NK - Castellan game LONG E-Mail

[Andrea Bain]

>      To Anna Attewode:
I have a game called "The Inquisition" It's to encourage persona
development. It involves a large group of people and  has torture and
execution for the losers!!! It looks fun. ;-) 

Here it is including all information from the original post on the SCA
Arts list.  It's a long one!! I apoligize for not sending it as a
private message, but I don't have your address.

Anna Landless



Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:13:57 -0800 
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Subject: Fwd: The Inquisition Game 

This looks like an interesting persona development aid, for those who
are
interested:

>Subject: Fwd: The Inquisition Game
>Date: Fri, 26 Feb 99 11:39:13 +0000
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>Interesting.... Sounds a lot like People of Persona (for you Caidian
folks!) Shall we play, anyone?
>
>Trig yn iach,
>Rhieinwen
>
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>
>In reference to developing personae, herewith is a description
>of a game to help people develop their's:
>
>Daniel of Raven's Nest
>----------
>
>The Inquisition
>
>a true accounting of the
>
>Rules for an SCA Persona Game
>
>as compiled for Unchained Doom IV 
>by Daniel of Ravenís Nest
>October, AS XXVI
>
>Good Gentles, 
>
>I was introduced to the idea of a persona contest at the Twenty-Five 
>Year Celebration.  It seemed like it could be quite a lot of fun, 
>so Iíve drawn up these rules as an experiment.  We will be
play-testing 
>it at this event.
>
>A purpose behind the game is to encourage in an enjoyable manner 
>the research and development of oneís persona.  I know after I 
>tried to play I realized how shamefully underdeveloped mine is. 
>It could be said that I do not know who I am, for the questions 
>below are deceptively simple.  Most people can answer almost all 
>of them for their modern lives, but to develop the answers for a 
>persona takes research.  This is the first time I have seen this
>type of game done in Meridies, so comments on playing style, rules, 
>etc. are most welcome.
>
>The Scenario
>
>As players you are being brought before ìThe Inquisitionî.  If 
>you answer their questions correctly, you may be spared.  If 
>you answer incorrectly, you will be tortured and may die.
>The Inquisitors decide if your answer is right or wrong, but 
>you may be able to convince them that you do not know the answer. 
> If you can last the longest in the questioning, you will go free.  
>Every one else dies.
>
>Rules of Play
>
>You will need: one person to act as the ìGrand Inquisitorî, who 
>keeps score; several other people to act as ìThe Inquisitionî. 
>They should be knowledgeable about history.  If there are only 
>a few players, everyone but the victim acts as the Inquisition;
> a six-sided die, and; some paper and writing implement to keep score.
>
>Each person has a turn to be brought before the inquisition and 
>answer questions.  The player should try to answer in character 
>for his or her persona.  A player continues to answer questions 
>until he answers wrong, at which time he is sent to the ëdungeoní 
>for torture, and it is the next playerís turn.  A wrong answer 
>would be knowing too little (like not knowing who you direct 
>overlord is), or knowing too much (like saying one is Early 
>Renaissance as that period was not named till later in history).  
>We will ignore language differences in names except for your 
>personaís name (i.e. Moscow vs Moskva)
>  
>Questions have point values from 1 to 5 according to the estimated 
>difficulty of an SCA person answering the question.  A correct 
>answer gains the player that many points.  Some questions have a 
>range of values, and the Inquisitors will have to award points 
>according to the adequacy and completeness of the answer.  The 
>player may select the degree of difficulty/point value for the 
>next question.  The Inquisitors should rotate the category of 
>question in different turns of the same player.  For each player, 
>the Grand Inquisitor should note the categories covered, points
> won, and number of times sent to the dungeon on the score sheet.
> 
>After a turn, comments on the answers may be appropriate by the 
>audience.  This is in the spirit of the game helping us to develop 
>our personal histories better.  They should not be so extensive 
>as to make it easier for later players to answer when it is their
turn.
>
>When a player is coming out of the dungeon for further questioning 
>(i.e. after the first round), the player must roll a die to see 
>if he has survived the torture.  He must roll a value greater 
>than the number of times he has been in the dungeon.  If he fails 
>he has died, and is out of the game.
>
>The Inquisitors should ask themselves if the answers make sense.  
>They may purue a line of related questions during a turn and try 
>to use answers from previous questions to trip up the victim/ 
>catch him in a contradiction, which count as a wrong answer.  
>The Inquisitors may use questions not on the list, and should 
>give them point values commensurate to the difficulty of the question.
 
