This year will be DrachenFest’s first time at Cooper’s Lake. We hope this will be our “forever home”, and are ready to share some details about where we’ll be on the campsite this year. We’ve agonized over the decision about where to center DrachenFest. Our ideal space has… relatively flat ground for battles and camping a central battlefield shade minimal flood risk easy access to water points access to power points for the bazaar enough room for everybody But not so much roo

We hear your feedback about wanting more transparency about skills, progression, and the crunchy side of mechanics. We find this absolutely warranted and want to help how and where we can in this dialogue. We also want to explain why we choose to keep some features of the game ‘find out in game’ only, and the opportunity costs associated with each decision. Part One - Why Discovery is so Important To Us TL;DR: We believe discovery in-play is more meaningful than reading about

by Arden Mercury Alchemy at DrachenFest US is a multi-step system, and includes lots of opportunities to collaborate with people in your camp, and exercise your prop-making skills and storytelling abilities. The main Guild of Alchemical Arts tent in the Bazaar is certainly a destination for information and skill courses, but gardens and labs within each individual camp are the real centers of activity: this is where you’ll do most of your herb-gathering, potion-making, and ex