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The end is near, you can feel it. Proclaimed a witch by the Spanish Inquisition by virtue of being poor and female, you wait in a cave outside the fortress city of Segovia to be taken in. But you still have a choice: what will you live for, or what will you die for?

 

The Witches of Segovia is a 2-hour, 4 person game about four women soon to be captured by the Spanish inquisition and charged with witchcraft. As an alternative to the humiliation and torture that will likely result from their capture (not taking place during game), a potion has been brewed from an old family grimoire. Three doses will kill a full-grown woman, but the first and second will give visions of past lives and future lives respectively. Characters will have the option to explore these lives and the themes that their soul carries from life to life, but must decide if they will take the third and final dose before the Inquisition arrives.

 

One page characters will be assigned via a casting survey, and the first half of the game will be workshopping the relationships between the women. The second half will be the hour just before the Inquisition arrives and will focus on interpersonal stories and character arcs between multiple lives. All the characters are female, regardless of player gender. Play will take place in a low-light space, but characters will not be required to move around. Players can expect to open and read 0 to 2 paragraphs in game based on actions, and small lights will be provided as a visual aid. Themes in game play will include feminism, religious authority and persecution, and social injustice. Content will include potential suicide by poison for everyone. Individual characters may have backstories and additional content that include domestic violence, loss of autonomy, death of a loved one, and shame.

 

This is the first run of this game and I assume we will play it at future events with different players or people playing different countries each time. Materials will be handed out at the start of the game based on first come sign ups.

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GM:  Megan Coppock

4 players

ages 18+ (will consider mature players of younger ages with parental consent and consult)

Warning:  Content will include potential suicide by poison for everyone. Individual characters may have backstories and additional content that include domestic violence, loss of autonomy, death of a loved one, and shame.

2 hours

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Players should wear comfortable clothing,
and are encouraged to wear medieval peasant wear.

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To sign up, email Megan  mlynnh@gmail.com

(Please Note:  This game is now full.)