>
>The player may try to bluff an answer if does not know the real 
>answer.  This may work depending on the knowledge of the 
>Inquisitors.  The player may also try to convince the Inquisitors 
>that his persona would not know the answer given the circumstances 
>of that personaís life.  This would score as a correct answer.
>
>
>Question List:
>(Point values in parentheses, upgrade or downgrade points for 
>well thought out or marginal responses)
>
>Names
>
>What is your name?(1)
>What does your name mean?(2)
>Who or what were you named after?(2 for plain answer, give 3 for
story)
>What is your fatherís name?(3)
>What is your motherís name?(3)
>What are your brotherís/ sisterís names?(3)
>What do your people call themselves (correct pronounciation)(4)
>What does the name for your people mean?(5)
>
>Family
>
>Is your father/mother alive?(1)
>If alive, when were they born?(2)
>If dead, when did they die?(2)
>If dead, what did they die of?(3)
>
>How many brothers and sisters have you have?(1)
>What rank are you in siblings (1st, 3rd, etc.) ?(1)
>How many lived?(2)
>What did they die of?(3)
>What will/did you inherit(items/share)?(3)
>
>Are you married?(1)
>What is your spouseís name?(2)
>
>Do you have children?(1)
>What are their names?(3)
>
>Vital Statistics 
>
>How old are you?(1)
>Who was king when you were born?(2)
>What year were you born?(CE)(3)
>What year were you born?(proper calendar for period, nth year of
>reign)(3)
>What day were you born?(3)
>What Saintís day were you born on?(5)
>
>Where were you born (modern country)?(1)
>Where were you born (period country)?(2)
>Where were you born (city or other small area)?(2)
>
>What country do you live in? (modern)(1) 
>What country do you live in? (period)(2)
>What locality or region do you live in (county, shire, department, or
>city)?(3)
>Where do you live specifically (road, street, castle, manor)?(4)
>How many people live there? (city, castle, manor)(4)
>
>Home Life
>
>What kind of place do you live in?(1)
>Of what is it constructed generally?(stone, wood)(2)
>What rooms does it have?(3)
>Where do you sleep?(3)
>Where do you relieve yourself? (garderobe, chamber pot)(3)
>How old is it?(3)
>Of what is it constructed specifically (type of rock, wood, type of
roof,
>give details)(3-4)
>Who owned it before you/your family?(4)
>
>What do you typically eat?(2)
>What is your food prepared on? (in fireplace, on spit)(2)
>Where does the food come from(3)
>When does your place of residence have a market? (frequency, date)(4)
>
>What is your social standing? (serf...noble)(1)
>Of the three estates, to which do you belong?(2)
>How many servants do you have? (if servant, how many does your master
>have?(3)
>What are their jobs?(4)
>
>What do you normally wear?(1)
>What do you sleep in?(3)
>What are your clothes made of?(2)
>How many sets of clothing do you have?(3)
>
>What do you wear on a special day (church, holiday, market day)?(4)
>What would you wear for your wedding?(4)
>
>Profession
>
>What do you do?(1)
>What does your father/mother do?(2)
>What do your siblings do?(3)
>How long have you plied this craft?(2)
>How long did you train/apprentice for this craft?(3)
>>From who did you learn your craft?(name)(4)
>What is the most important tool of your craft?(2)
>Name several other tools of your craft(3)
>Who was the greatest master of your craft?(4)
>
>	Fighters:
>
>How long must you serve if your overlord calls?(3)
>What wars/battles have you been in?(3)
>What did you do in the battle?(3)
>What equipment must you bring with you?(4)
>How many vassals/footmen must you bring?(4)
>What unit were you in (by regiment, leaderís name, vanguard, etc.)(4)
>Who led you in battle?(4)
>What was his standard/arms?(5)
>
>	Merchants:
>
>Who makes your product?(2)
>Where does it come from?(3)
>What is the measure of your product? (ells for cloth, hands for
>horses)(4)
>How is it made?(4)
>What do you pay them with?(4)
>How does it get to you?(4)
>
>	Ladies-in-waiting:
>
>What are your principal duties?(3)
>
>Current Events
>
>What century is it?(1)
>What year is it?(2)
>Who is your ruler?(2)
>How long has he been on the throne?(3)
>What day is it?(period calenday)(3)
>How do you tell time?(3)
>How do you know what day it is?(4)
>What Saintís day is it?(5)
>
>Who is your overlord or master?(title or personal name)(2)
>Where is the cathedral/church?(3)
>Who is Pope?(4)
>Who is your bishop?(5)
>
>Personal Life
>
>Where is the furthest you have travelled?(2)
>Why did you travel there?(3)
>How long did it take to get there?(4)
>
>What is the worst injury you have had?(3)
>What is the worst illness you have had?(3)
>
>What language(s) do you speak?(1)
>What language(s) do you read?(2)
>How many books do you own?(3)
>What books have you read?(names)(3)
>In what language?(3)
>Quote something or give plot summary from a book you have read(4)
>
>What skills do you have other than your profession?(3)
>What are your hobbies/pastimes?(3)
>What games do you know?(4)
>
>What is your religion?(2)
>How do you practice it?(3)
>
>Finance
>
>How much are you worth? ( in income, or value in local currency)(2)
>What taxes do you pay or what service do you owe?(3)
>What is the local currency?(3)
>What is the standard unit?(wt & fineness)(4)
>How much land do you own? (period units)(4)
>What is your ransom value?(5)
>
>Torture List
>(For fun, you can draw cards identifying tortures from a deck at
random,
>and players may act out the tortures)
>
>ï The Rack
>ï The Thumbscrews
>ï The Machine (from the Princess Bride)
>ï Flogging
>ï Chained to a Wall
>ï Thrown in a Pit with Rats
>ï Iron Maiden
>ï The Cat-o-nine-tails
>ï Chinese Water Torture
>ï Hot Poker
>ï The deepest, darkest dungeon
>ï Thrown in a cell with Lepers
>ï Laden with heavy chains
>ï Dragged behind a horse
>ï The stocks
>ï The Catherine Wheel
>ï Dunking
>ï The Press
>
>
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--- pwells at oknd.uscourts.gov wrote:
> 
>      To Anna Attewode:
>      
>      Since you are looking for games for Castellan, I
> would like to see a 
>      live chess game (with people as pieces). I seem
> to remember that at 
>      the last Mooneschadowe event, they had the game,
> and they had squares 
>      (I think) that they put on the ground for the
> game board. 
>      
>      (Yes, this could have been a private message,
> but I thought I would 
>      try and generate some interest and suggestions
> from other people.)
>      
>      sofia-b
> 

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