Week 7: In the Belly of the Whale

Monday 19:00 - Magic the Gathering in W/243
Monday 20:00 - Boardgames in James SCR
Wednesday 13:00 - Yu-Gi-Oh in W/306
Wednesday 19:00 - Impact in D/L/002, D/L/003 + D/L/006
Thursday 20:00 - Social in Derwent Bar
Saturday 13:00 - Tabletop Day in G/001, G/002, G/010, G/013, and G/020
Saturday 18:00 - Changeling in W/301, W/304, W/306, and W/307
Sunday 12:30 - Impact in D/L/002 + D/L/006

Tabletop Roleplay Day

The first term Tabletop Roleplay Day will be happening this Saturday (14th Nov) in G/001, G/002, G/010, G/013, and G/020 from 13:00

This is primarily an opportunity for people interested in Tabletop Roleplay to have a chance to give it a go with one-off games designed as an introduction to the hobby.  And of course those with more experience are more than welcome to join in the fun!

If you are interested in running a game, then please email a blurb for your game or post it on the forums!  (Due to time restrictions we advise pre-gened characters or ones very quick to make.)

Vague Structure of the day:

1. Assemble at 13:00 in G/001, players choose/squeeze into games and first set of games run. until around 6ish
2. Pizza and other food after the first lot of games.
3. Then a second set in the evening if people are happy to keep going

Other Stuff

A reminder that if you have not yet emailed the Pantheon refs about the Aspects you ended up with, please do so as soon as possible! 

Once again, W/035E and W/035F have been booked for Wargames purposes on Saturday from 11 onwards, but there is nothing officially running. Feel free to come along and play your own Wargames if you wish


Finally, for those who may interested, here is an advertisement for a board/tabletop game app:

Hello there,

I was playing a game of Monopoly (the Here & Now edition) nearly a year
ago now when – not for the first time – I got slightly frustrated with
the electronic banking unit, and how it makes the banker a real point
of contention.

This gave me the idea for a smartphone app for exchanging currency that
would support all board games. So you could – for example – use it to
play Power Grid instead.

I went ahead and made the idea reality, and after a few months of
development, I quietly published it last month.

You can go ahead and download it/read more about it/view screenshots at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dhpcs.liquidity. I believe Liquidity is a world first in that it's the only app that lets each player hold and control their money on their own phone.

(The Google Play listing screenshots and text hopefully make it clear
what it does and how to use it, so I won't repeat them here).

I've not really promoted it at all yet (hence the lack of reviews
etc.), which brings me to the reason I'm emailing you:

Before I make any significant effort to promote it, I thought it would
be a good idea to first seek the feedback of other board game
enthusiasts to see if there are any changes you think I could/should
make.

So, if you like, please do give it a go during one of your sessions and
let me know what you think. And if you like it, spreading the word
can't hurt either!

(in case the Google Play listing isn't clear, you don't need everyone
playing to have an Android phone; two or more players can share one
phone, simply swiping to change accounts – 'identities' – during play).

I'm looking for all types of feedback, so even if you think the idea is
terrible and that smartphones shouldn't be part of board games, I want
to know! Or it might be that you think the Google Play listing isn't
very clear and that I should rewrite it. It's all good!

Thanks for your time reading this. If Liquidity isn't of interest, I
can only apologise.

Looking forward to hearing back from you!

David Piggott

(If you're curious who I am, you can read a little at
https://www.dhpiggott.net/).