Английский язык. Рассказы. Уровень В2+ - стр. 15

Many of our stories are set in different countries of one fantasy world, which is a conglomerate of many different environments. So, we have one country which is like Germany in the Middle Ages, a country like Iceland, some hot, desert countries, and things like that. This story was involved with making the building and fighting against dark powers who wanted to destroy the tower. When I write adventures, I like to put a moral into the story, and this time it was that the source of the magic is a dark source. Not all the magicians recognized this at first, and went on building and gaining power, but in the end, they had to recognize that their power was only a part of a dark power, to recognize that to make magic of this kind is too dangerous and uncontrollable. One sorcerer knew that the source of the magic wasn’t good, and that there was a dark power underneath the tower which would wake up when there was too much magic in it, but the others didn’t believe him, and went on regardless, because they were too lost in the money and politics which was motivating their magic, so they couldn’t stop it. After about two days, the dark power became more visible, so we sent people playing monsters and evil creatures creeping around, and in the end the story didn’t end well, because the power beneath the tower awoke, and all of the characters had to try to escape, and some died. In such a story it is possible for your character to die. Some people’s characters learnt from the events that were taking place around them, but it wasn’t like learning from a book, they just started to feel the moral. When you’re playing a character, you really become him or her, and you feel the consequences of your actions. It’s your adventure.

Fantasy Games

1. When did Nick get involved in fantasy games?

2. What did he start buying?

3. What can characters do in a fantasy game around a table?

4. What does the storyteller do there?

5. What do players need to act their characters?

6. When did Nick hear of the outside games?

7. Where are they played?

8. What do participants need to act their characters?

9. How long can such a game last?

10. What is it like playing such a game?

11. What kind of characters can you play in a typical fantasy world?

12. What kind of themes do they use?

13. What did they use as a setting last year?

14. What was the story like?

15. What did the participants have to do to prepare for the game?

16. Who did they play?

17. What was different from the historical situation?

18. Who did Nick play?