The Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste

Auckland Chimera
#1

I have emailed this information to everybody, but for reference’s sake, here is the final cast list for the Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste. Character sheets will be sent out by the end of Saturday, latest.

The Characters

Captain Benjamin Briggs - M - Captain of the Mary Celeste - Derek Tomes
Sarah Elizabeth Briggs - F - The Captain’s Wife - Hannah Jackson
Lizzie Briggs - F - The three year old daughter of the Captain and Sarah - Zannii Anderson
The Ship’s Cat - M/F - The ship’s cat - Porl Bowdler
Albert Richardson - M - First Mate - Hamish Meads
Andrew Gilling - M - Second Mate - Vanya Essin
Johan Goodschad - M - Seaman, crewmember of the Mary Celeste - Michael Carter
Johan Volkert - M - Seaman, crewmember of the Mary Celeste - Jack Benson-Rea
Johan Lorenzen - M - Seaman, crewmember of the Mary Celeste - Andrew Hart
Johan Martens - M - Seaman, crewmember of the Mary Celeste - Gareth Sandford
Albert Head - M - The ship’s cook - Blair Purkiss
Barbara Port - F - a passenger - Meredith Lalande
Uli Morning Song - F - A castaway taken onboard - Juliet Thomborson
Amelia T. Rangel - F - A stowaway found on board - Zara Kinzett
Argent - M/F - a young boy/girl shipwreck victim - Kahiro Wada
Dorothy Enemoratta - F - shipwreck victim - Prema Cottingham
Able Fosdyke - M - shipwreck victim - Joseph Outram
Mathilda Doyle - F - a shipwreck victim - Laura Knill
Pretense Jones - F - shipwreck victim - Daphne Cohen

#2

OMG - and I don’t have a thing to wear… :open_mouth:

EDIT: will we need larpsafe cutlasses / pistols etc for this game or is it non-combat?

#3

The game is written in a heinously complicated abstract system that Ryan is currently busily converting it from. It will indeed require larp safe weaponry.

#4

Ha ha, I started looking at merchant navy fashion for the period and it’s MUCH more modern than I thought. I was thinking tricorn hats etc…

Wikipedia 1870’s fashion

#5

That man in the first photo is in fact the real Captain Briggs, isn’t it?

As a side note: Most of the characters in this larp are named after the actual crew and passengers of the real Mary Celeste!

#6

I’m in the process of sending out character sheets, so you should all receive them over the next few days.

This is sort of a given but I feel I should stress it again: Please do not discuss what is on your character sheet before the game. I know it’s tempting, but save it all for the game, it’ll be way more fun that way :slight_smile:

#7

Yep. That’s him / me…

#8

The adapted rules are online now:

The Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste, live combat rules adaptation.

Some characters can do funky stuff that isn’t mentioned in the rules, you’ll generally have to see the GM to make those work.