Gameplay rules, with content for players and game masters alike,
3 Heads of Light Entertainment personae: Lord Kinwoodie, Priscilla Mortar and Pestle, and Dino Vercotti,
4 Pre-generated characters: the Enchanter, the Knight, the Peasant, and the Troubadour,
The Brachet & The Black Heart: A 19-page, ready-to-run adventure.
In short, this is everything you need to have a go with Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme...and it's free! Note that these demo materials do not necessarily reflect the final content of the book.
And if you'd like to see it in action, tune into tonight for a liveplay session with GenConTV:
When: TONIGHT Tuesday November 15th at 9:00 pm Eastern US Time
Why: Because you asked for it. Remember that when you hear our excruciatingly poor British accents.
Stick around afterward for a talkback session during which we'll field questions from the chat (time permitting). If you can't make the live stream, don't fret; it will be available for review and study immediatelyafterward.
Monty Python RPG Liveplay Tomorrow + Quick Start Announcement
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 11:44:12 PM
Livestream
It's bally well time Twitch served some genuine educational purpose! Tune into tomorrow for a liveplay sessionof Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme.
When:Tuesday November 15th at 9:00 pm Eastern US Time
Why: Because you asked for it. Remember that when you hear our excruciatingly poor British accents.
Stick around afterward for a talkback session during which we'll field questions from the chat (time permitting). If you can't make the live stream, don't fret; it will be available for review and study immediatelyafterward.
Quick Start
Tomorrow we will also be releasing for FREE, via ExaltedFuneral.com, Monty Python's Supplemental Educational Resource Materials for Pre- or Inter-Course Study, a 77-page quick start compendium featuring:
Gameplay rules, including a section for HoLEs only,
3 Heads of Light Entertainment personae: Lord Kinwoodie, Priscilla Mortar and Pestle, and Dino Vercotti,
4 Pre-generated characters: the Enchanter, the Knight, the Peasant, and the Troubadour,
The Brachet & The Black Heart: A 19-page, ready-to-run adventure.
In short, this is everything you need to have a go with Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme. Two things to keep in mind:
These materials do not necessarily reflect the final content of the book.
***Spoiler Alert*** The adventure included therein is the one that will be livestreamed tomorrow. So if you intend to make use of these materials as a Participant, you are advised to hold off on watching the liveplay, lest ye be tarred with the epithet of "cheater cheater pumpkin eater".
We hope you enjoy the demo and the quick start! Up next: info and renders for unlocked Stretch Goals.
Onward to enhanced educational outcomes!
Exalted Funeral & Crowbar Creative
More Nigels’ Notes Revealed and Some Coconuts
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 01:29:04 AM
From the Desk of Swallow & Swallow Fine Chartered Accountancy Ltd, Approvals Department
Hello Mostly Sensible People,
On October 28th you were given a view of in-house documents that showed one Nigel Smith’s ideas on potential Stretch Goals for a product our clients are calling Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme. While some ideas were approved quickly others required review, pecking, and sending messages via couriers across the ocean. The necessary vetting, acclimatisation, quadration, and negotiation has been completed, and we have been authorised to remove Mr. Smith’s manilla folder and reveal the rest of the stretch goals.
You’ll note the Quest Completion reward. The aforementioned Mr. Smith seems to have slipped this in prior to his dismissal, which obliges our client to bestow a pair of coconut halves upon every person who has already backed the campaign with a physical reward, as well as those who do so before the campaign concludes on November 18 at 10am EST. Below is an artist rendering of said bestowal.
On advice of counsel, S&S Fine Chartered Accountancy Ltd hereby proclaims ignorance with regard to the proper way to grip replications of coconuts or any issuances of tropical flora, nor do we condone their use for the shaking about and rolling of polyhedral number generators or the making of horsy-go noises.
Lastly, we have been authorised to release images of two previously unlocked Stretch Goals: the storage and display box for the complete set of dice and the upgraded Head of Light Entertainment screen with two pop-up elements and a Complaint Letter dial.
Front and back of unlocked custom dice box stretch goal, complete with Black Beast eye holes for your dice viewing pleasure.
Game Master Screen with unlocked upgrades!
S&S wishes to note the extreme silliness of such additions to what was already a perfectly sensible game master screen, but do they listen to us? Hardly. It’s just where’s the numbers, Euey? Why doesn’t this budget make any sense, Euey? You’ve left off the decimal points, Euey. Your calculator must be possessed, Euey. Why must you be so dreadful and awful, Euey?
Right. Well. Good day I suppose.
Formally,
E. U. Swallow, Esq. BSc PhD CA MAAT Du11 D-RED 4rly-dLL
Vice President of Non-Migration and Approvals
Swallow & Swallow Fine Chartered Accountancy, Ltd.
