Well here is the highly delayed newsletter, hell and high water just does not do justice to the delays to printing this!

This game was due to have been run during the August-September Labour day weekend. Unfortunately, as stated above only six players signed up, the total number of people was somewhere around twelve or so. This all seemed very puzzlin g to me, I thought a four day sci-fi game sounded great, obviously I was in the minority. Not wanting the Camp Harris site to go wasted, once John had finally but the axe to his game, I hastily arranged a Fieldtrip Gaming Convention, Price was $10.00 just to cover the cost of food. But we did have three square meals every day (every full day that is) and everybody seemed to have fun playing Civilization, Nuclear War, Magic, Shadowfist, Talisman, Frisbee, etc. Curiously enough, more people showed up for ou r Con than signed up for the game, hmmm!.

As it turned out August was a really bad month, one of Fieldtrips long time members, Alan Lees, age 36 died on August 18th, 1996. Alan, the son of Brian and Sonya was survived by his sister, Jennifer Smurthwaite. Alan was a voluntee r for Big Brothers and was with Fieldtrip since Game #2. He was on the Board for Fieldtrip a few times and was even our Vice-President once back when folks actually cared enough about Fieldtrip and the ideas behind it to support it. Alan played many diffe rent characters, the most memorable one for me was the first one I saw him play. Baron Waste, a real bad guy, and not at all like the REAL Alan Lees. This was my very first game and I had so much fun trying to thwart his evil plans that I was hooked, Fiel dtrip was it for me. Now were not exactly sure why such a great, easy going kind of guy like Alan decided to take his own life, but there are more than a few that wished he didn't. In Alan's memory we want to make sure that something like this does not ha ppen again, if you ever have feel that you want to take the same way out, DON'T, call someone, any Board member will be more than happy to talk with you, so we don't lose another precious member like Alan Lees. Alan, you will be sorely missed!

Good Evening to all of you out there in video world, this is Eubin Hade of W.R.O.K. Pirate Broadcasting Systems, reporting to you live from an undisclosed locale that the public eye would love to raid. Too bad!

Just this evening a near catastrophic chain of events was revealed to me by some .... "associates" of mine. It appears that biz is not always "Biz" in the darkness of the shadows. Several Megacorps were, shall we say, turned repeate dly with a hand-held tool by there elite shadow teams; The Voice of Many, The Watchdogs, and Doom Patrol, Beta Division.

What is happening to this world. Once upon a time "honest" megacorps could count on their shadow teams to complete their every whim and desire, to throw away their lives to make an honest half-million Newyen in one night. So what di fference does it make if those teams discover a despicable plot to create half-men half-beast killer vorpal bunny super soldiers from hell to fight other megacorps, not to mention an equally insipid plot to kill all metahumanity. Now what, I ask you once again is wrong with that?

This elf much preferred the old way where money talked or people walked and the world had only black and white views of life. Well, well, well,

E-NUFF of that. My personal thanks go out to those teams envolved, that had enough brains to figure out that by not killing each other the megacorps have a pair of bruised buttocks, and humanity might just survive the next century. Let' s chalk one up for the the little guy!

This is Eubin Hade zoning out for the rock of the Maritime Protectorate Council Provinces W.R.O.K. (We rock!)

Note from the GM: I would like to thank everyone who participated and made it possible to have the first ever evening one "day" event. See ya next time, the shadows await you chummer ....

Chantal Boudreau 5

Brad Bradley 8

Bob Brennan 7

Gavin Carruthers 5

Sylvie Chamberlain 5

Jeff Ells 5

Steve Fox 5

Dan Henderson 5

John Lovin 6

Karalee Morrison 6

Cindy Murdock 5

Wally O'Rourke 6

Adam Penny 5

Jackie Pettipas 6

Russell Rait 6

John Reynolds 5

Gil Richard 8

Dale Roberts 6

Martin Sasinek 5

Kevin Sauder 5

Chris Stockley 6

James Tilley 5

Steve Zahn 6

Corrine ? 5

Dagramar has always prided himself on having the best zoo around. But lately some of his exhibits have become disgruntled, yearning for the freedom they once had. Although they are free to roam the great space of the zoo as they ple ase, they are unhappy at being trapped within the impenetrable barrier, while Dagramar's "tourists" are permitted to come and go as they please.

