Dar Beltaine
Adept
Greetings All,
Well, after a chilly walk-through of our main site this weekend, I wanted to share the following information with you in regards to the site's amenities.
First and foremost.....Sleeping: There are 3 Cabins which sleep 12 people each. The beds are your basic metal frame bunks with thin "camp style" mattresses on them. Each of these cabins have their own Wood burning Stove for heat. These cabins do not have a ton of room in them. Plenty of room for the bunks and people, but I would advise against bringing 4 trunks of stuff to the first event, until we all get a feel of how we will fit. There is also a seperate large building which sleeps approximately 16. Same style bunks with mattresses as the cabins. This building is really cool, but is NOT heated. So for the April event, there MAY be an IG benefit for being a brave spirit to sleep in this building. The "mess hall" or Tavern as we will be using it, is a pretty large building with both a wood burning stove and a working fireplace for heat. We will be allowing PC's to sleep here as well, though you would do well to bring air mattresses or the like, as the floor is concrete. Obviously there is plenty of room for tents to be set up and a few areas that have roofs, but no walls for inclimate weather. Sleeping arrangements will be first come first serve for the first event. As this is a new chapter, and based on the overall theme of the game, we have't decided yet on allowing reserved sleeping areas. This would apply to bunks only. If you want to reserve a specific tree to pitch your tent under, you can definitely do that.
The site itself is a very large nicely wooded area. Obviously we saw it snow covered, but it was beautiful as such, so i can only imagine it gets better with greenery.
THERE ARE NO MAJOR HILLS.....sorry Caldaria folks, I know you'll miss the hill, but I look forward to getting my calf workouts at your events. WOOT!
Other Amenities: The overall site has a few single standing showers in some areas. These showers are outside hut-style showers. There is however at least one shower building which has 6 showers in it. For the April event, the site manager has informed us that he can not guarantee that the water to the showers will be on. We will confirm this with him in the near future. For the summer events, it should be fine. Additionally, as this is a Boy Scout camp, there are no seperate mens and womens showers. Please bear that in mind.
Toilets: Again, there are outside hut-style free standing toilets. The site manager referred to them as "out-houses", which is pretty much what they are. Not actual plastic porta poties, but wooden shack style buildings with one toilet in it. These are scattered about for your using pleasure.
Fire pits: I saw one firepit near a sleeping cabin, which is fine to use as per the site manager. Most buildings have stoves or fireplaces. There may be more fire-pits around, (under the snow). The Alliance NH staff will be meeting to discuss, among other things, the IG use of these firepits. I myself would love it, but we have to consider safety and practical use. We will post more later on this subject.
The Mess hall building has a full commercial kitchen, which we will be utiizing portions of to feed you all. Bear in mind that the food served at Deadlands will be simple and yummy. Nothing too fancy, we want to stay true to the IG atmosphere. The staff will also discuss PC use of the kitchen and we will get back to you.
Electricity: I believe the main sleeping cabins do have electricity. I.e., there were lights in the cabins, but I didn't think to look for outlets. I did ask the Site Manager about power outages at the camp and he didn't feel it would happen. However, as I know that some people like to bring, Heaters, microwaves, plug-in lamps, etc., we may limit the use of electrical equipment to prevent any major problems. We will get back to you on this also.
Smoking: The camp does have a designated smoking area, although it seems to be in the middle of the IG areas. We may move the smoking area for your gaming pleasure, once we determine what will be done where.
At this point in time, we would ask that all PC's arrive on site no earlier than 6 pm on Friday April 18th. This will ensure a good beginning to the game for everyone. If you plan to arrive earlier, (and we strongly recommend that you be patient, and wait till 6pm), please contact me to let me know, so that we can usher you to a specific location. This will allow us the proper set up time, and allow you to experience things for the first time IG instead of OOG. Trust me on this. Also, if you do arrive earlier than 6, you may not be allowed to set up in a cabin. This is subject to change.
For those of you that would know, this camp site is not nearly as rustic as the old Syraandor site was, but is not nearly as "comfy" as say Caldaria or Ashbury. Please bear that in mind.
For April, no matter where you play, IT WILL BE COLD! Please plan accordingly, and then add an extra layer of warmth than you would expect to need.
That's all for now.
Feel free to post with any questions!
