Hey hey hey friends! We're back for another week. I am officially out of essay breakdown / lock in mode and wow it feels good! Hope everyone else out there is doing okay! Let's get into the newsletter shall we?
❗ Announcements ❗
📰 Exec Roles Part 2!
It's time to meet more of our exec! Once again, if you're thinking of running for a role, please send a message to the current exec in the position you intend to run for. This helps us keep track of making sure that the important roles get filled!
Holly - Communication & Operations Officer
OH THAT'S ME! Hey friends, I'm Holly, the voice behind the Newsletter! Which is actually a large part of the Co-Op role! The Newsletter is the biggest collection of Society based information so it's a role you need to stay on top of, staying in touch with pretty much every exec member to make sure you know what's going on with all of the events in the coming week. You also get access to the society email and various social accounts and are expected to stay on top of posts, publications and general communications. We often have other socs sliding into our DMs so it's always important to keep an eye on those too! It's a very creative role, with one big weekly commitment, but other than that is very chill and allows you to just get excited for all our events we have coming up!
Izzy - Tech Officer
Hi there! I'm Izzy, the current Tech Officer for our society! You wouldn't have seen much of me this year as I mainly hide in D&D groups, and due to how Tech Officer is a very behind the scenes role, running both our website and discord. This involves things like keeping the announcement and timetable pages up to date, fixing things when they go wrong, running the AGM vote, and being the head moderator of the discord and website forum, mainly obliterating spam bots.
Don't be deterred from this role if you don't have expertise in things such as coding (I don't!) as our brilliant 21-22 Tech Officer Finnbar created the document “How to Website Really Good”, which encompasses how to do everything this role requires, so all you need is willingness to learn. If you have any questions, feel free to pop me a message on discord (Tubscart).
Sam - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
I'm Sam, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer. The role of ED&I is to keep this society inclusive and open for everyone, so it's my job to make sure all of our events are as accessible as possible, and to fix any issues that may come up. As well as this, ED&I should keep an eye on society demographics from the SU and make sure they're all as they should be, and work with the Welfare Officer to fill section 7 of our society constitution - making sure nobody feels discriminated against, victimised or unwelcome in Tabletop for any reason.
Holly - Welfare
Sorry guys you've got me again, but this time we are talking welfare! This is one of the roles that is required by SU regulation, and is super super important. The role of the Welfare Officer is to basically make sure everyone in the society is happy! You are the first port of call for any welfare issues for any member of the society, the exec, or anyone attending any of our events. You will be expected to attend any welfare training that the SU offers (although I will say that any Exec should consider going to training if it's available, especially Active Bystander!) and overall just stay on top of the welfare needs of the society.
Obviously, there's no way of being sure what the workload of this role will look like year on year, but it is worth noting that if you're interested in this role, your mental wellbeing comes first! All of the exec will want you to take care of YOU. It can sometimes be a heavy role, but support is available through many contacts at the SU if you need help with anything. This role is so so so rewarding and I have loved doing it this past year, so if you are interested, please do drop me a message!
The end of this is just another reminder to please GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP before FEBRUARY 5TH. This is required whether you are running, or simply want to vote!
🎲 Tabletop Weekend Success!
Another great Tabletop Weekend secured! Thank you to everyone who dropped in. It was so fantastic to see so many of you from all our different factions! We had so many BGs played, a couple cheeky card games, a great diplomatic LARP session, and a Wargs tournament, congrats to the winner Oscar! Do you have any fun moments I've missed? Head to our discord highlight channels to let me know what you got up to!
❔ Murder Mystery Sign Ups LIVE!!
That's right! We are murdering and mystery-ing! Sign-ups can be found here on our website! The event will run Saturday of week 7 (February 22nd), 1-4:30 in H0.03. If you would like to take part, please make sure you sign up so that our LARP Rep Sam can make sure everyone is getting all the info!
❔ What's happening this week? ❔
- Monday 5-10pm: In Person Wargames - CS1.04
- Tuesday 1-2pm: Exec Meeting - B2.04/05
- Tuesday 6-10pm: In Person Draft - B2.02 - Ravnica Remastered - £10 - you must sign up here to take part
- Wednesday 2-10pm: In Person Board Games - B2.02
- Thursday 5-10pm: In Person CCGs - 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? 💭
Last Week in LARP!!!
The Archbaron Winter called a meeting of many minds, to attempt to forge useful connections in the upcoming.. political struggles. Discussions were had over wine from the Shloer region, negotiations were done, and the Archbaron forged new opinions of his guests. The outcome of these talks is yet to be seen.
Last Week in RPGS!!!
- Sector C4N - Kalina (PC) and Co-captains Andes (PC) and Astra (PC) stabilised two of the bandits for interrogation and returned to the ship to find Johnny (PC) managed to find free parking for the ship (for 10 whole hours!). The party then interrogates the bandits, making good use of Johnny's (PC) CHAINSAW SWORD (why do they carry this around...), only to find out that they are the two dumbest bandits on the planet, have almost no self-preservation, and barely know anything. The group drops the bandits of with the Sheriff and then head to the bar to calm down, along with a bit of low stakes gambling. They then head of to recon the main bandit camp, doing a flyover in the ship then approaching on foot. They keep watch, playing some poker and enjoying some small talk, and get some more information on the compound. A plan is ready, the ground set, and the players ready for a fight. Will Kalina (PC) and Astra (PC) completely blunder the explosives again? Might that shiny new machine gun come in useful? And will people actually hit their targets? (Highlight courtesy of Hedgie on the Discord!)
- Inkspire - A large brawl, cut short by PC Melody’s witch patron saving us all, breaks out in the courtroom with the Pontifex making a hasty exit. In return for this saving, Usilla (Melody’s patron) requests we join her to a witch meeting located in another witch’s domain, a frozen castle in the North (but before we leave we find out that PC Viola has killed a witch?!). We’re greeted at the castle by the host’s apprentice, a young girl who seems out of place, we find our quarters and PC Arley has a chat with her sentient gingerbread man Snap (he might be immortal). The rest of the party meet Snap and Aiden (a man who lives in the mirrors), and Melody is summoned to the conclave meeting, not as an apprentice, but a witch. Death has come for Usilla, her time is up and Melody shall take her place. (Highlight courtesy of Skye on the Discord!)
Extra Bonus End Bit
Arcane Denial is a tricksy one, huh? The correct answer to last week's mingame was of course the fact that the caster also draws a card on 'the next upkeep' (as opposed to 'your next upkeep'). Well done to those who got it right! This week's minigame is another badly described boardgame! Can you tell me what it is?
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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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