#wickford castle

[littlemxhoney]

for your inner nancy drew 🔍

All the pics & puzzles give me major Nancy vibes, but somehow this hallway the most?

Something about wandering up and down the halls of Wickford Castle trying to find Hotckiss's door 🤣

This room is giving the Burgermeister's office in Nancy Drew & The Captive Curse! Oh gosh, the memories.

Escape From Mystwood Mansion comes out September 27th!

I love the idea of wandering the corridors & finding hidden rooms in this upcoming indie game!

Wishlist on Steam!

[butterfliesonthewall]

okay but as much as i love the manor in CUR, don’t get me wrong, imagine how amazing it’d be if the game did take place in a castle on the scale of Wickford (in addition to all the secret passages) but with Blackmoor’s same goth-y aesthetic.

wanted to see if Mrs. Drake’s allergy meds were real (they’re not) and found this walkthrough that only got the title Curse of Blackmoor Manor a little wrong

[naancydrew]

drewtober day four - trt

wickford castle foyer

[alibinashes]

NANCY DREW O4. TREASURE IN THE ROYAL TOWER.

"dear george: so much for my wisconsin ski vacation! i arrived here at wickford castle last night, just before a blizzard swept in! [...] i guess things never quite go according to plan! but at least this time the culprit is just a snowstorm!"

[nancydrewdatabase]

Back at it again with reading material, this time from Wickford Castle! Unsurprisingly, most of the books are found in the locked library, but there's also a couple magazines, scrapbooks by Ezra Wickford, and a secret diary written in French! All these books (except the diary) can be opened and read, most even a couple pages to flip through. Main complaint is the covers are more leather-bound, making them similar brownish colors that blur together.

[okay-seeya-mr-egan]

anywhere in wickford castle but specifically the library or the fireplace

Favorite places in Nancy Drew games, go

[clueingforcooks]

Candy on the front desk of Wickford Castle.

[elliotchen-apologist]

chilling in nancy drew games:

wickford castle

[call-1-555-mystico]

finding out that wickford castle was build on a chocolate milk empire

[topeka-commission-for-the-arts]

I know there’s lots of magical areas in Nancy Drew games, but there’s something extra special about Wickford Castle.

I can’t put my finger on why it’s so special. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that TRT was one of the first (of not the first) game many of us played as kids.

Wandering through the halls of the castle, sneaking into the ransacked library, discovering the secret study and garden, and entering the tower are things that never get old no matter how many times I play it.

[naancypants]

Welcome to the Hot Kettle Cafe!

This was SUCH a fun project for me to work on!!! While Blackmoor Manor, Wickford Castle, and many other massive undertakings sit unfinished in my save file, the HKC was a perfect medium-sized build that I could actually complete within a reasonable time frame 😂

Ramblings + DL info under the cut!

I should warn that I prioritized aesthetic over functionality. A sim can't purchase or own a cafe (boo), so the lot type is simply set to "Retail" for now. Feel free to delete some of the counters and add a cafe bar if you wish to turn it into an actual cafe! Also, the booths don't snap to the tables so they're likely just decor. If you want usable booths, I recommend snapping the "Braided Seat" chair from City Living to the tables, as that will sort of emulate the look of a booth.

Lastly, all of my builds are CC-free, but they tend to use a loootttt of packs.

You can grab it for download by searching the gallery for "The Hot Kettle Cafe", or using hashtags #hotkettlecafe // #cluecrew, OR under my gallery ID kwdrewfan!

I don't have a timeline for releasing my other projects right now, but more Nancy builds are definitely coming in the future!

