Hello folks! Please come along to the AGM this Friday and also take note of the fact that our weekly timetable has shifted mostly back to normal due to a pause in UCU strikes for the next couple of weeks.
I hope that your week isn't crepe and that you enjoy any pancakes you make for Pancake Day on Tuesday!
❗ Announcements ❗
🗳 AGM
- 📆 Friday 24th February
- 🕙 7-9pm
- 🗺 B2.02
The AGM is this week! Come along to B2.02 on Friday to help us determine the exec and the mascot for next year, as well as to discuss any motions that will be put to vote. It's genuinely a good time as I personally really enjoy hearing how passionate all the folks run-in for exec are about their interests and the society!
If you have any last minute questions or queries feel free to @ an exec or check out our informative guide to the AGM in this forum thread.
Check that you can vote by clicking here and checking whether you can see and vote in the "Test Election 2023" and "Test Motion 2023" votes.
📆 Strikes Cancelled so Events Returned to Normal Days
UCU strikes have been called off for the next two weeks (Week 7 and 8) so we've more or less returned our schedule to normal (i.e. events Monday-thursday rather than the collated Friday events we've run the past couple of weeks).
There are a couple of things to note regarding this, mainly that this week's CCGs will be taking place on Thursday as normal but will be running from 6pm-10pm (rather than from 5pm as normal) and will be happening in H0.56 (as we had to rebook a room).
🧠 Quiz
- 📆 Friday 10th March (week 9)
- 🕙 6-9pm
- 🗺 OC0.01
We're still looking for one person to run a quiz round plus a person to run the bonus round at this term's upcoming quiz! Drop Fern a ping or DM (@AceEmpress#9631) if you're interested or if you want to know more about how to structure a round. The basic setup is 10 marks, no fractions of marks, about a topic adjacent to tabletop or associated nerdery.
🔫 Laser Quest!
- 📆 Saturday 4th March
- 🕙 Sometime in the afternoon, exact time TBC via Discord announcement
- 🗺 Laser Quest Coventry
We have the details for this year's instalment of our Laser Quest collab and this year we're not only going up against Compsoc but also Animesoc!
We'll have more details to come very soon so keep your eyes on the #announcements channel in Discord.
👕 Merch
You can now order Merch from us via the SU website! We have hoodies, pins, and stickers on offer and you can order as many of any as you would like!
Once you've put in your order on the SU page please be sure to fill in the relevant customisation survey (all linked below) so that we know what colour/wording you want on your items! Also note that you'll need to fill out this form PER ITEM YOU'VE ORDERED! (So if you've ordered 5 pronoun badges for example, you'll need to fill out the form 5 times.)
- Order a Society hoodie - Then fill in the customisation form here
- Order a Pride Pin - Then fill in the customisation form here
- Order an Exec Role Pin (exec only pls!) - Then fill in the customisation form here
- Order an Exec Name Pin (exec only pls!) - Then fill in the customisation form here
- Order a Tabletop Logo Badge
- Order a Strawberry Jam Sticker
- Order a Tabletop Logo Sticker
❔ What's happening this week? ❔
- Monday 5-10pm: In Person Wargames - B2.01 and B2.02
- Tuesday 6-10pm: In Person Draft - B2.02 - Phyrexia: All Will Be One - £10 - you must sign up here to take part
- Wednesday 2-10pm: In Person Board Games - B2.02 and B2.04/5
- Thursday 6-10pm: In Person CCGs - H0.56
- Friday 7-9pm: AGM - B2.02
- Sunday 12-5pm: LARP - B2.02
Remember, you can always find an up-to-date timetable of what's going on on our website's Schedule page, and you can see special events (including RPGs) and sign up to them via our Events page.
💭 What happened last week? 💭
Ben had their first session of Demigods!
In which:
- Pockets (a white-tailed deer) eats several items of clothing
- A robot puts his foot through a microwave
- Weasel urine is an integral element of the party's 'plan'
- Bread is baked
- A basillisk gets axe/spear/weasel-urined to death
- It rains
Last week in LARP:
Getting a favour from a witch is cool. So cool that if you are the party you might go on an adventure into the Endless Forest. As the full moon is rising. Luckily, our intrepid adventurers survived not only the angry trees, the rabid beasts, and the insane remnants of a Lupan scouting patrol, but also the werewolf they were sent to track down. Also yeah, werewolves exist. Who knew? (I mean the party did since one had met a werewolf before, but still...)
Extra Bonus End Bit
Naming themes to use for a group of characters in your world to create a sense of consistency (à la all the Pokémon professors being named for trees):
- Types of bread (e.g. Rye, Sourdough, etc)
- Things you have in your bag at all times (e.g. Glasses Case, String, Chapstick)
- Deepest fears (e.g. The Dark, Being Forgotten, Disappointing Others)
- Essential things all humans need to live (e.g. Air, Water, Glitter, Hope)
- Best pizza toppings (Olives) (n.b. only works if there's somehow only one person in this faction/group)
- Winter accessories (e.g. Scarf, Hat, Gloves, Hot Chocolate)
Wash your hands, stay safe, and come play some games with us 💚
Lils (they/he, Communications and Operations, climbing trees)
@ArtemisForest#9741 on Discord
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