Absintheuse
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10/18/2017
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Delicious friends, you may now return to the Empress' Court if you so wish.
Head to Wolfstack Docks to find the storylet 'Returning to Court' to discover how to continue producing your artworks at Court.
Players will be able to take on new projects, such as film, opera and fashion. There are also new endings available for plays, poems, songs, novels, ballets and symphonies.
Enjoy your path to becoming London's Poet-Laureate!
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Alice Lutwidge
Posts: 43
11/3/2017
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Alice has been named the first (presumably) Poet-Laureate of the Neath.  The resulting text was very nice, but a fair warning to those expecting a material reward at the end of the grind.... there doesn't seem to be one (unless there's another storylet somewhere that I've yet to find).
[spoiler] [/spoiler]
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surreyjack
Posts: 105
11/11/2017
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To my knowledge, I have become the second poet laurate of london
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
10/19/2017
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You know, I'm starting to think the Veteran Privy Councilor is all hat and no cattle :P He's not getting you back into court, it's all the Captivating Princess, who more and more seems like the real decision maker in London's ramshackle government. The VPC can't even take credit for arranging this visit, as it happens on the Princesses' own initiative, and he simply seizes on it to make you go away!
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
10/19/2017
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I get the same feeling, actually! Unless he's secretly pulling the Princess' strings?
...Nah.
Of course this all started with him promising us a governorship in exchange for the whole opera fiasco and then, low and behold, it turns out the Foreign Office is a law unto itself and you have to work for the appointment. Going forward, don't believe a word that man says.
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PSGarak
Posts: 834
10/18/2017
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Robin Alexander wrote:
suinicide wrote:
Heads up: you need 5 successful terms as governor before you can return to court.
Huh, is that intentional or a bug?
Just the Counsellor says: "Perhaps if a notably successful governor invited her at the end one of their terms."
It specifically implies one term, not five . . . also, the typo of "the end one of" instead of "the end of one of".
edited by Robin Alexander on 10/18/2017
I took "notably successful" to imply multiple terms completed. One term completed just makes you a regularly successful governor, not a notably successful governor.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
10/18/2017
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After talking to the Councillor, you go to port Carnelian and run through the cycle. That's where you need 5 successful terms.
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
10/18/2017
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Exiled, yes. Banished, no. You'll be able to return just as soon as you are back from the Tomb-Colonies.
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Màiread
Posts: 385
10/18/2017
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How magnificent! Most exciting! It may finally be time to get Màiread exiled. I look forward to discovering all of the new projects. Art will not be silenced!
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
10/21/2017
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At least it provides a way to burn Favors: Revolutionaries, for those of us who do not feel the need to help along the Liberation of the Night.
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
10/22/2017
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"The chorus of goat-demons shambles about the stage, until their pas de sept, when they transition to a choreographed display of such grace that even the Captivating Princess has tears in her eyes."
So why, exactly, am I getting exiled for this?
Psh.
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
10/23/2017
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Akernis wrote:
What option is this? I have never seen that text before.
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New ballet option! You need 5 Renown: Hell, and it's enough to get your Scandal from 6 to 8 (Not sure how much CP that would be. But it's definitely worth it.)
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Kaigen
Posts: 530
10/23/2017
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Now that we have yet more things to publish, perhaps it would be appropriate to move them to a "publications" category in the inventory? It would be nice to have a shelf devoted to my own works, and it would relieve some of the bloat in the curiosities section.
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MidnightVoyager
Posts: 858
10/23/2017
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I really enjoy the new things I can make in general, though! I'd like more mementos of them, but that's hardly a problem. Glad the written stuff has items so far.
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MidnightVoyager
Posts: 858
10/23/2017
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I wish making a suit gave me the suit. But eh.
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
10/22/2017
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The new operas are pretty hilarious in their inoffensiveness.
btw, so far my only criticism is that when you're writing a novel, the Renown requirements for a novel about spies seems a bit low. Like, a Renown of 5 works for the Criminals and the Urchins, but shouldn't you have to have a Great Game Renown of at least 20 in order to write about what's going on in Vienna?
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Akernis
Posts: 255
10/22/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
You know, I'm starting to think the Veteran Privy Councilor is all hat and no cattle :P He's not getting you back into court, it's all the Captivating Princess, who more and more seems like the real decision maker in London's ramshackle government. The VPC can't even take credit for arranging this visit, as it happens on the Princesses' own initiative, and he simply seizes on it to make you go away!
