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here we go

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For the current Fallen London event, the tigers (theres a whole tiger country outside of london, don't worry about it) are running a GRAND COMPETITION WITH GLORY AND RICHES FOR THE VICTORS that some frenzied investigation has revealed may or may not aCTUALLY SECRETLY BE SOME SORT OF?? SACRIFICE???? UNCLEAR. Anyway there's an option to make a lil protest sign and futilely warn people that the games are not what they seem, which Samuel immediately (a) attempted and (b) failed, resulting in him getting hassled and beat up by tigers. I love this game.

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Waow it’s Stove Anocna here to help me through art style crisis

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Estival: The Sixth Coil

The Tiger Keeper rises to his hind legs. “London!” He is bellowing now, gold eyes alight with zeal. “The Sixth Coil is opening at last!”

Summer of 1899 has come around again, and with it, Estival:  a time of celebration, intrigue, and, historically, disaster. This year, something stirs beneath the Labyrinth of Tigers, and London is awash with striped and toothy visitors. 

Closed to all visitors since the Fall, the Sixth Coil of the Labyrinth is opening at last – and the Court of the Wakeful Eye is holding a grand tournament to celebrate the occasion. The Coilheart Games will soon commence!

Delegations will soon arrive from all across the Neath: the tomb-colonies, the Khanate, the Wakeful Eye itself. Lend your support to your favoured competitors in events that span disciplines physical and mental. Throw your own hat into the ring, and compete for a share of the riches of the Sixth Coil. Investigate the visiting delegations, and the mysteries stirring deep in the Labyrinth. And when the Games are over, the Sixth Coil will open at long, long last.

What is Estival?

The Sixth Coil is Fallen London’s summer Estival for 2024, beginning on the 1st of August. It’s a free, limited-time mass-participation event, open to players of all levels.

Our annual summer festival is different to all others in Fallen London; it changes every year, both mechanically and in theme. In previous years we’ve excavated holes all over London (unlocking new activities), raised a Museum which became a permanent location in the city, and warred with Starved men from the Roof.

We expect Estival to last around two weeks, with new activities and mysteries opening up as time passes. It’ll remain open for a few days after its conclusion for you to catch up and pick up any last rewards. 

In previous years, your participation has affected the pacing of the event. This year, however, your efforts will determine not when events progress, but how: the winners of each of the Games’ four disciplines will be determined by your actions. Offer your allies chess tips from the Boatman. Test their scientific hypotheses in your lab. Defeat their nightmares, so they might fight unimpeded. And – perhaps most dangerously of all – influence the fickle attentions of the Captivating Princess. It is all to play for.

As with previous summer events, we will eventually bring the memory of this one to the Waswood, to allow you to revisit the story and obtain some (but not all) of the event’s items, should you miss it.

New Items and Equipment

Items from previous summers will be available again, alongside six new items of equipment to collect. These can be purchased with Estival Tokens, the currency of our summer events. You’ll receive 30 Estival Tokens for free this year, and more can be purchased for Fate. As always, you will be able to use any Estival Tokens left over from previous years.

In addition, owners of the Winking Gemstone Ring and the Strangling WIllow Ring – both items that were recently moved to the Adornment slot – will be able to swap them for new Gloves that offer the same bonuses, if they wish.

Finally, there’ll be several unique qualities and items of equipment that can be earned by participating in this year’s Estival storyline.

We hope you enjoy the Coilheart Games, and the opening of the Sixth Coil! As always, this is an experiment in finding new ways to surprise and delight you. We hope that among the action, events, intrigues and competition, there will be something for everybody to enjoy.

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furnace: gets exactly one line of text describing what she looks like without the helmet (besides the multiple faces)

me: ok but what if i designed a pre-discordance (or post-discordance, if that’s what you picked) furnace

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I just think that Furnace

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furnace ancona lovers stay winning

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walking into the boardroom meeting with one arm around Furnace Ancona and wearing a t-shirt that says “I Fucking Love Unions”

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i return from my FL hiatus (ive actually been playing actively for a few weeks now but shhhh) to say one thing:

i want to kiss furnace ancona on the mouth. that is all

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INTEREST CHECK!

Hello everyone!

After hosting the Neath to Reach Zine in Spring 2022, I was wondering if there was any interest in a second installment of the Zine!

There are no firm plans yet, we would probably pick another loose theme and include entries from Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies and Mask of the Rose, and anything imbetween. Illustrations, Writing, or any other art form you can think of are welcome!

Like last time, the zine would be non-pofit, free, and digital pdf version only.

If you have any interest in joining/applying to the zine, or just generally in another Installment of the zine existing, please reblog, like, comment, dm me, share this post.

(Interacting with this post will not sign you up for anything)

Regardless of whether you want to join the zine or just hang out, youre also free to join our Discord Server!

Thank you for your time!

