“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
― J.M.Barrie
In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore, the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts.
Rusalka is still in progress and we were honored that the designer, Nick Wedig, allowed us to share a game with our listeners. Go check out his work at his Teapot Games site.
The Map:
To the South is the Shore. To the North West the Village. A stone alter and a configuration of stones rests near the edge of the pond closest to the village.
On the South side of the pond where the sea threatens to enter the pool, is a cannonball sunk in the silt. On Eastern bank a massive albino crocodile makes its home. Along the shore large poles are sunk into the sand and mud. They are topped with winding sheets that snap in the ocean winds.
The Characters:
Rurik (Amanda McLoughlin) - An aspect of moonlight, she wears flowers in her hair and ages with the phases of the moon, yo-yoing between a child and crone.
Marichka (Julia Schifini) - An aspect of tides, she has flowing seaweed for hair and jagged shark teeth.
Semyon (John Holt) - An aspect of sorrow, she is a paper thin spirit with tattered flaking edges.
Bohdana (Ken Breese) - An aspect of ghosts, her face is masked and her dress flows behind and seems to have no end.
Find Amanda on twitter @shessomickey and on her website amandamcloughlin.com.
Amanda is also a member of the RPG podcast series Join The Party, learn more on their site jointhepartypod.com and follow them on twitter @jointhepartypod
Find Julia on twitter @juliaschifini and on her website juliaschifini.com she is currently a cast member on the Tides audio series, listen here tidespodcast.com
Amanda and Julia are founding members of the Multitude production collective. Find out more about Multitude's at their site multitude.productions and on twitter @MultitudeShows.
They are also hosts of the mythology, folklore, and urban legend podcast, Spirits. Learn more on their site spiritspodcast.com and on twitter @SpiritsPodcast.
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
The game designer Nick Wedig has a repository of his work at Teapot Games.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly he spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!"
— Lewis Carroll
In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore, the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts.
During the setup Julia recommended the book Deathless by Catherynne M Valente. It is a telling of the Koschei the Deathless tale.
https://www.amazon.com/Deathless-Catherynne-M-Valente/dp/0765326302
Rusalka is still in progress and we were honored that the designer, Nick Wedig, allowed us to share a game with our listeners. Go check out his work at his Teapot Games site.
The Map:
To the South is the Shore. To the North West the Village. A stone alter and a configuration of stones rests near the edge of the pond closest to the village.
On the South side of the pond where the sea threatens to enter the pool, is a cannonball sunk in the silt. On Eastern bank a massive albino crocodile makes its home. Along the shore large poles are sunk into the sand and mud. They are topped with winding sheets that snap in the ocean winds.
The Characters:
Rurik (Amanda McLoughlin) - An aspect of moonlight, she wears flowers in her hair and ages with the phases of the moon, yo-yoing between a child and crone.
Marichka (Julia Schifini) - An aspect of tides, she has flowing seaweed for hair and jagged shark teeth.
Semyon (John Holt) - An aspect of sorrow, she is a paper thin spirit with tattered flaking edges.
Bohdana (Ken Breese) - An aspect of ghosts, her face is masked and her dress flows behind and seems to have no end.
Find Amanda on twitter @shessomickey and on her website amandamcloughlin.com.
Amanda is also a member of the RPG podcast series Join The Party, learn more on their site jointhepartypod.com and follow them on twitter @jointhepartypod
Find Julia on twitter @juliaschifini and on her website juliaschifini.com she is currently a cast member on the Tides audio series, listen here tidespodcast.com
Amanda and Julia are founding members of the Multitude production collective. Find out more about Multitude's at their site multitude.productions and on twitter @MultitudeShows.
They are also hosts of the mythology, folklore, and urban legend podcast, Spirits. Learn more on their site spiritspodcast.com and on twitter @SpiritsPodcast.
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
The game designer Nick Wedig has a repository of his work at Teapot Games.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
“I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water, I think I'm a Mermaid or I was a mermaid.
