Before Trixie was 'great and powerful' she had to make due playing pretend. Hours of her time were devoted to the popular game Age of Nightmare, a fantasy role-playing game based on the myth of Nightmare Moon. Years later Trixie is in Canterlot to see an old friend about some changes to her costume when she has a brush with her old vice. It turns out the local haberdasher is hosting a game of Nightmare soon, and Trixie and Topstitch are at the top of the invite list.

When you take a boastful magician, an easy-going seamster, Canterlot's top doughnut chef, and an excitable haberdasher, it starts to sound like a bad joke. Mix in an unexpected visit from royalty and what's the worst that can happen?

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