Cambridge University Rle-Playing Society Newsletter the Third 1992 / 93 Ye Tragicall Comedie Of Advanced CyberCthulhu & Gurpshammer 2000 Act I, Scene III GM: My NPC unto his wormy grave hath gone, In death my plot undone must seem to lie. But 'tis not so! Prick back thy ears withal: What sprites do gibber in the airy void? (Enter the Party from a great height) 1st Player: A noisome curse upon that evil day, When rules on falling ere were wrote! GM: Gotcha! Thus do I spring my naked Plt-Device, To bring these knaves unto this fateful place. The gorey corpse did wear, and they did rob A Colosto}y Bag of Mystic Flight. 4th Player: I own that I did err, betides. That flask No Potion of Humungous Strength did hold. GM: Achilles in his tent griped not like thee, But now unto my words thyselves bethrall. 'Pon yonder hill a castle marks its crag, With pennants black and sinister and bold. 1st Player: A doughty oak I climb: what sign of life Doth skulk without within yon lurking keep? GM: In silence strange the darksome tower doth lie. What doest thu? 3rd Player: Methinks 'tis little sport That may be had in such a place. Thus so, We now do seek such climes as we may kill Some orcs. GM: Er.>. I spo{e not of this before, But costly treasures now do twinkle bright Within this rich and wealthsome citadel. Players: Then wherefore do we tarry here? (Exeunt) GM: Strike one! Weekly Meetings We will be in the Upper Hall (at Emmanuel) on Tuesday 24th November, but on Tuesday 1st December, we will be in the Party Room at Downing instead. Next term we hope to be in the Upper Hall at Emmanuel again, and the first Weekly Meeting of 1993 will be on Tuesday 12th January. Watch out for the usual notice posted inside the front gate in case we have any more problems with the room. One-Off Sessions At the Weekly Meeting on Tuesday 26th January, we will be organising a number of one-off sessions so that people can try out new or unfamiliar game systems/GMs/players. Prospective GMs! If you'd like to run something just for one evening, please get in touch with one of the Committee, and let them know the system you want to run< and the number of players you can cope with. The deadline is the Meeting on Tuesday 19th January, when you can get players to sign up. Prospective Players! Come along on the 19th, and sign up for one of scenaris available. Christmas Party Will be held on Saturday 5th December at 7pm, in Z Basement, Christ's ???. Lots of mulled wine (bring your kettles for descaling) and mince pies, and lots of bizarre games. If you'd like to run something at the Party, please see a Committee mgmber NOW. Tickets will be 3, and will be available from Chris Watts. Campaign Directory The following GMs have not yet returned their Campaign Directory forms:- Nick Clayton Aidan O'Lynn Andrew Davies Ginni Rose Keith Grange John Sloan Adam Moseley Get thse forms to Chris Watts A.S.A.P. And to all GMs - letChris know of any changes so that he can keep your entry up-to-date. Players still in search of a campaign - the Campaign Directory will be constantly up-dated, so keep checking it. The following campaigns currently have spaces available:- Warhammer Traveller Call of Cthulxu Ars Magica Champions D&D (we think) Pub Meetings No more this term< but we'll be getting next term off to a flying start at 7:30pm in Catz bar on Wednesday 13th January Live Rle-Playing Labyrinthe is on Sunday 6th December, and David Wright will want your money by Monday 30th November at the latest. The projected cost is still 16, but might be less if we can get at least another two players. So if you're interested but haven't signed up, see David A.S.A.P. "Vampire" is on Saturday 28th November, and will be held in the Old JCR in Emmanuel (we hope) from 6:30pm - 11:30pm. Background material will be distributed to Players well beforehand, but you'll have to wait until Saturday for your characters. Oxford The OURPS Xmas Party on Saturday 28th November will cost 5 with booze, 3 without. See David Wright NOW if you want to go. We're inviting them to our Xmas Party, incidently. The Library We are issuing a general recall of all materials that have been taken out of the Library< primarily for cataloguing purposes. You can renew things immediately, but we want to see them first, and we want to see them by the end of term at the latest. In particular, we want to get back the following, since we0don't know where the hell they've got to:- Curse of the Cthonians Cthulhu by Gaslight The Labyrinthe Supplement If you've got them, bring them back NOW. By the way, we will soon have lots of money to spend on the Library. Any requests? Rag Dungeon The 24 hr rle-playing marathon in aid of Rag will take place around the middle of next term, but if you would like to GM something, please start thinking about it now. What system will you be using? How many players do you want? Let us know first thing next January, so that the details can go in the next Newsletter. Design a T-Shirt We need a new Society T-shirt, so0whoever comes up with the best design by Tuesday 26th January will get two free tickets to the Punt Party in May Week (generous, huh?). Designs should be in black and white on A3 sized paper (bear in mind that the image on the eventual T-shirt will be reversed to whyte on black), and should feature the Society name or an abbreviation thereof (CURS or CURPS) fairly prominently. As for the rest of it, something vaguely relevant to rle-playing would help. Phoenix Filespace Sorry that the Society's Phoenix Filespace isn't on line yet, but it shuld be by the end of term. The old "CUDADS" Filespace is still available in the meantime, and should contain the Campaign Directory and the Library list. 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)