"Dear, what is this you are writing about? Werewolf, prophet? Is this the outline of a new novel?"
"No, it's a new game. This is a summary of the game's user manual, which teaches you how to play the game."
Hearing Barron say this, Bonnie became more interested:
"A game? Something like a card game?"
"It's like the game 'Close Your Eyes Before It Gets Dark', have you heard of it? Mine is based on that game, but with many more roles added. This is fun only when there are at least six or seven people. Of course, at least five people can play it, but that's only suitable for the most basic gameplay, without so many roles..."
Next, Barron gave Bonnie a general explanation of how to play the game. Of course, this kind of game is best learned through the process of playing the game. If it is simply explained, it will not be so vivid and specific.
"When we get a chance to find a few more friends, let's play this together."
"Sure, we can host a party at home in a couple of days, and you can invite a few friends to come over and play."
Barron hasn't met Bonnie's other friends since he started dating her, and he wants to take this opportunity to get to know them better.
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"Your name is Evan, right? You're such a handsome boy. I brought you some toys. Let's play together, okay? Barron, look, he's smiling. My heart melts when I see his smile."
Seeing Bonnie talking to Samantha's son patiently and teasing Evan from time to time, Barron and the Cameron couple standing beside him all smiled.
"Thank you very much for coming here today, Your Highness. Evan occasionally smiles like this. This is our sweetest moment."
"You are both great parents, Mr. Cameron. Medical science will become more and more advanced. I believe little Evan will get better, and he will be proud to have you."
Cameron was just elected to Parliament last year - his third run for Parliament since 1997.
After learning that the Duke of Devonshire would come to visit his children with his girlfriend today, Cameron stayed at home and received them with his wife.
"I have to say that when I learned from Ms. Samantha that you are a member of Congress, I was surprised and relieved. I believe that your deeds will become a role model for everyone, Mr. Cameron."
"I hope so, but I still have to work hard, Your Highness. Evan's birth has made me realize my responsibility as a father. At the same time, this responsibility has also given me strength in my work..."
Of course, although Barron's original intention was to get acquainted with Cameron, the future British Prime Minister, he wisely did not focus more on Cameron in this first meeting.
After all, as a politician, he is sensitive enough to approach people with too much purpose.
"Actually, I came here today because I still have something I want to ask Ms. Samantha's opinion on."
"I?"
Seeing Barron chatting happily with his husband, Samantha Cameron acted like a qualified wife, standing quietly aside and listening to their conversation, but she didn't expect Barron to suddenly turn the topic to herself.
"Yes, ma'am, I know you work for Smythson as the design director. You have a keen sense of art and business, so..."
Barron took out the user manual of Werewolf that he had written earlier, handed it to Samantha, and said,
"This is the background and gameplay of a game I designed. I played it with Prince William and others before, and we all liked this game very much. So I would like to ask if I can commission your company to design a gift package version of this game?"
In fact, Samantha herself is of aristocratic origin, and the Smythson Company where she works is not simple either.
This brand may not be well-known among the general public, but it is often referred to as the Hermes of the stationery industry.
Smythson is a classic British brand of luxury stationery and leather accessories, and is also one of eight companies in the world to have been awarded four titles of royal suppliers.
Queen Elizabeth of England, the Princess of Monaco, dignitaries and diplomatic envoys from various countries, and the wife of the American President are all loyal fans of Smythson.
They will customize stationery for customers. In Smythson's store, an inconspicuous notebook may cost hundreds of pounds.
However, Samantha had seen people customize leather goods or stationery in her company before, but this was the first time she had seen someone like Barron who wanted to customize a game gift package from them.
After carefully reading Barron's User Manual, Samantha thought for a moment and said:
"It looks like a game that tests your reasoning ability. Do you have any requirements, Your Highness?"
"I can trust the quality of Smythson. I just hope that the character cards of this game are designed to be as beautiful as possible, because I will give these gift packs as gifts to some friends, including Prince William and Prince Harry."
The last time Barron played Werewolf with William and his friends, they just wrote random notes to draw characters. At that time, Prince William and his friends thought it was a pity and wished they had special props such as playing cards.
Barron proposed at the time that he would make props specifically for this game, so William and his friends ordered them on the spot...
So this time, after Barron makes the game gift package through Smythson, he will give it to the two princes first.
You know, this kind of game, through the recommendation of Prince William and others, plus its own fun, can easily spread among the British upper class, especially those young people who like to try new games...
Once a trend becomes popular among young people in the upper class, ordinary people will follow suit, thus achieving the goal of promoting "Werewolf Killing".
For nobles like Prince William, customized gift packages from brands like Smythson naturally make them feel more honored than ordinary ones, and this expensive game gift package is also very suitable as a gift from Barron.
As for ordinary people, it is definitely difficult to accept such luxury brand game gift packs that cost hundreds or thousands of pounds, but for those groups, Barron also has a simplified version of the Werewolf game gift pack for sale.
The reason why Barron can now show Samantha the user manual of Werewolf with confidence is because he has arranged for his subordinates to register the copyrights of many gameplays of Werewolf.
Before the Werewolf game appeared, there was a similar game called "Close Your Eyes When It's Dark".
In fact, this type of game can be traced back to a game called "Mafia" created by college students in Moscow during the former Soviet Union. Later, the roles of the Mafia and civilians were interpreted as more applicable killers and civilians. Many subsequent gameplays, including Werewolf, are variants or improvements of this game.
This is also because the originators of this game, "Mafia" and "Murder Game", are all open source. If you want to register a copyright, you can only register the "Werewolf" gameplay. If other people or other companies want to bypass Barron's "Werewolf" copyright, then they can only change the gameplay of this game to other backgrounds.
However, Barron doesn't care about this, because there are similar games with various gameplays. However, the background of Werewolf, including werewolves, prophets, witches, etc., are derived from many legends in Europe and the United States and are most easily accepted by the public. Judging from the subsequent developments in previous lives, games with this background also have the largest audience. Therefore, Barron believes that even if games with other backgrounds appear, Werewolf will be able to achieve ultimate success.
To this end, Barron set up a company specifically to promote WhereWolf.