Ulysses Kingfisher
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4/23/2019
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I am rather late playing through this (was waiting til I had become a Courier's Footprint), and find myself stuck. I've played all the cricket I can but need the Third Stroke in order to make an accusation. Does anyone recall where the b____y thing might be found?
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Ulysses Kingfisher
Posts: 28
4/23/2019
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Ulysses Kingfisher wrote:
I am rather late playing through this (was waiting til I had become a Courier's Footprint), and find myself stuck. I've played all the cricket I can but need the Third Stroke in order to make an accusation. Does anyone recall where the b____y thing might be found?
Ah! I had to go back and futz with the bats in the the Department of Chiropterochronometry again! Of course the solution comes no sooner than the question is asked.
Now, onwards!
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Saklad
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6/29/2019
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I had taken a bit of a break from Fallen London for a few months, as far as stories go. Having had more time yesterday, I played through “Cricket, Anyone?”. I must say, I think it is the perfect Exceptional Story. Fascinating writing, excellent use of mechanics (especially in terms of rewarding more esoteric achievements), consequences that matter, and agonizing decisions.
Best of all, those decisions are always fair. Each branch is careful to clear up any mechanic-induced ambiguity (you never lock yourself out of something by accident), and everything has been carefully designed to avoid traps.
The final decision’s threat to Renown qualities (and Connected: The Masters, which holds even more value) is brutal, but completely justified. It is one of the most damning (albeit negatable) penalties that Fallen London can deal, one capable of making almost any player stop in their tracks and hesitate. Sure, Mr. Eaten inflicts far worse, but those penalties are so extreme that they deter anyone who cares about them.
Me, though? I’m a Paramount Presence, a Courier’s Footprint, a Poet-Laureate, a Master-Thief, a Correspondent. I am a force to be reckoned with, and I can suffer the slings and arrows of scorned factions for the right cause.
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Saklad5, a man of many talents
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loredeluxe
Posts: 106
6/29/2019
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Saklad wrote:
I had taken a bit of a break from Fallen London for a few months, as far as stories go. Having had more time yesterday, I played through “Cricket, Anyone?”. I must say, I think it is the perfect Exceptional Story.
Wait until you play through this month's story. My Kingdom for a Pig, by the same author, is even better. It's by far the best Exceptional Story released so far.
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Calliope
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6/30/2019
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Yeah I'm just about to dive into the thread for that myself after finishing it, and ho boy yeah I'm glad I'm not the only one with that opinion!
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Calliope%20Rannis
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