Which just earns her yet another point for the position of my favourite character in the game. I also think that she may have a thing for the player at this point, this is the third time we get a description along the lines of 'tonight, she only has eyes for you.'
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
10/19/2017
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Nope! Going to Port Carnelian only has an Imperial Legitimacy requirement.
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Achanei
Posts: 63
10/19/2017
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
Nope! Going to Port Carnelian only has an Imperial Legitimacy requirement.
Thank you! Time to plan for a triumphant return, then. I just can't bear the thought of leaving my poor colony in the hands of some corrupt fool.
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datarama
Posts: 18
11/26/2017
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I believe that prof. Anton Moebius has become the third Poet-Laureate.
Scholars at both Summerset and Benthic are presently analyzing his works for hidden symbolic meaning. Both have presented convincing examples, to the outrage of the one and the delight of the other.
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
10/23/2017
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I really like the world building. A lot of the options involve either influences from Hell or the Elder Continent. London is in pretty regular contact with Hell, what with the railroad and the Brass Embassy and all the Infernal commerce they bring. Then there's London's colony on the Carnelian coast, where you served a number of terms playing nice with the Tigers. So of course those two civilizations would have a rather large impact on the Fifth city's culture.
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xKiv
Posts: 846
11/29/2017
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xKiv wrote:
(And Xelda is just waiting for a mood card. One stat point off! But I am not switching a club for that)
A card happened, and Xelda is now also poetically laured.
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Kharsirr Lynx
Posts: 318
11/30/2017
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Me too did the thing now. That was long nights work, but still, no regrets.
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Dima Lazarev
Posts: 172
2/3/2018
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I am happily joining the ranks of poets laureate.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
2/4/2018
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I (cathyr19355) made it to Poet Laureate last week. So did my IRL husband, esrtweet.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
10/18/2017
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Heads up: you need 5 successful terms as governor before you can return to court.
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
11/26/2017
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Aronia wrote:
If only I could also see the Barbed Wit again. I kind of miss her.
You can! If you sell your Memento of Passion, you may rekindle your last romance.
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xKiv
Posts: 846
11/26/2017
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The inconveniently capitalized xKiv is now a poet-laureate.
(And Xelda is just waiting for a mood card. One stat point off! But I am not switching a club for that)
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Diptych
Administrator
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10/19/2017
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Well, I'm out of actions, but I'm looking forward to completing my new fashion! I'm thinking big, I'm thinking bland, I'm thinking full of tension and fear. It'll be the talk of over there!
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xKiv
Posts: 846
10/18/2017
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So that's ... still shorter grind than the court itself was?
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
10/19/2017
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Anne Auclair wrote:
You know, I'm starting to think the Veteran Privy Councilor is all hat and no cattle :P He's not getting you back into court, it's all the Captivating Princess, who more and more seems like the real decision maker in London's ramshackle government. The VPC can't even take credit for arranging this visit, as it happens on the Princesses' own initiative, and he simply seizes on it to make you go away!
I get the same feeling, actually! Unless he's secretly pulling the Princess' strings?
...Nah.
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Absintheuse
Posts: 348
10/18/2017
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Optimatum wrote:
There's a typo in the storylet in Wolfstack: "you should know, that London's most captivating princess has an interest in visiting Port Carnelian." Pretty sure there shouldn't be a comma there either.
As always, the best places to send typos are directly to support@failbettergames.com, thank you
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
10/18/2017
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I'm so excited over this!
My main has ran out of things to feasibly do, and I have no interest in Hallowmas, but I've been very excited about these updates and they look amazing fun! Thank you and the team so much for your hard work and constantly improving and completing things for the players
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
10/18/2017
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There's a new option at the end of the normal cycle, so just go there and play normally. It'll wipe both Silver Horseheads and Striped Delights, however, so if you have a very high value of one or both you may wish to cash those in first.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
10/19/2017
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You need to restore Emperial Legitimacy in the Foreign Office, and then reach five successful terms. So if you haven't had a successful term, yes, you will need to endure 5 of them, plus another to actually regain access to court.
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Achanei
Posts: 63
10/19/2017
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Does returning to court lock you out of governing the colonies?