[Nancy's house - ASH]

[stillanobsession]

Things I Never Noticed About Treasure in the Royal Tower

Isn’t it like idk hard to purchase a tower from another country and transport it to the US? Especially in the 20s?? Like wouldn’t the French government be like no

I wish we could have Hiked to Butter Lovers Lake. I will now forever wonder if it was yellow

None of the activities mentioned in the Wickford Castle brochure Nancy can do

I all my game plays as a child till high school I never noticed the operator number on the phone, and have only in the last few years realized you could call the front desk

For just arriving Nancy really made herself at home unpacking all of her things, she’s even got mail on the vanity 

How on earth does Nancy sleep with the broken radiator hissing like that???

Did Dexter know about the hidden study in the library?

The bugs have names!

I get that what Dexter did was bad, but completely disowning him and annulling the adoption seems a tad bit excessive

I never realized you could blow the candle out in the secret room, I always left with it still burning

When does Hotchkiss sleep? If she is in the lobby from 3-6am and then begins working again once she gets back to her room that's like half the night. Does she take a mid afternoon nap?

Did Lisa know who all had medallion pieces of the tiara? Or was it just a coincidence that she happened to visit the castle after Dexter and Jacque got hired and Hotchkiss decided to travel there to work on her book? Cause her plan would not have worked otherwise

How did Jacques not hear Nancy banging on the door after getting locked outside?

How exactly did Lisa just follow Nancy down into the tunnel leading to the tower? Like it doesn't make much since that she would just know Nancy preset the elevator to be on the middle floor so she could go in through the library, crawl through the vents, and then go through the hidden door usually blocked by the elevator?

[drewlyyours]

Rating Nancy Drew Game Dads for Father’s Day

(All characters start with 5/10 for being dads)

Franz Mittelmeier (Lucas’ Dad)

3/10

+2 works hard to keep the whole village safe.

-3 for being strangely absent in his son’s life. Like, yeah you live in a castle but YOUR SON IS A MENACE DO NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE WITH HIS AUNT WHO NEEDS ANGER MANAGEMENT.

Hugh Penvellyn (Jane’s Father)

2/10

+2 being a diplomat to whatever is cool, helping people or government or whatever is fine

-5 DONT LEAVE YOUR UNSTABLE DAUGHTER AND YOUR NEW WIFE IN A HUGE HOUSE THAT YOU LEFT IN THE HANDS OF YOUR AUNT WHO HATES ANYTHING THAT CANT PHOTOSYNTHESIZE. Ah but don’t forget they also live with the scary -RAIL NECK- tutor.

Ollie Randall (Father to Freddie)

8/10

+3 kinda a swell guy

+1 lets her play outside whenever she wants, and although I don’t want him to shoot the wolf im sure he just wants the place safe, especially with her around

-1 not playing outside with her 24/7 as he should

Brendan Malloy (Fiona’s Father)

9/10

-2 for creating DEATH TRAPS literally everywhere where his family could and DID literally die

+4 being a literal rocket scientist

+2 doing his best and clearly loving Fiona enough for her to be drawn to pieces of him after 80 years.

Whoever the heck Clara’s father was

0/10

-5 there are theories about this but whoever he was, he was a gross person who I would rather eat chalk then spend ten seconds with

Ezra Wickford (Dexter Egan’s Dad)

6/10

+10 for inventing chocolate milk

-8 for Dexter’s daddy issues and for probably never saying I love you

-1 for caring more about his castle

+1 for the genuine shame he felt about the way things went

Meryl Humber (Frances’ Father)

2/10

-10 for murdering her boyfriend

+5 for regretting it

-2 for probably actually not

+4 for really loving Frances enough to wait everyday for her to come home.

