Written by: Benjamin "Pilpus" Lacasse
Events like Creathorne Grille and Games are the type of events that make The Realms The Realms. It's always amazing to watch the outpouring of support from all corners of the game come together both as players and staff to make casual and fun events feel full, alive and approachable. From an Eventholder's perspective, we often find ourselves delving deep to find new exciting experiences to entice our player bases, both old and new, but even more often we find ourselves so inundated with new beginnings that we forget that the simple classics hit just as hard as when you yourself fell in love with this game. A good burger with good fights in a public park surrounded by good people on a beautiful (if not a little warm) day proved to be the perfect way to spend last Saturday.
The other thing I'd really love to highlight is the generosity of the event staff. They easily could've charged a small cover for this event and none of us would've batted an eye, but to purposefully decide to make our game as accessible as possible is always a noble endeavor, and this is the perfect kind of event to do it with. To see this relatively green staff give so much back on their first go around was so refreshing. Might I also say that their charitable attitude immediately bore fruit, as we had 3 brand new adventurers to train up in between tournaments as well. When the time came to quest, like the rest of the day of classics, Creathorne had us assist them in taking down some goblins that had managed to take root within their hold. They fell easily and just in time for some delicious dessert!
When everything was said and done, when all the tournaments had wrapped, it'd been another great weekend in Creathorne. I hope to share the fun with all of you next time!