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Post by olegrand on Feb 14, 2021 14:14:42 GMT
It's now time for the SEASON FINALE, with a dramatic two-parter set on Gallifrey! Episode 14: The Shadow of Death
Lady Penelope reluctantly travels to Gallifrey to bring the estranged Narvin home and discuss the War Lords situation with the Powers That Be… But what should have been a brief (if begrudging) diplomatic visit soon turns into something far more sinister. The shadow of death is hanging over the Time Lords… and the Rani seems to have taken complete control! Episode 15: Memento Mori
The shadow of death hangs over Gallifrey… As the recently returned Narvin and the members of the Omega Lodge carry out a coup, Penelope uncovers the hidden power behind the Rani’s political intrigue and morphic manipulations – in the person of the (alternate) Master himself, who has once again managed to cheat death. Can the Time Lady beat him at his own game? As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes!
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Post by olegrand on Jul 27, 2021 16:48:06 GMT
Hello everybody! LADY PENELOPE is back for a new season (the sixteenth!) of adventures in time and space... Here are the blurbs for the first two episodes: Episode 1: Making Prehistory
Lady Penelope welcomes a new (if familiar) travelling companion on board of the TARDIS: the young tech wiz, temporal refugee and budding ethnologist Xara Anderson, whose family she brought to Avalon (see season 15). And for her first expedition as a fully-fledged time traveller, Xara has chosen to visit the Pleistocene, when Neanderthal Men walk the Earth… Episode 2: Ziggurat!Mesopotamia, March 1930. After a failed reunion with Agatha Christie, who has forgotten everything about their encounter in the Land of Fiction, Penelope goes all archaeological, uncovering the true purpose of the Sumerian ziggurats before preventing fanatical agents of the nefarious Vril Society from usurping their dormant power. Watch and learn, Indy! As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra campaign notes! C'est bon d'être de retour !
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Post by olegrand on Aug 1, 2021 8:59:10 GMT
Hello everyone! Here is the blurb for yesterday evening's episode... Episode 3: Living Legend
Uruk, circa 2700 BC. Lady Penelope meets humanity’s oldest mythical hero: King Gilgamesh himself! With the city being besieged by enemy troops and sinister omens, an epic battle awaits, where Penelope, acting as the goddess Ishtar, will face another divine impostor of tremendous power, Kido the Neanderthal will find his true destiny and a myth shall be born! As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra afterplay notes!
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Post by Catsmate on Aug 1, 2021 10:11:23 GMT
Hello everyone! Here is the blurb for yesterday evening's episode... Episode 3: Living Legend
Uruk, circa 2700 BC. Lady Penelope meets humanity’s oldest mythical hero: King Gilgamesh himself! With the city being besieged by enemy troops and sinister omens, an epic battle awaits, where Penelope, acting as the goddess Ishtar, will face another divine impostor of tremendous power, Kido the Neanderthal will find his true destiny and a myth shall be born! As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra afterplay notes! Very topical.
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Post by olegrand on Aug 1, 2021 11:38:17 GMT
Aw... synchronicity! Again! Thanks for the link
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Post by olegrand on Aug 15, 2021 15:15:00 GMT
Season 16, Episode 4: The Trip
London, July 1969. While waiting for Man to walk on the Moon for the first time, Penelope and Xara immerse themselves in the vibrant last summer of the sixties, the time of prog rock, peace protests and psychedelic dreams. Meanwhile, in the shared dimensional mindscape of LSD users, Something is collecting souls so that it can Break on Through to the Other Side… As usual, see MY BLOG for extra design & actual play notes!
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Post by olegrand on Aug 22, 2021 11:37:44 GMT
Season 16 continues with Two Adventures in 1830 Paris
. Episode 5: L’Homme de l’Ombre
Paris, February 1830. A young Victor Hugo prepares to unleash his romantic drama Hernani on the stage, breaking all the sacrosanct codes and conventions of French classical theatre – a declaration of war, which will take the literary world by storm! Meanwhile, a mysterious being known as the Shadow Man is lurking at the edge of Reality, threatening History itself! Episode 6: Mirror, MirrorParis, March 1830. Lady Penelope is enjoying her historical holiday, cruising the literary salons and mingling with some of the greatest writers of the age… and then she discovers that the famous Julie Récamier hasn’t aged a bit since they first met in 1799, at the time of the Directoire! What is the secret of the former merveilleuse’s timeless, everlasting beauty? As usual, see MY BLOG for some (quite copious) extra notes!