Nigel's Notes (New Stretch Goals)
about 2 years ago
– Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 05:21:02 AM
Herewith: the next six Goals of Stretchery. More surprises under that manilla folder, should we achieve those lofty heights. We wish to apologise for the state of Nigel's notes. The Nigel responsible has been sacked.
It seems somewhat surreal to be writing about numbers with that many zeros. We are humbled and deeply appreciative.
Happy Weekend!
Exalted Nigel & Nigel Creative
Unlocked Stretch Goals Laid Bare (naughty)
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 05:41:49 AM
Revelations!
Details on all Stretch Goals unlocked to-date:
Poshify! Ribbon bookmark and spot varnish cover treatment shall be added to the Sensible Middle Class Edition. Yea verily, twill be done.
Expanded Bestiary. 20% more creatures that want to eat you! Including the Atomically Mutated Cat, Harold the Clever Sheep, Scott’s Electric Penguin, the Standard Red Ant, and more.
Expanded Dramatis Personae chapter. 20% more non-Participant characters who (probably) don’t want to eat you. Including Arthur Figgis, Arthur Frampton, Arthur Pewtey, and more–even some not named Arthur!
Four additional Heads of Light Entertainment added to book and with removable heads for the HoLE screen. Each has their own likes, dislikes, and Dire Consequences table:
The Wonderful Timmy Williams: A bonafide celebrity and man-about-town--isn’t it sooper! He’s surrounded by biographers, journalists, camerapeople, mic boom operator, and paparazzi, all hanging on his every word and telling him how triffic he is. Marvellous…really really sooper.
Otto Bahn Schnellkopf: An ex-racing car driver, he’s keen on modes of transportation. Count on anything involving locomotion to go faster and take longer than usual, somehow, due to executive interest. Ways of Science are up, up and away!
Lord Kinwoodie: “Family entertainment? Bollocks. What they want is filth!” As the Shadow Spokesman for Television and a member of the peerage, he enjoys the finer things in life, namely [censored] and bums. Sure, sure, a bit of plot is nice to have sprinkled about, but let’s not go having it get in the way of knicker dropping.
Priscilla Mortar and Pestle: The daughter of music hall stars Inesta and Weasels Mortar and Pestle, she is an accomplished performer in her own right and favours physical humour. Punchlines are all well and good (actually, they’re awfully boring), but nothing beats a well executed, perfectly timed pratfall.
More Merit & Demerit Tokens. All bundles that include Merit and Demerit Tokens shall receive five more of each, for a total of 40 tokens. Well, not sure what more to say about this one, so here’s a bit about the Sorcery trait: Meddling in the Dark Arts is not to be taken lightly. There are two things that make Sorcery unlike other Traits. Firstly, Spamming a roll when using Sorcery results in an immediate Dire Consequence, not merely a Demerit. Secondly, rolling a 1, 2, or 3 results in a Spam, except for Sorcerers, who Spam on rolls of 1 or 2.
Four additional quests shall be added to the book: The Sword in the Spam, Piranhas in the Thames, King Njorl’s Challenge, and the Wost Wegion. Four smashing new quests with incredibly evocative titles and some lovely acting.
The Dice Set shall now come in a smashing nesting box. We cannot guarantee that this box (art coming shortly) comes imbued with incubational powers, but it will look lovely on your mantelpiece.
Additional catapult minigame, Squashez l’Anglaise, shall be added to the exterior of the Fetchez la Vache board. What is better than a board upon which two games can be played? A board upon which five can be played! Right. A board upon which three can be played! The decorative elements of the outside of the board will incorporate markings for meeple and catapult placement, so when English types come across encastled French invaders, siege warfare can take place using a point system (instructions included). Or you can just let fly and see which side has the last meeple standing!
Fetchez la Vache board shall now come with a cardboard castle wall divider. Ramp up the difficulty of your rampart-crashing with this wall, which can be used for Fetchez la Vache, Squashez l’Anglaise, or hiding behind if you are frightened and very small.
We shall deliver a complimentary copy of the Programme to the Vatican to ward off evil spirits. This book shall take its place in the largest repository of sacred and historical texts. We may even document the delivery and post it on the internet.
Head of Light Entertainment Screen shall be upgraded to include “On Air” and God popups, and a dial for tracking letters from outraged viewers. When God pops up in the campaign, pop up this God pop-up to increase the gravity of the moment by 54.1%. When a Dire Consequence shifts the action to a television studio for a quiz show, call-in show, roundtable discussion, or news flash, pop the On Air sign up to signify the event. And use the spinning dial on the backside of the screen to track the number of complaint letters the Head of Light Entertainment has received.
Setting Background chapter shall now be adorned with original, hand-painted illumination. We are currently kidnapping a number of monks to imbue the setting chapter with hand-painted illuminations. What text can be taken seriously that doesn’t have in the margins and draped on the first letters of every section lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas?
Next up, the spanking new Stretch Goals! Until then, we remain, ever and anon, truly and completely,
