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* The [[Scheduled Games|list of upcoming games]] | * The [[Scheduled Games|list of upcoming games]] | ||
* The [[Past Games|list of past games]] | * The [[Past Games|list of past games]] | ||
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=== Mailing List Reminder === | === Mailing List Reminder === | ||
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<YOUR NAME> | <YOUR NAME> | ||
Guild Scribe | Guild Scribe | ||
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=== Sanity Checking === | === Sanity Checking === | ||
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* Because you may need to extend the due date by a few days if there aren't enough games, the original due date should be the end of Weekend Negative Two. | * Because you may need to extend the due date by a few days if there aren't enough games, the original due date should be the end of Weekend Negative Two. | ||
* The bidding period should last two weeks, so it should be released on Weekend Negative Four. | * The bidding period should last two weeks, so it should be released on Weekend Negative Four. | ||
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Sample calculation, for Summer 2019: | Sample calculation, for Summer 2019: | ||
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* So the bid should be sent out on August 3rd. | * So the bid should be sent out on August 3rd. | ||
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− | + | Nowadays, we include three things in the Call for Games email: | |
− | + | * The actual bidding form | |
− | + | * Runtime GM form | |
− | + | * Gamewriting update form | |
− | + | * Zampolit form | |
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Note that all of these should have the same deadline, as calculated above. All of these polls should be placed in the "Scribe" folder and named in accordance with the last set of polls. | Note that all of these should have the same deadline, as calculated above. All of these polls should be placed in the "Scribe" folder and named in accordance with the last set of polls. | ||
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* Ensured that responses are closed for last season's polls. | * Ensured that responses are closed for last season's polls. | ||
− | Template | + | Template: |
To: assassins-guild@mit.edu | To: assassins-guild@mit.edu | ||
− | Subject: Call for INSERT_SEASON_HERE Games | + | Subject: Call for INSERT_SEASON_HERE Games, Runtime GMs, and GM Check-Ins |
The MIT Assassins' Guild is accepting bids for games to run this | The MIT Assassins' Guild is accepting bids for games to run this | ||
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The MIT Assassins' Guild is accepting applications for extra runtime | The MIT Assassins' Guild is accepting applications for extra runtime | ||
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any, this would be a great way to get some. | any, this would be a great way to get some. | ||
− | If you'd like to make yourself available as an additional runtime GM | + | If you'd like to make yourself available as an additional runtime GM to |
− | the coming INSERT_SEASON_HERE, return the following by 11:59 PM on | + | the bidding GMs for the coming INSERT_SEASON_HERE, return the following |
− | + | by 11:59 PM on INSERT_DUE_DATE_HERE. The list of responses will be | |
− | + | shared with the bidding GMs, and they will reach out to you on their own | |
− | + | schedule if they so choose. | |
INSERT_GOOGLE_FORMS_LINK_HERE | INSERT_GOOGLE_FORMS_LINK_HERE | ||
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Are you writing a game, but aren't planning to bid for the | Are you writing a game, but aren't planning to bid for the | ||
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If you've stopped writing a game, please also fill out this form, just | If you've stopped writing a game, please also fill out this form, just | ||
for the sake of letting us know that it won't be happening. | for the sake of letting us know that it won't be happening. | ||
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+ | INSERT_GOOGLE_FORMS_LINK_HERE | ||
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+ | If you are a Zampolit, please submit your report either to | ||
+ | high-council@mit.edu or via the following form. This is due at 11:59 PM | ||
+ | on INSERT_DUE_DATE_HERE. | ||
INSERT_GOOGLE_FORMS_LINK_HERE | INSERT_GOOGLE_FORMS_LINK_HERE | ||
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# Add preliminary current weekend confirmation statuses into the wiki page, which should look like "Weekend confirmed? NO" before the GM list in each entry. | # Add preliminary current weekend confirmation statuses into the wiki page, which should look like "Weekend confirmed? NO" before the GM list in each entry. | ||
# Create a new Google Spreadsheet, titled "[Year] [Season] Game Bids" in the "Scribe" folder on Google Drive. (Remember: do not include a drive link in any public place under any circumstances, especially not this wiki.) | # Create a new Google Spreadsheet, titled "[Year] [Season] Game Bids" in the "Scribe" folder on Google Drive. (Remember: do not include a drive link in any public place under any circumstances, especially not this wiki.) | ||
− | # Look up the exact dates for everything in the "Things to schedule around" section and enter them into the spreadsheet if they fall within the | + | # Look up the exact dates for everything in the "Things to schedule around" section and enter them into the spreadsheet if they fall within the summer. Mark rows as excluded or dispreferred as necessary. |
# Construct a matrix of "game" and "weekend" in that spreadsheet, importing all of the relevant scheduling information from the bid form. | # Construct a matrix of "game" and "weekend" in that spreadsheet, importing all of the relevant scheduling information from the bid form. | ||
# Make sure that you include the Fall or Spring Guild Meeting, if applicable. | # Make sure that you include the Fall or Spring Guild Meeting, if applicable. | ||
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# Then, remove the draft schedule notice stanza from the top, remove the "Weekend confirmed?" and "Zampolit status:" lines from each entry, and check everything over for errors. | # Then, remove the draft schedule notice stanza from the top, remove the "Weekend confirmed?" and "Zampolit status:" lines from each entry, and check everything over for errors. | ||
# Send out the final schedule, according to the template below. | # Send out the final schedule, according to the template below. | ||
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=== Draft schedule template email to GMs === | === Draft schedule template email to GMs === | ||
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TODO: incorporate note about runtime GMs into this. | TODO: incorporate note about runtime GMs into this. | ||