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Post by grinch on Aug 23, 2021 20:21:09 GMT
Must admit, after reading that I can’t help but feel sorry for poor Inspector Javert. Just a frightened man who didn’t want to have go through an eternity of endless failure and suffering. Maybe Professor X and the other sleuths within the Land of Fiction can help him find some sort of peace within the vast libraries of literature they have at their disposal?
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Post by olegrand on Aug 29, 2021 10:39:59 GMT
At long last! Lady Penelope meets SHERLOCK HOLMES! Episode 16.07: The Fi(ctio)nal ProblemSensing that Professor X, warden of the Land of Fiction, has not told her everything about Javert’s impossible intrusion into Reality, Penelope decides to investigate further, joining forces with none other than Fiction’s greatest sleuth, Sherlock Holmes himself! But who could be the Evil Mastermind behind this meta-mystery? Well, Professor Moriarty, of course! As usual, see my BLOG for some extra design & afterplay notes!
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Post by olegrand on Sept 5, 2021 10:48:19 GMT
Season 16 has reached its mid-season break: Episode 8: Heritage
January 2022. Penelope and Xara are back in Shetland for a short winter vacation, enjoying the hospitality of their friends at Ravenscroft – just in time for the Up Helly Aa fire festival! But the celebration of the past sometimes uncovers questions which can only be answered by time travellers. Or can they? A tale of identity and uncertainty… with Vikings and Picts! As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra notes.
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Post by Catsmate on Sept 7, 2021 12:04:47 GMT
Season 16 has reached its mid-season break: Episode 8: Heritage
January 2022. Penelope and Xara are back in Shetland for a short winter vacation, enjoying the hospitality of their friends at Ravenscroft – just in time for the Up Helly Aa fire festival! But the celebration of the past sometimes uncovers questions which can only be answered by time travellers. Or can they? A tale of identity and uncertainty… with Vikings and Picts! As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra notes. Excellent, I remember the fire festival from Shetland. Also I love your term "a somewhat tangled issue" for the canon status of Sherlock Holmes, it could describe a lot of Whoniverse canon...
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Post by olegrand on Mar 25, 2022 11:22:14 GMT
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Post by misterharry on Mar 25, 2022 13:15:15 GMT
Welcome back - and best wishes for a full recovery!
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Post by olegrand on Mar 25, 2022 14:36:33 GMT
Welcome back - and best wishes for a full recovery! Well, obviously, regeneration didn't work Thanks a lot - and yup, it's good to be back!
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Post by Acrobatic Flea on Mar 26, 2022 10:10:12 GMT
So sorry to hear this, but glad you are on the mend. As a fellow stroke survivor (coming up on my 17th anniversary) I know this recovery can be slow and hard, but your positive attitude will go a long way. Good luck on your progression towards a new normal.
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Post by Escher on Mar 28, 2022 16:05:29 GMT
Welcome back. Hope you feel better, wishing you all the best.
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Post by grinch on Mar 29, 2022 9:08:56 GMT
Wishing you a swift recovery olegrand!
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Post by olegrand on Apr 3, 2022 5:03:07 GMT
Hello everyone! We've resumed play yesterday evening, with... Episode 9: Under the Loch
After some R&R time on Avalon, Penelope decides to pay a visit to her former companion Dorian, now living in the “M.I.7.” alternate reality, working with its own earthbound Doctor and a young Kate Lethbridge-Stewart for Her Majesty’s most secret service – just when the team is investigating some weird happenings in the depths of Loch Ness. Sea Devils, anyone? As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes on the episode. Thanks to you folks for your support. It feels good to be back...
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Post by olegrand on Apr 10, 2022 9:28:32 GMT
Season 16, Episode 10: Evergreen
In the impossibly distant future, Penelope and her companions visit the lush, beautiful green world of Cheem, home of the noble Tree People, humanoid descendants of Old Earth’s primordial forests. Unbeknownst to the travellers, their arrival will set into motion the cogs of a long-prepared plan threatening the freedom and the very life of the Forest of Cheem… As usual, see MY BLOG for some extra notes on another memorable episode!
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Post by olegrand on Apr 17, 2022 9:22:40 GMT
Season 16, Episode 11: Lady of the Future
Cheem has been saved – but the battle has just begun! On New Earth, Penelope and her allies have decided to strike back at Lady Cassie… but how do you fight a quasi-immortal, über-rich, mega-famous galactic icon? In the New New York Senate? At the Galactic Stock Exchange? In the dark streets of the Undercity? And what will be Lady Cassie’s next move? As usual, see my BLOG for more details about this episode!
