[Churchofgaming] "The CoG", Church of Gaming Newsletter, November 2009, Issue 16

[james]

The dates mentioned in this newsletter are all Saturdays. Is this a mistake?


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Lev Lafayette <lev at rpgreview.net>
>  To: churchofgaming at rpgreview.net
>  Subject: [Churchofgaming] "The CoG", Church of Gaming Newsletter, November 2009, Issue 16
>  Sent: 29 Oct '10 13:09
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>  "The CoG", Church of Gaming Newsletter, November 2009, Issue 16
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>          
>  Introduction
>  ============
>  
>  It's been a few months list the last issue of "The Cog", and it's well
>  about time that we had one! We have had games of Original Dungeons &
>  Dragons, RuneQuest, GURPS Krononauts, the release of Gulliver's Trading
>  Company (beta), and visits to "the Burton Club" and Jason and Argonauts
>  (both at ACMI) and a couple of issues of RPG Review....
>  
>          
>  Gaming Timetable
>  ================
>  
>  All games start at 2pm at 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne.
>  
>  D&D Original
>  ------------
>  
>  Thanks to James we now have had a session of original, 1974 edition, of
>  Dungeons & Dragons. Roll 3d6 in order to determine characteristics, pick
>  on of three classes & etc. Our journey through a forest, past a witch,
>  into a dungeon with exploding cultists and a giant (disembodied?) hand
>  have all been great features. True to early D&D style we've also managed
>  to go through quite a few characters already!
>  
>  The next sessions of this fine classic is on November 27th
>  
>  RuneQuest Rhythm of the Heat
>  ----------------------------
>  
>  Penultimate success has been achieved! With the capture of Queen
>  Martoraz of the Sazdorf Clan and subsequent ransom for the final torch
>  of Yelmalio's Blood and the release of Trollkin (of which only some
>  wished to join their comrades at Rabbit Hat Farm), all that is required
>  is the transportation of half a dozen ever-burning torches across
>  troll-infested hinterlands into the middle of a troll complex housing
>  some four thousand such individuals, and the conducting of a HeroQuest
>  ritual. Easy!
>  
>  http://mimesisrpg.com/mailman/listinfo/runequestprax_mimesisrpg.com
>                  
>  Next sessions are on November 6th and 20th
>  
>  
>  GURPS Krononauts
>  ----------------
>  
>  The computer, once again, seems to be going crazy going on about zombies
>  again. Again, a most peculiar link has been drawn. The lost company
>  time-traveller, Ingrid Berkwight, disappears as "Ombre La Belle
>  d'Bearroc" into the United States and befriends authors Washington
>  Irving and Edgar Allan Poe in a town once known as Sleepy Hollow, where
>  the van Meyer family have established themselves. Why is it, suggests
>  Connor, that they seem to be so up-to-date with discoveries in dynamo
>  technology?
>  
>  
>  http://mimesisrpg.com/mailman/listinfo/krononauts_mimesisrpg.com
>          
>  Session on November 13th
>  
>  
>  RPG Review Issue 9
>  ==================
>  
>  
>  The Ninth Issue of RPG Review has been released!
>  
>  With a guest editor, this a bestiary and aliens issue with an interview
>  with Steffan O'Sullivan, author of GURPS Bunnies & Burrows, GURPS
>  Bestiary, GURPS Fantasy Bestiary and FUDGE, among other games. It also
>  includes a lengthy retrospective article on Dragons and PCs for AD&D, an
>  almost as lengthy fantasy Australia campaign for D&D 3.x (including many
>  Australian beasts), a Mouse Guard rules/Warhammer setting crossover
>  campaign, designer's notes for The Celestial Empire (Imperial China
>  BRP), and a sentient species generator for the Dr. Who RPG, a movie
>  review for Splice and much more!
>  
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>  
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>  Gulliver's Trading Company
>  ==========================
>  
>  A free copy of the playtest beta is available. It's a PDF file, about 5
>  megabytes in size and includes a copy of novel Gulliver's Travels.
>  
>  http://rpgreview.net/files/gulliverstradingcompany.pdf
>  
>  
>  Job Opening
>  ===========
>  
>  Fantasy Flight Games have a RPG game designer job opening at their head
>  office in Minnesota, USA. If you're prepared to relocate and be paid the
>  princely sum of $27K per annum, the position description is as follows:
>  
>  http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=1706
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>  Membership
>  ==========
>          
>  We encourage Church of Gaming attendees to become Associate Members of
>  the Melbourne Unitarian Church, a non-creedal church. Membership is
>  $5.50 per annum and forms will be available at CoG gatherings.
>  
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