Stage Directions

Since we were coordinating four GMs, an assistant (Mark), and about eight NPCs, we wrote up some rough stage directions shortly before the first game:

• - 1 hour check all props and moveable things
• - 15 min, start dinner take our places
  • Mark is in kitchen
  • Eva is in kitchen
  • Katie is in kitchen
  • Kathleen is at check in
  • Viv is in driveway
• 0 hour Viv make players read rules and sign waiver
  • Viv gives them props and character sheet copies
• 0 - 15 min Kathleen checks them all in and seats them at table
  • People in kitchen are cooking
• 5 min after all seated Eva-Clotho comes out and harasses them
• 5 min later Mark-Waiter brings menus
• 5 min later Mark-Waiter begins bringing dinner
  • (timing at Mark's discretion)
  • antipasto
  • salad
  • spanikopita
  • "wine"
• (During dinner Viv and Kathleen get dressed and ready to go downstairs)
• When they finish dinner Eva-Clotho will freak out
• Lights go out
  • Mark turns off lights in entry way and tapes them
  • Kathleen and Viv should be positioned downstairs as npc's
  • Katie and Eva pull back curtains
  • Katie turns on light in dining room
• Once the players leave the dining room we close the curtains
  • At a free point Eva and Mark will rearrange dining room, start the fire, and get the maypole out
• Players will go look at stuff, when they are distracted
  • Katie will go to the secret sphinx room
• Once the players solve the separation and sudoku puzzles
  • Viv and Kathleen will become GM's
• Someone will need to work the phoenix once they get into the maze
  • Eva in worst case (watch for finishing of board puzzle)
  • Viv or Kathleen or Katie in the best case
• The room with the fire will re-open 20 min after the reveal
  • Mark will stand as the judge
• Once they finish the potion
  • Eva-Clotho will make a fuss and run off to the spring
• Once everyone has followed Eva-Clotho
  • Katie-Lachisis will sneak in the box (Viv will help)
• Once caught/persuaded Eva-Clotho will drink the potion
• Once sane Eva-Clotho will tell them that the key to finding my sister is in the box and the crosses will open it (and help them find crosses as needed)
• They open the box
• Katie-Lacisis gets out
• Katie-Lacisis and Eva-Clotho talk
• Eva-Clotho introduces Katie-Lacisis to players
• All go to maypole to fix stuff
  • Katie-Lacisis directs
  • Eva-Clotho holds pole to keep it from falling over
• Once the pole is done, we all exclaim happily Mark/Viv
• The lights go out
  • Katie and Eva close the curtains and step behind them
  • Kathleen as Maitre'd turns on the front light
• Kathleen apologizes and gives them gift certificates
• We bring chairs back out and have wrap-up