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Koenig
Posts: 466
10/22/2017
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Is there any difference in the text based on your legacy as a governor? Or is it all the same?
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Diptych
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10/22/2017
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A farcical opera wrote:
then you reintroduce the colourblind barber from behind the wainscoting, and you have to call for physicians
That was a new experience. Never before have I reintroduced a colourblind barber from behind... the... wait a minute. The barber's colourblindness wouldn't lead him to see other colours as taupe, would it?
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Akernis
Posts: 255
10/23/2017
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Slyblue wrote:
"The chorus of goat-demons shambles about the stage, until their pas de sept, when they transition to a choreographed display of such grace that even the Captivating Princess has tears in her eyes."
So why, exactly, am I getting exiled for this?
Psh.
What option is this? I have never seen that text before.
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
10/22/2017
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Slyblue wrote:
"The chorus of goat-demons shambles about the stage, until their pas de sept, when they transition to a choreographed display of such grace that even the Captivating Princess has tears in her eyes."
So why, exactly, am I getting exiled for this?
Psh.
Southwark probably had a fit.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
10/23/2017
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MidnightVoyager wrote:
I wish making a suit gave me the suit. But eh.
Of course it doesn't! You're making it for the reputation it gives, and for the money. But it would be nice to have the option of making a fashion item for one's self.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
10/23/2017
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Slyblue wrote:
New ballet option! You need 5 Renown: Hell, and it's enough to get your Scandal from 6 to 8 (Not sure how much CP that would be. But it's definitely worth it.)
Thanks, will heck it out immediately
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Catherine Raymond
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10/23/2017
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Akernis wrote:
Slyblue wrote:
New ballet option! You need 5 Renown: Hell, and it's enough to get your Scandal from 6 to 8 (Not sure how much CP that would be. But it's definitely worth it.)
Thanks, will heck it out immediately
That's really useful! I'm going to need a ride to the Tomb Colonies soon, to pick up my 40 Renown Tomb Colonists item, and this sounds like an easy way for me to do it. Thanks!
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Slyblue
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10/23/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Akernis wrote:
Slyblue wrote:
New ballet option! You need 5 Renown: Hell, and it's enough to get your Scandal from 6 to 8 (Not sure how much CP that would be. But it's definitely worth it.)
Thanks, will heck it out immediately
That's really useful! I'm going to need a ride to the Tomb Colonies soon, to pick up my 40 Renown Tomb Colonists item, and this sounds like an easy way for me to do it. Thanks!
Always happy to help and promote the underappreciated beauty of demon goat ballet (:
("You'll be begging me to stage my opera again after this, Your Highness.")
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dov
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10/31/2017
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Skinnyman wrote:
Anne Auclair wrote:
Does anyone have an echo of a Celestial Spectacle?
Seems someone echoed it already. Here's the google search result.
"Your audience isn't quite sure what to make of it, so they praise it to the highest heavens."
:-)
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Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215
11/1/2017
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Celestial Spectacle wrote:
An entire month's worth of candles burnt in a single evening.
The fire marshal must have had a fit.
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Aronia
Posts: 36
11/26/2017
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I just wanted to say how much I liked this. After a few months of no real new content (I could grind for an Overgoat, of course, but meh) having something long and gradual and with a shiny title at the end, something with some real purpose is like a breath of fresh air. It kind of rekindled the old flame. I’m at Poet-Laureate 7 now, and I’m not going to make haste. I’m going to let this last. Perhaps in the meantime I will get some other stories, either through Fate or through reworks.
I also liked the new works very much. Especially the ones having requirements. It’s like being rewarded for your past deeds. Finally having some use for being identified with a school looks nice, too.
And it fills me with joy, listening to all those hushed rumours behind my back and knowing that no one at the Court can do anything to me anymore. If only I could also see the Barbed Wit again. I kind of miss her.
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2/4/2018
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
I (cathyr19355) made it to Poet Laureate last week. So did my IRL husband, esrtweet.
Congratulations to you both!
(kinda expected since your husband has been writing books about the Bazaar (or at least "A Bazaar") for years. I seem to also recall a Cathedral thrown in there for good measure :-) )
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Lady Karnstein
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2/4/2018
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Caroline also made it a few weeks ago, if announcing. Made sense for her bohemian self
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