Winter Revelry 3 New Site, New Date

OOC: Due to concerns with the Ye Olde Commons site, we have had to change the location and date of this event. The staff apologizes for the need for the change. Please bear with us as we will be trying out this brand new site for the Realms.

IC: Another year has passed and we gather again to celebrate, and to remember. join us for good friends, excellent food, and a bit of chaos.

Across the Realms, folks begin their preparations for the long winter. They harvest their last crops, spin yarn to make cloaks and blankets, chop down trees to replenish their stores of firewood, insulate their homes, all in anticipation for what is to come. For you see, with winter can come a sense of foreboding. The days become shorter, and the nights longer. The cold chills us to our very bones. But on the horizon, a bright, warm light shines: Winter Revelry.

OOC: The Winter Revelry staff is thrilled to be back for 2026! Here is what is in store for this year’s celebration:

Friday will be for settling in after the long drive, enjoying drinks at the bar, decorating the tree and the hall, and a potluck for all to enjoy. We will not be providing much food for Friday night, so any contributions to the potluck are appreciated! OOC Note: the kitchen is basically out of commission, but there are plenty of outlets. Please bring your food fully prepared and in a crock pot if applicable. There will also be a Stacked Deck tournament in the evening, additional info can be found under "Other Notes".

And we have so much planned for Saturday!

-Quests hosted by the Adventurer’s Guild for those itching to fight in the cold/ snow
-A wonderful spread of hot food by Kyomi and her team
-The Winter Revelry Crow Bar will be open all day for your enjoyment
-Music filling the air
-Vendors are welcome. Have a shop? Let us know and we will organize space for you!
-VENDORS WHO ARE SIGNED ON:
Nestra's Treasures and Treats
The Wandering Potato
The Elegant Petaller
-The Clontarf Casino will be open all day, and Stacked Deck Poker Tournaments in the afternoon and or evening. We will run them as many times as we have 8 or more players.
-Competitions will take place throughout the day to see who shall be named the Lord/ Lady/ Magistrate of the Festival
-A dessert competition!
-Holiday bardics shared on the stage
-A Gingerbread person decorating contest
-A special visit from Pater Yule for any adventurer 13 and younger
-A charity auction hosted by Kelly/Twen, benefitting a noble charity!
-Gifts for one and all from Cornix!

We will be serving a delicious breakfast on Sunday morning, then clean up will commence.

We cannot wait to see you there!

Please pay through the PayPal.Me link. IF you need to use the Paypal link, please remember to use Friends and Family option (it's hidden these days)

Bunks are first come, first serve. The $10 Bunk price is not part of the $50 event fee. PLEASE COMMENT YOU WANT A BUNK WHEN YOU PREREGISTER. There are near 90 sleeping spaces in this new camp and they are all heated spaces. There are roughly 20 spaces per cabin, each cabin has showers and toilets. Space heaters are not necessary or allowed: please do not bring them.

At this time, no cabin can be reserved. For those people who reserved cabins at the old site, you have the option of me returning the bunk reservations or you can still have a cabin together, it is just there will be others also potentially in your cabin.

This is a damp event. There will be an open bar, and folks are welcome to BYOB as well. People will be held responsible for their own actions when it comes to alcohol. The bar will be happy to hold onto your alcohol/serve it to you if you would like, or you may hold onto it. If you wish to drink, you will be carded and get a wristband at the door. Please do not drink and quest.
Our marijuana policy is similar; you are responsible for your own actions. The site rule about this is there is NO smoking anything on the campus. To smoke or vape, you must walk accross the street near the dumpster, a bucket will be provided at that location. We also have a few people who are allergic to marijuana. If you smoke, please take all necessary precautions so that when you come back inside the rest of us can’t smell it on you.

The Friday night Stacked Deck poker tournament will be a 25-gold buy-in, unlimited rebuys for the first hour. 4000 chips to start, with the optional 10 gold for 1000 dealer tip. The extra 1000 for 10 gold to the dealer will be available for all rebuys and the add ons. Players can do this any time their stack is at 2000 chips or less in the first hour. At the end of the hour anyone, regardless of stack size can do one add-on: 4000 chips for 25 gold (with or without the 10 gold for the dealer 1000 chip add on). This will start as soon as we get 8 players signed up. Note: Sir Tao and Sir Sagart will not be playing but might be looking for some newer players to sponsor into the tournament. If you want to play but are light on gold, come and find us to discuss it.
This will last until we have clear winners, or 3 hours. The blinds will be 30 minutes, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-400, 300-600, 500-1000.

The Saturday Stacked Deck poker tournament will start as soon as we have enough players signed up. 50 gold buy-in for 6000 chips, with a 10 gold dealer tip/add on for 1000 additional chips. 1 50 gold rebuy is available if your stack is under 3000 chips in the first hour. At the end of the first hour, regardless of stack size, anyone who has not done a rebuy can do 1 add on for the same cost as the buy-in. 50 gold for 6000 chips with the optional 10 gold for an additional 1000 chips.
This will last until we have clear winners, or 3 hours. The blinds will be 20 minutes, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-400, 300-600, 500-1000, 1000-2000, 1500-3000. 2000-4000.
After the first tournament runs on Saturday, if we have interest we can run other poker tournaments.

Compete in the Great Winter Revelry Dessert Competition! It’s that time of year again! It’s time to sparkle, to dazzle, and to delight in……DESSERT! This year’s Winter Revelry Dessert Contest is CORNIX THEMED! Make a tasty desert in honor of our Host (can be a Crow/ black/ goth theme), OR make something Cornix would be really insterested in having (Bright and shiney, gift like)!

You can find the prizes and scoring rubric below.

1st place - 150 gold
2nd place - 100 gold
3rd place - 75 gold
4th place - 50 gold
5th place - 25 gold

Criteria
Score 0-5 Points
Is it Cornix themed? Can be crow/ goth like OR can be shiney/ gift like.
Is it delicious?
Will it feed at least 8 people?

Would you like to JUDGE the dessert competition? For a 25 gold fee, we will recruit up to 6 additional judges and you will get to try everything first! Please message Meg/Kyomi if you are interested!

Parking will be tight. Please do your best to park in the parking lot.