~Jaimi
Well, after a chilly walk-through of our main site this weekend, I wanted to share the following information with you in regards to the site's amenities.
First and foremost.....Sleeping: There are 3 Cabins which sleep 12 people each. The beds are your basic metal frame bunks with thin "camp style" mattresses on them. Each of these cabins have their own Wood burning Stove for heat. These cabins do not have a ton of room in them. Plenty of room for the bunks and people, but I would advise against bringing 4 trunks of stuff to the first event, until we all get a feel of how we will fit. There is also a seperate large building which sleeps approximately 16. Same style bunks with mattresses as the cabins. This building is really cool, but is NOT heated. So for the April event, there MAY be an IG benefit for being a brave spirit to sleep in this building. The "mess hall" or Tavern as we will be using it, is a pretty large building with both a wood burning stove and a working fireplace for heat. We will be allowing PC's to sleep here as well, though you would do well to bring air mattresses or the like, as the floor is concrete. Obviously there is plenty of room for tents to be set up and a few areas that have roofs, but no walls for inclimate weather. Sleeping arrangements will be first come first serve for the first event. As this is a new chapter, and based on the overall theme of the game, we have't decided yet on allowing reserved sleeping areas. This would apply to bunks only. If you want to reserve a specific tree to pitch your tent under, you can definitely do that.
The site itself is a very large nicely wooded area. Obviously we saw it snow covered, but it was beautiful as such, so i can only imagine it gets better with greenery.
THERE ARE NO MAJOR HILLS.....sorry Caldaria folks, I know you'll miss the hill, but I look forward to getting my calf workouts at your events. WOOT!
Other Amenities: The overall site has a few single standing showers in some areas. These showers are outside hut-style showers. There is however at least one shower building which has 6 showers in it. For the April event, the site manager has informed us that he can not guarantee that the water to the showers will be on. We will confirm this with him in the near future. For the summer events, it should be fine. Additionally, as this is a Boy Scout camp, there are no seperate mens and womens showers. Please bear that in mind.
Toilets: Again, there are outside hut-style free standing toilets. The site manager referred to them as "out-houses", which is pretty much what they are. Not actual plastic porta poties, but wooden shack style buildings with one toilet in it. These are scattered about for your using pleasure.
Fire pits: I saw one firepit near a sleeping cabin, which is fine to use as per the site manager. Most buildings have stoves or fireplaces. There may be more fire-pits around, (under the snow). The Alliance NH staff will be meeting to discuss, among other things, the IG use of these firepits. I myself would love it, but we have to consider safety and practical use. We will post more later on this subject.
The Mess hall building has a full commercial kitchen, which we will be utiizing portions of to feed you all. Bear in mind that the food served at Deadlands will be simple and yummy. Nothing too fancy, we want to stay true to the IG atmosphere. The staff will also discuss PC use of the kitchen and we will get back to you.
Electricity: I believe the main sleeping cabins do have electricity. I.e., there were lights in the cabins, but I didn't think to look for outlets. I did ask the Site Manager about power outages at the camp and he didn't feel it would happen. However, as I know that some people like to bring, Heaters, microwaves, plug-in lamps, etc., we may limit the use of electrical equipment to prevent any major problems. We will get back to you on this also.
Smoking: The camp does have a designated smoking area, although it seems to be in the middle of the IG areas. We may move the smoking area for your gaming pleasure, once we determine what will be done where.
At this point in time, we would ask that all PC's arrive on site no earlier than 6 pm on Friday April 18th. This will ensure a good beginning to the game for everyone. If you plan to arrive earlier, (and we strongly recommend that you be patient, and wait till 6pm), please contact me to let me know, so that we can usher you to a specific location. This will allow us the proper set up time, and allow you to experience things for the first time IG instead of OOG. Trust me on this. Also, if you do arrive earlier than 6, you may not be allowed to set up in a cabin. This is subject to change.
For those of you that would know, this camp site is not nearly as rustic as the old Syraandor site was, but is not nearly as "comfy" as say Caldaria or Ashbury. Please bear that in mind.
For April, no matter where you play, IT WILL BE COLD! Please plan accordingly, and then add an extra layer of warmth than you would expect to need.
That's all for now.
Feel free to post with any questions!
~Jaimi
