HoBLotH IV

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Clocking in at over 200 prep hours, this event was the largest, most complex, and possibly only Ultima LARP event in history. With a budget of over $12,000, The Hearth put on a weekend long quest for 40 attendees with a star studded NPC cast of over 20 former Origin staff members. Attendees were tasked with attaining Avatarhood through mastery of the eight Virtues (or through the eight alternate Virtues of Mandrake!) Questers spent the fully catered weekend engaged in intellectual puzzles, dances, feasts, battles, rabbles, and even a concert by the The Spacebards (a.k.a. Recap). Rustic proudly states that this event was the largest and most wonderful accomplishment of his life.

Rustic opened his home for a a weekend long semi-LARP event in Indianapolis that served the same meal that was designed for the Lords of the Manor event described below. For this event, one did not have to be a $10,000 backer of Shroud of the Avatar, one simply had to make it to Indianapolis (wearing appropriate garb, of course). The food was copious, the libations were flowing, the boffers were boffering, and a grand time was had by all. Special guests included Tracy Hickman (in person) and Lord British and other Portalarium staff via Google+ Hangouts. Some of the event was live-streamed but technical difficulties limited the ability to stream the entirety of the event.

One of the rewards for Lords of the Manor, the highest pledge level Kickstarter backers for Shroud of the Avatar, is to attend an event at Britannia Manor IV in NYC with Lord British. Rustic was asked to prepare a special meal for the very first of these events. Not wanting to leave the community behind, Rustic attempted to live-stream the entire prep of the meal. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, approximately only half was streamed. Regardless, a fun time was had by all.

The event that arguably put The Hearth on the community's radar, the HoBTotA was the world's first entirely fan-run fundraiser for a high-budget commercial video game. Despiste not reaching the audacious goal of raising $1,000,000 in a single day, with sponsorship from Unity and the help of many folks in the community at-large, this 24 hour live-streamed event raised $12,999 in a single day for Shroud of the Avatar. This event included interviews, competitions, prize drawings, musical performances, discussions, and much more.

A live-streamed dinner party using authentic Hearth of Britannia recipes to celebrate the successful Kickstarting of Shroud of the Avatar. During the stream, Rustic let viewers observe the kitchen activities, told viewer's fortunes Ultima VI style with potions, interviewed some of the Portalarium staff, and gave away generously donated prizes. This event came to be known as the first Hearth of Britannia Dragonsmeet and set the tone and demand for all future meets.