| Treasury Policies Updated |
updated 6/4/2007
Thinking about submitting a game to sanctioning, or producing
a game for someone else? You'll need to read the updated Treasury
Policies. Thanks, Kaaren! |
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| Weapons Practice Starting in Boulder |
updated 5/7/2007
Depending on the weather, people have been starting to show
up at Weapons Practice in Boulder. More
details are here. |
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| Chapter Election Results |
updated 12/31/2006
From Peter Sartucci:
" The results of the D/B Chapter elections are in!
The votes cast were:
29 Freya Jackson
28 Brandon Slaten
26 Brad Evenson
10 William Haddon
5 Dave McMillen
2 Dominic Stott
1 Dana Harrod
1 Cass Marshall
1 Dave Ellis
The top four vote-getters are elected to two-year terms on
the board, so congratulations to Freya, Brandon, Brad, and
William.
Thanks to all who voted; we had 31 ballots returned out of
63 mailed out, or slightly less than half.
Peter Sartucci, Elections Chair" |
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| Website Updates |
updated 6/19/2006
A number of updates to the website have been made:
The website now has a new host. This will provide us with
expanded functionality. A side effect is that many of the
page names and extensions have changed, which means that if
you have bookmarked any pages on the site they are likely
to point incorrectly. Please re-bookmark anything, especially
the forums.
I've added a new Calendar page
and functionality that will allow Board Members and the chair
of the SC to update event information themselves. This will
cut me out as the middleman from making timely updates to
the Events List.
I've added a Land of the Seven
Tribes Wiki to the site. See
this post in the forums for more information about the
Wiki.
As always, your feedback and suggestions for additional functionality
on the site are appreciated. Just
send me an email.
- Matt |
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| IFGS at GenghisCon '06 |
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Some of our more notorious characters showed up to GenghisCon
this year...
More photos in the Gallery
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| by matt
3/30/2005
Charlie asked me to post this Draft
Chapter Constitution. This would be used to replace our
existing, outdated, constitution if the vote at the Awards
Banquest successfully passes. Please review it and bring comments/questions
up with Charlie. |
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| New Game Submission Forms |
| by matt
4/2/2004
Brandon sent me the latest version of the game submission
forms, which you need to have in order to submit a game to
sanctioning. They are available as a PDF
or in Excel
format.
You can also find other documents on the archives
page. |
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| LARP News |
| by matt
2/13/2004
There is a new "generic" LARP site out there: http://www.larpnews.com.
Give it a shot. |
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| Registry Audit |
| by matt
1/24/2004
Bill reminded me that now would be a good time to complete
the Registry Audit before the
season gets under way. |
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| Awards Banquet |
| by matt
3/8/2004
The 2003
Awards Banquet and Murder Mystery Game will take place
on Saturday, April 3rd in Boulder. To find out more, click
the link and read the flyer.
Travel back to yesteryear (ok, 2003) for the list of last
year's awards. |
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| A New Board is Seated! |
| by matt
1/26/2004
Jackie sent me the results of the election and the first
board meeting of the new year. The newly elected board is:
- Charlie Abrams-Flohr - President
- Brian Rothfuss - VP
- John Cade
- Brandon Slaton
- James Klausner
- Bob Dickhoff
- Jacqueline Heaney - Secretary
You can find their contact information on the Who's
Who page. Please welcome them! |
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| Just in time for Halloween...brains! |
| by matt
10/6/2003
In case you have forgotten, Zombies love brains.
They also like to infest
everything. |
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| Site Updates |
| by matt
10/10/2003
I've added several items from Dana Harrod to the archives
page, including the DB
Sanctioning Handbook. Also note that this page contains
other items such as sanctioning
forms, waivers, and
other game-related information.
Secondly, I have added a new section to the left-hand navigation:
the Member Sites page. This
page will contain links to websites of chapter members, as
they relate to IFGS. Please send me a note if you have a site
you would like included on this page! |
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| Knighthawk Armory |
| by matt
10/6/2003
Our friend Olan Knight has opened a website where you can
acquire especially beautiful latex LARP weaponry.
