Meanwhile, history and fantasy collide in new Colony program
By Mark Squibb / June 23, 2023
The Colony of Avalon is not in the bitcoin business — despite a message you may have received from its Twitter account to the contrary last weekend.
“We actually don’t use Twitter as our main form of communication with the public, we are starting to get back into that, but it had been dormant for a little while, but we started getting messages from our followers saying, ‘Hey, I think you guys have been hacked,’” said Executive Director Kate Pitcher. “And so, we looked into it, and sure enough, some guy had gone into our Twitter, changed the password on us, and started messaging all of our followers with bitcoin information.”
Pitcher said the Colony has since been able to get back into the account and staff are updating security measures.
“Our followers are really great and reached out to us rather than assuming the worst,” said Pitcher.
And so, while the Colony is not in the business of peddling bitcoin, staff are certainly busy — the Colony opened for the tourism season this Tuesday, June 13.
“Our tours have been booming, we’ve had so many people come down already,” said Pitcher.
Last summer the Colony saw an uptake in visitors as pandemic hesitancy wound down, and Pitcher expects more of the same this summer, especially as the Colony introduces new programs.
One of those new programs is a weekly Dungeons and Dragons afternoon, in which folks can rent out the Colony’s 17th century kitchen to play the popular tabletop role-playing game.
“Once a week we book off the kitchen for those three hours for novices, pros, or anyone that wants to join in, to come play a game of Dungeons and Dragons,” said Pitcher. “But our twist on it is that we’re using historical figures and tying it back into history, and so it’s a bit more engaging. During that time, the hearth will be on, and so the fire will be crackling in the background, and chefs will be cooking some porridge for our hungry explorers.”
