And just like that, we've reached the end of term! Christmas and holiday fun times await, but for now, we have one more week of Tabletop Chaos!
❗ Announcements ❗
🎲 A New BGs Assistant!
We are very excited to have expanded our Exec team once more! Maëlle is our wonderful new Assistant Board Games rep, on hand to help V with all the chaos on Wednesdays! If you're ever needing a hand at BGs, Maëlle will be on hand to help. We're so very lucky to have her!
🎉 Thank you for coming to TABLETOP WEEKEND!
We had yet another fabulous Tabletop Weekend with plenty of good games and plenty of good fun. We here at Tabletop just want to once again extend our biggest thanks for coming along to support us. It's always so fantastic to see so many of you, and play some great games with you. Whether you stopped by for a quick boardgame, or you ventured out with us to LARP, or anything in between, a big big big THANK YOU! And of course a big congratulations to our Quiz winners, Team One (1), storming ahead of the competition! Enjoy this photo of our winners along with the most cursed of rounds...
❔ What's happening this week? ❔
- Monday 5-10pm: In Person Wargames - CS1.04
- Tuesday 6-10pm: In Person Draft - B2.02 - Chaos Draft - £15 - you must sign up here to take part
- Wednesday 3-10pm: In Person Board Games - B2.02
- Thursday 5-10pm: In Person CCGs - 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? 💭
Last Week in TABLETOP WEEKEND!!!
We had lots of brilliant games over the weekend, with lots of people (including our exec) trying some games from our catalogue that they haven't tried before! Personally my favourite quote comes from BGs rep V saying 'I spent much of my early afternoon with a hand on my head, unable to speak, running through a temple, otherwise horrifically cursed.' If that doesn't describe Tabletop weekend, I don't know what will! Although, maybe these pictures of Feldspar and some of the games can do that too.
Last Week in LARP!!!
Sir Grubworth Foxtrot gathered a small team to hunt down a magical sword for Archbaron Fitzsabre. They struck on the etrail of a mysterious spate of disappearances along the Great River bordering both Lupan and Kitaland territories, a small Lupan client town having its townsfolk go missing in the night. On their journey there they encountered river pirates, an overzealous duo trying to get someone arrested for spying, a 'wolf' named Bear, who was actually just a grey cat in a coat, and many imps. When they reached the town, they learned that some of the missing townsfolk were found again as stone statues, and that all the missing people had been hunting or foraging in the forest around the town. They tracked the disappearances to a cave, where they encountered a cave bear named Cattus, and more statues of the missing people. This culminated in a fight against a horrific, humanoid creature, which burst into snakes when killed, leaving the lovely, ornately decorated sword it was wielding to clatter to the ground and be claimed by Foxtrot and his party members.
Last Week in RPGs!!!
- Sector-C4N: After going into major debt and hiring two “local businessmen”, Johnny French and Arthur (PCs) to join them and help cover the ship costs, the party has acquired a spaceship! Getting right onto somehow turning this into a profitable enterprise, some potential passengers are found. After the slightest questionable look, a group of three passengers breakdown and admit to having just stolen some drugs from the local area and get a very stern telling off by Force Commander Andes (PC), and get booted off the ship. Following this, previous navy pilot Kalina (PC) along with Johnny go to collect some cargo, only for Kalina to quickly find out that maybe the "above board" trading mission Johnny had found might not be the most legal. A talk with the local police force also reveals a potential job taking care of some local gangs. What will the crew do about this questionably legal cargo? Will everyone immediately die to some low-level gangsters next session? And will Andes manage to deliver all the passengers without punching anyone? (Highlight courtesy of Hedgie in the Discord!)
- Inkspire: Cinderella’s Ball is in motion and our party is dressed to the nines! Dignitaries from across the realm are present, and conversations throughout the evening reveal that something could be brewing between PC Arley and Melody (they’re so cute yall); PC Elena’s (soon to be ex) husband aims to take PC Viola’s place as Queen; and Viola and PC Rosie are half-sisters (it's complicated). The ball is cut short however as The Spire collapses due to an “earthquake”, causing many severe injuries, everyone darts for their quarters or healing wards where needed. The Church sets up Arley as a heretic, putting her on trial, where the Pontifex outs the entire party as magical. Are we the villains? The Pontifex deems so; the Church is after us; all of us. (Highlight courtesy of Skye in the Discord!)
- Also featured in our highlights this week is a story from our ex-pres Ben: Sinclair and Valarie (PCs) have just duelled each other, a poetic, beautiful and ultimately, heart wrenching recreation and representation of their love story that moved the stony-hearted Dread Overlord to tears - so much so that they were both allowed to live . Then it was my turn. Jason, my PC steps up. The Overlord draws the name from the hat (the GM spins the randomiser wheel) and lands on his evil Vizier: a potent mage, but this is an arena dedicated to martial strength. The vizier is 90+ years old. Jason is 23, built like a brick shithouse and hates the Vizier with a passion. How do you think it went?
Extra Bonus End Bit
It's been an excellent term of 'Feldspar Buttons Firebreath III's Funky Beloved Fun (the obnoxiously named minigame)' and last week was a good one: of course the scrambled 40k Army was Tyranids!! Given that it's going intoo the Holidays and I don't want to leave you hanging with a game, I shall just leave you with Feldspar wishing you a very Happy Holidays! It's been a great term, and we just can't wait for the next one. But for now...
Hydrate, don't diedrate, have a good week, and I'll see you next time! 💜
Holly (she/her, Communications and Operations Officer) @Kellowdee on discord
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