Tara the Bard

Hi! I'm Tara. I'm geek. I'm a professional game designer and also write and edit stuff for a living. What you'll find here: Anne of Green Gables, Jane Foster, LARP, writing, Firefly, RP, Thor, Avengers, Star Trek: TNG, paganism, Agent Carter, Captain America, Athena, Bragi, McCartney, Ireland,...

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Larp and the New Girl: May My Mistakes Nourish You

My first live action role playing (larp) adventure was bizarre. We’d been dating about a month, and he asked me to get my renaissance faire gear together and head out to the woods at a scout …

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(via Flowers by the Stonehenge : MostBeautiful)

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Dominique Guillot

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variant cover to Jessica Jones (2016) #1 by Siya Oum

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5 Tips for Game Designers: How to Work With an Editor

Writers need editors, and game designers producing rules and other documentation for table top RPGs (TTRPGs), live action role playing games (LARPs),

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http://www.larping.org/articles/the-7-stages-of-larp-hype/

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Hellfire & Happiness: A Regency England Occult Digital LARP

Not your typical country house party.

Your host has invited a rather eccentric mix of guests – some potential matches – and chief among them, the oft gossiped-about Mx. Byron. In this three-session freeform digital live action role playing (LARP) experience, you and your fellow esteemed party guests are invited to explore the true nature of Byron’s works in a Regency Era setting. Will you summon a supernatural muse, uncover a sinister plot, or simply focus on matchmaking? Pursue Hellfire or happiness in this immersive event.

Hellfire & Happiness is limited to four small runs in the spring of 2018. You’ll collaborate on character creation, defining your character's place in this society and its underbelly. This one-on-one character creation session is what really makes TGI LARPs shine. This game is very character-driven. ______ Run 1: April 1, April 8, April 16 - All sessions 3:30 - 6:30 PM ET (Sundays) - https://findmylarp.com/en/listings/462861-hellfire-and-happiness-a-regency-england-occult-digital-larp Run 2: April 9, April 11, April 13 - All sessions 8 - 11 PM ET (Mon, Wed, Fri) - https://findmylarp.com/en/listings/462862-hellfire-and-happiness2-a-regency-england-occult-digital-larp

H&H FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1802486703377778/

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Why ‘Anne With an E’ Isn’t For Me – But May Be Good For Your Kids

“Anne with an E” was not created for me or fans of L. M. Montgomery’s book series or the fans of Kevin Sullivan’s 1985 adaptation. “Anne with an E” brings Anne to a new generation of girls who need her. Moira Walley-Beckett’s “Anne with an E” isn’t for me, but I’ve still learned something from it […]

So I’m older than most of the people here on this site, but I know there are lots of Anne fans and wanted to share. Curious as to what others thought of it.

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Yo did you miss your Hogwarts letter?  Wanna go to wizard school?

If you’re 11-17 (rising 6th-12th grade), you should check out Magischola Prep!  It’s a week-long summer camp where you get to act out the life of a young mage at magic school, complete with wands, sorting, houses (called “courts” at this school), crazy professors, and all manner of magical beasts.  You get to live with your house, eat meals in a great hall, go to magical classes, and maybe even sneak off into the forbidden forest.  Check it out at https://magischolaprep.com/

It’s by the same people who run New World Magischola, if you’ve heard of that, and oh my goodness the world building makes me want to cry tears of joy.  

It’s also held at Swarthmore College this summer, which seriously looks like a magic school.  There’s a giant amphitheater in the woods that looks like fairies were just there a second ago

A huge belltower that feels like you could do an illicit dragon trade there at midnight

And a courtyard where I can just see a wizard duel happening

Seriously those of you who are 11-17, I am jelly, I wish I could be a camper here.  If you, like me, are feeling elderly at age 21, please pass this on to anyone you know who might have their dreams come true at this camp!

Also, here’s a video, with more fun aerial footage of Swarthmore:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B56xvLpJWAw

If you sign up by March 31 you get the best deal!

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Round one of New World Magischola: Winter’s Cry pics.

Savia lurks in a dark corner while the other Artificiers work

Angrily talking about people messing with her mind to Minerva

Being super Unsoiled with Maridia

Working to cleanse cursed bones with Oleksander and Lottie

“If you have to ask, darling, you can’t afford it.”

Disapproving of, oh, everything

Drinking a cracked dragon’s egg in tea as a hangover cure

Credit: Darren M. Fitzgerald Photography.

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That angry talk was the best talk. I (Minerva) look so thoroughly grumpy.

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When your friends tell you to stop being so dramatic

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The Huntsman Winter’s War

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For honor warden_Fanart by Kim Junghun.

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Thor x Jane Foster

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