Current Schedule
The SGU meets weekly in Frist, on Saturdays starting at noon (although nobody's punching a time clock, and you're welcome to show up when you feel like it.) We will usually be meeting in Room 210, although sometimes we'll be in A03 (the Class of '52 Room by the dining area). Meetings run until midnight, or until Frist closes if it's an early closing night.
Saturday 10/6: No specific activities have been scheduled: the GM for the one currently active RPG is out of town. Looks like a good day for open boardgaming.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The reservation this time is for A03 Frist (the Class of '52 room) rather than the usual 2nd-floor classroom. The time is still the usual noon-to-midnight.
Saturday 10/13: Nothing has been specifically planned this far ahead, but the reservation is in A03 again, and the GM for the Champions campiagn will still be out of town.
Regular or Ongoing Activities
Boardgames: Our open boardgaming events frequently involve short, quick-to-learn, quick-to-play games. However, periodically alumnus Shantanu Saha comes down to help people learn long, complex, challenging games such as Avalon Hill's "Civilization" or Mayfair's "18xx" series of rail games.
Roleplaying games: We currently have two active RPG campaigns. One is the Champions game mentioned above. The other is a fantasy RPG using the "Amalgam" game system, which is simple and fast-playing. There are plans to launch a Fantasy RPG using the PrinceCon rules (variant d20 adapted for convention play under the Open Game License), and a Serenity campaign (science-fiction roleplaying based on the popular "Firefly" TV show and "Serenity" movie), but the GMs have not announced specifics -- watch this space or the mailing list for further news.
About Us
For more than 30 years, the Princeton Simulation Games Union (often referred to as the SGU) has been meeting weekly to play board games, role-playing games, card games and more. Members include Princeton University students, alumni, faculty, staff and enthusiastic gamers from the local community.
Meetings and special events are also announced on our mailing list. Email Aaron Mulder to subscribe or unsubscribe.
A scene from Princecon, the SGU's annual
roleplaying convention (held the first weekend of spring break)
Looking for Princecon information? Princecon (the annual fantasy role-playing marathon) has a new home at www.princecon.org. That site is under construction, so please bear with us if the links don't work yet!