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Jaime Lawrence
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
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Evil Bob: Lawful good since 2038!
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The second session of Shakespearead had marked differences from the first and has cemented in my mind some neccessary changes to clean the game up. For our second run, I handed the reins to Luke, also known as Frederico the Mercurial from the last session. As with the previous session, I will be awarding prizes to the best suggestions for a name for this new Shakepsearian play. This game was heaps of fun and I thus present it to you in narrative form:
Death in Venice
The Players:
Myself as Saystruth, Jester to the Duke of Venice (Comedy high, hubris melancholy, Confidante of Leonardo who suffers whenever they talk).
Benj as Leonardo DiLuce, professional duellist who acts in the stead of others who are challenged (Tragedy high, hubris envy, Duelling rival of Cassius, who Cassius accuses of cheating).
Rhi as Cassius Moretti, aged head of the Moretti family (Employs says truth to inform him of developments in the Duke's household, but so does his rival Vittorio Bianchi).
The scene is Venice where the aging Duke has taken no less than 11 brides in recent times. His rapid turnover of wives is due to the fact that each one turns up dead on the wedding night, usually in different ways. The two most powerful families in Venice, the Morettis and the Bianchis, whose families have been providing all of these brides, were both in attendance.
The game started as a tragedy and the first scene was in the Duke's ballroom, where a wedding party for his new bride (a Bianchi) was taking place. Saystruth, who had the 'magic' ability and could make others hear whatever he wanted (I didn't think of him as actually magic, but having that je ne sais quoi that all Shakespearian fools do), made one of the Bianchis believe Roderigo, the son of Cassius Moretti had insulted him. A challenge was issued. Bianchi chose Leonardo to fight in his stead and stormed out.
The Duke confided to Saystruth that if no heir could be made with this wife, or possibly even if one could, he would have to name a successor from one of the families. Saystruth promptly ran off to both families and delivered the news to make a few florins.
Meanwhile, Cassius and his son had a falling out over Roderigo's apparent flirtation with the Duke's new wife and the fact that Roderigo had apparently started the trouble with the Bianchis. Roderigo swore that he had nothing to do with it and left.
The next morning, Saystruth discovered that the new wife was dead. Leonardo and Cassius were preparing to duel when Saystruth arrived with the news. They looked willing to back down, but Vittorio Bianchi was angered and attacked Cassius, who killed him.
Saystruth reported all this back to the Duke, who charged him to investigate the death of his wife with the help of Leonardo, as they were the only two men in town not controlled by one family or the other.
Roderigo confessed to Cassius that he killed Isabella so that the Bianchis would not take power. Horrified with his son, Cassius killed him and hid the body.
Leonardo and Saystruth's investigation revealed that poison was used and that the only person anyone had seen near the blushing bride was Roderigo. They went to the Moretti residence to find Roderigo, but were told by Cassius that Roderigo had left for Bohemia by the northern road earlier that day.
The Duke ordered Roderigo brought back, but it quickly becomes apparent that he never left. Cassius was brought before the Duke, but poisoned himself rather than confess. The curtain closed on a Venice depleted of young people, to be inherited by an heirless family from an heirless Duke, a tragedy indeed...
Shakespearead revised will be coming soon and addressing the issues with combat and making it easier to add genre, as in practice it seems to be too hard - we tried this session, but it just couldn't happen with all the violnce.
Don't forget, name this session and win  !!
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Young & Lawful Good
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
Death in Venice (a shame that it's been done already as it's a great name)
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Brian Franzman
United States
Tacoma
Washington
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
The Many Wives of Moretti 
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Jaime Lawrence
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
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Evil Bob: Lawful good since 2038!
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
Bokrug wrote: The Many Wives of Moretti
Good idea, but it was the Duke who had the wives...
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Benjamin Davis
Australia
Summer Hill
NSW
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
I'd suggest the Many Wives of Venice.
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Skaboy Green
United States
livonia
Michigan
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
The mysterious wedding syndrome
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Jaime Lawrence
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
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Evil Bob: Lawful good since 2038!
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Re: Second Playtest Session - Name it and win!
Winners have been tipped! Benj, you were disqualified for participating in the session 
Thanks all!
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Rob Graham
Canada
Fergus
Ontario
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Empty Homes - Empty Thrones
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