Monthly Archives: October 2016

Stuffed COWS GameDays

Looking for a break from the Black Friday crowds or a diversion from weekend homework?  Then come join the Sci-Fi/Fantasy & Gaming Club for Gamedays 2016!  Three days of role play, board/card, video, and other gaming, as well as other extras!

Our event runs Friday, Nov. 25 and Saturday, Nov. 26 from 9 AM – 11 PM and Sunday, Nov. 27 from 9 AM – 6 PM in SRC 2000.

Admission: FREE (some RPGA events require an entry fee)!

While there will be a number of RPGA events and other board/card games, we need club members to run events as well (especially video games)!  If you’d like to run an event, just let Doc know by Friday, Nov. 18.

Next Meeting: Nov. 1

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 3:00 – 4:30 PM in BIC 2710.  On the agenda:

I.) Welcome New Faces!

II.) Previous Business:

A.) Movies/TV

B.) Random Game Day

C.) Other Stuff

III.) Upcoming Business:

A.) November Movies (Can sponsor Two):

1.) Dr. Strange (11/03-4)

2.) Arrival (11/11)

3.) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (11/18)

4.) Moana (11/25)

B.) Stuffed COWS/Gameday (11/25 – 27)

C.) Other Stuff

IV.) Other Business:

A.) CosPlay Report

B.) Advisor’s Report

C.) Inter-Club Collaborations

D.) CODCON

E.) Rants, Gossip, and/or Trailers

V.) After-Meeting Games

Random Game Day!

Since our next meeting would fall on In-Service Day (no classes!), we’ve decided to hold a Random Game Day on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 2:30 – 7:00 PM in the Student Lounge (SSC 1200).  We’ll have board, card, and video games available, though we’d love to have you bring your own to play!  Come join the fun!

Meeting Minutes for Oct. 4

Sci-Fi/Fantasy & Gaming Club

Meeting Minutes

 Oct. 4, 2016

 

I.) Welcome New Faces!
            Ethan Mitchell – Just wandering and Alyssa
Joey – Came here through Doc

II.) Previous Business:

A.) Movies/TV:

1.) Miss Peregrine’s – It was pretty okay

2.) Fall TV Premiers

a.) New Agents of Shield – it was good
b.) Flash
c.) Z-Nation
d.) Timeless
e.) Luke Cage – 8.9/10 Above Jessica Jones, below Daredevil
f.) Westworld – It looks interesting
g.) Gotham – It was better than previous seasons

B.) Other Stuff?

1.) Successor to the Megaman games – Haven’t finished, but looks promising
2.) Warhammer/Total War(hammer) Video Games released (?)
3.) Pirates of the Caribbean – Promo Trailer out
4.) Pokemon Sun and Moon 2nd evolution

III.) Upcoming Business:

A.) Inter-Club Activities:

1.) Astronomy Club:

a.) Observation Night – Greene Valley Forest Preserve @ Sat., Oct. 8;

b.) Also, possible team-up re: Club-sponsored showings of Rogue One &/or Passengers

2.) Page Turners:

a.) Discussing the first 1/3 of Hitchhiker’s Guide in BIC 2624 on Oct. 10, (Monday) 3:00-4:00pm;

b.) Bashing the banning of books in SSC 3245, on Oct. 24 from 3:00-4:30pm

3.) Psi Beta, et al – Past/Present/Future of AI (TBA)

4.) Game Development Club:

a.) In the fishbowl on Wednesdays 3:00-9:00pm for the gaming –

b.) Mondays 6:00-9:00pm for the Game Development Club (In SCC, Room # TBA)

B.) Conception Gaming Con (Fri., Oct 14 – Sun., Oct. 16)

1.) These are the people who bring the metaphorical thunder to CODCON. They bring the ENTIRE Board Game Library to COD – so they deserve all the help we can afford to give!!!

2.) Those who help on Friday and/or Sunday get in FREE that day.

3.) Contact Doc ASAP if you can help.

C.) Random Game Day (Tues., Oct. 25, 3 – 7 PM, Student Lounge)

1.) Bring whatever games you want to play (and any necessary controllers and consoles)

2.) Board, card, video… all games are welcome!

D.) No *Club* Meeting on Oct. 18 – In-Service Day

E.) Other Stuff?

1.) Anyone interested in seeing Young Frankenstein tomorrow at 7 PM?

2.) Watch for Stuffed COWS in November!

IV.) Other Stuff:

A.)  CosPlay Group

1.) Meets on Wednesdays in the BIC 2818 from 2:30-5:00pm

2.) Doing Hands-On sewing tutorial tomorrow

B.)  CODCON

1.)  Web design gurus needed!

2.)  Current theme is time travel… but how can we better incorporate or specify this into the con? (One day in the past, one in the present, one in the future? The Flash TV show is tackling Flashpoint, so do we center around paradoxes?)

C.)  Advisor’s Report: No report

D.)  Random Rants, Gossip, etc.

V.) After-Meeting Games: Sentinels of the Multiverse + Werewolf + Monty Python Flux