This year's Goatfest is this weekend, Friday August 26th through Sunday August 28th.
Join us in this time-honored tradition in River's Rest, including competitions, historical tours, challenging games, and several raffles that will be held over the course of three evenings.
| Time | August 26th | Location |
| 8:00 PM | Goat Stories and Zoo Tour | BHA Courtyard, Citadel Zoo |
| 9:30 PM | Greedy Goatheard | BHA Courtyard |
| 10:45 PM | Raffle for 4x morphing bracer/medium shield -- 75k tickets | BHA Gazebo |
Greedy Goatherd is a gambling game with dice (though usually no money is involved). The rules are here: http://www.cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~daid/bha/index.php?Greedy%20Goatherd
Raffle item: a vaalorn lantern shield emblazoned with a twisting helical lighthouse; an etched vaalorn bracer engraved with an open volume on a burgundy crest.
| Time | August 27th | Location |
| 4:00 PM | Gem of Fate | BHA Courtyard |
| 6:00 PM | Goat Beauty Pageant | BHA Courtyard |
| 8:00 PM | 'Goat' Pin Raffle -- 100k tickets | BHA Gazebo |
Gem of Fate basics are here: https://gswiki.play.net/Gem_of_Fate
For the Goat Beauty Pageant, players are assumed to use ACTION verbs and other verbs to present a goat of any kind to the judges. No entry declined!
Raffle item: 'Goat' pin raffle is actually a woolly flying squirrel pin strapped with tiny mechanical goggles but it still eats stuff.
| Time | August 28th | Location |
| 4:00 PM | Trivia Contest | Courtyard |
| 6:00 PM | Beacon Hall's Annual Fishing Tournament | The Warren, River Dock |
| 7:30 PM | Raffle for T5 Ensorcell -- 150k tickets | BHA Gazebo |
| 7:45 PM | Raffle for Merchant time -- 75k tickets | BHA Gazebo |
Fishing tournament will provide all gear, including ale, but you can also visit the new fishing shop if you want first. It's below the Pier in the lower west side of town where Sal sometimes hangs out, down the ladder. Afterwards will probably be a game of Dock Diving: https://gswiki.play.net/Dock_Diving
Ensorcell is to be provided by Kaldonis, up to his capabilities, as much of a T5 ensorcell power, used however you want.
Merchant time is four winners for 15 minutes of merchant time.
