Pride Goeth Before the Fall
You’re Invited
Saturday, November 16th, 2024
Endicott Estate, Dedham MA
Welcome to Pride Goeth Before the Fall, an immersive fantasy event set in a fantastical 1800s London.
In this world, participants create their own stories of intrigue, romance, politics, and strange faerie magics. We invite you to imagine the setting as a canvas with broad brush strokes, in which players are invited to co-create the world by painting in their own stories.
Take inspiration from media like Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
What to Expect
Whether you attend events like this all the time, or it’s your first experience, we’ve got you covered! Our goal is to make a space that is welcoming and playful for everyone involved, regardless of if you prefer to wallflower or be in the center of the ballroom floor.
All are welcome.
Before the Event begins, you will:
Be greeted and onboarded by our expert team
Create in-world relationships with other attendees, including a best friend, a rival, and a mentor/mentee
Create goals and secrets about your character
Select a specialty of either Matchmaking, Gossip, Politics, Recreation, or Discovery
Once the Event begins, you will:
Meet expert interactors who head up each of the specialties and will help you guide your play towards fun, achievable goals
Entitled Experiences: learn country dancing, eat sumptuous professionally-catered meals, see live music performed by professional musicians, interact with professional cast, be in the beautiful historic Endicott Estate.
Optional Experiences: puzzle through discoveries, propose and debate new laws, host or compete in tournaments, interview eligible persons and make matches, uncover dastardly secrets, and more!
What is the Time Commitment?
Come for the Afternoon
Starting at noon and going until 5pm, for those who prefer a smaller commitment. This portion of the event will be more focused on roleplaying as a character in the 19th-century fantastical setting. All experience levels welcome!
Includes: Luncheon, Tea, Dance Lesson, Activities
Come for the Evening
Starting at 4pm and last call at midnight, for those who want to either simply come soak up the vibes of a faerie masquerade, or else dive deep into roleplaying their characters into the evening.
Includes: Dance Lesson, Gourmet Buffet Dinner, Masquerade Ball
You can also do both afternoon and evening together.
Spend the Night
Stay overnight in the beautiful historic Endicott Estate and be treated to breakfast.
Includes: Beautiful private room with own bathroom and Queen-sized bed, Gourmet Breakfast
You can also do afternoon, evening and overnight together, or just evening and overnight, if you prefer.
Period-piece Aesthetics, Inclusive Values
While we want you to enjoy the aesthetics of 19th century costumes and courtly drama, we want to be inclusive of people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, races, abilities, orientations, genders, ages, relationship statuses, and other protected statuses. For this reason, our setting is one in which all identities are accepted.
Where does the scandal come from, then? Simple, it’s status.
For example: It might be acceptable in the eyes of Society for a married Viscount to date outside of his open marriage, but if the other man he is dating has a reputation of being a rake? Well… that’s cause for gossip!
Specialty Areas
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Gossip
Choose this if you enjoy skulduggery and sneakiness.
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Politics
Choose this if you love debate and complicated political machinations.
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Matchmaking
Choose this if you want to interview people and make new friends.
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Discovery
Choose this if you love puzzles, science and nature.
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Recreation
Choose this if you want to participate in leisurely activities like games and creative arts.
FAQs
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That’s fine! You can get involved in anything you like, you’re not limited based on what you initially chose. We ask you to choose at least one specialty area because we want to have options for the type of gameplay you might most enjoy available and easily find-able.
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Romantic entanglements are all based on clearly expressed mutual consent between players. During onboarding, we will teach you techniques for inviting other players to engage in romantic storylines, and how to accept and refuse those invitations.
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Sort’ve. We want players who participated in Romancing Jan games and events to feel free to bring their characters in, with the understanding that we won’t be making many references to lore from that game so as to be inclusive for new players.
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This is a really tricky topic, and one we absolutely respect different opinions on. The intent of making an inclusive setting is to enable people to play together that would not have been welcomed to play together in a historical setting. And we recognize that intent and impact are not the same. Our strategies for mitigating the feelings of identity erasure include hiring exclusively writers of color to write about their own cultures and ancestries, modeling what we hope for players to be able to do as well. We do not want to erase or ignore history, but rather to create a place where we can hold the changes that we wish to see in our society together, and invite collaboration.
Credits & Recognitions
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Creative Director: Athena Z Peters
Writers: Elizabeth Upshur; Alyssa Yeo; Amber Fatima Riaz, PhD; Riana Elliot; Julie Upshur; Peter Hairston; Samuel Mui;
Consultants: Elise Caitbog; Kiara Vincent -
Executive Producer: Athena Z Peters
Production Staff: Kat Davis, Peter Hairston -
Layout Artist: Taran Lopez
Puzzle Design: Caro Murphy
Photography by Irina Mandel Photography -
Athena Z Peters, Peter Hairston, Nuance Bryant, Julian Blechner, Quentin Cantor, Alex Brune, Lucia Starkey, Gilana Chelimsky, Tianyi Skarrxin, Barb Fyfe, Katy Crow, Elise N, Coryn May
