Sorry folks, but we actually missed a month for the newsletter. Just too many things were going on at once, so here is your double feature, action packed August/September newsletter.

John?, John?.... Hey has anybody seen John Reynolds, you know the Gamemaster. This was a frequently asked question on the July three day game "The Turtle Moves". John Reynolds is to receive the infamous Award of de Merit for the GM who spent the least amount of time running a game. Coming in at under 150 minutes, John easily snores away any competition. Honestly though, the vast majority of time missed was due to circumstances beyond his control. Well everyone seemed to enjoy themse lves on the game, even without the GM around, hmmm! a new trend perhaps!

Hey Carlos!

Yah Raoul, what is it brudder?

What happened on that island anyways? I tink doz nuts da Wiz gave me made everything real confusin'!

Nah! Everything wuz confusin'. The Wiz, he come back just like dat crazy Azeem said he would, but he looked different.

Yah I know, it seemed most of da people dere were looking for tings dey forgot. Like dat Phlan guy. Him and the Crone wuz like married or sumthin'.

And dey had dat misbegotten son, Palan. Well I guess he wuz begotten alright. What about Who Me, she wuz really confused, even worst den you and me, Raoul.

So what happened to da book dat everyone wuz lookin' for, eh?

I tink Azeem and dat Haytee Antee are going inta business. Azeem got Firpo and Orn as zombies, but I herd dem talkin' about runnin' off `n becomin' freakin Vampires or sumting.

Ah.. What about dat invisible chick. What was her name?

I dunno, all I herd was mumble, mutter, mumble all da freakin time.

Yah, da wiz talked to her, like where did he go man, I didn't see him onda ferry.

I saw him go into his shop, den der wuz dis freakin strange hummin' noise. I wunder if he left any nuts.

No freakin nuts man, dey make you hear tings!

Yah I know man. I guess dat Brother Cruller guy won't join us as OM dudes! He says Tim is da best.

I don't know man, dat sort of talk attracts a lot of lightning bolts eh! Besides man, Om say we can beat people up for him. Dat's freakin cool man! Brutha's got dat funny crown. And dat turtle too!

Good eatin' on one of dem, ya know!

Ya man, but we not supposed to say dat.

Oh yeah, well maybe Nog will come over to OM, or was dat Gulkin. One of dem guys wuz a priest type, ya know.

Yah well, what about dem Brownies?

Fran Jean and Rool, hey dats right Rool is gonna be a Crone so she said we can be da Dread Pirate.

Yah cool man, da Dread Pirates Bastido!

Hey Raoul, what ever happened to dat Ulath the Wanderer guy, who kept attackin' us.

I dunno Carlos, but we really put da boots to him.

Well he kept attackin' da Brownies and stuff, so i guess OM wanted it like dat.

Hey ya know dat Starfire guy still got dat crazy sword!

Yah, it made him fall down a lot. I tink its got him!

I guess so Carlos, hey is dat da boat da brownie told us to. It will be real good to get away from dis freakin place.

Yah, I know brudder.

Yah Raoul?

So what happened on dat freakin island anyhow?

"The Turtle Moves"