The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective… it humbles you and makes you feel almost like you’ve been baptized. I feel born again when I get out of the ocean.”
―
In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore, the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts.
Rusalka is still in progress and we were honored that the designer, Nick Wedig, allowed us to share a game with our listeners. Go check out his work at his Teapot Games site.
The Map:
To the South is the Shore. To the North East the Village. A row of scarecrows draped in the skin of flayed sailors stands between the pool and the Village.
On the NW side of the pond is a pool with some jewelry sunken into the bottom. On the north bank is the entrance to a hole where women and girls leave offerings. The ocean threatens to erode the walls and open the pool to the sea to the SE.
The Characters:
Ruslana (Zelma Elm) - An aspect of mists, she wears a veil that clings to her face.
Henka (Ken Breese) - An aspect of tides, she is scaled and has a wide shark-toothed smile.
Natalka (Iris Explosion) - An aspect of reflection, she stands nude in the water, her eyes are mirrors.
Eyesh (John Holt) - An aspect of ghosts, her white hair tangles in the rotting lace of her dress.
Find Zelma on twitter @zforzelma and instagram @zforzelma and her website kelseyhercs.com for more information on her playwriting and performance work
Find out more about Iris on her website irisexplosion.com
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
The game designer Nick Wedig has a repository of his work at Teapot Games.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore, the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts.
Rusalka is still in progress and we were honored that the designer, Nick Wedig, allowed us to share a game with our listeners. Go check out his work at his Teapot Games site.
The Map:
To the South is the Shore. To the North East the Village. A row of scarecrows draped in the skin of flayed sailors stands between the pool and the Village.
On the NW side of the pond is a pool with some jewelry sunken into the bottom. On the north bank is the entrance to a hole where women and girls leave offerings. The ocean threatens to erode the walls and open the pool to the sea to the SE.
The Characters:
Ruslana (Zelma Elm) - An aspect of mists, she wears a veil that clings to her face.
Henka (Ken Breese) - An aspect of tides, she is scaled and has a wide shark-toothed smile.
Natalka (Iris Explosion) - An aspect of reflection, she stands nude in the water, her eyes are mirrors.
Eyesh (John Holt) - An aspect of ghosts, her white hair tangles in the rotting lace of her dress.
Find Zelma on twitter @zforzelma and instagram @zforzelma and her website kelseyhercs.com for more information on her playwriting and performance work
Find out more about Iris on her website irisexplosion.com
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
The game designer Nick Wedig has a repository of his work at Teapot Games.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift."
-Mary Oliver
In a quiet pond deep in the woods the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts.
Rusalka is still in progress and we were honored that the designer, Nick Wedig, allowed us to share a game with our listeners.
The Map:
To the South is the Village. To the North deeper woods.
On the south side of the pond is a path, and cutting across it, a barrier between the village and the pond, is a line of crude stone spears set in the ground. Also on the south side, on a finger that juts in, sits a black stump that has been used as a sacrificial altar. On the Eastern bank a massive frog has made a burrow in the mud. In the West the pond has been diverted towards a reflecting pool, once ringed with stones and spanned by a stone bridge supporting a plinth for wedding ceremonies, the pool has fallen to ruins and the water has begun to form a marsh.
The Characters:
Olen (Zelma Elm) - An aspect of sacrifice, marked with tattoos, and bleeding black blood from a never-healing wound upon her forehead.
Yezibaba (Ken Breese) - An aspect of moonlight, she shifts in age with the phases of the moon.
Larysa (Richard Ruane) - An aspect of ghosts, semi-translucent, she is draped in an old fashioned shift and her lank damp black hair hangs down in front of her bone white face.
Eccha (John Holt) - An aspect of reflection,
Find Zelma on twitter @zforzelma and instagram @zforzelma and her website kelseyhercs.com for more information on her playwriting and performance work
Find Richard on google+ as Richard Ruane
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!