Post by Katelyn on Apr 25, 2009 19:51:19 GMT -5
I know all of you on here are readers, and most of you are avid readers; most of you are also fond of reading novels that are set in the Edwardian to pre-World-War 1 era. But I'm wondering how many of you on here have ever joined an RPG (short for role-playing game) before? RPGs are a great way to grow as a writer (for any of you aspiring writers out there); they're also a way just to have fun. I know a lot of you on here are very pressed for time, but thankfully, RPGs can be as time-consuming as you choose to make them.
I encourage all of you who have the time to take a minute now to check-out this new RPG, which I've recently joined, called Fledston Hall. I hope some of you decide to join it, as I'd love to role-play with you. =)
The site's url is: z10.invisionfree.com/Fledston_Hall/index.php?act=idx
Excess, fashion, glamor, leisure... the "beautiful era" - and nothing epitomizes the Edwardians more than the manor house, that close knit dichotomy of the master and servant. Fledston Hall is an opulent country manor home, occupied not only by the Carlyles, their visiting guests and extended family, but by their collection of servants as well.
Though whirling and glittering on the outside, with shooting parties, endless balls, cricket matches on the lawn, musical soirees... the foundations that support England's most peaceful period are beginning to rumble.
Even now, at their freest - bicycling and sports being new hobbies - women wear their corsets tighter than ever, yet lobby for their right to vote (much to the amusement of men). New technologies are being created - the automobile, the aeroplane, film and moving pictures, the phonograph - all with the benefit of mass-production. Infidelities are expected of high-class husband and wife; whilst children in poverty are found most often to be employed at home rather than in school.
Yet not everyone travels in the upper circles. The increasingly growing middle class is rising up the ranks, as making money has never been easier. So much so that the age-old peerage looks down their nose at these nouveau riche who aspire to great heights.
In the turn-of-the-century England, the class system is at its most rigid. The backbone of any respectable manor house is its servants - from the esteemed butler who often knows his master better than the master's wife, to the lowly scullery maid, maid to the maids, washing dishes sixteen hours a day. You're expected to know your place and respect the time-honored trench dug between lower and upper -- even when that boundary is broken by your employers.
Will you be in the service of the family, working to better yourself and earn an honest day's wages; or will you be one of those soaring on the top, a slave to splendor and extravagance?
I encourage all of you who have the time to take a minute now to check-out this new RPG, which I've recently joined, called Fledston Hall. I hope some of you decide to join it, as I'd love to role-play with you. =)
The site's url is: z10.invisionfree.com/Fledston_Hall/index.php?act=idx
Edwardian England
la Belle Époque
1903
la Belle Époque
1903
Excess, fashion, glamor, leisure... the "beautiful era" - and nothing epitomizes the Edwardians more than the manor house, that close knit dichotomy of the master and servant. Fledston Hall is an opulent country manor home, occupied not only by the Carlyles, their visiting guests and extended family, but by their collection of servants as well.
Though whirling and glittering on the outside, with shooting parties, endless balls, cricket matches on the lawn, musical soirees... the foundations that support England's most peaceful period are beginning to rumble.
Even now, at their freest - bicycling and sports being new hobbies - women wear their corsets tighter than ever, yet lobby for their right to vote (much to the amusement of men). New technologies are being created - the automobile, the aeroplane, film and moving pictures, the phonograph - all with the benefit of mass-production. Infidelities are expected of high-class husband and wife; whilst children in poverty are found most often to be employed at home rather than in school.
Yet not everyone travels in the upper circles. The increasingly growing middle class is rising up the ranks, as making money has never been easier. So much so that the age-old peerage looks down their nose at these nouveau riche who aspire to great heights.
In the turn-of-the-century England, the class system is at its most rigid. The backbone of any respectable manor house is its servants - from the esteemed butler who often knows his master better than the master's wife, to the lowly scullery maid, maid to the maids, washing dishes sixteen hours a day. You're expected to know your place and respect the time-honored trench dug between lower and upper -- even when that boundary is broken by your employers.
Will you be in the service of the family, working to better yourself and earn an honest day's wages; or will you be one of those soaring on the top, a slave to splendor and extravagance?