Today, I stumbled upon the Isle Kingdom of Merlot while searching for a new sim to explore. From what I gathered from the description of the place is that it is a Medieval/Fantasy themed sim with jousting, horse jumping, horse racing, archery and a few more activities. It also states that the sim is Newbie Friendly/New People Friendly which is always very nice to know. It shows that the sim is willing to accommodate and, hopefully, even help newbies get started in Second Life.

Isle Kingdom of Merlot

The description of the place did not mention anything specific about role play and I did not see any information about it anywhere in the sim but they do ask in their group charter that people be in period clothing and it is not even mandatory. I guess people can come wearing anything (or nothing) and it will be okay. [...continue reading A Look at the Isle Kingdom of Merlot]

In a far away land of Dundrum, I was called forth by the King of Medieval England to lay witness to the burning of Nordhaven for the second time. With swords in hand, I immediately embarked on a long journey to Nordhaven. My arrival was met with huge flames. It seems that the King of Medieval England set the surrounding area ablazed. Whether it was stupidity or bravery on the part of the King of Medieval England, I can not tell but it did enraged the people of Nordhaven. The King of Medieval England mounted his steed and hastily left to the safety of his own kingdom. I myself left as quickly as I arrived. Enraged and seeking vengeance, the warriors of Nordhaven immediately declared war on Medieval England and set forth to the island kingdom.

Back in Medieval England, the King prepared for war. He summoned his messengers and sent messages to all his knights to come defend the kingdom. Unfortunately, the King had no choice but to defend the kingdom alone. [...continue reading The Burning of Nordhaven and England]

Last month I received a Landmark to Carmarthenshire. Unfortunately, I can no longer remember who gave it to me. Sorry! Carmarthenshire, from what I gather, is a Medieval/Fantasy/Arthurian roleplay and combat sim. I dropped by a few days ago and took a stroll around the sim.

Carmarthenshire Dock

The landmark that I have dropped me on a dock where I was greeted by a sign that says “No OOC Beyond This Point”. LOL! Around the landing area are some things of interest like a box of FREE Clothes that does not give anything, a big board that lists the sim’s schedule of activities, two teleporters, some chairs and a few other objects. [...continue reading A Look At Carmarthenshire]

Today, I found myself outside the gates of Lakeshire, a Medieval Fantasy Roleplay community. Of course, I did not stay outside the gate. I went inside after grabbing some welcome freebie medieval outfits. I grabbed the set for men, of course. LOL!

Welcome to Lakeshire

If I remember it correctly, I received there rules and other information notecards upon landing and, as always, I strongly suggest that you read and understand them before moving forward. I kinda hesitated after reading the Rules but since nobody was around, I fought off my hesitation and went inside. [...continue reading A Look at Lakeshire]

A couple of days ago Feudal Nippon held their first ever Group Archery Tournament. This was not a target shooting contest but a battle between two groups of warriors using only their bows and arrows. Curious to how it will play out, I went to Feudal Nippon. The tournament was held at their sky arena and the only way to get there was to use the teleporter located in their armory. When I got to the sky arena, I immediately changed my outfit to something more Japanese before coming out of the landing area.

Feudal Nippon

I just love visiting Feudal Nippon. The people are very warm, friendly and accomodating. Just a few seconds of my arrival at the sky arena, 10 or more people immediately greeted and welcomed me. I don’t know many of them but that didn’t stop them from being nice and friendly. LOL! [...continue reading Group Archery Tournament]

A few days ago, I went to Feudal Nippon to check out their Combat Quest. I remember getting group notices about it but I was busy with other things so I was not able to check it out earlier. If I’m not mistaken, the story is that Feudal Nippon’s Emperor, Ronin McGinnis, is ill and his loyal followers are in a quest to recover things that will eventually lead to a cure.

I went to Feudal Nippon wearing a Gladiator outfit which I bought from JTL designs for only 200L$. I do have a Japanese outfit but since I was not going to RP with them I decided to keep my Gladiator outfit on and stayed far away from them. I just used my viewer’s camera controls to pan and zoom to where the action is. [...continue reading Dragon Slain at Feudal Nippon]

Today I visited Egypt Valley of the Gods. A roleplay and combat sim inspired by ancient Egypt and owned by Skyyy McCallen and Lurgan Ling. They were once the rulers of RPG Empire’s Egyptian Empire but unfortunately it was closed but, now, they have their own Egyptian sim to rule. I only found out about it while I was at Medieval England. It seems that they have some roleplay going on between each other. The Pharaoh gave me a landmark and I also requested to be added to the group so that I could get notices of events and other updates.

As always, my visit starts at the landing area where you will find a teleporter that will take to, what it seems to be, four major locations on the sim. These locations are; 1. Arena of the Gods, 2. Harem, 3. Bast Temple and 4. The Pyramid. Of course there are other locations that were not listed like the Market, the Bathhouse and others. Oh, I almost forgot the mighty Nile River. [...continue reading A Look at Egypt Valley of the Gods]

A few days ago I went and visit Renaissance Island, an RP and Combat sim set in medieval times. I got the landmark to Renaissance Island from Dale Harmison’s jousting group in Second Life. The landmark dropped me right beside the Jousting Arena but I didn’t want to start there. Now, when I landed near the jousting arena I received a welcome message and a notecard with information about the sim. In that notecard are landmarksto various key locations in the sim and since I wanted to start my personal tour from the beginning I choose and opened the most obvious starting location which is the Common Area.

At the common area, you will find a calendar of the sim’s upcoming events, a sign that gives out information about the sim in a notecard, a dummy named Goody Throckmorton and a carriage stop. The carriage stop works like this, you touch it and then a ridable horse drawn carriage appears in-front of you. You can then ride the carriage and it will take you to various locations around the sim. I only rode it to take a quick snapshot but did the exploring on foot. [...continue reading A Look at Renaissance Island]

I wrote about my visit to Sydney Harbour 1808 just a few minutes ago but it seems that it took me too long that my session time expired before I could finish writing it and because of that the editor didn’t save what I wrote when I clicked on the save button. Instead, it asked me to login again. Arrgh! This made me remember why I like Wordpress better than Joomla when it comes to writing and editing text. Anyway, I’ll try to re-write a brief one this time.

In my initial visit to Sydney Harbour 1808 I landed underwater. I tried to get out of the water by sitting but unfortunately I haven’t rezzed enough yet to see any chairs to sit on. I teleported back home and tried again at a later time. After a while I received a message from the owner of Sydney Harbour, GaiaGirl Gigamon, informing me that she has fixed the landing area. I went back after a few hours and this time I landed on the pier infront of the Rum Rebel Inn. [...continue reading A Look at Sydney Harbour 1808]

Today, I had the time to check out Jabberwock. Jabberwock is a pirate themed sim and it’s not just one sim, it is made of 5 interconnected sims. That means, if you are a sea lover, you’ll get to enjoy more ocean space for sailing and sea battles. Jabberwock or Pirates of Jabberwock is owned by Antigua Jewell.

I landed at the docks near a tavern named Calico Jack’s. I’m not a pirate expert but according to Wikipedia Calico Jack “was an English pirate captain during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing he wore.” I guess it’s a fitting name for a tavern. In the tavern were three people but I can only remember the names of Kurt Jiagu and Antigua Jewell. Kurt Jiagu was busy talking to another visitor of the sim. All three of them left afterwards but I was able to ask permission to look around the sim. [...continue reading A Look at Jabberwock]