I guess the best way to describe the event is to link you to the live journal created for the party, maudsley_farm.  There you can see a list of characters and the letter all of the players received as the in character and out of character invitation.

For those who want the quick run-down:
A bitter, old antiquarian, Mr. Rothschild,  has invited several guests to his house to play a game against each other.  The prize will earn the players their deepest desires.  Fame, fortune, and acceptance could be theirs if they win the game.

The prizes for winning:
1. The Staff of Moses
2. The Sum of Mr. Rothschild's Estate
3. The Elixer of Life
4. 5 Million Dollars
5. Evidence About a Politically and Racialy Motivated Slaying
6. The Components and Spell to Summon Cerberus

Unfortunately all of the pictures were taken after the event, so people's make-up and costumes are a bit disheveled (August is hot in Virginia).


This is me as my character, Dr. Marcus L. Jameson.  He was the quintessential Indiana Jones-esque pulp character.  He was part British and part Egyptian, but mostly awesome.  My wife made the costume (I helped with a lot of the hand sewing); it is based off of patterns for a 1930's suit called the "Palm Beach Suit".  It was a three piece suit and included a matching pith helmet I purchased on line, but since it was the end of July/early August, I took those off.  It got pretty hot chasing after Nazis and Cerberus!  With the help of Austin Skelly and Belladora Giuseppe, he was able to secure the Staff of Moses from the Nazi, Berend Waggoner, and use the find to gain access into the secret organization, the Order of Horus.


This is Belladora Giuseppe, undercover nun workering for the Pope (never would have guessed, would you).  She's as dangerous as she is lusty and quick with both her wit and Marcus's gun.  She was invaluable in killing Cerberus, once it had been summoned, and in protecting the Staff of Moses from the Nazis.


The Col. Charles Denton of His Majesties Royal Army.  A hunting enthusiast, who came to the party in the hopes of hunting and killing Cerberus.  Once the beast was summoned by the gypsy witch, Isabella Durriken, he took point in the hunting and slaying of the dangerous guardian of the under-world.


This is a picture of my extraordinarily talented wife.  She was playing Phyllis Allen, a formerly popular theatre actress who was slowly going into debt with her director/husband.  She made this "Monte Carlo" dress from a pattern.  This picture doesn't do it justice and does not include the shoulder wrap which her character used to hide her mischievous activities.  She won the challenge and received all of Rothschild's estate.  Needless to say, she and her director husband are happy to have their fortune restored.


This is Adriana Derosea, wife of a wealthy and powerful shiping magnate who kept her locked up inside their Spanish Mansion.  She was trying to win the Rothschild Estate so she could divorce (perhaps even kill) her adulterous husband and live a life of luxury without him.  Alas she arrived to the party late and Phyllis had nearly all but won the estate at that point.


She is Vela Anastasia Romanovs, or at least claims to be.  She was after the 5 million dollars so she could stay afloat in the aristocratic circles and find herself a suitor suitable of a Tsar's daughter.  Truth-in-point, she was a liar and was unable to win the money.


Ah, the notorious opium dealer Ming Lo Po.  She was perfect.  My wife and I helped her sew the costume from a pattern.  I found the hat she's wearing at Claire's for like 4 bucks while I was looking for cheapo period sunglasses.  She succeeded in winning money and getting high.  Notorious.  Actually, Marcus found the golden idol she needed to retreive the money and, since Madame Voltz was eaten by Cerberus, gave the idol to Po on the condition that she return the idol to him so that it may be properly documented and placed on display in a museum.  She made good on her part of the agreement and used the money to buy her way to the top of her family's patriarchic opium trading company.

Those are all of the pictures, and I hope to post more of more recent LARPing events my friends and I have done.  If you have any questions, please comment with them.