Week 5: Exams Will Come But There's Still Time For Fun

Timetable

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in W/306
Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in James SCR
Wednesday 13:00 - Yu-Gi-Oh in W/304
Wednesday 19:00 - Impact in G/020, G/013, G/010, G/002
Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar
Saturday 12:00 - Wargames in G/002 
Sunday 12:30- Impact in D/L/116

Note that many of the above may have changed due to exams.

An urgent announcement about boardgames:

After convention, it was noted in the society email that several of the boardgames had gone missing. Since then, they have not reappeared, nor have still not been given any information on there whereabouts. Furthermore, it has been noted that the society boardgames seem to have depleted as of late; it is estimated that we now have a quarter of the numbers we once did. If anyone has boardgames at home which once belonged to the society, it is incredibly important that you let us know so that we can arrange a way for these to be brought to conventions in future.

An announcement from Paul Donovan about a potential game:

Watch the Skies is a megagame: a fast-paced, 8-hour game of international relations, conflict, high-level diplomacy and alien invasions designed for upwards of 40 people.

There's an awesome video review of the first one here (60 players): http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/susd-play-megagame/

And another for the second game (300 players): http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/susd-play-watch-skies-2-pt-1/ ;http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/watch-skies-2-pt-2/

I'd very much like to support one here in York, and think there is definitely space to run a game on campus some weekend.

The game would require:

• Somewhere between 5-7 referees for the smallest game (40ish), up to around 35 for the largest (300ish).
• A hall large enough for all the players, with a separate space nearby for the aliens to form their secret plams.
• A large projector screen would be useful.
• Large laminated world maps; pieces for the military commanders; a printed rulebook for each player; a printed guide for each referee; various other bits, pieces and gubbins I don't even know about yet (all at a cost).
• The purchase of the game itself (£20).

I'd be proposing to run this some time in the first term next year, with priority booking for first-years. My suggestion would be to have a small entry fee (reduced if already a society member).

If you are interested in getting involved, please send an email to the society.