Example of E-mail Game play for AFD Trading Card Story Telling Game. This is an example of the AFD Trading Card Story Telling game play taken from my saved information during play. My starting set up was: Player: Existing Phantom Clan: El Carta-ra Dragons: Sethrom: 5 Tomyth: 2 Dapheris: 1 Heslem: 1 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 100 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 16, 44, 3 Game Start: Player: Terence Reeves Clan: The Dragons Who Say Ni! Dragons: Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral Verdulum paced back and forth, among a small group he had formed. "And so, it would be to our very great interest to form this group, this clan." A voice arose, somewhere near the back of the group "Why did you say again?" Slightly annoyed, Verdulum responded "Because of the rapidly decreasing state of the availability of sparklies and food!" That answer simply got blank stares and blinks. "Because there isn't as much food left, and it's harder to get sparklies these days!" That answer was acknoweldged by several nods and "ooohs...". Verdulum continued, "Now that you know why, we must know who. Those who will join me, stand to my left, and those who will not, stand to my right.". With those words, the according dragons went to their positions, 4 on the left, and 4 on the right. Among those on the left, were Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral, and, of course, himself. "Okay, those of you on the right, you may leave." and they left. "Now, as for all of you" Verdulum was promptly interrupted by Temarion, "What is the name of this clan of ours?" Verdulum answered with a simple, "That was what I was about to say! Let me finish, will you? Anybody have any ideas?" Stolaral shout out, "The knights who say Ni!" G'hilon spoke, "42!!", Fernorn said "The knights who say ni?!? why knights??" Verdulum quickly silenced them, "We must decide in an organized manner, you, Stolaral, have a good idea, but Fernorn has a point. What do you think of 'The Dragons who say Ni!'?" The members of the group thought about it for a minute, then happily agreed. "Very well. 'The Dragons who say Ni!' it is, then." Player: Polenth Clan: The Faerie Ring Clan Dragons: Tinker, Zu, Smurfdragon, Mushroom The clan members all share an appreciation for fungi. Smurfdragon and Zu met in a Alfandran tavern, and soon discovered their mutual love of fungi. On one mushroom gathering trip, they came across Tinker. The clan was formed soon afterwards, partly because of the close family feelings that had developed between the dragons, and partly to act as a force in the preservation of rare fungi species. Tinker is a little faerie dragon. She is orange, and has a euphoria gas breath weapon. She grows edible and medicinal mushrooms as a hobby. Zu is an 100 foot long, snake-like dragon, with no limbs or wings. He is black, with a hint of red and is mated to Smurfdragon. Smurfdragon is 20 foot long, and is mostly white, with blue legs, and a blue mane of fur. Smurfdragon is an artist and is known to her friends as Smurfi. She is mated to Zu. Mushroom is the hatchling of Smurfdragon and Zu. He is red with a white main of fur and is an older child (equivalent to a 10 year old human). He shows an apptitude for music, and can play the lyre. Player: G'Leth Clan: Elentara Dragons: Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii Clan Elentara was origionally formed to help re-balance the elements, thereby stopping them from a destructive war. The Clan is dedicated to celebrating and sharing the joys of life through the dance of the seasons, and to learning all that can be learnt. (that and the occasional food fight/party/general sillyness). Player: Existing Phantom Clan: El Carta-ra Dragons: Sethrom, Tomyth, Dapheris, Heslem The El Carta-ra or green tree dragons are scattered throughout the world. They are one with their forest territories, and live and die with the course of the lands. Through the spirit dreams they have foretold of the scorching drought that will devour the lands. As it was in the past they ban together once again in preparation for the coming age of hardship. Player: CuLiath Clan: Garcari Dragons: Ceremp, Cifel, Caras, Cuin Each of the dragons lives on a differnt island; Ceremp on CarraigDearg, Cifel on CarraigGlas, Caras on CarraigLiath, and Cuin on CarraigDubh. Cuin is a thinker of the clan, far more refined and well read than the others. Cifel is an artist, though he spends most of his time daydreaming! Ceremp for some reason has a bit of a temper and generally needs Cuin and Cifel to calm him down before he does damage! Caras is best described as a sly politician and can be very diplomatic at times, but also very sly and sarcastic when needs be. The clan was loosely formed out of boredom, with each dragon alone on its island they got lonely and decided to explore, they soon found each other.. Since then they have discoverd that their different personalities (dragonalities?) have forged together to be a very effective clan, and most of the furries allow them to govern and settle disputes throught the islands. Here are the results of Turn (Season) 1: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: (I lost the record for this turn, appearently I bid on food.) Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: Throughout the forest, Dapheris's call of arrival carried through the foliage. The others had already gathered, brought by their dreams. "I have ssseen that there are other clansss throughout thesesss landsss." gruffed Heslem. "It should not matter, all will prepare for what is to come in their own way." spake Tomyth "Shall we seek them out?" inquired Dapheris. "The daylight is thinning, and I am hungry. Let us forage for food." stated Tomyth. Tomyth, Dapheris, Heslem, and Sethrom flew down to the lake side and began their hunt. Vainly they sit about waiting for fame to strike. It doesn't! Only Clan Elantara bids for Sparklies, playing card 17 and gaining 3000. Only El Carta-ra bids for Food, gaining 100. Both The Dragons who say Ni! and The Faerie Ring Clan bid for Notoriety. Though The Dragons who say Ni! play card 51, The Faerie Ring Clan plays card 15 and wins the bid, gaining 4. El Carta-ra play card 16, but don't get anything. Garcari gets their first NMR! El Carta-ra Sethrom: 5 Tomyth: 2 Dapheris: 1 Heslem: 1 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 200 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 3, 38 Season 1: Terence Reeves The Dragons Who Say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral Verdulum watched, silently as all the dragons entered the very improvised clan hall, quickly built, simply to hold meetings. While passing, Verdulum mentioned