

Absintheuse

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10/18/2017 A chill is in the air and secrets are being whispered in the wind—Hallowmas will soon be upon us!



Hallowmas 1895 will take place from 24th October - 7th November and will be similar in structure to last year's festivities. More details to follow when the festival begins.



Our residing Mayor may seems quite interested in this particular holiday...



Sara Hysaro

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10/18/2017 Definitely looking forward to the Hallowmas cheer!



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Anne Auclair

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10/18/2017 Absintheuse wrote:

Our residing Mayor may seems quite interested in this particular holiday...

Called it! Finally, some political intrigue ^_^



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Pnakotic

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10/18/2017 Anne Auclair wrote:

Absintheuse wrote:

Our residing Mayor may seems quite interested in this particular holiday...

Called it! Finally, some political intrigue ^_^

Interested in secrets? Feducci?



Next you'll be telling me we've got a Catholic pope...



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Aberrant Eremite

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10/18/2017 I'm excited! Perhaps my Tigress will get that Tiara she's been asking for!



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Omalan Bisqui

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10/18/2017 Pardon me for asking, I'm a bit new here but what usually happens in hallowmas?

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Sara Hysaro

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10/18/2017 Last year had a major Notability grind to get additional Confessions to trade or use, so it was a little more action intensive than that for me at least.



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Televangelist

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10/18/2017 An action-intensive festival is wayyyyyy better than the social network manipulation from the past. Rewarding people for frantically making 50 fleeting linkages with players they'll never interact with again was the very worst.



There's tons of wonderful story content at Hallowmas, in the form of the confessions -- I'm excited to see what we learn this year.



DSpayre

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10/18/2017 I'm wondering if there will be some new tidbits towards the solving of the Mysteries as well.



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Albert Dumpling

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10/18/2017 Wait! Now those who have no destiny will receive it! And in Watchfull doll will be weeping doll.

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Anne Auclair

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10/18/2017 Pnakotic wrote:

Anne Auclair wrote:

Absintheuse wrote:

Our residing Mayor may seems quite interested in this particular holiday...

Called it! Finally, some political intrigue ^_^

Interested in secrets? Feducci?



Next you'll be telling me we've got a Catholic pope...

He's been sulking and stewing in the mayoral manor, so there hasn't been much to talk about except his sulking and stewing. At last, he's doing something :P



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menaulon

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10/18/2017 Televangelist wrote:

An action-intensive festival is wayyyyyy better than the social network manipulation from the past. Rewarding people for frantically making 50 fleeting linkages with players they'll never interact with again was the very worst.



There's tons of wonderful story content at Hallowmas, in the form of the confessions -- I'm excited to see what we learn this year.

I will have to respectfully disagree. The new festival really isn't action-intensive. The only reason to upgrade most of the companions is solely completionist and getting one of each confessions doesn't require much in terms of actions.



The previous mode of the festival had urgency and energy. Yes, it was about fleeting links, but that's the nature of any big gathering. I might be sentimental because Hallowmass was the reason I first got involved in the forum, but the only other event that even tries to be as communal and frantic as the old Hallowmass is the Election, probably as the response for changing the Hallowmass. The previous Hallowmass style also had the sense that what players were doing was clandestine, people struggling to rise above the expected station. Failbetter definitely didn't expect people to get as many new contacts to confess to or betray as we managed through the forums. I am pretty sure it's the stuff like new players getting to 700 Spirit that led to the new, more individualistic format. Finally, you can never have too many rare expensive items.



I understand why we can never go back, but I will cherish the confessional invitations I have managed to preserve.



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Anne Auclair

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10/18/2017 Aren't there some hints that the old spirit system is being brought back in an updated form?



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Dudebro Pyro

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10/18/2017 I actually completely missed Hallowmass last year, so I'd love a quick rundown on what goals/rewards are worth aiming for. Can you still upgrade 4-card lodgings for cheap?

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suinicide

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10/18/2017 That's sacksmas. Hallowmas lets you upgrade companions.



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genesis

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10/18/2017 You might be confusing Hallowmas with Christmas. It's the latter that gives you the opportunity to upgrade lodgings. The former is about collecting NPC confessions and trading them with players until you get certain correct combinations that you can use to upgrade your companions.



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Dudebro Pyro

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10/18/2017 Oh, whoops. I assume Sacksmas is around December then?



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Sara Hysaro

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10/18/2017 Yep, Sacksmas is Christmas.



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