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Love is finding someone just as crazy as you are. Equally big nerd, just as big fantasy lover, gamer and D&D fan. And when you find someone like that? To paraphrase Beyoncé, “If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it.” Or in our specific case, put a necklace on him . “Put him in chains,” said a wedding guest with a wink, also very aptly.
In this special part of our tabletop workshop, there are no role-playing guides or crafting tips for you for a change. Instead, our author tells Carmen about her romantic fantasy wedding in July this year. Because sometimes there has to be a little romance. Even among gamers and nerds.
preparations and organization
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• painting miniatures
• The role play of the character
• Worldbuilding
• terrain construction
• planning fights
• romances
• online games
• accents
• group conflicts
• The perfect trap
• Small LARP rounds
• find names
• Improvisation
• Compelling villains
• The right atmosphere
• Role-playing psychology
• Fantasy Wedding (Part 1)
• player character deaths
• Game Master Characters
• DIY-Dungeon-Master-Screen
• Charakter-Backstory
• D&D in Stranger Things
• Finally getting married!I’m a perfectionist. There. Now it is out. I stand by it. And this character trait is of course very important on such an important date as your own wedding. Therefore, and because we postponed the date because of Corona, I had almost two years to prepare my personal dream wedding. Important points were:
Instead of rings we opted for matching wedding necklaces with an engraving on the back. According to the blacksmith, this is a trend that more and more couples are following. Source: Carmen Schatz / Photos: Martin Ignatowicz
wedding necklaces
Most couples wear a sign of continued togetherness from the day of their wedding. Very often these are classic wedding rings. Partner tattoos are also coming into vogue lately, a third option is matching necklaces. Since neither of us are fans of rings, we decided on this variant and had necklace pendants made that suit us.
The basic shape of the pendant is a shield. On the one hand, this stands for protection and, on the other hand, for the fact that my holder in WoW is almost exclusively a tank paladin. Inside the shield is a golden pentagram, THE ancient standard symbol for magic – and what better symbol could a mage player wear? Incidentally, the size of the pendants is designed in such a way that my smaller one can be placed exactly inside its shield.
Photography – memories for a lifetime
In the past few years I’ve been invited to three different weddings where the wedding photographers have been a total disappointment. Uncreative, uninspired, boring, routine pictures. I wanted to avoid someone like that at all costs, which is why a lot of research time went into choosing the right photographer. I finally found him in the Viennese Martin Ignatowicz. He was sensitive, enthusiastic and radiated a creative energy that made the couple photo shoot a real success. He took the pictures in this article – and I hope you agree with me because I think they capture the theme of our wedding perfectly.
Music, because it has to be real bards!
What would a medieval fantasy wedding be without fun bards to set the mood? But where do you find such musicians? Answer: at medieval festivals. At just such an event, I approached the troupe “Die Schandgesellen” and asked them to play at my wedding. That meant I got “Concerning Hobbits” from “The Lord of the Rings” played for my march to the registrar and they made the evening fun for us with such upbeat tunes as “Spielmannsleben”, the rhythmic beating of a belly drum and the sounds of the cittern (a plucked string instrument ; it looks a bit like an ancestor of the guitar).
Because the location was already so perfect with its knightly flair, apart from the table decorations, not much decoration was necessary to create the right atmosphere. Source: Carmen Schatz / Photos: Martin Ignatowicz
Location: Ritterburg
The wedding took place at Sommeregg Castle in Carinthia. We explicitly didn’t want a pompous castle, but a cozy, small castle with knightly decorated interiors. Since it was 39 degrees Celsius on our wedding day and the sun was shining brightly, these knightly decorated interiors were essential. Thanks to the thick, stone castle walls, it was pleasantly cool inside and the wedding party only worked up a sweat when they ventured outside or swung their legs while dancing.
From the wedding ceremony on the castle terrace to the knight’s banquet in the evening and the subsequent celebration, we were busy at the castle all day long. This saved us the hassle of commuting from location A, to B, to C that some weddings tend to have when the different parts are in different locations. We found the standard version to be quite impractical, not only because of the guests’ costumes.
