[MR] A Fun-filled Saturday carooms towards us

[Terri Morgan]

There will be Hunker Hausen
There will be (non-regulation) dart tourneys
There will be a bar-brawl, rapier fighting, flowing beverages and
overflowing food tables. There will be lovely flirtatious wenches to serve
the men and handsome cabin boys (okay, men) to serve the ladies. There will
be Kubb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubb) and Bocce ball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce , and

Gambling card games such as 
Gleek http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/game-recon-gleek.html
Laugh and lie Down http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/game-recon-laugh.html
Losing Loadum
http://www.knauer.org/mike/sca/classes/Class_-_Losing_Loadum.pdf
Maw http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/Tattershall-tb/cards.html

and for the more impatient or luck-kissed, dice games such as
Hazard http://home.znet.com/savaskan/germans/hazard.html
Gluckhaus  http://www.gothicgreenoak.co.uk/dice.html (scroll down)
Crown and Anchor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_and_Anchor 
and of course, Shut the Box (need practise? play online here:
http://www.eyegrid.com/shutthebox/shutthebox.html)

All that and more is waiting for you at Marinus' Barnacled Bullfrog event,
September 12th, in the lovely Planter's Clubhouse on a cliff overlooking the
Elizabeth River. Come relax in an old-fashioned dance hall with sun-lit
tables under wide windows and shadowed benches by the fireplace... and an
expansive bar with a burly bartender overlooking it all.

Attendees will be given a pouch of money to 'spend' and 'bet' as they wish.
The player with the most 'money' at the end of the event will win a prize.
So will the (crowd acclaimed) owner of the "Best Soft Parrying weapon"
(post-brawl), the "Best Wench" will sashay away with a little gift, the
"Best Rogue" will have a little something to chortle over, and the winner of
the darts tourney will head home with new equipment for their play.

This is a wet (very wet) site. If you are planning on indulging your love
for fine spirits, please make sure you have a designated driver or ask the
wenches/cabin boys to switch your beverage to something soft as the evening
progresses*. 

Food will be served liberally and tastily all day. Come join us!

http://www.baronyofmarinus.org/

Your tavern owner and hostess,
Hrothny
*Coffee will be available in the morning and again once the sun goes down.
Iced water and lemonade will be available all day. Other beverages are on a
BYOB basis. An ice machine is located on site.