Boudreau, Chantal 11

Bradley, Brad 11

Brown, Evan 12

Campbell, Lorna 11

Chamberlain, Sylvie 10

Coates, Catherine 11

Dennison, Bryce 10

Dennison, Jeremy 11

Fillipone, Brad 10

Fox, Steve 11

Gallant, Carol Ann 10

Grady, Johnathon 12

Henderson, Dan 10

Johnson, Tim 10

Jones, Ryan 12

Lovin, John 11

MacInnes, Chris 10

McGee, Brian 10

Morris, Blair 12

Morrison, Dave 10

Morrison, Karalee 11

Murdock, Cindy 10

Noble, Tracy 12

O'Brien, Sheldon 11

Pettipas, Jackie 11

Rait, Russell 13

Reynolds, John 8

Roberts, Dale 13

Sauder, Kevin 14

Steirenburg, Peter 10

Stockley, Chris 12

Zahn, Steve 11

Early Friday night a newcomer crawled into "The Dragon's Lair", and staggered up to the bar to quench his thirst. Once sated, he introduced himself as "Rastagar", and proceeded to regale the other inn dwellers with a tale of dire da nger and woe. As he spoke of the horrors that would be unleashed if "Balor son of Balor" could complete his dream of a permanent gate between Hell and Raithillien, little did he know that a disguised Balor sat only ten feet away. The forces of Law, lead b y Orlzain Lharoy, pledged themselves to attempt to stop Balor from completing his evil dream. The forces of Chaos, snickered openly at Rastagar's prophecy. Those adventurer's not aligned with either side immediately saw the opportunity to create their own kingdom.

What most did not know was that the area they were in was unstable and would collapse within two days of Rastagar's prophecy. Most adventurer's availed themselves of Rastagar's knowledge. In addition to the goods and services supplied by the trader "Biturian Varosh", and the healer "Althea". Everyone learned of the ritual neccesary to complete thier individual goals, and that several runes were needed to power the ritual. Several items of note were discovered along the way by various adventurer's. These included: "Nosma's Wig", found by "She'mar", and "Mazoo's Tooth", a tooth of a powerful vampire that would turn its possesor into a vampire. This item caused a little discension in the ranks of the forces of chaos, as the brothers "Vishrist Skreeg" and "Lord De Vilness" scrambled for the tooth when they found it in a chest of treasure. Many an adventurer was not so lucky, as most hoards of treasure were guarded by potent traps, powerful spirits, or both.

Early Sunday the forces of Law, sought out the famed Puzzle Canal, which they learned was open the previous night when "Vallisti", a Humakti Runelord attempted a "Heroquest" to open the canal. This attempt succeeded, but cost Vallis ti his life in the attempt. Any who braved the Puzzle Canal had to answer many strange questions that even a sage would have to think about. There were also many strange creatures, including Gorps and Bloodbirds, to brave, but if one preservered they woul d win through to obtain the "Infinity" rune, itself a mark of the gods. No ritual as great as the ones that were to be attempted would be complete without it. Later on that day the forces of Law sought out the trader "Biturian Varosh" and traded spells wi th him, so that they might be able to summon the elementals needed to complete the ritual. Moments later they started the ritual by summoning the elementals who provided them with the runes of darkness, earth, and movement. Once again Rastagar summoned up the ancestral spirit of his long dead grandmother, who instructed them in the ways of the ritual. Each participant powered the runes, including a permanent sacrifice to the Infinity rune. The last to touch the infinity rune was granted the power, and use d it to return the area back to Raithillien, blocking Balor from his goal. Just as the final word of the ritual was spoken, the forces of Chaos came into view. With a blinding flash of light and a sudden upwards surge of the land, all was restored. Balor fled back to Hell in despair, saying "someway, somehow, they will pay!!!".

Well everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, even if there was a little confusion with regards to the new rules. Nearly everyone liked the flavor of the game, including things like: praying for spells, spirit combat, bound spirits, and Divine Intervention. There were several great looking costumes, and numerous people were roleplaying with gusto. There are of course, several people who deserve some note for helping with the game, above and beyond the call of duty, as it were. I think K evin and Lorna could have collectively driven to Ontario with the same amount of mileage they put on their cars. Thanks to Sheldon, Dale, Brad Fillipone, and John Lovin for pre-game aid, post-game cleanup, seeding and recovering treasures and temple signs . Of course most people will want to thank Paul for getting sucked into another three day cooking stint. Oh and thanks to Dave Rowlands (a non-fieldtrip member) for driving me back to Camp Harris and helping me clean up the mess we left. Too bad we could not have done this before everyone left, stuff like that could cost us the site in the future. Anyway, enough doom and gloom here is your much deserved reward for playing such neat and interesting characters so well!! (Base reward for this game was 8 p ts)

