mission felt like a privilege, and I enjoyed getting his tour of how all the forest paths interconnected with various landmarks.

2) Being on the team to infiltrate Jonas Cooke's vault and retrieve the Crown. It was a difficult quest, the NPCs and staff were excellent, and much of what my fellow players pulled off would probably feature in their highlight reel of Realms questing accomplishments if that was a thing we had. It was exhausting, energizing, and a ton of fun."


"When I married Jonas Cooke. I had a lot of fun in that plot and that whole weekend was full of ups and downs but overall fantastic!"


"The 'Slip Sliding Away' years were my favorites. Specifically when we ended up in television land with all the different genres. The sports one where we had jugging was amazingly fun, even if I didn't get to participate and was just my team's magic item caddy. Watching my friends have a blast out there was awesome!"


"When Zula threw his shield at my while playing a Captain America NPC."

Small Pleasures Bracket - Round 6

Well, Round 5 wasn't much of a contest. You would think our community is made of members who all melt in the rain. I will say that's the most united I've seen the Realms in 20ish years. Here's how the bracket stands so far:

This week's vote also involves getting wet, so we'll see how that goes:

Option A: A place to swim and cool off on a hot summer eventing day.

Option B: A communal campfire on an evening with a slight chill.

As always, vote and discuss on Facebook!

Meme... Tuesday

by the Meme Team

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day to all of our loyal readers! The View will be back with our normal weekday content tomorrow. Enjoy your day!

Why I Want to Go: Tales of Teng Hua-ish

By Stephen “Laika” Sanford

In what some consider the longest “winter” of the Realms, the community has come together in many ways to protect ourselves and our loved ones. While there haven't been physical Realms events for 6 months now; that hasn’t stopped some plot’s staff from throwing content. Instead of physically, they have opted to host events virtually through many platforms and styles.

Teng Hua's staff has already thrown one great virtual event his year, Tales of Teng Hua 2.1. That event was a fun filled 4 hours of culture classes, arts and crafts, and lore. The event ended with the Emperor’s daughter, Kuko, falling ill due to a curse. Overall it was a great virtual event and set the bar for me what virtual events should strive for.

This new event will be a 2 hour social party game like Jack box party games but with a Teng Hua spin on it. Jack Box style games are generally social party games filled with trivia and humor. The event will run this Sunday (Sunday!) (Sunday!) (is there an echo in here?) from 4pm-6pm EST on their Discord server. I look forward to seeing all of you there, I miss all of you and it should be a good time filled with laughs and roleplaying.

For those who want to brush up on Teng Hua for the upcoming event or a review of the last virtual event you can read my “What you missed” article here: https://viewfromvalehaven.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-you-missed-tales-of-teng-hua-21.html). Or you can go in blind, I’m not your parent. 

I will now end this article in a fashion befitting Teng Hua, via Haiku.

Tales of Teng Hua-ish

Four P.M to Six P.M

See you there Sunday

Home Questing: the Fifteenth Task - Results!

Hi everyone.  This week I asked you for the best slogan for the war against the Risen Kingdom.  And we got some great submissions.

First, from Orion we received this:

Lift Up the Risen People, Strike Down the Fallen King


Then from DelHemar we got:

They came through our dreams,  we've become their nightmare.


Our penultimate submission from Cressida was:

And last, but most certainly least is Janus’ submission.

They may have risen, but we will ensure they will fall.

With all of these slogans, and within the context of an inter-planar war, there was one person I went to with experience on this: Rosetta.  Take it away.

Orion made a slogan that I could hear in a song. It would also make a very good call-and-response. 5/5, would follow into battle.

DelHemar boosts our esteem while at the same time encoding key information about the enemy, so that even someone who joins the battle in the middle has enough context to start asking questions to learn more. 5/5, inspiring and educational.

Cressida uses a pun on a key spell and I can easily hear it in my head being shouted before leading a charge, but it could also be said quietly, bolstering someone where it would not be appropriate to yell. 5/5, it reminds us why we're there.

Janus... You can't just take the slogan we were using, go back in time and erase it from the timeline, then throw out this challenge and expect to win using it! Disqualified. Does turn their own name against them nicely, though, doesn't it?

Oops, I seem to have neglected to provide a ranking. Well, and this clearly is not arbitrary at all, I would rank Orion's first (5 points), DelHemar's second (4 points), and Cressida's third (3 points). But really, 5/5s all around.


Thanks Rosetta.  And now for my review:

In third place (3 points), I would put Orion.  It is a solid slogan, with a good pun about rising and falling, but personally to me did go quite as far as the other two.

In second place (4 points), I would put DelHemar.  It’s a great play of words with our dreams and their nightmares.

In first place (5 points),  I would put Cressida.  The use of imagery along with a reference to combat raise dead and referencing the true conflict going on.

Finally, Rosetta caught on to Janus’s ruse, thus he is disqualified.

So, after including the points for participation, that leaves us at 9 points each for Orion, DelHemar and Cressida.

See you all next week!

View Special Edition: Agenda Update for Upcoming Emergency Meetings

(The following message was sent to the Realms OOC email list yesterday. It has been reposted here with permission from its author.)

Greetings,

On September 19th, there will be an emergency EH meeting.  A week prior to that, on September 12th, there will be an unofficial meeting to give players a chance to express their thoughts on the topics.  A second discussion topic has been added to the emergency EH meeting.  The agenda will now be:

* How to react to the serious issue of the number of legal events that are likely to be thrown for the calendar year 2020

* Whether we should institute any game-wide rules for events during the pandemic, such as mandatory masks or even not allowing in-person events

There are more details for the event available on RealmsNet.  Also, if you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Yours in service,

Pi Fisher

Favorite Folkestone Memory!

Cross the Realms 3

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Hello everyone! Below is a classic crossword puzzle where all answers are Knights in our game. Some are newer knights, some are knights that have been around a long time, some are knights who retired years ago. Every clue is that knight's name scrambled.

See how many you can answer before you have to start looking things up... or using an automatic descrambler tool found on Google.

Tell us how you did in the Facebook comments!

Small Pleasures Bracket - Round 5

Based on the results of Round 4 we can safely conclude that Realmsies care more for their pocketbooks than their spellbooks, but such is the way of medieval-stage capitalism, I suppose. Here's the bracket so far:

This next vote is sure to be an interesting one. It's a bit more environmental in nature.

Option A: There is no rain for the entire event.

Option B: The night quest both starts and ends relatively on time.

Vote on Facebook with your choice!