to G'hilon that he had written a poem, inspired by G'hilon, who thanked him greatly. Quickly, the dragons sat in their appointed seats, and the meeting began. "Well, here it is, our clan is together," said Verdulum, "I've pooled all our sparklies and food together, and all together, we only have 2000 chests of sparklies and only 100 barrels of food, and are completely unknown to the public. I have estimated that we have enough food to last us for a short while, but.." Temarion briefly interrupted, "I do think that we really should concentrate on gathering food, we do not have much, and I do not think that it will last us very long." G'hilar added, "No, I think that we should find ways to get more sparklies! Need sparklies!! Must have SPARKLIES!!!" Stolaral gently patted G'hilar on the shoulder to get him to calm down. Verdulum continued, "I think that we should try to let the public know of our presence, as quickly as possible, so our chances are better for getting those essentials such as sparklies, and food. Fernorn, I want you and Temarion to go and help elderly dragons across the ocean. G'hilon, I'm sure you and Stolaral could start up a daycare service for hatchlings. I, personally, will put up posters about who we are, and possibly even for others to join us. Get to work!" G'Leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii In an effort to find where sparklies come from, the clan decided that Earith, Fualor, Aerna and Waythral would sit in wait for the next Faerie band and attempt to purchase their batch of sparklies. This would allow them to set one of the sparklies free, reasoning that a newly captured sparklie would be more likely to know it's way home, so the dragons could follow it to the legendary Sparklie Source Cave . . . Aerna became so excited by the thought of finding the truth to this legend that he flew fast enough to cause a temporary time warp, making him appear to be in the same place twice! This confused the Faeries so much that the clan were able to make off wit the whole hoard! Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Sethrom, Tomyth, Dapheris, Heslem Throughout the forest, Dapheris's call of arrival carried through the foliage. The others had already gathered, brought by their dreams. "I have ssseen that there are other clansss throughout thesesss landsss." gruffed Heslem. "It should not matter, all will prepare for what is to come in their own way." spake Tomyth "Shall we seek them out?" inquired Dapheris. "The daylight is thinning, and I am hungry. Let us forage for food." stated Tomyth. Tomyth, Dapheris, Heslem, and Sethrom flew down to the lake side and began their hunt. Vainly they sit about waiting for fame to strike. It doesn't! Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Smurfdragon, Mushroom Tinker, Zu, and Smurfi decided to get together to run a fungi awareness drive. This consisted of posters and leaflets produced by the clan, and also the selling of medicinal fungi-based products, to raise awareness of what fungi can be used for. Smurfi was put in charge of the illustrations and presentation of the paperwork, Tinker looked after the preparation and the selling of the fungi products, and Zu generally organised the whole endevour. Zu decided to give a stirring speech about mushrooms taking over the world, just to get the awareness drive going. Mushroom stayed at home, under the care of a sentient toadstool. He was grounded for tying rocks to Tinker's feet, and throwing her in a pond. He claimed Tinker told him to do it! Tinker endevoured to look innocent when the accusation was made, but did not deny it. Mushroom refused to help with the preparation for the awareness drive and went off in a sulk. Whilst painting illustrations for the awareness drive, Smurfi produced an oil-painting called 'Mushrooms at Midnight'. This piece came out unusually well and was snapped up by a local gallery for a forthcoming exhibition. CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Cifel, Caras, Cuin The four Dragons of the Garcari clan decide to get an early night before they enact their plans for island dominance! However, come the morning there is nothing to be seen or heard of them, apart from the low grumbling tones of snoring! It seems that each of them thought that the others would set their alarm clocks and thus they would be able to get a few minutes extra sleep before being woken. Alas, there is no alarm, and there are no Garcari dragons abroad this season! Here are the results of Turn (Season) 2: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: I will hold my skill points this turn and build them up for later use. However I will also be playing card # 3 Troll. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: The hard work of the previous season weigh heavily on the weary bodies of the El Carta-ra clan. The longed for a season of rest. Well all save one. The vision of the coming times pulsed vividly in Tomyth's mind. "We should be preparing for the coming hardship" worried Tomyth. "One season of rest will not hurt . . ." Declared Dapheris, "We need to rest our weary bodies." "Do what you will, I'll search for a place where we can continue to forage." In a wing beet Tomyth vanish through foliage. The others settled to a warm cliffside to sun them selves. Sethrom lay eyeing a spider that had just crawled on his sun warmed belly when a perching cry echoed through out the forest. "Troll! Troll!" The cries are followed by Tomyth's frantic wing beats. "A Troll arrproaches! Its ravaging the Province." Heslem hisses, "Vile creaturesss, We must protect our landsssss..." No bids on Sparklies this season! Only The Dragons who say Ni! bid for Food, and they looked like running away with it! Garcari play Card 18 on The Dragons who say Ni! causing them to lose 100 Food. Garcari, The Dragons who say Ni (playing Card 7), and The Faerie Ring Clan all bid for Notoriety. However, although the latter two draw, they don't get any Notoriety! Card 6 is played by Clan Elentara on Suspii, Cuin, Dapheris, Mushroom, G'hilon. All food bids are wasted and all named Dragons are out of action for 2 turns. Card 3 is played by El Carta-ra which spoils all bids! The Faerie Ring Clan plays Card 24 on Verdulum which puts him out for 3 turns! G'leth (Clan Elentara) played the Food Fight card and named Dapheris - hence Dapheris' skill points don't increase for this and the next turn, and can't be used to bid for anything either. El Carta-ra (Level): Points Sethrom (5): 10 Tomyth (2): 4 Dapheris (1): 1 Heslem (1): 2 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 200 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 2: G'Leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii So delighted