[Artemisia] Uprising Gambling House

[Bruce Padget]

Mistress, je t'adore, and I would certainly welcome such a rich donation...
Tho it would be beyond my place to say so, I am sure the Kingdom thanks,
too.

Regards,
Niccolo
Abbastanza Buon Non E Abbastanza Buono
bapadget at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Clemenger" <mooncat at in-tch.com>
To: "Bruce Padget" <bapadget at yahoo.com>; "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list"
<artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Uprising Gambling House


> I'm about as unlucky as they come, gambling-wise (which is probably the
> major contributing reason to why I don't! <g>), but this sounds fun!
> Do you have any "room" for a couple of donated items for the prize
> auction? I've got 20 yards of undyed raw silk I'd donate....
> --maire
>
> Bruce Padget wrote:
>
> > Thursday night at Uprising -- immediately following court -- we'll be
trying
> > something that is relatively new in Artemisia.
> >
> > It's simple....come to the Meadow Muffin Inn (cleverly disguised as a
> > gambling house), pay a mere dollar, and receive five beautiful tokens.
The
> > more dollars, the more tokens.  Such a deal!
> >
> > But wait, there's more -- our helpful staff will be running a variety of
> > period games, on which you can wager those tokens.   If the games we're
> > running aren't to your taste, we'll also have gear and learned
instructors
> > for open gaming.  Fear not, we'll come up with a period way to fleece
your
> > friends that will be to your liking.  (The game, that is -- we cannot
> > guaranty results to your liking...)
> >
> > At the end of the evening, their will be a prize auction, and gaming
tokens
> > will be the only currency accepted.  Players may pool their winnings as
they
> > like for the auction.  (But then you'd need another roll of the dice to
> > decide who actually wins the prize, right? :D)
> >
> > All monies taken in (all of it -- nothing out for expenses) go to the
> > Kingdom coffers.
> >
> > So...bring your cash, your slivers from the True Cross (or whatever else
> > brings you luck), and come get schooled...er, that is, enjoy an
entertaining
> > educational experience.
>
>