Court of the Empress: Out of Character Talk

[mcroft]

This post is for out of character discussion of this round of Neel Krishnaswami's The Court of the Empress.

This is the peanut gallery, so pass the peanuts and we'll see what the Empress and her court have to do and say...

Player list

Game Status
Benedict is performing a service.
Player	Courtier	Status	Score First Round	Score Personal Best
beingfrank	Fyodor	Alive, Attending the Court	1	1
cavlec	Firdausi Tousi	Alive, Attending the Court	1	1
colomon	Scamandius	Alive, Attending the Court	1	1
mrsitouh	Benedict	Performing a service	1	1
sunday_courtier	Sallan	Alive, Attending the Court	1	1
ptevis	Roland	Executed, with his entire family	1	1

Comments

[libskrat]

Uh-oh.

Okay, so who's starting the pool on who ends up on the hot seat next?

[mrsitouh.livejournal.com]

Yikes, Roland's going down swinging, isn't he?

[ptevis.livejournal.com]

Begging's not his style. Besides, even in death he has to make you guys look bad.

[libskrat]

Firdausi knows he's a sycophant. It's the only way to get anywhere in this court. He finds it all funny, though; why not? Dead man's last amusement.

One of the tricks of this game is coming up with a suitably suicidal character. I ended up with "fatalistic" as the best I could manage.

[mrsitouh.livejournal.com]

Actually, once he's been sentenced to death, his primary concern should be his family. To quote the rules:

"If his pleadings move her to pity, then she should say, "We are merciful," and lower her hand. The courtier is then gagged, bound hand and foot, and fed to the giant pythons of the Empress's menagerie. The player gets 2 points.

If the courtier's bleating irritated her, then she should say, "Such a fool could only be born of a race of fools!" and lower her hand. Then, not only is the courtier executed, but his entire family is killed and their property ataindered. The player gets 1 point."

Ouch.

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got a get more bloodthirsty. :)

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

More bloodthirsty than a death per round? :)