Rules

Background

Characters

Inspiration

• Yourself in costume with hair, makeup, props
• Character printout (unless you arrange for your Host, Richard, to print it for you)
• Dinner & Entertainment fee ($15)
• Props and stuff as needed
• All participants will need to bring cushions and plates and cups and napkins for dinner
• Your sense of fun and adventure

Please Note:

In deference to some participants' allergies, please do not wear patchouli or bring patchouli incense to the game. Thank you!

Travel back into the mists of legend to the court of the great Khalif Haroun al-Rashid, mightiest, wisest and best of all worldly princes, as the sun sets and the mullahs and muezzins rejoice: The feast of Ramadan is nigh! Pious fasting may now give way to the delights of the palace, and the gates are open to all men and women to join in the festivities! Here one may find the great Khalif himself and his favorite wife, or potentates from the far-off lands of Cathay, Africa, Hindustan, Frankestan, or stranger places... the peoples of Hyperborea, Uttaru Kuru, Shamballa, Ultima Thule, or even realms unheard of.

For the court of Haroun al-Rashid is a place of wonders, where anything may happen. The Djinni have been known to work their magicks there, talking animals are not unknown; great sorcerers rub shoulders with the wisest and most learned Muslims, Jews, Christians and even Heathens of unknown faiths. The court is also said to be visited by many heroes and colorful rogues, from the great Captain Sinbad to the dubious young Al-Adin. As fireworks burst in the skies of Baghdad and the music of the dumbek and the ney skirl in the air, intrigue, adventure and magick await you.

This the last night of the holiday of Ramadan, and the beginning of the three-day feast which marks its ending! The Caliph Haroun al-Raschid has thrown open the gates of his palace in Baghdad and made welcome princes and beggars, merchants and fellahin! You are invited to partake of the Caliph's great generosity and to bring your own generosity to bear in turn: there will be dancers and singers, poets and storytellers, a slave auction, and much more! Visitors from faraway Cathay and Hindustan, Nubia and Rus, Frankistan and stranger places are expected. This is the Golden Age of the Near East, and you may partake of its mystery and magic...

Players take on the roles of any character from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the "Thousand and One Nights' Entertainments," but are not limited to this selection: They can and should also choose to be Frankish (European) knights, African royalty, Chinese ambassadors, Indian nobles, or anything else in the genre - which need not be strictly considered as humans-only.

GAME FEATURES:

• A seven-course feast with entertainment
• A slave auction
• Magic and pageantry
• Mood lighting and music, incense and decor
• Costuming and props and makeup for all participants

NOTE: Players are encouraged to take stills and video of the game, but unobtrusively