The Midnight Hunt
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I forgot to mention :-
For me to attend, the date would need to be after Sept 1st. Reason being my day jobs holiday allowance for this year has already been used up with existing convention work. It cycles over to next year on Sept 1st.
Thanks and apologies for being awkward!
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Yep, happy to be involved!
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Dear all,
With apologies for the delay, we've now set up a page for our proposed Midnight Hunt in January based on the feedback we received:
https://www.facebook.com/events/283516225811953/
Please let us know (on that page) if you can attend. If we have sufficient interest, we'll go ahead with the event.
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As I remain the only person over 14 not on Facebook please note my involement here.
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None.
We can't work out how to get it insured.`
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Not the update I wanted to hear.
What are, if any, the possibilities to choose from?
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I wonât run it without insurance and at the moment the only insurer that weâve had contact with wouldnât even quote us because the event was perceived to be too dangerous in its current form due to traffic.
We could give each team their own guide/GM but itâs unclear how much training they would need and we would, in any event, then additionally require employee insurance. Plus, such a solution is unscalable.
We could perhaps do it in a traffic free environment. But we havenât found one that is tolerable.
We could try a different insurer but I suspect theyâre all similar. Besides, this takes time and can only really be done during work hours.
We could remove the goblins, but I donât think that fully satisfies the insurer and would reduce the game significantly.
Even all other factors notwithstanding the absolute minimum premium would be about ÂŁ10 per person (for a zero risk event). Therefore weâd have to charge and that brings overheads into play, not to mention high expectations from participants.
Then you start wondering âwhy botherâ when its on the verge of viability anyway.
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That's a real shame, the only other possibility would maybe be a 'controlled environment' like that big warehouse Forester offered? The insurers may be more palatable to it and whilst reducing the gameplay somewhat from it's current form makes it perhaps more akin to Knightmare and Crystal Maze with a series of encounters and or puzzles instead. Needs a lot more planning before tho and certainly wouldn't be ready by end of January.
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Agreed.
The only other way I've seen it done was a hybrid approach. Multiple smaller controlled areas with walked transitions between. The old "2.8hrs Later" street game did this with its Zombie infested kill zones.
Possibly easier for insurance (no gameplay happens outside of the prescribed areas) but a much more complex setup for the game itself. Kinda following the Crystal Maze model that we tried the last time in York.
Either way, perhaps not something that can be organised for Jan 2019... >v.v< Maybe another time...
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Weâve looked at a couple of re-enactment villages, which would have been great. However, finding one that is big enough, accessible, and happy to participate has proven impossible.
A warehouse could be another possibility. But youâd need a big one. With stuff in it. But it needs to be safe stuff. And accessible. And oh dear, now itâs too expensive.
The 2.8 hours variant... possible. We discussed that too. But the insurers donât consider it a perfect solution, which I think is code for âweâll insure it, but get ready for a premium whose cost resembles an international phone numberâ. And as you say, the admin would be immense.
Ultimately, 2.8 hours later blamed the insurance costs for their demise. What weâre doing is even more open so itâs hard for me to see how itâs going to be possible. And as long as weâre on the edge of viability anyway, it doesnât fill me with confidence.
A few possibilities remain, which weâll investigate.
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Sorry to bring more bad news but today I've been invited to an old university friend's wedding in Slovakia the intended weekend in January. It seems people know no bounds in trying to usurp my birthday celebrations these days! I'm looking into it's viability and once know for definite I'll update again further but felt it only fair to let you know at earliest opportunity as to my potential availiability/not.
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IF this is still going ahead on the proposed dates then I'm definitely out on this occasion now sorry. Flight and accomodation has been booked. If people want to use Présov, Slovakia on evenings of 24th and 25th of January I'm game. The wedding party have already politely declined doing it on their wedding night (quiet at the back!) of the 26th.
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