Okay folks Jeopardy time, Answer - John Lovin's Four day Sci-fi game, Question - Which game did only six players sign up for?

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!

The more things changes, chummer, the more they stays the same.

Welcome to the year 2099 of our Lord Corporate Sponsor, the rich are still rich, the poor are still poor, and the few that still give a crap only give it if it pays NewYen.

It's almost been a century since the Awakening and the buzz on the street says the Corporations are too quite. Some folks think them scientists have got the Awakened figured. I know some of me friends haven't been 'round lately, but who knows? Maybe theys moved on or got a lucky break in the shadows ... or a not so lucky break.

Everyone has a Dream chummer, what's your Dream?

This is a one-day event, based in the realm of Shadowrun, and it will be run during the afternoon and on through the night where the shadows know all and tell nothing. Three teams of elite shadowrunners will be competing against one another to complete their Corporations "requests". This will be a 60pt game so up to 20 points may be spent on character generation. Anything Goes! Contact Brad Bradley to sign up (445-2010).

Remember - Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo and energy, and never, ever cut a deal with a Dragon!!

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

The Lost Game Report

Here it is those points you deserved for freezing your butt off in last winter's Fieldtrip 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 48

Bradley, Brad 29

Brennan, Bob 61

Brown, Evan 10

Brown, John 9

Cameron, Anne 11

Campbell, Lorna 41

Carruthers, Gavin 24

Chamberlain, Sylvie 45

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

Fazio, Tony 9

Filippone, Brad 74

Fox, Steve 11

Gordon, Pat 9

Grady, Johnathon 12

Graves, Nathan 10

Gray, Angela 9

Henderson, Dan 33

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 52

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 11

Morton, Greg 4

Murdock, Cindy 52

Noble, Tracy 12

O'Brien, Sheldon 73

O'Rourke, Wally 21

Pettipas, Jackie 45

Piper, Mary Ruth 16

Purdy, Len 9

Rait, Russell 226

Reynolds, John 75

Richard, Gil 57

Roberts, Dale 69

Ryle, Fiona 3

Sasinek, Martin 8

Sauder, Kevin 97

Spierenburg, Peter 8

Stockley, Chris 31

Stone, Doug 9

Verreault, Paul 78

Zahn, Steve 109

?, Logan 9

?, Trevor 9

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 (Trek Kon IV, Oct 19th at Dal SUB or Novacon, Nov 11-13th at Halifax Holiday Inn) and would you like to see Fieldtrip attend these cons and/or run a demo there?

(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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