Cambridge University Rle-Playing Society Newsletter the Second 1992 / 93 Ye Tragical Comedy Of Advanced CyberCthulhu & Gurpshammer 2000 Act I, Scene II GM: Unto this village tavern hath you come, As yet for no good reason but mine whim. The "Bile and Vomit" is it truly named, And sullen NPCs glare out within. 1st Player: Barman! A tankard of thy finest ale Should now this thirst of many days beslake. But victuals and rooms must wait: pray tell What rumours, sir, do creep about this place? Barmaid: I beg your pardon? 1st Player: Oops. Charisma rll? (Enter the barmaid's eight 10th level brothers) 1st Player: A good Charisma rll? GM: As you do quaff, Perception rolls the party all must make. 2nd Player: Jasmina bought no skill of such a name, But now I see how I might save the points: So Stealth goes down, and Streetwise ere withal, And lo! now does she spy what others miss. GM: O bloody chancer! Still, you do espy This NPC in hooded cloak attired. For 'tis your characters he seeks, and so Around your empties does he now approach, 3rd Player: We are attacked! Have at thee, foul villain! (The NPC dies messily) 3rd Player: A hit! A critical hit! GM: O bugger. Until next week when we do meet again, With furrowed brow must I now shape my thoughts. For here doth lie no random NPC: This murder dire was of mine crafted plot. (The party loot the body) People who have yet to Join! We can't afford to send you Newsletters indefinitely un|ess you actually decide to join. Please either contact a Committee mgmber, or come along to any Society event. Membership costs 6 for life, 3.50 for 1 year. Thys also applyes to people wh joined for 1 year last year - you can still upgrade to Life for only 2. Weekly Meetings Apologies for the confusion over the rooms at Emma. We will be in the Upper Hall (at Emmanuel) on Tuesday 3rd November, and (hopefully) will be there for the rest of term> Campaign Directory A directory of all the Campaigns going on this year is available for perusal at the Weekly Meetings on Tuesdays, and also on the Society's Phoenix Filespace (see later). We would like to keep this directory as complete and up-to-date as possible, so if there are any GMs out there who haven't sent in their campaign details yet, get them to Chris Watts as soon as possible. Similarly, if any of these details change (time, venue, players dropping out etc.), please let Chris know so that he can amend your campaign entry. And if you get one of your players to write a few words about the campaign from their point of view, we can include this as well. Players still looking for a campaign - come and look at the directory to see what's available. If there are no spaces left in the campaign you'd like to play in, put your name down on the waiting list - if anyone drops out, you'll be able to take theirplace. If you're still stuck, talk to one of the Committee, and we'll see what we can do. Christmas Party The Time:- Saturday 5th December, 7 pm. The venue is still to be arranged, and will be announced in the next Newsletter. We will be serving mulled wine and mince pies, and there will be a variety of wild and improbable games to play. If anyone wants to GM a 2-3 hour one-off session for the Party, please get in touch with a Committee member soon - we'd like to have 3 or 4 games going on. Tickets will be 3, and will be available from Anthony Grocock at any Society meeting (once they're printed, that is). Pub Meetings The Society will be gathering downwind of the Secretary's cigarette smoke at 7:30pm in Catz bar on Monday 9th November Monday 23rd November For thse of you playi~g in campaigns on Mondays, we'll alternate the Pub Meetings a bit more next term, if you like. Video Evening To be held on Saturday 21st November, from 6pm to 12 midnight in Z Basement, Christ's. We0will be showing Termynator 2 (bang crash ratatat I'll be back) The Princess Bride (because it's traditional) Society (the Secretary's choice, ha ha) Live Rle-Playing We wi|l be organising a double-length live r|e-playing session at Labyrinth on Sunday 6th December. Get in touch with David Wright if you are interested in going, by Tuesday 24th November at the latest. The cost per head will probably be around 16. Tony Mitton has agreed to run another live role-playing "Vampire" session on Saturday 28th November. If you'd like to be a Creature of the Night for a day (so to speak), then get in touch with Iain Walker, again by Tuesday 24th. Precise time and venue to be arranged. Oxford Our fellow gamers in OURPS have invited us to their own Xmas Party on Saturday 28th November (so it's a choice between this and Tony's "Vampire"). We don't have any more details yet, but get in touch with David Wright if you're interested. The Library The Library has finally been transported to Chris Watts' room in Christ's (thanks, Doug), and is now open for business. A complete list of its contents will be available along with the Campaign Directory at the Weekly Meetings, and on the Society's Phoenix Filespace. The Library will definitely be open on Mondays and Fridays,0from 8 - 10pm, and will definitely be closed on Mondays and Fridays before 7pm All day Sunday Saturday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings Thursday mornings and from 4 - 7pm. Phoenix Filespace The Society's filespace on Phenix shuld be on line any day now. It rejoices under the name of "CURPS", and will contain a version of the Campaign Directory and a list of the contents of the Library. We're also going to see if we can attach a mailbox to it, so that you can leave rude messages for other members of the Society. Suggestions Is there anything else you think the Society ought to be doing? Suggestions please, to your friendly local Committee Member, or via the Society's Filespace (if we get the mailbox). This Year's Committee are President: Chris Carr (Zebedee) 13 Warkworth St> (Downing), Vice-President: Stephen Balchin (Ermintrude) A16, New Court, St.John's Secretary: Iain Walker (Cutout Cardboard Shrub With No Soul) 10 Hale St> (Emmanuel) Assistant Secretary: Chris Watts (Dougal) Z20, Christ's,  Junior Treasurer: Anthony Grocock (Brian) Rm>2, 9 Chesterton Lane (Clare), External Officer: David Wright (Dylan) Y11, Kings (Box 776)