Gunnar Tonnisson (Edda Gunnarsdottir’s father)

10/10

-2 for turning into a sad sack who lashes out

+7 for his family being everything to him and loving them wholly and entirely, so much that it broke him

Jake Hurley (Train Dad)

10/10

+5 just for “take care of my train. it holds wonderful things”

-2 too much train love maybe neglected wife

+2 wife’s ghost on train so he loves it more

Magnus Kiljansson (Ship Father)

8/10

-3 was a little too obsessed with the gold on the ship

+5 but he wanted to study its history

+1 loved it literally more than anything else (including his girlfriend lol)

Mickey Malone (Dog Dad)

9/10

-2 was a mobster and didn’t plan on where his dogs would go if something happened to him

+6 loved his dogs so much they came back to haunt humanity

Bruno Bolet (Iggy and Bernie’s Dad)

10/10

-2 kinda just let his beds run wild, which may not be good in a domestic context

+7 LITERALLY gave them run of the house, took care and loved basically ever creature he came into contact with, no matter how creepy or weird it was

Carson Drew (Nancy’s Dad)

8/10

-6 lets daughter go on trips overseas ALONE and WITHOUT MONEY, even after she

Was threatened and brutally attacked by MULTIPLE ASSAILANTS

Dressed in a cat suit and danced at a night club for petty cash

Almost got kidnapped and literally had her best friend get kidnapped and trapped on an island

Was threatened by a crime ring, the mafia, and a terrorist organization

Had multiple criminals tell her they would “get back” at her for this (even once who never made it to jail)

+2 for being a good wholesome guy, and a lawyer at that

+2 ALWAYS being there for Nancy

+2 actually giving her the freedom she needs to save the world over and over again

+2 Trusting her and loving her. And raising a BADASS teenage detective.

[krolmeistersisters]

Final round!

[thenancydrewtimes]

I just finished streaming CUR yesterday and was flabbergasted at the fact I never noticed NIGEL’S LAPTOP BACKGROUND IS HIM AT WICKFORD CASTLE 😆 Sooooo does this mean he’s done research there as well??

Watch the full play through on YT now! Link in bio ⭐️

[brookston]

Holidays 12.7

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Weekly Holidays beginning December 7 (1st Full Week of December)

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Premieres

Abbott Elementary (TV Series; 2012)

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV Mini-Series; 1986)

Bad Day at Flat Rocky or A Record in Bullwinkle’s Blot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 326; 1964)

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Brokeback Mountain (Film; 2005)

Canine Patrol (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

Dominique, by The Singing Nun (Song; 1963)

Edward Scissorhands (Film; 1990)

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A Flintstone Christmas (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1977)

Frosty the Snowman (Animated TV Special; 1969)

The Golden Compass (Film; 2007)

The Gondoliers, by Gilbert & Sullivan (Comic Opera; 1889)

The Grifters (Film; 1990)

Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen (Song; 1984)

Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture, by Johan Huizinga (Science Book; 1938)

I’m Not There (Film; 2007)

It’s Greek to Me-ow! (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1961)

Jamboree (Rock & Roll Film; 1957)

Kung Fu Fighting, by Carl Douglas (Song; 1974)

The Librarians (TV Series; 2014)

The Long Tomorrow, by Leigh Brackett (Novel; 1955)

Mary Queen of Scots (Film; 2018)

Mozart and Salieri, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Opera; 1898)

New Kin in Town, by The Eagles (Song; 1976)

Ocean’s Eleven (Film; 2001)

The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1978)

Resign Your Fate to a 52nd State or Moosylvania (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 325; 1964)

Rock! Rock! Rock! (Rock & Roll Film; 1956)

Rosemary, played live by the Gratefull Dead (Song; 1968) [Only Time It’s Played Live]

Santa’s Surprise (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, recorded by Otis Redding (Song; 1967)

The Spinach Overture (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film; 1979)

2010: The Year We Make Contact (Film; 1984)

The Water-Method Man, by John Irving (Novel; 1972)

Wild Life, by Paul McCartney & Wings (Album; 1971)

The World’s Fastest Indian (Film; 2005)

Today’s Name Days

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Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 342 of 2024; 24 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 49 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 11 (Bing-Zi), Day 7 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 6 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 5 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 12 Black; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 24 November 2024

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Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 76 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of December

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 16 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Jara (Year) [Half-Month 24 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 12.21)