Although it was believed that the magical force field constructed from Dagramar's semi-divine powers was impenetrable, rumours now have it that there is a means of escape (aside from having Dagramar's permission to leave). All that is needed is the right key. However, the walls have ears and Dagramar is well aware of these rumours and the planned escape. Will Dagramar's zoo remain complete, his spies keeping him well informed? Or will some persistent zoo exhibit stumble upon the key to guide them to freedom?

This is an unlimited point participant game. There is a limit to the number of specimens of each race, only two each. First come, first serve! So all players will be asked to specify what race they prefer when they sign up.

Yes, we were at Falcon, and glad of it. The con was one of the best run in years, cool guests, lots of free stuff, great games were to be had by all. The table for Fieldtrip only cost us $20.00 and we made that back and more with ou r Raffle. Fieldtrip once again proved dominant in the Contest of the Societies, winning the trivia contest for the third time in a row, and coming home with a nifty plaque. Unfortunately the Lord Nelson was not too hot on us running around the hotel, so w e did not do our usual Con demos. Even without the demo we did attract a lot of attention and got a few names of potential members. For all of us who helped out at the con here is a small token of our appreciation.

Brad Bradley 3

Cindy Murdock 3

Russell Rait 3

Dale Roberts 3

Chris Stockley 3

This was a huge book fair on September 29th, it blocked off about three blocks on Spring Garden Road in Halifax. We had our own table in Sci-fi Alley (Brenton St.) right between the Falcon society and the Wolfcon Society. We sold so me used books donated by various members and we had a raffle which included some neat stuff such as an autographed picture of Nelix from Star Trek Voyager (donated by Wayne Chisholm, Thanks Wayne), a book about writing be James A. Michener (donated by Cha ntal Boudreau), and a dozen Fighting Fantasy books (donated by Martin Sasinek). So with the raffle and our used books going for .50 cents each, we easily made our money back and then some. We also got a few more names for potential members. For all of us loyal slaves who worked the tables till the downpour here is a small reward.

Chantal Boudreau 3

Mike Drysdale 3

Donna McKay 3

Russell Rait 3

This was a one day con at the Dalhousie S.U.B., very sci-fi oriented. FFTS was there and we managed to sell enough of our used books to cover our expenses. We also generated lots of interest in the Society, for those of you who slav ed away at the tables here is your meager reward.

Chantal Boudreau 3 Dale Roberts 3

The Lost Game Report

Here it is, those points you deserved for freezing your butt off in last winter's FFTS game run by Chris Stockley and Sylvie Chamberlain. This is only a points listing, if you want to know what went on in the game, ask the GM's.