Bevan-John, Rhys 9

Boone, Chris 9

Bradley, Brad 11

Brown, Evan 10

Campbell, Lorna 14

Caruthers, Gavin 9

Coates, Catherine 10

Dennison, Bryce 10

Dennison, Jeremy 11

Dunn, John 9

Fillipone, Brad 11

Henderson, Dan 10

Jones, Pauline 12

Jones, Ryan 11

Kane, Todd 10

Lingard, Jason 9

Lovin, John 11

Mason, Sandra 10

Mills, Sarah 10

-boyfriend 9

Rod 11

Jill 10

Morris, Blair 11

Morrison, Dave 10

O'Brien, Sheldon 12

Pettipas, Jackie 11

Rait, Russell 12

Reynolds, John 10

Richard, Gil 12

Roberts, Dale 11

Sauder, Kevin 15

Stockley, Chris 12

Verreault, Paul 13

Zahn, Steve 13

Novacon has invited FFTS to join in a costume fashion show. This show is on Sept 16th at 1pm, and will be held at the Halifax Shopping Center, and all proceeds go to the Metro Food Bank. They would like info on your costume such as: time involved, cost of materials, nature of materials. Anyone attending in costume will have their name in the Novacon program book.

Arsenault, Larry 42

Bailey, Carla 7

Banyard, Brent 17

Beaver, Jason 0

Bearisto, Harold 6

Benoit, Barbara 13

Bevan-John Rhys 18

Billard, Chris 8

Binnington, Colin 79

Blake, John 8

Blake, Mark 3

Boone, Chris 5

Boudreau, Chantal 27

Boutilier, Paul 8

Bradley, Brad 11

Brennan, Bob 70

Brennan, Tom 44

Brown, Evan 12

Brown, Jason 25

Bryan, Jim 7

Campbell, Lorna 41

Chamberlain, Sylvie 37

Chisholm, Dave 17

Chisholm, Wayne 65

Churchill, Shannon 0

Coates, Catherine 11

Dennison, Bryce 10

Dennison, Jeremy 11

Dunn, John 5

Ernst, Tracy 10

Fazio, Tony 7

Ferguson, Brenda 24

Fillipone, Brad 44

Fox, Steve 11

Gallant, Carol Ann 75

Gates, Judy 33

Gilles, Chris 5

Gilles, Michael 11

Gordon, Pat 13

Grady, Johnathon 12

Graves, Nathan 36

Hale, Jeff 6

Henderson, Dan 45

Hoeg, Cheryl 73

Hoeg, Colin 59

Jeanrie, Mike 26

Johnson, Tim 10

Jones, Pauline 44

Jones, Ryan 12

Kane, Todd 5

Lahey, Kelley 10

Lees, Alan 25

Leet, Jearod 7

Lovin, John 45

MacInnes, Chris 10

McGee, Brian 85

MacKiggan, Dan 12

Mason, Sandra 110

Miller, David 7

Mills, Sarah 13

Morris, Blair 35

Morrison, Dave 73

Morrison, Karalee 11

Morrison, Robert 9

Murdock, Cindy 35

Noble, Tracy 12

O'Brien, Sheldon 65

Pettipas, Jackie 16

Piper, James 6

Piper, Mary Ruth 16

Purdy, Len 18

Rait, Russell 170

Redding, Ross 11

Rennie, Elliott 17

Reynolds, John 60

Richard, Gil 39

Roald, Colin 34

Roberts, Dale 13

Sauder, Kevin 78

Showers, Shane 5

Sill, Jason 5

Smith, Dave 3

Smith, Richard 4

Steirenburg, Peter 10

Stockley, Chris 12

Stone, Doug 12

Verreault, Paul 65

Ward, George 6

Warren, Dave 8

Zahn, Steve 87