Visit KnightHawk
Armory to view his wares! |
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| The Magician Cancelled |
| by ray
michel 5/5/2003
Hello to the chapter!
It is with sadness that I must announce to the D/B Membership
that the
Sanctioning Committee has decided not to allow sanctioning
for The Magician
in time for its run date of May 17-18. I have made efforts
throughout the
day to determine the root causes of this and to facilitate
the possibility of
continued efforts over the two weeks remaining until run date,
but both sides
(producer and SC) have assured me that they have no hope nor
intent to make
this attempt.
After speaking with the writer and producer of the game,
Richard Hartnett, he
has decided not to run the game unsanctioned. Though we all
love these games
and want to see them run, it should never be at the expense
of the chapter,
or IFGS, or its members. It is the feeling of both the designer
and the
Sanctioning Committee to take the extra time needed to make
sure that the
event is fun and fair to all who are involved. I applaud everybody
for
working together and keeping things rational. My hat is off
to the members
of the Sanctioning Committee and the staff of The Magician
for working so
tirelessly on this game and for making the toughest decision
of them all in
IFGS, when to push back a game.
The good news is that Richard has also informed me that he
intends to return
to the sanctioning process and get the details worked out
that caused the
rejection in the first place. He hopes it can run later in
the season, but
obviously that will have to wait until things are further
along, to announce
a new date.
In the meantime, to those people who paid a game fee already,
your money will
be refunded. The IFGS does not keep money for games that do
not run. Any
money that you paid to participate in The Magician should
be returned to you
immediately. None of the checks have been cashed, you will
receive your
original check back. At this time, Rena Stephan is managing
that and I have
asked Kaaren Davis, the Chapter Treasurer, to oversee this
process and help
Rena so that this occurs as expediently as possible. Please
contact Rena
Stephan at (719) 488-6655 to arrange for the return of your
game fee.
For those newer members, this is a practical illustration
of the strength --
and frailty -- of the sanctioning process. This is no indication
of anything
"being wrong." To the contrary, this illustrates
the fragile nature that a
completely voluntary organization must operate under; combined
with the
assertive nature that the chapter takes in attempting to deliver
only those
games to its membership that are deserving. The Sanctioning
Committee
understands that the effects of a sanctioned game can carry
throughout the
society and all of its chapters in that it distributes points,
magic items,
and character effects into the "IFGS economy." In
this case, it is a fine
example of showing that even though a game is a past recipient
of the IFGS
Game of the Year, it must always continue to meet the standards
of
sanctioning.
These are not easy decisions; the chapter understands that
declining a game
like this is denying the chapter a significant portion of
its yearly income.
I hope it also serves to demonstrate that the chapter will
put other
considerations ahead of its need to support itself monetarily.
The bottom
line is that we want to deliver a safe game and a good experience.
If a
designer appears unprepared, sometimes it is best just to
ask him to take a
breath and give himself more time. Having said that, I also
understand how
disappointing it is to everyone to see a game canceled or
postponed. I
apologize personally for any frustration or sadness that you
are feeling at
the lost chance to play an IFGS game and to see so many awesome
people.
Ray Michel
D/B President
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| Farewell to our friend |
| by matt
3/14/2003
We mourn the loss of someone dear to many of us. May you
find happiness wherever you are, Jay. |
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| Pictures from Masquerade up |
| by matt
11/13/2002
Susan Helton posted pictures from the last game of the season
- Masquerade. See them here. |
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| Just in time for Halloween...brains! |
| by matt
10/14/2002
Zombies love brains. |
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| Registry Audit & Elections |
| by matt
10/14/2002
Now that the season has wound down, it would be a good time
to get your pink sheets together for all of your characters
and deal with the Registry Audit. Read more information here.
Elections are also coming up. In order to vote in Society
and Chapter elections, you need to ensure that your membership
has not expired. If you're not sure, contact Janice,
the society clerk. |
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| October Melee Published |
| by matt
10/9/2002
Hot on the heels of the September melee, your hard-working
staff have put out the October
issue already! Thanks to Michelle and Dan! |
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| September Melee Published |
| by matt
10/2/2002
Michelle & Dan sent out the latest issue of the Melee.
Rejoice!
