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1888 - London thrums. London lives, breathing and spitting. Now the center of the world, London serves as an extraordinary stage where the appearance of monsters, the return of secret cults, and the outbreak of infernal machines regularly contend the front page of The Times. The last one of these incredible events is the arrival of Oberon, ruler of the courts in Faerie, to be present during the jubilee of the Queen.
The ceremony is getting closer and the Queen has secretly invited the most avantgarde Clubs of the capital to join an expedition in the legendary “Shadow Market”. She promised to cover with honors those who will manage to bring back from this dangerous voyage some precious objects: some keys made of adamant and Atlantean metal, a mithril padlock and a magic chain, magic artifacts which cannot be made in the real world!
However, the Shadow Market is a maze out of space and time, where Ether and magic materials are very expensive. It gives shelter to dangerous creatures, which are ready to hinder the path of the unlucky gentlemen, and, last but not least, some adventurer may end up trapped forever if they won’t manage to pay a heavy tribute in Ether to the guardian of this place – the mysterious Shadow Master. When the great engineer of the Queen manages to open a portal to the Shadow Market, only a small number of the bravest Ladies and Gentlemen are ready to accept the challenge of the Queen. You are one of them!
Set in the fantastic steampunk World of Smog created by Panache Animation, On Her Majesty's Service is a stylish board game where players navigate the rotating tiles that make up the game board, trading Ethers and Artefacts in order to fulfill the quest set by Queen Victoria, all the while dealing with the agents of the Shadow Master.
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