Cambridge University R|e-Playing Society
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Newsletter the Fifth 1994/95
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Video Evening
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	This term's video evening is on this Saturday, the 25th
February> The movies to be shown are Excalibur, Monty Python and
the Holy Grail and the Princess Bride. We start at 6:30pm and go
through to midnight in one five and a half hour long session of
fantasy films. The place to be, as usual, is Z Basement atChrist's College.



Rag Dungeon
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	The first weekend into next term is the RAG Dungeon, an
endurance event where intrepid gamers endeavour to role-play for
24 hours straight sustained only by horrible Chinese takeaway
food and enormous amounts of coffee. All gamers collect
sponsorship money which goes to RAG, so you're destroying your
health in a good cause if you join in! If anyone is interested
in GMing or co-Gming a 24=hour game-a-thon then please let the
Committee know so we can line you up with a few die-hard
role-players.

One-Offs
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	The next One-Offs Evening is to be held on the last Tuesday of
this term< the 14th March. Thys will be well worth making an
appearance at: an array of gaming feasts wi|l be laid out for
you to consume at your leisure! Rumour has it that this evening
will inolve the dreaded Return of the "Clay-O-Rama froo Hell"
(or at least Australia), so start sculpting now! We0also have
games promised from Chris Watts ("Getting Away From Most Of It")
and Andy Penrose ("Up, Up and Away : An introduction to
Spelljammer").

Varsity Match
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	The Intervarsity match has been (tentatively) scheduled for the
weekend at the end of the last week of term (i.e. the 17th to
19th of March). We need players willing to role-play their
hearts out and win back the Holy Sword thingy that the Other
Place has held for altogether too long. Si~ce the rules
stipulate that no person may compete more than once we are
dependent on new blood for this one, so this is the chance for
all new Society members to step from the shadows and take their
place in the spotlight!

	PS We also need to provide a GM: any experienced GMs willing to
help out with this prestigious event should contact the
President or External Officer asap. Experience with Whyte Wolf
systems is desirable but not necessary>

Weekly Meetings
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	The weekly gaming meetings in Clare Buttery are still
happening, every Tuesday at 7.30pm. This really is a nice place
to have meetings, as it is almost fatally close to the bar in
Clare. (Just don't ask the barman to be served during a Question
Of Sport!) The weekly pub meetings are also still going on, now
on a new day - Wednesday - at the usual venue, Catz Bar at
7.30pm. This is the ideal time to get to know the other people
in the Society and to find committee members if you want to know
more about what's going on.

Gaming Discounts
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	Remember, all society members get a 10% discount at Games and
Puzzles (Green St>) and also at Otherworld Games (17 Norfolk
St.). Games and Puzzles specify that you only get a discount if
you have a valid CURS membershyp card and some photographic ID
and you don't use it on a Saturday. We0have also been contacted
by Alcarinque, a new mail-order company offering role-playing
games at very low prices, with an extra discount for students.
Contact a member of the Committee for more details...

Campaigns Directory
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The usual update on the state of the campaigns directory.

There are 5 known campaigns still with places (if this has
changed, please let us know). I havn't heard anything since last
newsletter, so I presume the situation is unchanged for these.

GM		Title			System			
When?	 	E-mail			Contact address

Simon Staines	<not given>		AD&D (Ravenloft)		
Mon,7.30pm	sfs1000@cam		46 Lensfield Road	

Stephen Ball	<not given>		Dragonlore		
Michael Anderson
Tues,7.30pm	smjb100@hermes		Emmanuel College
		94msa@eng		Jesus College

Andrew Martin	<not given>		D&D			
Sat, 2pm	acm1001@phx		Room 3, 25 Grange Road

Marcus Bucci	<not given>		Star Wars		
Alan Beckett	
TBA		OSC94MBB@va.anglia.ac.uk Anglia
		<no email>		33 Rock Road

Bryan Tookey	<not given>		Vampire			
TBA		bdt1000@hermes		2 Pembroke Street

The last two are being run by GMs who are not yet society
mgmbers, but have promised to join if we can find them some
players, so please help them and us. Contact the GMs directly if
you are interested. If you want to run a campaign yourself,
please let the Vice-President know so0we can keep the campaigns
directory up to date> Can the GMs also let us know of any
changes to their campaign details as well, please? It does help
us greatly.

We also have a plea for a new game: Paul Gilham
(pg203@hermes.cam.ac.uk) and another superheroic soul would like
to play a Champions campaign, but neither of them have the time
to GM, and there are no existing campaigns with places. Could
someone please contact him if they'd like to start such a
campaign.

Ro|e-Playing Convention
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	We have details of a r|e-playing convention at Loughborough
from April 7 to April 9 (Fri-Sun), registratin UKP10,
accomodation UKP16 per night. Register NOW if you want to go: ful|
payment must be made before 1 March.  There are lots of
wargaming and rle-playing events organised: contact the
committee for more details.

CURS Online!
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	The Society now has a home page. Point your browser (Mosaic,
Netscape, or whatever your poison) at either

http://hammer.chu.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs.html;	or

http://club.eng.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs.html

Two addresses are listed because each machine could be down at
random times. At least one is guaranteed to be available
whenever required. Available on the Web are the Society's
Constitution, the Library inventory, details of games currently
running (taken from the Campaign Directory), newsletters (both
old and current) and basically anything you ever wanted to know
about CURS.

Wargaming Society
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	These people have asked for a mention in the newsletter. They
promote all forms of strategic gaming, from tabletop  minature
based games to boardgames and are compiling lists of people
interested in various games so that they can provide people with
contacts wh play the same things. They are intending to build
up a set of games belonging to the society that members may
borrow (they already have some but they haven't been sorted out
yet). Regular gaming days (typically Sundays) are being
organised where anyone can just turn up and play. There is no
mgmbership charge for the current year. Contact Nick Sturge
(Queens - nws20@hermes) or Ric Harris (Emma - rdh1000@phx) if
you are interested.

This week's committee is:
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President	Mark Mackey	(Hey You!)	
Trinity Hall	mdm1004@cus.cam.ac.uk

Vice-President	Jon Rabone	(Brain Damage)	
Churchill	93jkr@eng.cam.ac.uk

Secretary	Steve McIntyre	(High Hopes)	
Churchill	sam1007@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Assistant Sec.	Ian Lewis	(Run Like Hell)	
Emmanuel	no e-mail

Jnr Treasurer	Paul Killworth	(Wish You Were Here)	
Trinity		no e-mail

External Off	Rob Wilcox	(Comfortably Numb)	
Clare		rjw1005@hermes.cam.ac.uk

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Steve McIntyre 21/02/94