Hydra

Christmas 1183: Queen Helaine of Anglia, the most powerful queen in Christendom, has summoned her family together to celebrate Christmas. The Queen of Gallia will be in attendance, and the Helaine’s consort has been released from prison for the occasion. But behind the celebration, Helaine’s empire is in crisis. The death of her eldest daughter has placed the succession in doubt, the consort has been imprisoned for the last decade, her children war incessantly among themselves, and Gallia waits greedily to regain what it has lost.

Christmas 1183: Queen Helaine of Anglia, the most powerful queen in Christendom, has summoned her family together at Chinon to celebrate Christmas. The Queen of Gallia will be in attendance, and the Helaine’s consort has been released from prison for the occasion. But behind the celebration, Helaine’s empire is in crisis. The death of her eldest daughter has placed the succession in doubt, the consort has been imprisoned for the last decade, her children war incessantly among themselves, and Gallia waits greedily to regain what it has lost.

The Devil’s Brood is a discourse-based political larp for nine players based on "The Lion in Winter". This game will be a remixed version of Malcolm Harbrow's original game, where history and society has been modified places Queens and their daughters in position of absolute power, leaving their consorts, sons and lovers to do the best they can amongst the whims of the Queens.