Chantal Boudreau 5

Gavin Carruthers 5

Sylvie Chamberlain 5

Jim Daw 5

Jeremy Dennison 5

Richard Durnsford 5

Mike Leahay 5

Ryan Jones 6

Bob Kereschtko 5

Markus McKenna 5

Dave Morrison 5

Cindy Murdock 7

Sheldon O'Brien 7

Wally O'Rourke 5

Jackie Pettipas 5

Russell Rait 7

John Reynolds 5

Gil Richard 5

Dale Roberts 5

Martin Sasinek 5

Chris Stockley 8

Benoit, Barbara 12

Bevan-John Rhys 27

Binnington, Colin 87

Blake, Eddie 9

Blake, John 9

Boone, Chris 9

Boudreau, Chantal 51

Bradley, Brad 37

Brennan, Bob 68

Brown, Evan 10

Brown, John 9

Cameron, Anne 11

Campbell, Lorna 41

Carruthers, Gavin 29

Chamberlain, Sylvie 50

Chisholm, Dave 10

Chisholm, Wayne 45

Davis, Johnathon 9

Dawe, Jim 5

Dennison, Jeremy 25

Deveau, Mary 3

Dorsey, Mike 8

Drysdale, Mike 3

Dunn, John 9

Durnsford, Richard 12

Ells, Jeff 5

Fazio, Tony 9

Filippone, Brad 74

Fox, Steve 16

Gordon, Pat 9

Grady, Johnathon 12

Graves, Nathan 10

Gray, Angela 9

Henderson, Dan 38

Hoeg, Colin 10

Jeanrie, Mike 27

Johnson, Tim 10

Jones, Pauline 56

Jones, Ryan 31

Kane, Todd 10

Kereschtko, Bob 5

Leahey, Mike 13

Lewis, Derick 5

Lingard, Jason 12

Lovin, John 58

McGee, Brian 85

McKenna, Markus 10

McKiggan, Heather 15

McKay, Donna 3

MacKinnon, Rod 8

Madden, Graham 11

Madden, Lorraine 8

Mason, Sandra 120

Miller, David 9

Mills, Sarah 23

Morris, Blair 25

Morrison, Dave 112

Morrison, Karalee 17

Morton, Greg 4

Murdock, Cindy 57

Noble, Tracy 12

O'Brien, Sheldon 73

O'Rourke, Wally 22

Penny, Adam 5

Pettipas, Jackie 46

Piper, Mary Ruth 16

Purdy, Len 9

Rait, Russell 232

Reynolds, John 80

Richard, Gil 65

Roberts, Dale 78

Ryle, Fiona 3

Sasinek, Martin 8

Sauder, Kevin 97

Spierenburg, Peter 8

Stockley, Chris 37

Stone, Doug 9

Tilley, James 5

Verreault, Paul 78

Zahn, Steve 115

?, Logan 9

?, Trevor 9

?, Corrine 5

If your name is not on this list it probably means you do not have a current membership or owe FFTS for past game fees.

The Board

President Cindy Murdock

Vice President Brad Bradley

Treasurer Chantal Boudreau

Secretary Russell Rait

Board Members Colin Binnington

Dale Roberts

Martin Sasinek

Chris Stockley

Steve Zahn

In the interest of trying to find out just what kind of game will get you off your butt to sign up and play please fill out this questionnaire and return it to me (Russell Rait) or the board member nearest you. On the back of this p age please write your answers to the following questions and number your answers accordingly. All participants receive 3pts and our undying gratitude, you figure out which is worth more!

(1) Assuming that you did not sign up for John Lovin's Sci-fi game, why didn't you?

(2) What factor is most appealing to you when deciding if you will attend a Fieldtrip event and why? A) The write-up in the newsletter B) The length of the game C) The price of the game D) The style of the game, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, etc E) The Gamemaster F) Something Else.

(3) Will you be attending any of the upcoming cons and would you like to see Fieldtrip attend these cons and/or run a demo there? (Specify which Conventions)

(4) Lately, only the Board Members have been proposing and running Games/events for Fieldtrip. Why are you not more involved in Fieldtrip, do you have any ideas for upcoming games?

(5) Would you rather have a lower cost on games, but less services provided

such as food on three day games, and why?

(6) Do you have any ideas on how to increase interest in Fieldtrip and what are they?

(7) What would you like to see Fieldtrip do in an event that we are not already doing?

(8) What can we as a society do to improve Fieldtrip as a whole?

(9) What style of games do you prefer and why? A) Fantasy B) Sci-fi

C) Horror D) Superhero E) Something Else.

10) How long do you like games to run and why? A) Three Days or more

B) Two Days C) One Day D) Half Day E) Something Else.

Any other comments about Fieldtrip and how to improve it would be greatly appreciated, if there is no available Board member near you than you may mail this to the address below, we thank you for your support.

FFTS

107 Slayter Street

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

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