(The Zine and its organizers are not associated with Failbetter Games)

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A Short Fallen London OC Emoji Ask

Send in an emoji and the OC, and I’ll ramble about my FL characters!!!

🦇 What is your OC’s Ambition, and have they achieved it?

🗻 Was your character born in the Neath; if so, how old are there? If not, why did they go there and how long have they been there?

📷 Share a picrew of your choice featuring your OC’s design!

⚓️ Which faction is your OC closest to?

♟️ Is there a faction they are totally at odds with?

🗡️ What is their profession? Are they satisfied with it?

🌹 Are they currently courting anyone? Or trying to?

🦑 Are they human?

☀️ If given the choice to return to the surface, would they?

🥼 Does your OC have a favorite in-game clothing item?

🌊 Have they been to Zee with their own ship?

🔥 Which menace causes the most problems for them? Which menace causes the least amount of problems for them?

🎩 What clubs are your OC associated with?

🛤️ Which one are you focusing on developing more than the other/s?

🎟️ Have they written anything for the Shuttered Palace’s court?

🍏 Free Space: Ask Any Question

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rn the Unrepentant Poet is girlbossing her way through an archipelago doing some Totally Legal research. aside from that she's slowly but steadily grinding up Persuasive for POSI Tier 2 and biding her time till Christmas so she can get that sweet sweet 5 card lodging and finally progress in Heart's Desire :P

Meanwhile, the Ineloquent Theorist is having a GRAND OLD TIME grinding out Searing Enigmas in the Underclay and betraying alts unsuspecting Londoners in preperation for St Arthur's candle.

ok enough about fbgs cringefail founder. what's everyone's fl ocs up to? tell me about them

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this is your captain speaking....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................sorry i'm a little shy to be honest

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100% agree, I haven't bought any ES but I play through the monthly ones on my EF account and. Some of them I really liked, but most of the time I'm left wondering why the hell my character is doing this.

ES seem to assume that your character is the type to do things out of the goodness of their heart, or out of intense curiousity, but I play my EF character in a very particular way that fits neither of these options, so I'm never left wanting to remember that story or incorporate it into her lore.

Anyways you're not dumb OP thank you for sharing!

I think the biggest problem I see in exceptional stories is... that I dont understand what's happening or why. I feel like I can't really describe this one without making it sound like I'm functionally illiterate and I need everything explained to me in very small words (wow, you're all so judgemental in my imagination!) but such is the adhd-haver's burden.

I can figure out what to do next in a story because frequently those are the only actions available to me, but I can't figure out WHY I'm supposed to be doing this.

For example, I just played Lamentation Lock yesterday. I understand why, in the fiction, I went to the Lamentation Lock (the Numismatrix lost a coin and thought it would be there), and I understand why, once I got there, I wasn't allowed to leave (the Warden wouldn't let me), and I know that, in order to leave, I have to redeem or defeat some of the other inmates/residence, but the only reason I understand that last point is because that's the only thing there is to do. I don't know why my PC, in fiction, would think that that the next logical step.

Sometimes there's a little more information that justifies it, but not in places were I would think it would be. If you try to leave Lamentation Lock a second them, THEN you learn that, in order to leave, you need to come to terms with the "iniquitous parts of yourself", which I guess could maybe lead to one thinking they should talk to the other inmates, but... well I'm not really convinced, and I didn't try to leave again until I'd finished everything, so the information came a little late for me.

It's not a question of plot holes- frankly, I don't care much about plot holes if the story makes emotional sense, but it's frustrating when I'm trying to tell someone else about the story, or try to summarize it for my own records, and I realize that I don't know how we got from point A to point B. Why did I need to hang out with the other residents of Lamentation Lock? Why did I spend so much time dicking around on the boat in Damp Martyrs? What was I trying to help the crocodile achieve in The Crocodile Who Would Be King?

In my opinion, though, this is a problem that's endemic to the mid-tier stories. I don't remember having this issue with any of the ones I really liked OR the ones I really hated. Clay Man's Arm is disgusting, but I at least knew where I was and why for the entire story. Can't say that about some others!

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“In your dreams, you hear a voice echoing hollowly each night…”

All Shall Be Well: A Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name Zine

The interest check for All Shall Be Well is now open! You can find the link here.

The interest check will close 16 March, 9:00 am GMT.

What’s a zine? In this context, it’s an independently-published anthology of creative works, usually about a specific topic. This includes comics, writing, poetry, drawings… pretty much any form of media that can be printed.

Alright, what’s this one about? The Seeking Mr Eaten’s Name storyline, and everything related to it!

Will this be free to access? Yes! We plan to release the final zine as a PDF file, available for everyone to see.

I’m interested, but I have a few questions about the zine… You can check out the FAQ here, or send us an ask!

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'Oh boy it's been a while since I've played but I really wanna get back into FL, let's see how my main account's doing-'

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vake hunter/hunted