Mystery, intrigue and nightmarish horror based on a history of events in the early 17th century leading up to the Thirty Years War in Europe. 1 of 4 rounds but each round can be played standalone.
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It is 1610 when some say the Last Days have come, heralded by Kepler's new star in 1604. You have arrived in Heydelberg, bearing a letter from the Imperial Mathematician and the Voynich Manuscript owned by His Imperial Madness, Rudolf II, written in no earthly language. Both are to be delivered to Trithemius, former abbot and noted steganographer, who haunts the famed Bibliotheca Palatina at the Sapienzcolleg, once an Augustinian monastery. It is Candlemas Eve, when the common folk say the Devil is abroad. Are the stars right? Emissaries of the Karolinum in Prague – Lady Jirel, quixotic knight errant; Benedetto, Kabbalist from the Florentine ghetto; Salvatore, Paduan rapier master; Eddard, Alchemist of Oxford; Istvan, Collector for the Emperor's Kunstkammer and Trithemius - can you thwart the devices of the Evil One threatening the world itself? The clockwork is ticking!
Mystery, intrigue and nightmarish horror based on a history of events in the early 17th century leading up to the Thirty Years War in Europe. 2 of 4 rounds but each round can be played standalone.
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It is 1610 when some say the Last Days have come, heralded by Kepler's new star in 1604. You are travelling by boat down the Rhine from Heydelberg to Koln, the Imperial Free City, on the heels of terrifying events in Heydelberg. See the Event A Clockwork of Orange - Heydelberg (Round 1). Your mission is now clear, the consequences of failure a nightmare for yourself at the business end of the headsman's axe, if you're lucky and not rather broken on the wheel; for the world, the prophesied Last Days. Emissaries of the Karolinum in Prague – Lady Jirel, quixotic knight errant; Benedetto, Kabbalist from the Florentine ghetto; Salvatore, Paduan rapier master; Eddard, Alchemist of Oxford; Istvan, Collector for the Emperor's Kunstkammer and Trithemius, former abbot and noted steganographer - can you thwart the devices of the Evil One threatening the world itself? The clockwork is ticking!
Mystery, intrigue, & nightmarish horror based on a history of events in the early 17th century leading up to the 30 Years War in Europe.
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It is 1610 when some say the Last Days have come, heralded by Kepler's new star in 1604. Pursued by both the Red Sparks and the conspirators in a horrific assassination plot, you are travelling by boat down the Rhine from Koln to Dusseldorf, where you hope to obtain audience at the court of the princely heirs contesting the Julich-Kleve succession as the storm clouds of war gather over Europe. See the Events A Clockwork of Orange - Heydelberg (Round 1) and A Clockwork of Orange - Koln (Round 2). Emissaries of the Karolinum in Prague – Lady Jirel, quixotic knight errant; Benedetto, Kabbalist from the Florentine ghetto; Salvatore, Paduan rapier master; Eddard, Alchemist of Oxford; Istvan, Collector for the Emperor's Kunstkammer and Trithemius, former abbot and noted steganographer - can you thwart the devices of the Evil One threatening the world itself? The clockwork is ticking!
A Clockwork of Orange Round 4 of 4: Fortress of Guelich
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Mystery, intrigue and nightmarish horror based on a history of events in the early 17th century leading up to the Thirty Years War in Europe. 4 of 4 Rounds but each round can be played standalone.
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It is 1610 when some say the Last Days have come, heralded by Kepler's new star in 1604. You are travelling overland to the Fortress of Guelich, built by the Italian Alessandro Pasqualini in the reign of Duke Wilhelm the Rich, hoping to end the Julich-Kleve succession crisis, avoid a devastating war and also save the world. See the Events A Clockwork of Orange - Heydelberg (Round 1), A Clockwork of Orange - Koln (Round 2) and A Clockwork of Orange - Dusseldorf (Round 3). Emissaries of the Karolinum in Prague – Lady Jirel, quixotic knight errant; Benedetto, Kabbalist from the Florentine ghetto; Salvatore, Paduan rapier master; Eddard, Alchemist of Oxford; Istvan, Collector for the Emperor's Kunstkammer and Trithemius, former abbot and noted steganographer - can you thwart the devices of the Evil One threatening the world itself? The clockwork is ticking!