Festivals and Games

Luna Pines keeps a year of festivals. Each one is an in-world holiday week with games run by Helper-Events in town. This is a chance for adventurers to unwind and have some fun with some lighthearted, thematic games.

Information on the festival and what games are available will be on #announcements-general so make sure to watch that space. Additionally, it will point to which RP channel the festival will be taken place.

If you have an idea for a festival or game you would like to play, you can either talk to a Helper-Events or run something yourself in #town-bulletin -board.

Who can join

- New PCs and PCs may join as you do not need the full PC role to jump in on the fun.
- A festival does not use your RP slot except for one there is a festive free-form temporary RP space available.
- Some games are quick (e.g. ring toss, archery, or a riddle) while others can require a short scene. Read the post for how to enter and participate.
- Rewards, are posted by the Helpers at the end of the festival.

How a festival week works

1. The calendar below tells you which week it is. Dates are the same week each year (for example Halloween is always the last week of October / 31 Marpenoth).
2. Helper-Events announce the festival and the games for that year.
3. Show up, play, and leave when you are done.
4. Lore from a festival may stick around on the bulletin board or in Town Lore. The games themselves are usually seasonal.

Calendar

Dates are the festival week. The holy day is usually at the end of that week. Games listed are ones Luna Pines has run before.

Winter

| Week | Faerûn | Festival | What it is | Games you may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 24–31 Dec | Nightal | **Winter's Crest** | Peak of winter. Freedom from Errevon the Rimelord. Music, gifts, and the Grandfather Tree dressed in lights. A fey hand is rumoured. | Cantrips, stocking designs, nut cracking, sledding, snowballs |
| 1–7 Jan | Hammer | **Feast of Pelor** | Solar new year. Midnight feast, a short play of the year just gone, fireworks and lanterns that carry wishes. | Fireworks crafting, wishes, lantern messaging |
| 24–31 Jan | Hammer | **Feast of Selûne** | Lunar new year. Clean the house, mint luck-coins, midnight meals, red and gold in the streets, the year’s animals underfoot. | Dragon and Phoenix, Catch the Golden Rabbit |

Spring

| Week | Faerûn | Festival | What it is | Games you may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Mar | Ches | **Feast of Mystra / Magefair** | Spring equinox. Winter breaks. Renewals of vows, work and magic; scholars and the weave-gifted come out to play. | Announced each year |
| 1–7 Apr | Tarsakh | **Feast of Leira** | The Lady of Deception’s day. Pranks, illusions, and stories too ridiculous to be true. | Announced each year |
| 8–15 Apr | Tarsakh | **Lathander's Day** | New life of spring. Eggs, flocks, and warm weather returning. | Egg decorations, egg hunt, bunny hop |
| 1–7 May | Mirtul | **Wild's Grandeur** | Peak of spring, holy day of the Wildmother. Go somewhere beautiful. Plant a tree. Sail for the sake of looking. | Plant growing, tree planting, zipline, wood/stone carving, kite building |

Summer

| Week | Faerûn | Festival | What it is | Games you may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Jun | Kythorn | **Tournament of Kord (Godsbrawl)** | Summer begins at noon on the 16th (the Zenith). Games, feats of strength, friendly contests. | Arm wrestling, jousting, archery, swimming |
| 8–15 Jul | Flamerule | **Feast of Milil** | Midsummer. Song, and sometimes an unwise peek at the archfey. Some elves open small doors into the Feywild. | Announced each year |
| 16–23 Aug | Eleasis | **Founder's Day** | The founding of Luna Pines. Cake, chaos, and a displacer beast that would rather you missed. | Bobbing for apples, pinecone plinko, pin the tail on the displacer beast, birthday-cake bake-off, piñata |

Autumn

| Week | Faerûn | Festival | What it is | Games you may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Sep | Eleint | **Highharvestide** | Autumnal equinox. Bonfires in each square, gifts, falling leaves, and the dwarves’ autumn brews. | Blanket of leaves, brewing, pretzel toss |
| 24–31 Oct | Marpenoth | **Halloween** | On the 31st the rope barrier discolours. Mist takes the town to a Victorian gothic Luna Pines. Not everyone is unchanged. | Rib/circlet toss, bobbing for apples or shrunken heads, pumpkin carving, face painting, corn maze, zombie/werewolf snap, pop the flumph, gnome mercy town, ko-bol or ko-home |
| 24–30 Nov | Uktar | **Festival of Harmony** | Friendship and storing up for winter. Bonds, riddles, and a race when the town is in the mood. | Fire starter, hot dog/pie eating, riddles, gathering the geese, rice rush rumble, arm wrestling, the crystal relay, labyrinth of wonder |