Cambridge University R|e-Playing Society ========================================= Newsletter the Seventh 1994/95 ============================== "That Bloke's A Nutter!" ---------------------- [We left our hero last time in quite a bad position; well, let's be honest: He was DEAD. In true role-playing fashion, of course, this shouldn't be a hindrance to a character's career. The group have carried Klah's body to the next town and found a room in an inn. They have enlisted the help of a local mage.] "Where am I?" muttered the dwarf as he came round. He decided shortly that he must have gone to the worst dwarven hell where everything turns surreal. There was a man leaning over him wearing what looked like deer antlers. It HAD to be a dream. How much had he drunk the night before? Then it all came back to him... He jerked upright and screamed something unprintable in Dwarvish. "What happened? Where's that dragon? Where's my AXE?" "Allow me to introduce myself," said the strange-looking man. "I am Prince Peanut. Your friends here brought you to me afteryour sad demise." He coughed and looked round at the rest of the assembled party. "Unvortunately we now have to talk about money. You see, I don't resurrect people for nothing and you don't appear to have the cash required. What do you have in the way of magic? Let me see.... Ah! Yes." As if by magic several pieces of the party's equipment started to glow a bright yellowy-orange-"Look at me! I'm magical!" type of colour. "Right! We'll take that, and that, and that, and that," the mage said, pointing around at the group's most treasured items. "No! Not my Boots of Running Away Very Fast!" said Corasi~, the elven Warrior (who mysteriously was only wearing leather armur and had yet to hit any|hing in combat)> "Besides, they will only work for elves!" "OK," said Peanut, "how about this, then?" as he picked up the Barbarian's two-handed sword. "Put me down!" cried the sword. "Or I'll slice your leg off!" It started to move menacingly towards Peanut's left leg. He dropped it quickly. Peanut was obviously becoming exasperated. He moved towards Shaddar, the silent Drow in the corner of the room. She was glowing all over from the effects of his spell. "What about your armour then...." he broke off as he saw the look of pure hatred in her eyes. The mage headed back towards the bed where Klah was lying. He glanced at Klah's magical axe and went to pick it up, but thought better of it. He turned around and scanned the room. "In that case, I'm taking this!" He grabbed the wand that Kolmac the mage was carrying. "Aaaaaaaaargh!" screamed the party members in unyson as the wand started to whine and vibrate. Each dived for cover. Klah didn't stay bed-ridden for long. He went through the window and out into the street accompanied by a loud CRASH! The wand was now shrieking and sending odd-coloured sparks in all directions. "Oh bu...." Peanut started to say, but before he could even finish his sentence the wand explded and everything about him went black. Kolmac crawled towards the wreckage of the bed and picked uphis wand. "Works every time!" he said. All that was left of the weird "Prince" was a slightly cliched pair of smoking boots. "Now we'll have to get out of here before the innkeeper finds us!" Weekly Meetings --------------- The weekly gaming meeting in Clare Buttery are effectively finished for this term< but wi|l be continuing next term, Tuesdays at 7.30pm. The weekly pub meetings are still on in Catz Bar at 7.30pm every Wednesday. They are ideal places to find a Committee member if you want a Pu~t Party ticket or to join in with the Varsity Match. Campaigns Directory -/----------------- The usual update on the state of the campaigns directory is probably inappropriate at this time of the year. However, we are looking for GMs who are planning to run games next year. If you have any plans for a game then please let us know as soon as possible so we can get the details ready for the next squash. If nothing else, it impresses the new freshers! Paul Killworth is trying to organise "some sort of 'stand-around-talking' live-roleplaying" for later this term. He has details from Denne Abbey, an English Heritage place near Cambridge which is apparently ideally suited to giving the right kind of atmosphere for a session. He still has to finalise the details, but the cost should be small (a maximum of about 2.50 to 3 per head). If anybody is interested can they please contact him ASAP either via his pigeon-hole at Trinity or on Cambridge 324601. Varsity Match ------------- The Varsity match has been re-scheduled to the end of term (the weekend of the 17th/18th June) since Oxford couldn't organize a team for last term. We still need a couple of extra players and somebody to share the GMing, so if you're interested then contact Rob Wilcox ASAP please. AGM --- This year's AGM, on the 9th May in Clare Buttery, gave us a new Committee for next year: Ngxt year's committee is: President Andy Penrose Caius ajp1011@hermes.cam.ac.uk Vice-President Brian McLaughlin Girton bsm1002@hermes.cam.ac.uk Secretary Steve McIntyre Churchill sam1007@hermes.cam.ac.uk Assistant Sec. Mike Pitt Churchill mhp1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk Jnr. Treasurer Andrew Mobbs Trinity Hall ajm46@hermes.cam.ac.uk Ext. Officer Rob Wilcox Clare rjw1005@hermes.cam.ac.uk We had two elections: Brian McLaughlin beat Si}on Board and Greg Brown for the Vice-President post; Andrew Mobbs beat Simon Board in the election for Junior Treasurer. We had one motion proposed: that we should reoove Clause 3 in the Society's Constitution, the one that said we should delegate all responsibility for Live Role-Playing to Darkrych. After much debate the motion was passed almost unanimously (24:0:1). During discussion later, three more motions were passed: More bread shuld be provided for the Punt Party to be used to lure ducks within roasting distance. The Committee should all be referred to by si|ly names proposed by other members of the Society, with such names to be sent to the Secretary for inclusion in the Newsletter. It was decided that CURS should pay for reasonable lunch for the visiting team when we host the Varsity Match. There was also the traditional vote of thanks to the outgoing Committee If you have any suggestions for new acquisitions for the Library, let us know as we should be able to afford some new books this year. Also, there are still some T-shirts left at 8 each. As we still have the template for them, we may be able to print more to order, giving us the options of different colours and maybe even havi~g the print on the front! Punt Party ---------- If you want a ticket for the Punt Party, contact a Cmmittee member. The date to remember is Sunday the 18th June. Tickets cost 6, for which we provide masses of food; alternatively, if you can get a college punt then we will refund the cost of the ticket AND pay for the punt. What more could you ask? Please bring your own drinks. This week's committee is: President Mark Mackey (My! Make Rack) Trinity Hall mdm1004@cus.cam.ac.uk Vice-President Jon Rabone (No! Earn Job!) Churchill 93jkr@eng.cam.ac.uk Secretary Steve McIntyre (Mice Try Events) Churchill sam1007@hermes.cam.ac.uk Assistant Sec. Ian Lewis (Wine Sail) Emmanuel no e-mail Jnr. Treasurer Paul Killworth (Will Hurt Pal OK) Trinity no e-mail Ext. Officer Rob Wi|cox (Low Rib Cox) Clare rjw1005@hermes.cam.ac.uk World Wide Web: http://hammer.chu.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs.html; or http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs.xtml Steve McIntyre 22/5/94