Week 6: ... dripping with melted butter

Need a break from revision, or want to de-stress after an exam?  We're still running all the normal events, so come on down.

Timetable

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in the Peter Lee Dining Room, Wentworth
Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in G/002 + G/013 (and after 21:00 in G/001)
Wednesday 19:00 - Age of Iron in V/119, V/122, V/V123
Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar
Saturday 12:00 - Mordheim in V/119 + V/122
Sunday 12:30 - Age of Iron in D/L/047

Mordheim: What is this thing anyway?

Hi, I'm Dave, the Abnormal Member for Wargames. This is a new position, suggested after a group of us playing Mordheim decided that it would be a good thing to have someone to represent and organise wargaming for the society. This is a quick update of current goings-on and plans.

Right now there is a Mordheim campaign that's been running games every couple of weeks or so since the start of last term.

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Mordheim is a skirmish game set in the Warhammer world. The city of Mordheim has been destroyed by the impact of a great comet, and shards of magical wyrdstone have been found amidst the ruins.

Each player takes control of a small warband of models from one of the many factions fighting for control of the treasure. Between games the characters in your warband gain experience points and explore the ruins to find new items to further their goals.

It's a lot of fun, and we usually manage several rounds of games each time we meet. If you're interested in joining, we'd be happy to have more players. I'm happy to help build a warband and run an introduction game. The campaign has an underdog system to enable new warbands to catch up to more powerful ones, so don't worry if the first couple of games don't go your way, you'll soon be challenging.

Games run on Saturdays, and we tend to book rooms from midday to midnight with games starting around 1pm. See the society emails for more information, and check out the society forums for further announcements.

As for future plans, next term/academic year, I'd like to start running a Mordheim campaign using the Border Town Burning supplement (available free). I'd also like to know if there's any interest in games of Necromunda over the summer. If you're into wargames and want to run something or just book out a room for an evening, get in touch with the society via email, the forum or at a social.

Week 5: Happiness is a baked potato

Timetable

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in the Peter Lee Dining Room, Wentworth

Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in G/002 + G/013 (and after 21:00 in G/001)

Wednesday 19:00 - Age of Iron in V/119, V/122, V/V123

Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar

Saturday 12:00 - Mordheim in V/119 + V/122

Sunday 12:30 - Age of Iron in D/L/047

Week 4: L-Space Madness

A warm welcome to our new committee members:
Abnormal Member for Boardgames - James Lees
Abnormal Member for Cardgames - Will Arnup
Abnormal Member for Wargames - Dave Hogg

Timetable

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in the Peter Lee Dining Room, Wentworth
Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in G/002 + G/013 (and after 21:00 in G/001)
Wednesday 19:00 - Age of Iron in V/119, V/122, V/V123
Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar
Saturday 12:00 - Mordheim in V/119 + V/122
Saturday 18:00 - Empire Celestial Cascade in G/001 + G/002
Sunday 12:30 - Age of Iron in D/L/047

The Great Library Clean-Up!

As was proposed at the AGM by Brandon, our Librarian, we will be having a major clean-up of our extremely large library.  This will likely take the form of a spreadsheet listing all our books, and we will ask members to put a tick next to those volumes they think should be kept.  Books with only one tick will be offered to the person ticking them (for a nominal fee), and those books with >1 tick will become the new library, which can hopefully then be consolidated into a single location, and made more easily available for book borrowing.

Brandon will send around a mass email with the spreadsheet and more details soon, and you will have the rest of this term to vote on the books.

End of Term Meal

Also coming out of the AGM, we are planning to have a society BBQ on Thursday Week 9 (19th June) and a meal at a restaurant Thursday Week 10 (26th June).  If you have any suggests for where to go, please let us know.

Convention Lost Property

• Pair of Black Headphones
• Clear and Blue Plastic Lunchbox

Please email us if either of these things belong to you, or if you think you're missing something else.

Week 3: Democracy 2 - Return of the one party ballot

Hope everyone had a great convention.  This week is the AGM and by-election, so don't forget to vote for the 3 Abnormal member positions, and please turn up to the AGM.  There's a lot of important things to discuss, including changes resulting from re-ratification and the library.

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in the Peter Lee Dining Room, Wentworth
Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in G/002 + G/013 (and after 21:00 in G/001)
Wednesday 19:00 - Age of Iron in V/119, V/122, V/V123
Thursday 19:00 - AGM in D/L/047
Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar
Saturday 19:00 - Changeling in G/001/002/010/013
Sunday 12:30 - Age of Iron in D/L/047
Sunday 24:00 - Deadline for nominations for Abnormal Members for Magic, Boardgames and Wargames - please email us if you wish to stand.

AGM and By-elections: Thursday 8th May in D/L/047

The AGM will discuss:

• The state of the society library
• The re-ratification process (which has led to a new constitution)
• How the society runs socials
• Choices for the end of term meal
• Changes to the role of the Abnormal Member for Magic (increasing their oversight to include all card games).

If you have any further topics you think need to be discussed, or want to comment on those above, please email us.

By-election

There are two ways to vote:  Either email your choices between now and Thursday 8th May 18:00 or vote in person at the AGM (D/L/047)
Results will be announced at the social in Derwent Bar at 20:00.

Abnormal Member for Boardgames

• James Lee
• Louis Gibson
• RON

Abnormal Member for Magic

• Will Arnup
• RON

Abnormal Member for Wargames

• Dave Hogg
• RON

Each position is responsible for introducing new players to their area and organizing the weekly session (as well as any extras they want to run).  The Abnormal members are the go-to for help for other members of the society for help in that area and provide a go-between to advocate for money/time from the main committee.  They are also responsible for storing equipment if needed.