Mrs Plenty’s Carnival: The Tents
- Echo Bazaar
- By Taymar
- 23 May 2010
If you haven’t tried Echo Bazaar yet, you really should take a look. You can read our previous post introducing the game and refer to How to Play Echo Bazaar to get started. Today’s post is focused on a single area within Fallen London.
“Smoke and mirrors! Light and shade! Bright paint and squealing children and the roar of lions! And the music, as a great man once said, is like electric sugar.”
Once you’ve explored the Entrance to the Carnival, it’s time to brave your way into the tents to see the main attractions. Buy a stack of tickets and come explore the Big Top, the Sideshows and the Games Tent. Be sure to keep a tight hold on your valuables and under no circumstances should you ever make eye contact with a clown.
The Big Top
You need three points in Connected: for the relevant group before you will be welcome to spend time with these people in the Big Top.
| Faction | Result | Result | Notes |
| Bohemian Friends | Persuasive | Increase to Bohemian Increase to Persuasive |
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| Churchmen | Watchful | Increase to The Church Increase to Watchful |
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| Constables | Watchful | Increase to The Constables Increase to Watchful |
Also a challenge to Connected: Criminals |
| The Orient | Persuasive | Increase to The Orient | |
| Society | Persuasive | Increase to Society Increase to Scandal |
Also requires Darling of the Ambassador’s Ball 1 |
| Tomb Colonies | Dangerous | Increase to the Tomb-Colonies | |
| Hell | Shadowy | Increase to Hell Increase to Nightmares |
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| Masters of the Bazaar | ? |
The Sideshows
The ragged little tents around the edges of the carnival attract some of the less savory factions of Fallen London. There is no skill involved in making friends here. Once you have three points in the faction, you can spend a ticket and improve your rankings by meeting with the following people:
| Meeting | Quality | Notes |
| Revolutionaries | Increase to Revolutionaries, Increase to Suspicion | Also requires Plotting Against the Masters 1 |
| Rubbery Men | Increase to Rubbery Men | |
| Urchins | Increase to Urchins | |
| Criminals | Increase to Criminals | |
| Zailors | Increase to the Docks | |
| Servants of the Duchess | Increase to the Duchess | |
| Spies | Increase to the Great Game |
The Games Tent
The air thrums with the furtive energy of money changing hands. Games of skill. Games of chance. The occasional thrown lizard snatching a bat from the air. What could be better?
Each game costs a Carnival Ticket in addition to any wagers placed.
| Game | Prerequisite | Skill | Win | Loss |
| Lizard Throwing | 1 x Reprehensible Lizard | Luck | 1 x Sulky Bat | |
| Cards: the low tables | 20 Jade Fragment | Persuasive | 40 Jade Fragments | Stake |
| Cards: the high tables | 40 Jade Fragments | Persuasive | 60 Jade Fragments Increase to Persuasive |
Stake |
| Chess | Watchful | Increase to Watchful 32 Cryptic Secret | Increase to Watchful Increase to Nightmares |
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| Dice | Luck | Lucky Weasel Rare: Black Wings Absinthe |
The next Echo Bazaar post will be filled with thrills and chills as we travel Beneath the Neath and back again to visit Madame Shoshana, followed by a trip to the House of Mirrors. Subscribe to the feed to be sure not to miss it.
Posted by Taymar on http://proof.mmorpg-info.org.
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