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| Site Updated |
| by matt
9/11/2002
I've cleaned up the site a good deal; removing a lot of the
graphical navigation for faster loading and replacing it with
stylesheets. Please let
me know if you come across any broken links, missing images,
or other bugs. |
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| An Idea |
| by matt
9/11/2002
An idea from the SoCal website: I'm going to create a "Character
Portraits" page wherein you will find a picture of
people's favorite/infamous/famous PC or NPC. If you have a
picture (preferably a close-up) of your character, please
send it to me
along with the character's name and the real name of the player. |
| Important Stuff! |
| by matt
7/16/2002
The chapter board is establishing a policy to audit the registry
records. In essence what this means is that, in order to create
a working registry, it is necessary to get a good idea of
what each character has in terms of gold and magic, and what
each player has in terms of CAP. In order to do this, they
are requesting that everyone fill out some forms and submit
information to the registry audit.
Get more information here..
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| On a personal note... |
| by matt
9/10/2002
On a personal note, on 8/24 Kim and I got married (finally,
after 10 years - all of you can stop asking "when?"
now!). While I'm trying to get the professional photos scanned
in, here are two links to some photo sites from a couple of
our guests:
Martha's
Album
Joe's
Album
In the meantime, the final D/B game of the season, Masquerade,
will run on October 12.
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| Pix from Lord Walla Walla Posted |
| by matt
8/7/2002
Mike Naseef sent out a message about some pictures of last
weekend's game:
Enjoy - no gripes about my witless titles, please. If you
see a mangled name, though, let me know.
Thanks again to the NPC's for their antics, the production
staff for their hard work, Erika, Chaz and Lori for babysitting,
and Keith for inviting us to die on his team. Oh, and thanks
to Seth and Judd too. We had a great time.
Mike Naseef
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| Photos from Dain 2.Something posted |
| by matt
8/5/2002
Randy gave me a CD with photos of Dain 2.something, which
I've uploaded and linked to the Gallery
page. Here is a direct link.
The Psionic Wolf trains Storm in the mental arts.
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| Masquerade Has a Run Date |
| by matt
7/22/2002
A quick note from Susan Helton that Masquerade has been resheduled
for October 12, 2002. Check out more info here.
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| Important Stuff! |
| by matt
7/16/2002
The chapter board is establishing a policy to audit the registry
records. In essence what this means is that, in order to create
a working registry, it is necessary to get a good idea of
what each character has in terms of gold and magic, and what
each player has in terms of CAP. In order to do this, they
are requesting that everyone fill out some forms and submit
information to the registry audit.
Get more information here..
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| New run date for Masquerade |
| by matt
7/10/2002
Susan Helton dropped me a line to inform me that she is planning
on running Masquerade in October. The exact date is not yet
nailed down. |
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| Mountain of Flame pictures up! |
| by matt
7/10/2002
I've received a bunch of links to people's MoF pictures:
Chris Vrem's pictures
Mike
Naseef's pictures |
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| Webmaster is lax |
| by matt
6/17/2002
Yes, I have been lax in my duties of late. No review of MoF
and no pics. After GMing Randy Fraser's Dain 2.whatever
this weekend, and moving next week, I'm quite exhausted. So
if you'd like to write a review of MoF, or Dain
2.whatever, or send in pictures of either, please email
me and I will be eternally grateful. |
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| Getting Exciting About Mountain
of Flame |
| by matt
5/29/2002
The first major linecourse of the year is happening this
weekend, and I'm excited since I get to play. Hopefully you
are too...next week I'll post a review of the game and hopefully
have some pictures to add. If you still need information,
check the MoF webpage.
Last I heard there were still one or two player spots left.
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| Mountian of Flame update |
| by matt
5/20/2002
Lori just sent me this update regarding Mountain of Flame.
We are sanctioned.
Scott Phelps no longer has a team. Teams are:
Michael Magness (OK)
Katt Jean (SoCal)
Mike Paguirigan (SoCal)
Seth Magle & David McMillen - 2 person team
Dave Vinson
Tom Matthews-Ramsey
Paul Wiese
Dwight Reifschneider
This is also the team order. 4 teams per day starting at
8AM. NPC slots are still available and any help is welcome.
