PRIVATE PAGE FOR THE DEC. 7 PARTY AT THE ROGUELIKE TAVERN

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LOCATION: THE ROGUELIKE TAVERN: 259 N. Pass Ave., Burbank 91205

PARKING: The Roguelike Tavern is in a mini-mall (next to a Vons), and there is free parking in the lot.

TIME: Doors open 5pm and mystery portion runs from 6pm-8pm. We highly recommend arriving early to settle in but at the latest just before 6pm. If you arrive early, you can order drinks and food, and get a chance to meet some of the people in your ‘world’ to put faces to names. We’ll also be available to answer any last minute questions.

FOOD/DRINK: There is a two-item minimum per person (that could be drinks and/or food) and The Roguelike Tavern really is creating a specialty drink called“the Rosarita Jewel” … which will be served with a clue!

It’s best to order food before or after the mystery portion, both because the kitchen is small and can’t accommodate multiple orders at a time, and because while the mystery is going, it will be more difficult to stop, order, and eat. Having munchies already on a table would be easier. The food is really good! But you can - and should - order drinks at ANY time during the party. Roxy’s bartenders are ready to serve!

NAME TAGS: Everyone will be given a required name tag to help identify characters.

CHEAT SHEETS: Feel free to keep any reference materials - such as your CHARACTER DESCRIPTION with you! We will also post the Who’s Who there. You should have received your Character by email 11/28/25.

DURING THE PARTY

We’ll begin with a brief introduction and introduce characters. Then you’ll be free to get busy with the tasks, goals, and drama in your Character Descriptions. In addition, we’ll subtly slip you Action Cards throughout the party. These are for your eyes only, and you must act on them right away - many are coordinated with other characters’ actions.

This is not a seated event. You’ll mill around, talking/arguing/laughing to other characters, gathering for toasts, etc.

HOW TO PLAY:

Your character description is only a starting point! While you must follow action cards, beyond that you can play as big as you feel comfortable playing, and (with a few exceptions below) do whatever you think your character will do. Feel free to venture beyond your ‘circles.’ And don't withhold info - especially if it will help you to sabotage your enemies! As long as you honor to the information you’ve been given, feel free to expand and embellish.

SOME RULES:

  • Stay in character once the mystery starts! But fine to ask us questions.

  • You cannot lie when asked a direct question, but you can be sneaky with your answers.

  • You cannot ask - “Did you kill X?” directly. Get creative.

  • Please don’t manhandle others or engage in physical altercations.

  • You cannot kill someone - or die - unless an action card or one of us specifically tells you to do so.

  • If you get a directive that you’re uncomfortable doing, not to worry, just grab another drink. Wait, no! Let us know, and we’ll make an adjustment. And no one will be asked to disrobe… even TJ … unless - it’s too hot in here - and he has to peel his shirt off and flex his muscles. But even then… his call.

SOME party soap opera ‘acting’ TIPS

Many guests are not ‘actors’ and that’s OK!  This is not a performance. It’s just playing at a party. The fun is embracing the ridiculousness of it all and stretching yourself a little. Here are some tips for this party version of soap opera, which is even more heightened than actual soap operas.. .OR IS IT??

  • Shocked? Be more shocked – gasp, fainting, Nooooo!  How could you?  Did she REALLY! If ten people black out after a shocking reveal, audiences will get how SHOCKING it was.

  • Pondering Asides – stare off in a generic distance with squinty eyes. You can utter a line to yourself (and viewers at home): I’ll never tell. or  If only they knew the truth.  or   The eagle has landed, and it’s not going far  or  Just wait, Mr. Billingsworth. Just wait.

  • Get indignant and turn away in a huff then spin back dramatically with a come back or accusations.

  • You can make accusations even if they’re not grounded in reality, especially if it benefits your character. It’s good for ratings.

  • CRY over small things.  How could they?!  I never knew! (then you’re fine again).

  • Speak mysteriously with a naughty twinkle in your eye like it’s all a flirty dare .. OR IS IT??

  • “Love” expressed in heaving sighs, big eyes, hands to your heart and forehead. Big gestures make audiences know you mean it.

  • Loud devilish laughs are welcome.

  • Make “phone calls” with the prop phone connected to nothing and slam down the receiver (oh yes, it’s rotary). If you have a clip on earring, slide it off before putting the receiver to your ear.

  • Give lots of gratuitous exposition, because what if the at-home audience is a first time viewer just this last ten minutes? Trevor Wilcox, my son, do you remember when you, me, and your Father, Brinkley Wilcox III took that vacation in the Maldives?

  • Address characters by their full names, repeatedly.

  • Bring up the Davenport Files! What is it?  Who knows? But it’s BIG!!!

  • Invite others for an aside – Excuse me, Janet, can I have a word with you?  Jonathan, I think we have some… unfinished business?  Who cares how important the conversation is as long as viewers at home lean forward in their seat by your conviction. Push in on others’ ‘scenes” (conversations) Well, well, well, what have we here?

  • It’s also ok to be quiet, brooding and skulk around … watching, or to pair up and compare notes.

WHAT TO WEAR

It’s helpful if your attire suggests your character and/or the era, but that can range from a 1978 period costume to items from your own wardrobe with some added flavor of the era and character.

Some 70s staples don’t wildly differ from today and you can add embellishments to make a costume: make up, hairstyle, color schemes (such as earth or jewel tones) and accessories such as: glasses, scarves, wigs, lots of lip gloss, boots, wraps, a turban, a boutonniere, classic preppy, unlit cigarette props, jewelry, corduroy, and jackets. It’s a party, but it’s also at the local watering hole. We don’t want you to feel pressured. Just have fun with it.

FROM SOAP GUIDE WEEKLY, DEC. 1978

Tune in to Days of Yesterday on December 7, 1978 as Port Valley Mountain celebrates the retirement of beloved Police Chief, Mickey McMickernick at his favorite watering hole, Roxy’s Roguelike Tavern. All your favorites will be there: Rich Richington and Willa Worthington, lovebirds Lance and Laura, docs and nurses from Major General Hospital, feuding twins Cairo and Rome, and of course McMickernick’s ever-present assistant, Barb (a Piña Colada and a box of Virginia Slims coming up, Barb!). Oh, Barb.

It’ll be a send-off fit for Port Valley Mountain’s best, but it won’t be without its drama. After all, McMickernick put away a lot of bad guys in his day, and plenty want revenge. Who can forget the way he decimated the Russian Taxidermy Spy Ring or his efforts to unmask the villains behind secret society E.V.L.? Plus, there’s the question of his successor: will the job go to his deputy, Jackson McCord, Kitty Cop, or the suave new cop who breezed in from Fir Valley, Rogue Thaxson? How far will people go to get this most coveted job in Port Valley Mountain? Stay tuned!