Blood Cotillion (Two Shot)

(For the first 24 hours, please only sign up if you have not yet had a chance to play Blood Cotillion.)

The pleasure of your company is requested in attendance of the EXHIBITION BALL to be given at Buckleridge Manor, Terwent Bath, Deluth Vale on Friday evening, 13 June, 1775.

Arriving thereupon, you are expected to:

Appear Comely 

Observe Proper Decorum 

Beguile the Young Noblemen with Wit and Talent 

Secure the Prospect of a Husband 

Strike when their Defences are Lowered 

Extract their Secrets by Any Means 

Destroy THE BLOOD SHRINE

AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT

BLOOD COTILLION is a grotesque, single-session, standalone table-top roleplaying game for 3-6 people (including the GM). It is set during a single night at a high-society ball, in a cursed corner of 18th-century England. The players are formidable assassins, disguised as husband-hunting ingenues, who must root out the occult evil that lurks in the manor, destroy it and, ideally, survive.

SYSTEM: Forged in the Dark

NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 2 (Session 2 will be played only if we don’t wrap up satisfactorily in Session 1).

DURATION: 3

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3 plus the GM.

CONTENT WARNING:  Violence, supernatural, the occult, magic, classism, poverty. There is some sexism in the premise, in that the PCs are acting as naive young women at the beginning of the story. Woe to those who underestimate them. 

STARTING LINES: Racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexual violence.

SAFETY TOOLS IN USE: X-Card, Lines & Veils, Open Door Policy. The game will follow the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct.

VENUE/TECH: Zoom Video,  Sheets Character Keeper. Expect an email one week before the first session, and another shortly before each  session.

BREAKS: One 5-10 minute break at the top of each hour.

RECORDING: Sessions will be recorded, but only for the facilitator’s reference.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: None – rules will be taught in play.