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March 2026 All Guilds Meeting Summary

Here is the summary for the 191st All Guilds Meeting, moderated by PodHopper, along with the raw and cleansed chatlogs!

The USA has entered DST on Sunday 8, so until the end of the month, when most countries in Europe will also be on DST, a few events (including Radio Free D'ni and the Fan Age Expeditions) will be shifted an hour later.

Contents

  1. OpenUru
  2. Events in the Cavern
  3. D'ni Language Classes
  4. R'Tayrtahn's Story Nights

OpenUru

☛ A very large new Age by Dulcamara was added to Minkata Alpha for testing. Along with Semjay's Jalargura, Calum Traveler's Rei'schu Apartment and Pod 12, and Descent, a lot of testing work is piling on the OpenUru testing shard.

Phase 1 of Descent is locked down fairly well. Work has started on Phase 2 and an area historically known as the "Bug Cave".

Korov'ev has provided more documents for the Chiso Preniv library: D'ni, Rivenese, Seranai, and Narani dictionaries, split into smaller sized volumes. They will be stored in the "Reference Corner" section.

Minasunda was given her own desk in the Chiso Preniv basement.

Events in the Cavern

☛ IwonK will host a Wonky Talk (on her Twitch channel) on Friday 13 at 15:00 KIT in the Guild of Cookies’ Hood by the heek table. This month’s topic will be "French Games". Feel free to suggest interesting games she could talk (and draw) about. As always, there will be cookies!

Besides streaming, IwonK is making some games of her own as a year-long gamedev challenge, using Bitsy; you can find them at her itch.io page.

She is also working with Kefrith on an idea originating from the Mysterium Discord: a Mysterium-like online event. The work title is "Rivenium", they are looking for ideas, events and presentations or panels. If you are interested, you can find IwonK or Kefrith on the Mysterium Discord, at the dedicated forum.

☛ Every Saturday, Ereshkigal is hosting an Ancient Stories event at 15:00 KIT in Chiso Preniv, reading folktales, translated ancient texts, historical fiction from all over the ancient world, as well as the occasional historical-inspired fan fiction. Currently, they are are reading Lavinia by Ursula LeGuin, in which the wife of Aeneas from the Aeneid tells her life story.

☛ Babbel's classical music program will be on Monday 16 at 12:00 KIT, in the Hall of Kings in Ae'gura. The theme will be "Films and so on with a common thread of Fantasia 2000".

Nosila will hold the International Women's Day music event "It's a Girl" on Sunday 8 at 10:30 KIT; the location will be the Kings Lookout in Ae'gura. There is also a Discord server.

☛ Augur’s Speculative Fiction Book Club will discuss their current book, Circe by Madeline Miller, in Nezetahn(1)’s Hood’s Eder Delin, on Saturday 21 at 12:30 KIT. Everyone is welcome to discuss their opinions on the book, using either voice or text chat. For IWD, they will have a short discussion beforehand on the revisiting of ancient tales through a modern feminist lens.

Brooketh presented the Competitive Myst Online Group, hosting an Ahyoheek game every Saturday at 21:00 KIT in the Competitive Myst Online Hood. All players are welcome,  regardless of skill level. If you don't know how to play, they will teach you. Or you can just hang out and observe. Voice chat is encouraged, but not required; both are used.

☞ On the Open Cave shard, Ayohiker holds an analogous event every Monday at 14:00 KIT in the Ayohikers' hood. There are also two new games in the City of Dimensions: Tic-Tac-TOC and Connect Four.

☛ The Age Expeditions are hosted on the Deep Island and the Open Cave shards by Korov'ev, every Sunday at 12:00 KIT during March. There's also an (uncommented) Twitch stream.

In the Open Cave, they will visit Ages added to MOULa in 2023: Kalamee, Eder Bahvahnter and the Memorial Island.

In Deep Island, this month they will visit some of the entries from the third Rapid Age Development contest: Tahm Hehvo, Gairdin Grianmhar, Ulteemah, Tre’bivdil. After that, they will explore the entries from the Detailed Age WritiNg contest: Eder Licinius, Chloe’s Hood Office, Tehr’dovah.

Prad noted that very few tracks have been sent for the Cavern Choir, so they are considering extending the deadline to March 22; please contact them for confirmation. If you are interested, or need assistance with recording, contact Babbel (aka Babbeltje40, aka Vrouwdinges) or Prad (KI #08406189).

☞ For a more complete list of upcoming events, check our calendar. Times and events may change at the last minute; you can find the latest updates at:

D'ni Language Classes

Shokhootahn Rehn had two updates, one for the D'ni Language Classes and one for the Story Nights.

Visitors are asked to not post pellet points into the hood imager: one of his former students and a close friend, Yutiel Yoshi, who passed away in 2018, is listed there. He has refrained from posting pellets to maintain her name at the top, as a form of memorial.

D’ni Language Classes schedule (click to expand)
  • Those who would like to attend the lessons should contact Rehn, preferably on Discord (r'Tayrtahn#1317), or via KImail (#80428). Be sure to include your KI number, so that Rehn can send you a reply!
  • The Guild of Instructors' Hood will be open and public unless a class is in session. Classes are individual.
  • Evening openings are on Monday to Thursday, at 20:00, 21:00 or 22:00 KIT, depending on the student's schedule.
  • Daytime openings are on Monday to Friday, at 10:00, 11:00 or 12:00 KIT, depending on the student's schedule.
  • Daytime availability is subject to change with little or no notice. Last-minute changes to class times will be announced via Magic Bot (#27527) or Mimi Bot (#71459); to be notified, add both as buddies, then PM them "advert".

R'Tayrtahn's Story Nights

Story Night Europe and Original Story Night are currently telling the stories from Myst: The Book of D'ni. On Saturday 14 there will be the special story "Strong Women in D'ni History", in honor of IWD. Eventually they cover all of the books and games, as well as the three human attempts at the restoration of D'ni.

R'Tayrtahn records videos of the sessions (via an avatar named "I'm a bot, do not message"), that he will eventually upload to his YouTube channelBe careful if you PM r'Tay or the bot during the events, as messages will be visible in the videos.

Videos now also come with auto translated captions in French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Automatic translation often has trouble with words like "D'ni" or "linking books", so your mileage may vary.

Story Nights schedule (click to expand)
  • Story Nights are held in Tsahno's Hood every Saturday, gathering at the fountain at around 23:00 KIT, with the story starting at about 23:30 KIT.
  • For Story Nights – Europe, the gatherings are on Saturday starting at 13:30 KIT, with the story starting at about 14:00 KIT.
  • On All Guilds Meeting days, the event will begin at 14:30 KIT or 30 minutes after the meeting, whichever is later.
  • The stories are told using voice chat, so you will need to have your speakers, headphones or KI devices on. If you would like a reminder, please send r'Tayrtahn (#58324) a KImail with your KI number included in the text, so that he can add you to his buddies list.

That was it for this month. Please consider donating to keep the Cavern open!

February ended with the CavFunding at 59% (CavCon 2.6) and the reserve at 736%.

The next All Guilds Meeting is planned for Saturday, April 4, 2026 (Leenovoo 16) at 13:00 KIT.

Until then!