{"id":2723,"date":"2019-03-23T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2019-03-22T21:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T08:07:25","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-twenty-one-its-promotion-time-for-the-royal-gardeners-of-the-emperor-only-one-will-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2019\/03\/episode-one-hundred-and-twenty-one-its-promotion-time-for-the-royal-gardeners-of-the-emperor-only-one-will-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Twenty One &#8211; It\u2019s promotion time for the Royal Gardeners of the Emperor. Only one will advance."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8680\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2723-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-121-TheEmperorsRoyalGardeners.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RoyalGardeners.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019s promotion time for the Royal Gardeners of the Emperor. Only one will advance.\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RoyalGardeners.jpg 614w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RoyalGardeners-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RoyalGardeners-588x330.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming the Imperial Gardener is a huge honour, but maybe not a welcome one when all you really want to do is work alongside your colleagues to tend plants and create a beautiful space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Gardeners don&#8217;t prune plants, but people, working in secret to weed out disloyalty. To stop them from getting too powerful, they&#8217;re sometimes ordered to find and eliminate another gardener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garden Royale: A team of intrepid gardener-adventurers seek to make THEIR garden the best, even if it means going to dangerous places to bring back exotic &amp; predatory botany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garden Royale Fiasco: A game of lofty horticultural ambition and (probably) terrible outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Emperor&#8217;s New Grove: Teams of Royal Gardeners have been out there terraforming worlds, creating new habitable planets for the Empire. It&#8217;s promotion time, and the Court is touring the new worlds, deciding which one will be the new Imperial Capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Gardeners are responsible for directly interfering with the time line to ensure the future of the Emperor, pruning timelines which could bring the Empire down. 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