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Echo Bazaar!
Echo Bazaar Tabletop game
Developer(s) Failbetter Games A tabletop game titled Knife & Candle (named for the
competitive sport within the setting that combines ele-
Echo Bazaar ,developed by Failbetter Games,is a browser- ments of tag and a free-for-all murder spree) is currently
based choose-your-own-adventure game set in "Fallen in development[4]
London", an alternative Victorian London with gothic
and steampunk overtones.[1][2]
The game has won The Escapist "Best Browser-Based External links
Game" award for the year 2009.[3] • Official website
Setting References
The titular bazaar of the game is controlled by several [1] Taymar (February 12, 2010). "How to Play Echo
masters, each with their own control over Fallen Lon- Bazaar". MMORPG.com. http://www.mmorpg-
don’s business (Mister Apples, for instance, controlling info.org/guides/echo-bazaar/how-to-play-echo-
(mushroom-based) agriculture, while Mister Iron rules bazaar/. Retrieved April 27 2011.
industry), and is occasionally spoken of as though it were [2] "The Thing About Echo Bazaar, or Why I Have Over
a sentient being. It is implied that someone known as the Fifty Tattoos of a Nonexistent Aunt". Pissy Little
Traitor Empress – most likely Queen Victoria – sold the Sausages. May 11, 2010.
city to the bazaar and allowed it to be taken to spare the http://pissylittlesausages.wordpress.com/2010/
life of her husband Albert, Prince Consort. 05/11/echobazaar/. Retrieved April 27 2011.
London is only the latest, fifth city to be taken under- [3] The Escapist Staff (March 12, 2010). "The Escapist
ground in a pattern stretching across thousands of years, Awards 2009 - Winners Announcement". The
although certain storylines show that it has not lost con- Escapist. Themis Group.
tact with the outside world. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/
Fallen London has also found itself much closer to editorials/op-ed/7270-The-Escapist-
Hell, and devils appear constantly and casually in various Awards-2009-Winners-Announcement.2t.
storylines. This proximity is also given as the reason why Retrieved April 27 2011.
denizens of Fallen London – including the Player Charac- [4] "Knife & Candle, a Game for Delicious Friends".
ters – frequently come back to life. http://www.onesevendesign.com/
knifeandcandle/.
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