Thread | Brutkey

Just as their lunch break ended, I sent them this curse…

It seems to have backfired on me. I thought they might stop at a station where they knew there were bridges and then keep going, but I seem to have inadvertently tipped them off to a fact they didn’t have, and they decided to unerringly head in my direction, with no further questions other than a rules clarification.

Now they are in Bad Neustadt (Saale) and have declared the endgame.

On the plus side, they are currently doing an 800m thermo across town, presumably to try to break the curse under one of the bridges in this town. They have no clues as to where I might be other than that.

CURSE OF THE
BRIDGE TROLL
The Seekers must ask their next
question from under a bridge.
Casting cost: Seekers must be at
least S 1.5
M 8
L 50 km from you

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

They managed to clear the curse, and asked me a very pointed tentacle question that has basically made the final search area minute.

In a desperate attempt to salvage some dignity, I cursed them with the curse of the mediocre travel agent, and sent them to a petrol station.

Given how yesterday’s trudge was terrible, and this one requires photos of all the seekers… I decided that sending them to a castle that was 800m away and about 200m uphill was not the gentlemanly thing to do.

I believe they are very much taking their time about this challenge in response…

CURSE OF THE
MEDIOCRE TRAVEL
AGENT
Choose any publicly-accessible place
within S 400
M 400
L 800 metres of
the seekers' current location. They
cannot currently be on transit. They
must go there, and spend at least
S5 M 5 L 10 minutes there, before
asking another question. They must
send you at least three photos of
them enjoying their vacation, and
procure an object to bring you as a
souvenir. If this souvenir is lost before
they can give it to you, you are
awarded an extra S 30 M 45 L 60)
minutes.
Casting cost: Their vacation
destination must be further from you
than their current location.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

It looked like they had a lot of fun at the petrol station! They even played I spy.

Now it’s time for a leisurely stroll through the old town of Bad Neustadt am de Saale til they find me.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

Surprisingly, I won!

And whilst, there was a certain amount of, um, throwing it my way, especially as they failed to bring back the souvenir from the last curse, I had a final surprise for them:

A 10% time bonus. And a duplicate card. (As well as 30 min in time bonuses) so when all that added up… I actually won!

But, tbh, we all did. We all made mistakes, we all learned a great deal, and above all, we all had fun!

For now, though, I’m tired. The game ends tonight, and tomorrow we have a leisurely 200kph train in the morning up to NRW, before we split up and go back to the real world. Or travel, in my case.

We will be doing a lot of post-game breakdown tomorrow, I’m sure.

Moof! 🔜

T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

And of course, I got a trophy awarded to me. I shall put it up in my cabinet and treasure it always.

…And they even arranged a fireworks display for me when we arrived in Würzburg for the night!

Which was pretty impressive, given they only knew we were going there about four hours earlier.