where they by the ease with which their plans had been started, that Clan Elentara declared a day of rest. Most of the dragons decided to laze around in a clearing, discussing details of the Clan's plan, but before they could, Earith suddenly cries out "TROLL!!!" and all hell breaks loose! When things calm down, Syspii notices a pretty butterfly. Syspii bounces off happily, noting he was going towards central Alfandra. Suddenly he came across one of the many food fight areas dotted around the land, which showed signs of being ready, with the cheescake trees and s-cream cacti bulging with ammunition. Before long, Syspii heard the sound of several dragons and spied Cuin, Dapheris, Mushroom and G'hilon ambling towards the clearing. Grinning mischeviously he ducked into hiding behind a chocolate cheesecake tree, armed with plenty of ammo... Syspii took carefull aim and . . . four cheesecakes splattered into four dragons! The others quickly dove for cover, and within seconds a huge Food Fight was underway. The following day, as Syspii had still not returned from the food fight, the Earith, Fualor, Aerna and Waythral decided to set free a single sparklie from their new batch. Leaving a note for Syspii to catch up, by following their trail, the four set off, following the erratically fluttering sparklie which, although it's trail crossed and re-crossed it's own path in an almost random fashion, _did_ travel in one general direction! Happy, Clan Elentara followed the Lone Sparklie . . . CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Cifel, Caras, Cuin Cuin stands up and stretches his wings, and calls to the others. Since that fails he kicks the others out of bed! "Everyone have a good nights sleep?" he asks. "Yes, yes" the others reply. "Yes a bit too good it appears", says Cuin, "We`ve missed out first season!" "oops!" "Right well lets sit down and try to work out what to do" said Cuin authoritively. "Im hungry!" complained Caras, looking at the small pile of food that was left in the corner of his cave. "Yes" agreed Cuin, "We will have to do something about that. Cifel! Make some use of yourself and see if you can find some food for us". Cifel tried to protest but Cuins glare was enough to make him wander out among the islands looking for food. "I have decided that we need to gain notoriety! We will surely have already earned a reputation of being lazy, which we aren't sure we aren't?". "No! let us be notorious! I mean YES Let us be notorious!" said Ceremp. *knock**knock* "ello! I`m lookin for a mister Coin?" said a strange voice. "Greetings I am Cuin, perhaps I can help you?" "Cuin you say, Oh I suppose youll do, damn typo somewhere I expect that looks like an `o` to me.., anyway, allow me to introduce myself, I am Rodney Parks, Dragonslayer extrodinaire!", the visitor exclaimed. "DRAGONSLAYER!!!" everyone said with amazement! "Yes, dragonslayer extrodinaire. So, eh, any of you need to be slayed?" "No", said Cuin. "No", said Caras. "Well I do have a bit of an ingrown toenail that you could slay perhaps?", said Ceremp. "No sorry I just do slaying, not toenails, thought I do have a friend who does , heres his card..oh and heres mine by the way. Well If none of you want to be slayed, are there any notorious dragons around here that I can slay?" Cuin slowly walks around the outside of the cave."Whats this", he exclaims peeling a piece of paper of the rock, "The Dragons Who Say Ni! would like to announce that they are notorious, and would like to share this poem with you... Hmm not a bad poem! Here Mr. Parks, perhaps you should pay a visit to the Notorious Dragons who say Ni!". "Why thank you Mr. Coen, I will indeed do that, right away, yes I will! Good day to you all". "Bit of a strange bloke wasnt he!" said Caras. "You know you probably shouldnt have sent him off to those other dragons, they might get hurt!", said Ceremp. Cuin replied "He couldn't kill those Dragons! Sure he will annoy them for a while, and tire them out a bit, but a bit of excercise will do them good!". Cuin grins. At that point, the dragons hear the cry of 'TROLL!!!' All the dragons fall over themselves in the rush to react, so much so that they forget to be notorious! On the way back, Cuin is waylayed by a chocolate cheesecake! In a flash he has picked up handfulls of cream buns and without thinking, he has become irretrievable embroiled in a food fight! Terence Reeves The Dragons Who Say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral Stolaral got up, quietly from in front of The Statue of the Unknown Dragon. "Good-bye, Lliandrath, may you return, some day.." "Okay," Verdulum announced, "it appears that we have some... competition out there. Another clan is going for notoriety. We should.." "Wait, we have still not allocated any effort into getting food, I seriously think we should," interrupted Temarion. There was a short silence, until Verdulum said, "Very well than, Temarion, you look for food. I think I saw a promising grove on the east coast of the island north of here. ...But I do think that we should continue our search for notoriety..." The meeting was almost finished, and Temarion was about to fly off to the north when there was a polite cough behind them. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Rodney Parks, Dragonslayer extrodinaire!", the stranger in armour exclaimed. "DRAGONSLAYER!!!" everyone said with amazement! "Yes, dragonslayer extrodinaire. I believe there are those of you who need to be, well, errr, slayed. Not to put a finer point on it!" "I don't think that's right, "says Fernorn, "why don't you come in and have a spot of lunch? Sandwich?" "Don't mind if I do." says the Dragonslayer. Much to Temarion's disgust, the Dragonslayer starts helping himself to their food! "Verdulum, I..." but Verdulum is not paying attention. Verdulum is talking to a small pixie. Suddenly Stolaral shouts 'TROLL!!!' for a good reason, for there is a large, vicious troll strolling towards them! The dragons rush forth in the defence of the land. On returning, the dragons are dismayed to find not only the Dragonslayer gone, but all their food gone too! "Verdulum, we've..." starts Temarion, but Verdulum is not listening, he's sitting there deep in thought and all anyone can hear is a faint '...often red, but never blue...'. G'hilon, however, dawdles on his return. He was sure there was something to be done, something to do with ... cheesecakes. Cheesecakes? Ah ... Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Sethrom, Tomyth, Dapheris, Heslem The hard work of the previous season weigh heavily on the weary bodies of the El Carta-ra clan. They longed for a season of rest. Well... all save one. The vision of the coming times pulsed vividly in Tomyth's mind. "We should be preparing for the coming hardship" worried Tomyth. "One season of rest will not hurt . . ." Declared Dapheris, "We need to rest our weary bodies." "Do what you will, I'll search for a place where we can continue to forage." In a wing beet Tomyth vanish through foliage. The others settled to a warm cliffside to sun themselves. Sethrom lay eyeing a spider that had just crawled on his sun warmed belly when a perching cry echoed throughout the forest. "Troll! Troll!" The cries are followed by Tomyth's frantic wing beats. "A Troll arrproaches! It's ravaging the Province." Heslem hisses, "Vile creaturesss, We must protect our landsssss..." Dapheris finds himself on his own, there being no sign of the troll. He elects to return home and whilst he is finding his bearings he is hit with something sticky. Something sticky and creamy. He thinks about his warm home, but if there is one thing a dragon can't resist, it is a chance to play with food! Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Smurfdragon, Mushroom After the success of the fungi awareness drive, the clan received a small amount of mail with queries and comments about it. One letter reported a sighting of a Flying Speckled Mushroom, a species previously thought to be extinct. The clan decide to visit the location of the sighting to see if it's true. However, the sighting was in a far corner of the Dominance, with many perils to overcome before getting there. Unperturbed, Zu, Tinker and Smurfi put on their backpacks of survival gear and fungi identification guides, and set off. However, before they can even begin, the spot a hideous troll in the distance and so they rise up to drive it off, all thoughts of fungi pushed far from their mind. Mushroom doesn't join his clan mates. Apparently he sent a taxing riddle to Verdulum of 'The Dragons Who Say Ni!' in order to annoy him. Smurfi decided that harassing dragons of other clans was not acceptable behaviour, so made him stay at home. After a little cry and sulk, Mushroom goes and chases bufferflies in the meadow, and other similarly unconstructive things. It is while he is there that he discovers a cream pie lying on the ground. As he bends to pick it up, a cheesecake flies over his head and spluts into a nearby tree. Mushroom throws the cream pie in the direction the cheesecake came from. 'Food Fight' he thinks, much more fun than chasing butterflies!. Results for Season 3: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 10 points on food using Sethrom. I will not be playing any cards this turn. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: The El Carta-ra clan went into hibernation for the season, sleeping under a tree. During one paticuarly rough day a gust of wind shook loose a nice ripe fruit from its branches. It clopped Sethrom squarely on the head waking him from his slumber. "Ouch! Owww! I'd better store this away!" noted Sethrom. Both Clan Elentara and Garcari bid for sparklies this season, but Garcari are outclassed and Clan Elentara gains 6000 Sparklies! Meanwhile, only El Carta-ra bid for food, and manage to gain 300 Food! Finally, The Faerie Ring Clan bids for Notoriety aided by card 36, and so do The Dragons who say Ni! It's The Faerie Ring Clan who become slightly more famous with 4 Notoriety. Cards: Syspii, Dapheris, Mushroom, Cuin, and G'hilon are still affected by the Food Fight card (6) this turn; and Verdulum is still entranced by the Riddle (24). The Faerie Ring Clan find an Orphan (13) on their doorstep, lose Smurfdragon (22); and Garcari find a Farm (11)! El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 5 Tomyth (2): 6 Dapheris (1): 1 Heslem (1): 3 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 500 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii Whilst following the Lone Sparklie the dragons of Clan Elentara hear the soft meeping sound of a young hatchling crying. Quickly going over to where the sound is coming from the clan finds a young orphan looking very lost and alone. Realising that they had to do something about this situation they try to think which clan is closest, so that they can both help the hatchie, and get back to following the sparklie. Aerna, looking around in thought, spots a poster from The Faerie Ring Clan showing directions to their home cave, just ten minutes flying away. Taking the orphan to the Faerie Ring Clan's home, Aerna finds the clan away, but tells the orphan to wait, as some nice dragons will be along soon who are better equipped to help. Meantime the rest of the clan searches to re-find the Lone Sparklie, but to their horror, it seems to have been captured by a roving band of sparklie hunters. Quickly the Clan rounds up all it members (not including a very sticky Syspii) and they go off to see if they can purchase the hunters' latest catch of sparklies. Will the clan regain The Lone Sparklie? will the Orphan find a new home? Will anyone ever answer these retorical questions? Find out! Same Dwaggie Channel! Same Dwaggie Time! Next Dwaggie Season! Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom The El Carta-ra clan went into hibernation for the season, sleeping under a tree. During one particularly rough day a gust of wind shook loose a nice ripe fruit from its branches. It clopped Sethrom squarely on the head waking him from his slumber. "Ouch! Owww! I'd better store this away!" noted Sethrom. Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. For card 37, when it says 'a dragon' do I get to choose the dragon, or do you? YOU DO. After arriving back home, exhausted from scaring off the troll, the clan find that Mushroom has wandered off. Unfortunately he left the door unlocked, and a mischievous pixie has messed up the house! Or was it the small hatchling that is sitting in the middle of the mess!!! Later on, when Smurfi goes to gather some berries for dinner, she comes across her old friend Agaric, whom she regails with tales of woe about the state of her home. From Agaric she finds out this has been happening increasingly often... So distressed is she, that she vows to avenge all badly set tables and messy rooms. She flies out on her quest... and is never heard from again (well, not until the next time someone leaves a bed unmade)! Whilst drinking their hot chocolate, before going to bed, the clan decide that a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme is in order, both to have a better early warning system for troll attacks, and to keep mischievious pixies in check. The next day, they post a notice asking for help in setting the scheme up. It gets them noticed more, but no offers of help! CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Caras, Cuin, Cifel Quite a while after the last of the cheesecakes were seen flying over the treetops, Ceremp asked Caras if he had seen Cuin lately.."Nope! he hasnt come back yet". "Well I guess its just you and me here then", smiles Ceremp. Caras takes a sudden jump away from Ceremp and gives him a suspicious look. "Listen, Cuin is off somewhere, and Cifel is off looking for food, then we can bid for whatever we like..?" said Caras. "SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES SPARKLIES" was the reply! "OK we`ll put all out points into getting SPARKLIES" "Yea and Cuin will be so Proud of us"...... ...Trouble is, sparklies do not just fall out of the sky, even when one is doing a Sparklie Rain Dance! However it does cause them to lose all sense of direction and they suddenly find themselves in a large field. A large field full of "FOOD!!!" exclaim both Dragons! Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral Verdulum sits, thinking, whilst the members of his clan look expectantly on. "Errm, shouldn't..." begins Stolaral. "Shhh" interrupts Verdulum. "Perhaps..." suggests Fernorn. "Shhh" interrupts Verdulum. The three remaining Dragons look at each other, then slowly troop off. They spend a fruitless few hours looking for things to do... though they do manage to rescue themselves from boredom (just), however noone is around to see it, so it doesn't count! Results for Season 4: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 10 points on food using Tomyth, Dapheris & Heslem. I will not be playing any cards this turn. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: With a big stretch the El Carta-ra clan rise from their resting places. Well most of them do . . . Having been so exhausted from storing food last season, Sethrom does not wake from his place of slumber under the tree. After a few fleeting attempts to wake him the rest of the El Carta-ra clan give up and fly off to gather food for the season leaving him to his blissful slumber. Garcari storm to victory in the Sparklies category gaining 2000, while El Carta-ra beat Clan Elentara to the Food category and gain 250 - but only because of the RPG! No one bids for Notoriety - perhaps they don't feel deserving of it! Cards: Verdulum is still entranced by the Riddle (24), though this is the last turn, however Garcari start up an RPG (40) which effects Verdulum, along with Ceremp, Aerna, Dapheris, and Tinker. Earith (Clan Elentara) finds some Ancient Wisdom (42), while The Faerie Ring Clan find a Larder (43). The Orphan (card 13) is passed onto El Carta-ra. The Dragons who say Ni! are awarded their first NMR! El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 10 Tomyth (2): 2 Dapheris (1): 1 - RPG 1 of 3 Heslem (1): 1 Orphan (-1) Sparklies: 2000 Food: 750 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 4: Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom With a big stretch the El Carta-ra clan rise from their resting places. Well most of them do . . . Having been so exhausted from storing food last season, Sethrom does not wake from his place of slumber under the tree. After a few fleeting attempts to wake him the rest of the El Carta-ra clan give up and fly off to gather food for the season leaving him to his blissful slumber. Whilst gathering food, Dapheris encounters Ceremp. Dapheris subsequently encounters a bizarre pepperpot shape of an idea and spends the rest of the turn shouting 'EXTERMINATE!!!'. G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii Having regained the Lone Sparklie, along with lots more sparklies, the clan decides to start out once more. Freeing The Lone Sparklie, they begin following it as it dances almost randomly around the landscape. At one point they find an extremely sticky Syspii in a food-fight glade, one that has been used recently, or so the cream dripping from the surrounding trees would indicate. After cleaning Syspii up, by simply immersing him in the next river they cross, they start discussing the disappearance of sparklies from the land. "I still say it's our misuse of them that's caused them to hide," Fualor says. "Maybe," answers Earith, "unless of course it's the strange dissaperance of The Sparklie Gang, and their leader The Sparklie Queen that is its cause." The clan's debate grows more involed and complex, theorising on sparklie life-cycles, means of sustenance and reproduction until Earith cries out "Of course!, That's what the problem is... We must get some food quickly... now, where's the nearest shop..." A strange glow surrounds Earith as his words pour out on entranced ears. However Aerna isn't listening, Aerna is thinking about pointy ears and forest green tunics! CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Caras, Cuin, Cifel Caras and Ceremp cant believe what they are seeing! Trees laiden with muffins, Lawns of cheesecake! And it keeps appearing again even after you eat it! They soon meet up with Cifel who enlightens them that its a farm that they are in, and that he has begun classifying all the food plants. However he soon gets far more interested in eating than writing... "Humruff gro shoinn uh hurme!" Ceremp exclaims. "Huh?" The others reply "Dont talk with your mouth full!" "Oh sorry! I said Im going to make a game!" And with that, Ceremp wanders into a nearby tree to discover Verdulum dressed rather curiously as a knight, Aerna as an elf, Dapheris as a dalek, Tinker as a Thief! A very intersting RPG indeed! Cuin then appears looking for Ceremp, but then notices more food and forgets all about Ceremp. Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. The clan was having a bad day. First, they'd woken up that morning to discover Smurfi had left for good. Then they found the orphan outside the door. And Mushroom was still missing. Tinker had tried to get some sense out of Zu on the matter, but Zu just sobbed, and curled into a little ball. Which started the orphan crying too. With the clan falling apart, Tinker decided it wouldn't be fair on the orphan to try and look after it. The baby dragon was too large for Tinker to lift, so she prodded him until he walked through the invisible gate into the Realm of Faerie. Tinker left the baby playing with the faeries, whilst she decided where to take him... ....a while later she had an inspiration. She remembered the nice artist dragon, living on an island in the Dominance. With the help of the faeires, she coaxed the little dragon through another gateway, onto the island CarraigGlas. With the orphan provided for Tinker ambled home intending to tend her mushroom garden, however she never gets home. She ends up stealing through the shadows in a dark and anonymous dress. Why? Well who knows what drives the minds of Dragons (and female ones at that)! Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral Things are going from bad to worse for Verdulum. He is just about finishing the riddle when he is mysteriously thrust into a set of plate mail and given a sword. The rest of the clan are worried by this strange development, and even the presence of Ceremp doesn't give them any relief. They decide that they ought to leave Verdulum to his own lunacies for the time being so they ceremoniously deposit him outside; whilst they have the time of their lives inside. No work gets done, and no one hears from them all season! Results for Season 5: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 10 points on food using Sethrom. I will not be playing any cards this turn. At the end of the turn I will pass the The Orphan (card 13) on to Clan Elentara. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: Sethrom is a bit annoyed at not being able to find others of his clan save Tomyth, who is snoozing like death in a tree. He heads out to gather food hoping to find them along the way. While fluttering through the woods, Heslem spots a poor orphan dragon and takes it in. He coddles it for a season then one day it just wanders off. Dapheris shouts at the knight "Evil Mechanoid! We will defeat you, you are no match for the Dalek! you, the Dr. and his companion will come with us." When he mentions the Dr. his strait out, un-moving wing points to Aerna. No one bids for sparklies this season, which is nice for those who mine them! However three clans bid for food, The Dragons who say Ni! just edging out El Carta-ra and Garcari to retrieve 150 food. The Faerie Ring Clan attempt to become more notorious, but no one is looking! Cards: The Dragons who say Ni! draw everyone's attention (14), negating all notoriety bids this turn. The Faerie Ring Clan causes Cuin of Garcari to procrastinate (37). Garcari make sure that Zu of The Faerie Ring Clan feels fruity (10)! The RPG (40) is still effecting Verdulum, along with Ceremp, Aerna, Dapheris, and Tinker. The Orphan (13) is passed onto Clan Elentara (don't forget those default dragons). G'leth makes his first NMR this turn! El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 5 Tomyth (2): 4 Dapheris (1): 1 - RPG 2 of 3 Heslem (1): 1 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 750 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 5: Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral "Is he done yet?" "Ssshh!" "Who said that?" "I did. quiet." "Who�s I?" "You are. be quiet." "Why are we being quiet in the dark anyway?" "Because Verd�s gone crazy. Go outside and look at him, waving that sword above his head." "Well why don�t we lock him in here and go out instead of letting him loose and locking ourselves in here?" "Shut up!" Shortly after, the entire clan emerged from hiding, and barricaded Verd up inside, wondering what could possibly be going through his head. Hours later, they returned to check on Verd. Luckily, they found Verd, but unfortunately, they found out that he ate all the twinkies, and posted really confusing messages in the wrong thread. "Okay, go get twinkies! double time!" Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom Sethrom is a bit annoyed at not being able to find others of his clan save Tomyth, who is snoozing like death in a tree. He heads out to gather food hoping to find them along the way. While fluttering through the woods, Heslem spots a poor orphan dragon and takes it in. He coddles it for a season then one day it just wanders off. Dapheris shouts at the knight "Evil Mechanoid! We will defeat you, you are no match for the Dalek! you, the Dr. and his companion will come with us." When he mentions the Dr. his strait out, un-moving wing points to Aerna. Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. With Tinker gone, Zu is left to comfort the distraught Mushroom, who has returned to find his mother has disappeared. As well as having Mushroom to deal with, there is the problem of Tinker�s disappearance... what if she doesn�t come back? An air of depression fills the clan lair. Eventually, Zu decides it�s time they did something to take their minds of what�s been happening. Zu and Mushroom head out into the Enchanted Forest, to start searching for Tinker. However, midway into the search, Zu is distracted by an attractive form in the bushes and gets soaked for some odd reason! CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Caras, Cuin, Cifel Ceremp tries his best to act in character for the RPG but can't contain his laughter at the sight of Aerna in a tunic, and as for a salt cellar running around on the carpet! well..... The rest of the clan are hungry as usual. However, most dragons would be quite happy to sit in a farm with muffin trees, but no! This lot (especially Cifel!) need more food, so they decide to put all their points into getting it! After feeding themselves for the fourth time before breakfast the three decide to have a wander through the farm, after a while they stumble upon a curious stone. After closer examination they notice a small yellow metal plaque with the letter H on it. Nearby Cuin finds a strange snake like object, but after hitting it a few times concludes that it was hollow and not a real snake. With the Sun now high in the sky (yep it was another late morning for the Garcari!) they decide to play with the mystical stone and the hollow snake. After playing for a while they hear a strange rumble in the ground... Suddenly the snake comes to life and starts spitting all over the place! When it has finally calmed down, water just pours out of its mouth in an enormous jet, that appears to travel quite a distance. Cifel (suddenly feeling brave for some reason) creeps up behind the snake to see where the jet of water has landed... In the distance he can see the rather annoyed looking Zu, and is that another dragon Cifel sees behind that bush beside Zu? G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii The sun drifts lazily past the windows of the Clan Elentara lair. As it does so, it looks through, sending beams of light coruscating off the walls of the lair. It looks upstairs, it look downstairs, it even looks in the toolshed... but there is no sign of any of the Clan! No indeed, Earith, Fualor, Waythral, and Syspii have packed their bags and have gone on vacation without so much of a by your leave! Whilst they are away, a poor lonely orphan wanders into their lair and starts squatting in it! Results for Season 6: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 1 point on food using Heslem. I will not be playing any cards this turn. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: While Tomyth, Sethrom sleep snugly for the season, Heslem sneaks out from his resting spot to gather up some ripe strawberries that he smell from the fields to the east. Dapheris points his wing towards Ceremp and hisses in a mechanical voice. "Desist making guttural noises creature, such inferior beings will soon be dealt with. We will cleans all such life forms that lack the superiority of the Dalek. We will EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!!" No bids for Sparklies this turn, however The Dragons who say Ni! win the Food (+250) and Notoriety (+6) categories due to their gather! Cards: Mushroom gains some wisdom this turn (46). The Dragons who say Ni! play the awesome card 52 and arrange a gather which is attended by Heslem and Sethrom, Zu and Mushroom, Ceremp and Cuin, Earith and Aerna (Ceremp and Aerna are not affected as they are already in the RPG, Mushroom is not affected as they are busy gaining wisdom). Card 30 is played on El Carta-ra but they aren't doing much anyway, however it prevents them being usurped by the Gather! The RPG (40) is about to stop effecting Verdulum, Ceremp, Aerna, Dapheris, and Tinker at the end of the next turn. The Orphan (13) is passed onto The Dragons who say Ni!. Garcari make their second NMR of the game ... one more and their clan will disband! El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 10 Tomyth (2): 6 Dapheris (1): 1 - RPG 3 of 3 Heslem (1): 2 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 750 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 6: Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom While Tomyth, Sethrom sleep snugly for the season, Heslem sneaks out from his resting spot to gather up some ripe strawberries that he smell from the fields to the east. Dapheris points his wing towards Ceremp and hisses in a mechanical voice. "Desist making guttural noises creature, such inferior beings will soon be dealt with. We will cleans all such life forms that lack the superiority of the Dalek. We will EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!!" The noise attracts a marauding Dragon who wants to know just what is going on! The clan take all season to explain that it really is innocent and that Dapheris will recover, and that he'd really like a cheesecake... Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. Having failed to find Tinker, Zu decides to stay at home and wait for her. Meanwhile, Mushroom is out looking somewhat dejected - so much so that a passing elderly Dragon takes pity on the poor creature and spends a whole season teaching Mushroom about all manner of things. What's more, Mushroom actually remembers some of it! Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral The Dragons are bored. Bored of the same old faces, bored of saying Ni! to passing old women, bored of the same old routine. What's needed is a party to end all parties, the party of the season, the Party that says Ni! It isn't long before rumours of the party spread far and wide drawing many Dragons from afar. There is Heslem and Sethrom, Zu and Mushroom, Cuin, and Earith. Aerna and Ceremp were invited but were unable to attend as they were busy being pursued by Daleks at the time ... I mean let's get the priorities right here! The party ends, and there is a lot of washing up to do, but there is also the added advantage that much food was brought to the gather and very little was eaten. The Dragons who say Ni! rub their hands gleefully! G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii Carefully following The Lone Sparklie, the clan realises that they could do with some help. After talking it over they decide that they should post some queries and messages around to see if they could gain an ally in their adventure. Using the sparklies almost random flittering as a way of covering as much of Alfandra as possible, the clan plaster posts everywhere in a bid to gain such an ally through the use of notoriety. However, despite their best efforts, no-one takes any notice for there is a much more notable event going on. They also run close to being summonsed by the Fey Court for littering! The fading posts had spoken of Sparklies, Adventure, Sparklies, Notoriety, Sparklies, Food-fights, Sparklies and, of course, more Sparklies... Unfortunately one of the posts gets scrambled by passing typodeamons, and makes an Ancient Whine go off, souring the region around them. This upsets one of the Young Nuts, who looks for the culprits, but misreads the post's headers, sending the Young Nut off to tackle the clan that he thinks posted the message; Clan El Carta-ra, who then have to spend time showing him their clan's innocence. Whilst this is happening, the Orphan tried poking around the clan's lair for anything it could find, but apart from messing up the place a little (which Syspii has to clean up) found nothing that would hold it there, so it wanders off to see what Clan The Dragons Who Say Ni are doing... CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Caras, Cuin, Cifel Caras and Cifel look at each other ... what should they do now? Ceremp is acting very strangely, and Cuin has nipped off to the Gather ... to which they weren't even invited! The two Dragons poke at a few dust devils - that poke back, and think about possibly getting up, if it wasn't so much hassle... Caras and Cifel look at each other ... what should they do now...? Results for Season 7: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 18 points on food using Heslem, Tomyth, Sethrom. I will not be playing any cards this turn. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: Filled with a great hunger from goofing off and general hibernation for several seasons. The El Carta-ra clan goes out on a gathering expedition. As wind whips past their nostrils, they think that they may be on to a delicious foraging spot. Still no bids for Sparklies! However, El Carta-ra wins the Food category getting 250 Food, and Clan Elentara wins the Notoriety category getting 5. Cards: Clan Elentara has a Hero in their midst (card 19) while The Faerie Ring Clan join a Dragon Ring (card 12). The Orphan (13) is kept by The Dragons who say Ni!. Garcari make their third NMR of the game - their clan disbands! The Dragons who say Ni! make their second NMR. El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 5 Tomyth (2): 2 Dapheris (1): 2 Heslem (1): 1 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 1000 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 7: G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii As the clan followed The Lone Sparklie's wandering path they get nearer to the wilder regions of Alfandra and are soon having to make their way past dangerously unstable unrefined-chocolate cliffs, over rushing gorges filled with unfiltered-cola rivers and wade through liquorice tar-pits. Crossing one of the rapids the unthinkable happens, and Syspiii fall in! Without thinking about the consequences Earith dives after the younger dragon, fighting the waves of liquid keeping both of their snouts above the water-level, whilst at the same time directing them both away from being pounded against the rocks. The others in the clan fly along above the river, broadcasting mental cries for help, trying to pull Earith and Syspii to safety, but the wildness of the river prevents them from doing so before a calm stretch is reached, miles down from where the accident happened. Pulling Earith and Syspii from the water Fualor, Aerna and Waythral happy-bounce around the two, glad that no-one was injured or killed. Their celebrations are loud enough so that other dragons hear of Earith's heroism, and congratulate him on his brave deed. Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom Filled with a great hunger from goofing off and general hibernation for several seasons. The El Carta-ra clan goes out on a gathering expedition. As wind whips past their nostrils, they think that they may be on to a delicious foraging spot. Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. Deep in the forest, in a place where lots of people go, just because it's deep in the forest, and noone is expected to go there, sounds of sawing and hammering can be heard. After a while silence descends, and standing where nothing stood before, is a mushroom. About four foot high, and the traditional red with white spots pattening, the mushroom seems to be waiting. After a few minutes, a faint sound can be heard eminating from the mushroom. As the sound becomes louder, it becomes obvious that the mushroom is playing tinkly pixie music. After the mushroom has reached a clearly audible level of sound, it gets no louder, and continues playing for evermore... ....back the The Faerie Ring Clan's base, Mushroom carefully files away the musical mushroom blueprints, while Zu resharpens the saw. Their plan for subtlely gaining noteriety has been set in motion... now all they have to do is wait for others to visit the glade. Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral "Errm, shall we do something?" says Fernorn. "Verdulum?" enquires G'hilon. But Verdulum is thinking, thinking too hard to hear. Stolaral plays with the Orphan. It is a nice Orphan and Storal wants to keep it. Temarion looks around lazily for something near to hand, but finds nothing. "Errm, shall we do something?" says Fernorn. CuLiath Garcari Ceremp, Caras, Cuin, Cifel A chill wind blows through the lairs of Garcari. It wanders around the meeting place, ambles through the larders, and practically whistles through the many rooms. It finds no sign of anything draconic and so gathers itself up and storms off in search of umbrellas to turn inside out! The clan has gone. Results for Season 8: Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 1 point on food using Heslem. I will not be playing any cards this turn. (gee big surprise huh?) Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: Stuffed from the shear volume of food from last season, no one can move, wall almost no one... Heslem and his bottomless gullet gleefully go in search of the odiferous sent the whiffles past his snout. Clan Elentara wins the Food category getting 200 Food. Cards: Clan Elentara finds an Ancient Lair (31). The Dragons who say Ni! make their third NMR and disband. El Carta-ra Sethrom (5): 5 Tomyth (2): 2 Dapheris (1): 2 Heslem (1): 1 Sparklies: 2000 Food: 1000 Notoriety: 0 Cards: 44, 38, 1 Season 8: G'leth Clan Elentara Earith, Fualor, Aerna, Waythral, Syspii Having finally finished the cleaning up from last season's celebrations, the clan once more set out to find the Source of the Sparklies. Their search had begun to take on a more serious note now, as the lack of sparklies in the land meant that some newbies were unaware of the sparklies existance. That the joys of sparklies could be unknown to some left the clan feeling determind to bring back the joy-fear of Sparklification, which they could not do without having massed hordes of sparklies available throughout the lands. Returning to the area where Syspii had fallen into the cola-river the clan began to search for the legendary Sparklie Source Cave once more. As they climb up into the Choc-Rock Mountains, they find a beatifull plateau, ringed by rising cliffs full of caves to the north, and with steep drops to the south, some of which seem almost perfectly made for dropping off of for a morning flight, the plateau itself is covered in lush vegetation, and has a stream-fed lake in the center, a wonderfull place for swimming, bathing and holding parties. Stunned by their good fortune at finding this place, they begin looking around for any signs of habitation, but only find a few, obviously ancient, artifacts. Realising that they could make themselves a Lair to be proud of here, they decide to move all their stuff here, and to begin working on it... Knowing that they might be working here for a while before everything is completed the clan decides to try to stock up on food, just to make sure. Existing Phantom El Carta-ra Heslem, Tomyth, Dapheris, Sethrom Stuffed from the shear volume of food from last season, no one can move, wall almost no one... Heslem and his bottomless gullet gleefully go in search of the odiferous sent the whiffles past his snout. Polenth The Faerie Ring Clan Tinker, Zu, Mushroom. There is no noise from the leafy glades of the Faerie Ring clan! There isn't even a stirring of wings! The Faerie Ring has swallowed them whole! Verdulum The Dragons who say Ni! Verdulum, Fernorn, Temarion, G'hilon, Stolaral So what happened? Well, the history books say that whilst the clan had their backs turned, an Orphan stole into their midst and murdered them in their beds! Is that what you think? Yup! Submited play for Season 9 Clan El Carta-ra Turn declaration: This turn I will bid 18 points on food using Heslem, Tomyth, Sethrom. I will not be playing any cards this turn. Clan El Carta-ra Submited Story: A lovely new season opens, the trees are green, and life jumps and flutters through the forest. The El Carta-ra clan sit relaxing in the shade of the peaceful forest. Suddenly a chill shoots up the wings of the relaxing dragons. They all look up, the sky grows dim... Plants and trees shrivel up becoming empty husks. Insects fall from the sky, their dry exo-skeletons turning to dust. The forest dies with an eerie silence... The El Carta-ra clan wakes from their shared nightmarish vision with a start. They glance briefly at one another then without words head off to gather and prepare for what is to come... [Game Ended]