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Post by olegrand on Apr 24, 2022 8:38:24 GMT
Episode 12: Time and the LandPenelope is back in the alternate 22nd century of New Camelot, in the court of King Arthur the Second – but her true destination is the Hidden Kingdom of the Tanu, where her former lover King Fenn is about to face his ultimate destiny. There, she will discover the answer to the Riddle of the Two Dragons and the last secrets of Excalibur, her father’s masterwork. As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes about this episode. See you in a fortnight or so for the antepenultimate episode of our season!
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 24, 2022 13:57:10 GMT
Episode 12: Time and the LandPenelope is back in the alternate 22nd century of New Camelot, in the court of King Arthur the Second – but her true destination is the Hidden Kingdom of the Tanu, where her former lover King Fenn is about to face his ultimate destiny. There, she will discover the answer to the Riddle of the Two Dragons and the last secrets of Excalibur, her father’s masterwork. As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes about this episode. See you in a fortnight or so for the antepenultimate episode of our season! Kudos for using 'antepenultimate'...
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Post by olegrand on Apr 24, 2022 15:59:34 GMT
Kudos for using 'antepenultimate'...
Well, I had to check it up to be sure; although it's a very rarely used word, "antépenultième" is, I believe, slightly more common in French than in English.
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 24, 2022 18:00:51 GMT
Kudos for using 'antepenultimate'...
Well, I had to check it up to be sure; although it's a very rarely used word, "antépenultième" is, I believe, slightly more common in French than in English. I encountered it a few times in French, I think this is the third time ever in English.
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Post by drinkplentyofmalk on Apr 24, 2022 19:06:39 GMT
As a native English speaker I've never heard the word in my entire life, and now I can't wait to annoy everyone I know by dropping it into every other sentence.
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Post by olegrand on Apr 25, 2022 5:21:33 GMT
As a native English speaker I've never heard the word in my entire life, and now I can't wait to annoy everyone I know by dropping it into every other sentence. Yes, that's the beauty of gems like "sesquipedalian", "schadenfreude" or (in French) "amphigourique"...
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Post by olegrand on May 8, 2022 19:16:51 GMT
Episode 13: Last of the WampanoagsNew England, 1774. Answering a call for help from an old friend, Penelope discovers two communities in turmoil. As tensions flare between colonial settlers and Native Americans, dark forces from a forgotten past are awakening in the depths of the Earth. With the help of allies from each side, the Time Lady must once again face her old arch-enemies… the Lloigor! As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes & details!
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Post by olegrand on May 29, 2022 7:43:54 GMT
Hello everyone! The sixteenth season of Lady Penelope's Odyssey had ended with a decidedly Celtic diptych... Episode 14: Trail of the Lloigor
Channeling their eldritch energies through a trans-temporal nexus, the Lloigor are trying to use the Cardiff Rift to break the quantum barrier that imprisons them in a single continuum. Racing against Time itself, Penelope must reach 2024 to prevent the realization of the sinister entities’ master plan – but her old enemies are determined to throw her off-course… Episode 15: CwlwmHaving (at last!) arrived in 2024 Cardiff, Lady Penelope must deal with the traitor at the Torchwood Hub, before facing the primal might of the Timeless Lloigor as they prepare to wreak havoc on our reality (not to mention solving the mysteries of the National Eisteddfod). A climactic conclusion to the Power of the Earth story arc – and the end of another season… As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes! See you in a few months for season 17!
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Post by Catsmate on May 29, 2022 18:58:45 GMT
Hello everyone! The sixteenth season of Lady Penelope's Odyssey had ended with a decidedly Celtic diptych... Episode 14: Trail of the Lloigor
Channeling their eldritch energies through a trans-temporal nexus, the Lloigor are trying to use the Cardiff Rift to break the quantum barrier that imprisons them in a single continuum. Racing against Time itself, Penelope must reach 2024 to prevent the realization of the sinister entities’ master plan – but her old enemies are determined to throw her off-course… Episode 15: CwlwmHaving (at last!) arrived in 2024 Cardiff, Lady Penelope must deal with the traitor at the Torchwood Hub, before facing the primal might of the Timeless Lloigor as they prepare to wreak havoc on our reality (not to mention solving the mysteries of the National Eisteddfod). A climactic conclusion to the Power of the Earth story arc – and the end of another season… As usual, see my BLOG for some extra notes! See you in a few months for season 17! Excellent! Especially for using Morganwg and his creations.
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Post by olegrand on Jun 19, 2022 20:39:29 GMT
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