Just show up to the site on game day. We'll be down as early
as Friday at 11AM if you want to come help set up.
We have just opened up a new option for NPC's. If you want
to pay ahead of time, you can pay via Paypal. See the MOF
website for
details and amounts - click on Registration. You can pay
by credit card or bank account. This may help some people
avoid the end of month/beginning of month crush to get your
paychecks in time.
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| Masquerade Postponed |
| by matt
5/1/2002
Susan Helton informed me that her game that was to run this
weekend, Masquerade, has been postponed until a date
TBD. This is due to lack of preregistration. I'm certain some
of you were planning on just showing up and playing - next
time, prereg! |
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| 2001 Awards List Available |
| by matt
4/29/2002
Michelle C. just sent me the Awards
List for the 2001 season, awards from which were presented
several weeks ago at the Banquet. |
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| Masquerade Sanctioned! |
| by matt
4/26/2002
I was just informed that Masquerade
has received final sanctioning. Good Luck to Susan - it sounds
like it will be a cool game! |
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| Board Minutes Updated |
| by matt
4/24/2002
The excitement never ends! Find out what happened in the
last episode of "As the Board turns..." in the Board
Minutes. |
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| New Melee Editor |
| by matt
4/24/2002
An announcement from our own Dan Frazier:
Brian Booker has been the editor for the Melee. He has resigned
after a long stint putting out an electronic version. The
Denver Boulder Chapter of IFGS now has a new editor for the
Melee newsletter. It is me, Dan Frazier. Kathy and I did the
Melee for four or five years in the beginning. I’ve accepted
the job for another year. This May 2002 to April 2003.
We plan to put out 8 issues. These will be paper, mailed
and a lot of fun. The first issue out will be in early May.
It is already late April. That means I need a lot of submissions
from a number of people soon. I am cutting and pasting for
this May issue. Lynette Minor will handle the printing and
mailing.
All articles will have to be sent to me by email
- dfrazier@earthnet.net. NO FILES and NO ATTACHMENTS!!! I
cannot open microsoft word. pdf, acrobat etcetera.
If you submit an article to the Melee, please keep it short
and fun. ALL ARTICLES, PIECES, COLUMNS, ADS, FLYERS ... MUST
BE TO ME BY APRIL 30TH.
Ok, that's 6 days folks! Start writing! |
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| Site Updates |
| by matt
4/23/2002
Some updates to game run dates, etc. have been made. Visit
the calendar for further
information. I've also updated the Who's
Who page with changes to various chapter positions. Please
email me if you
have a correction or email address that's not listed.
Brett has created a webpage for Mountain
of Flame. You can also find info on Susan's website for
Masquerade,
which is coming up soon! |
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| Awards Banquet Ran! |
| by matt
4/15/2002
I attended the Awards
Banquet/A Serious Affair this weekend. Many thanks go
out to all the good people who worked hard on this game, too
numerous to mention here. There was a great turnout for the
event and I think it generated a lot of excitement for the
upcoming games.
I decided to fight in the weapons tournament, and while I
got my butt
kicked by Tom Mathews (big surprise there) in most of
the events, at least I haven't totally lost my touch.
I was greatly pleased to see so many people participate, including
a kid's tournament and the Amazon round. Congrats to Ty McMillen
and Kaaren Davis for winning those, respectively. I also had
fun being "assassinated" by Dave McMillen in the
Killdagger game, I was too busy taking bets on the time of
Lord Fuggi's death to watch my back closely enough.
A lot of awards were given out (3 hours worth! wheee....).
Dark Idol II won game of the year and Ray Michel won the Lifetime
Service Award. As soon as I get the list from El
Presidente, I'll add the entire list of all the winners
to the Awards page.
Now, if I could just get enough gold together so Morte
could pick himself up a homonculous... |
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| Site Updates |
| by matt
4/15/2002
Added some "fun" quiz type things to the Fun
Stuff page. |
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| Even Older News... |
| Map
of the Land of the Seven Tribes |
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| Dark Idol magic
item resolution and resanctioning |
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| Orkball rules now
posted online |
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