Three Sets for Trophy Gold

The Private Aquarium, Old Macaulay’s Zoo, and The River Route are three short sets that you can drop into your Trophy Gold game, or play them as one-shots over a couple of hours each.

The Private Aquarium

A long spiral staircase descends underground to a series of circular rooms. Along the walls, and up almost to ceiling height, run multiple interconnected gigantic fish tanks. Behind thick glass, these tanks host hundreds of marvellous specimens of fish and other aquatic creatures. The life’s work of Margareta Wedgwood, the most prominent ichthyologist of our time. Her sudden disappearance was an incalculable loss for the world of marine biology.

Old Macaulay’s Zoo

From farmers to town dwellers, from families to sweet couples, all folks used to visit Old Macaulay’s Zoo. Once one of the greatest attractions in the region, now lies abandoned and in disrepair. Difficult business, they say, wild beasts and careless children, no wonder someone got hurt and they had to shut the place down. What about the old man? Well, they say he made a remarkable amount of money over the years, and he meant to retire… but never got around to do it. You know, perhaps he should have fed those beasts of his a little better.

The River Route

Take the river route, they say, it’s safer and faster—if you can stand the mosquitos, that is, and the monotony of the ever flowing water. The river flows steadily toward the heart of the forest, carrying you wherever you wish to go. Willow branches sweep drowsily at the surface, mangrove roots drive you gently away from the bank. Up there, some quiet bird muses at its own reflection in the quiet water, as the droning of insects lulls you to sleep.

Writing and editing by Michele Didoni.

Art is a collage I've made from pictures by Philip Henry Gosse (1860) — public domain from Biodiversity Heritage Library.