It is the early 14th century in France. The French King is running out of money. The last Crusade failed 16 years ago, and the Knights of the Temple are at the height of their power. Rumors and secrets are spreading about the Templar Knights and their secret meetings. They have even drawn the attention of the Courts of the Seelie and Unseelie. A conspiracy/mystery using the Courting Murder rules. Role playing and problem solving stressed.
Welcome to the Torchwood Institute, a secret government agency tasked with defending Great Britain from extra-terrestrial and supernatural threats. It is 1940, the height of the London Blitz. An Ambassador from a hostile alien race has been murdered - by one of your own. A larger delegation of aliens is on the way: can you find the killer in time? Could it be YOU? The entire world may be at stake. A BYOV murder mystery, with a twist.
For years, the wizarding community has been terrorized by the Dark Lord Voldemort and his minions. Evil spread, and no one was safe. Until...less than a year ago, the Dark Lord fell, defeated at the height of his power by an infant, a child named Harry Potter. With the danger now past, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has reopened its doors, and the first half of the year has flown by. The Yule Ball is approaching, and many students have stayed for the festivities. Surely, nothing ill will befall Hogwarts now that the Dark Lord is out of the picture. Role-Playing stressed. Game is set 10 years before the book series. 40 players, all the houses represented! Maturity required, adults preferred, 13+ ages only, please. See www.byov.com for details. THIS EVENT IS BYOW (Bring Your Own Wand...no magic without a wand!)
Midwinter is a difficult time in the human kingdoms of Midgaard. While Odin and his sons may find sport throughout all the worlds of creation, human kings and their subjects must sit in their long halls, reliving past glories and waiting for the spring. Midwinter is thus a time to rejoice, a turning point of the seasons. In a castle on a cliff above a frozen river, a human king awaits the guests for his feast...but there is a saying: if wars are fought in spring, they are certainly *planned* in winter. Role-playing in a world of Norse mythology! Maturity preferred, using David Collins' Courting Murder rules. Check www.byov.com for more info.
The Amazons return for another year. A LARP using Dave Collins Courting Murder rules. Pirates, buried treasure, lost Amazon tribes? What else can one expect on a deserted desert isle? Talking parrots, magical ferrets? Who knows what will be found on this fog enshrouded island. A BYOV Mystery. Visit BYOV.com for more information.
Titania and Oberon? Shakespeare? Not. London, 1888. The Ripper stalks the foggy back alleys. Find out who or what is the Ripper. A BYOV Mystery using Dave Collins' Courting Murder rules. Visit BYOV.com for more information.
The Empress of the Isles is a beautiful lady, a luxury liner from a bygone era. It sails through the mists, glides on waters as still as the grave, lost in the void that is the Devil's Triangle. The parties are still lively affairs, the passengers a mix of fading socialites, refugees, and mysterious characters with unspoken pasts. Will you live to tell your tales, or will the Triangle claim another soul? Visit BYOV for more information.
Odin rules in Asgard. None have ever challenged this. Old One-Eye plots a course of conquest from his all-seeing Throne, his children and their armies falling obediantly in line. This is how it is. But are the winds changing? The Aesir have discovered the giants, the Thursar and Hrimthursar, and their right to rule is being challenged. Is war inevitable? Or will Odin's 'family dynamics' get in the way? Visit BYOV.com for more information.