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Hi GMs, | Hi GMs, | ||
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=== Final schedule template email to the Guild === | === Final schedule template email to the Guild === | ||
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The schedule of games being run this [SEASON] under the auspices of the | The schedule of games being run this [SEASON] under the auspices of the | ||
− | MIT Assassins' Guild is now available. Please visit the Wiki at [LINK | + | MIT Assassins' Guild is now available. Please visit the Wiki at [LINK] |
for the full list of games, along with their blurbs. | for the full list of games, along with their blurbs. | ||
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known, will become available on the Assassins' Guild Google Calendar: | known, will become available on the Assassins' Guild Google Calendar: | ||
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=rmhkoldtu15o723fpr40dir6pg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York | https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=rmhkoldtu15o723fpr40dir6pg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York | ||
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~ INSERT_YOUR_NAME_HERE | ~ INSERT_YOUR_NAME_HERE | ||
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** ENTER A NEW WORLD ** | ** ENTER A NEW WORLD ** | ||
− | In our games, every player becomes a character in a real-time, | + | In our games, every player becomes a character in a real-time, real-space, game of schemes, trickery, and death, lasting anywhere from a few hours to ten days. Come with us and experience the ancient past, the distant future, or both at the same time. Travel to a different star system as a desperate captain willing to do anything to stay alive. Become a mage and work a ritual to cast the most powerful spell ever. Become the ultimate super-spy and defeat the menacing agents of SWORD before they have the whole world under the control of their orbital mind-control lasers. |
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** PLAY THE GAME ** | ** PLAY THE GAME ** | ||
− | Who are you? How do you think? What are your opinions? There's more to | + | Who are you? How do you think? What are your opinions? There's more to it than acting. Every character has goals to accomplish and they're never simple. Rule the world. Save the king. Destroy the enemy starcruiser. Whatever your plan, you're going to have to think fast if you want to stay on top of things. Make friends, influence people, and eliminate enemies. Every move you make could bring you one step closer to victory -- or total defeat. |
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** LIE, CHEAT, STEAL... MURDER? ** | ** LIE, CHEAT, STEAL... MURDER? ** | ||
− | You can be sure that someone is doing their best to see everything | + | You can be sure that someone is doing their best to see everything you've done collapse. Protected by a web of deceit, they plot against you. Can you find your way through their lies before they find their way through yours? If you think you know who's against you, eliminate them, but watch your back. Plastic guns and foam daggers won't hurt you but the wrong move could cost your character's life. |
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** NOT ENOUGH YET? ** | ** NOT ENOUGH YET? ** | ||
− | For those of you who aren't interested in conspiracies (or just like | + | For those of you who aren't interested in conspiracies (or just like your adrenaline rushes closer together), Patrol runs every other saturday night, and a building on campus turns into a war zone. Dying doesn't mean much here, though. All you have to do is go up a few floors and you're back in the game. We also periodically run Society for Interactive Killing (SIK) games -- tactical combat games which let you shoot, fireball, stab, and/or blow up your enemies, just for the fun of it. |
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** IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE... ** | ** IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE... ** | ||
− | It's how you play the game. Bombastic outbursts. Glorious Revenge. | + | It's how you play the game. Bombastic outbursts. Glorious Revenge. Noble Sacrifices. Win, lose, or draw, breathe life into your characters and you'll remember them fondly for years to come. |
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− | The first game of the semester is PERSEPHONE'S GIFT, running during | + | The first game of the semester is PERSEPHONE'S GIFT, running during this coming weekend. This is a fantastic game for first-time Guild players, and comes highly recommended. You should have gotten an email titled "Persephone's Gift - weekend of 9/7" from the Game Master, Kendra Beckler. This email contains an overview of the game, and instructions for applying to play. |
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Key information you should know about the Guild: | Key information you should know about the Guild: | ||
− | + | * We have a website at https://assassin.mit.edu/ that contains extensive information on what we do. | |
− | * We have a website at https://assassin.mit.edu/ that contains | + | * The schedule of games is sent out to this list, assassins-guild, at the start of each semester, and is also available at https://assassin.mit.edu/web/Scheduled_Games. |
− | + | * We have a Google Calendar at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=rmhkoldtu15o723fpr40dir6pg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York that you should add to your own calendar. | |
− | + | * Patrol, our drop-in-drop-out Nerf gun combat game, about every other Saturday in 36-1 from 8pm to 11pm. You can show up any time in there, and leave whenever. An email is sent to patrol-players@ and assassins-guild@ whenever this will be happening. | |
− | * The schedule of games | + | * If you have any questions about the Guild at all, email the High Council at high-council@mit.edu. |
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~ Cel Skeggs | ~ Cel Skeggs | ||
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* [http://witchwoodroleplaying.com Witchwood] | * [http://witchwoodroleplaying.com Witchwood] | ||
* [http://www.talesofvalor.com/ Tales of Valor] (especially for SIK games) | * [http://www.talesofvalor.com/ Tales of Valor] (especially for SIK games) | ||
+ | * [http://future-imperfect.com Future Imperfect] (especially for SIK games) | ||
* Firefly (4th of July weekend) | * Firefly (4th of July weekend) | ||
* Easter (mostly relevant for the spring guild meeting) | * Easter (mostly relevant for the spring guild meeting) | ||
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The original [https://web.mit.edu/assassin/HighCouncil/Greensheets/scribe.pdf Greensheet]. | The original [https://web.mit.edu/assassin/HighCouncil/Greensheets/scribe.pdf Greensheet]. | ||
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