UKitP meet VII "X-mas/Winter" Sheffield 04/12/10 *UPDATED Nov 23, 2010*

[Archonic Energy]

The story so far...

1 (though this mentions an earlier one)
2
3
4 Totally DID happen even if no-one else came!
5
6 The Archon triumphed over the Hippie
(if i missed one please send a link)

Date= 04/12/2010*
Location= Sheffield Octagon Centre
Time= 10:00 to 21:00

Cost is free.

Drinks: No alcohol allowed in the function room. There are many nearby bars, however, and the Octagon has vending machines.

Catering: Not included, but nearby Union sells sandwiches, as well as having several other options (pasty shop, salad bar, restaurant bar, fast food)

Accommodation: Up to 6 people at my someone's house for night before and after, including a double bed (priority to those with a bad back, or similar), rest is probably floor space, so bring a sleeping bag. Also, Oakbrook View Hostel is nearby (328 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 3BN; 0114 230 4859) or a STA Travel near a tram stop. (98 Devonshire Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7SF ; 0871 702 9845)

Travel instructions
(This should probably end up in the main post)

These instructions are for those arriving on the day. For those coming to mine the day before, instructions will follow via PM.

Train:
From Sheffield train station, head to the back of the station to the tram stop. (If you find shops and a foyer, you've gone to the front, but the tram stop is pretty clearly signposted IIRC.)

Take the tram toward Malin-Bridge/Middlewood to University of Sheffield. (You don't cross the tramlines for that, IIRC.) Blue-route trams go directly there, purple-route trams turn around at Cathedral, so you'll need to change there. (From Cathedral, you can take blue- or yellow-route trams. If all this sounds confusing, don't worry, it's much easier once you're there and have a diagram.)

Once you get off the tram, simply walk the short distance to the Octagon Centre (Link to Google Map)

Car:

The official University webpage advises that you go to Meadowhall or Nunnery Square and use the park-and-ride (see instructions above for tram routes). The inner city parking is not reliable (and lots of the parking around the place needs a special permit, which I can't get.)

Coach:

From Meadowhall, find the tram stop (which is by the rail services) and follow the instructions given for tram routes in the "train" section.

Possible attendees (Stolen from CKG)

Spoiler

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Defnitely coming
Cptn Spanner
Ku Has booked floor space Friday and Saturday nights
Thufir (plus two possible OOTS-reading friends???)
Curly Definitely floor space for Saturday, possible Friday
Fifty-eyed Fred Floor space for two nights
Cassie
Lensman Severely allergic to all nuts
Archie ((He has totally always been on the list)) Floorspace unless someone has greater need of it
Kobald-bard Floorspace
Tasroth
hamishspence
Eldpollard Vegetarian and floorspace please
randman Floorspace and has offered to cook
BanJo and Mrs. BanJo
GrlumpTheElder (plus possible friends?) No fish, no eggs
Jibar!!! Would need floor space - tentative placing only
LR33 + 1

Might be coming
volthawk
Malfunctioned
Charity!
Ikkie
Stadge
Lorn (depending on uni)
Aziraphale (likewise)
Timberwolf (depending on research)
Crown of Thorns (plus possible dad) Both vegetarians
MasamuneSSX
Neizck
Vampiric
Stadge

Has expressed interest, wants to come, but probably won't
Nameless
Fay Graydon
Autarkhos
Exachix
Lix Lorn
KenderWizard
Dallas-Dakota

Games
Structured (ie Long/complex/RP)

Star Wars D20 (Lensman) FULL

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Show

Wants in on the Star Wars game
Ku & his most commanderous voice
Thufir
Curly
Kobald-bard
hamishspence

Non-Structured (ie Munchkin/Bang!/Nuclear War)

BANG! +XPs AE
Peuteo Rico +XPs AE
Nuke Wars KU
Bonhanza KU/AE
Carpe Astra KU
It's Alive KU/Thufir
Fluxx Cassie/Thufir
Carcassonne Thufir/AE
Thud Thufir
The OotS game Thufir/AE
Munchkin (if Eld comes then expect mutiple variations)
Monty Python Fluxx Tasroth
Banjo's games

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Board/Card Games
Battle Cattle
Ticket to Ride – North America and Switzerland
Arkham Horror with a few expansions
Munchkin Boardgame
Catan – Standard, Islands, Knights and Barbarians
Munchkin Bites (all expansions)
My Dwarves Fly
Monkey Lab
Snow Tails (Husky racing!)
Blood Bowl
Formula De (Old version)
Express Risk, Monopoly, Battleships and Cluedo
3-Dragon Ante (both decks)
Magic the Gathering
Cat in the Sack
Triple Triad and Tetra Master (The Final Fantasy VIII & IX card games)

If there’s any interest I could run:
World of Darkness - Standard, Hunter, Vampire or Geist
Dread
Call of Cthulhu
Deadlands

* none of that crazy american date system here

[Jibar]

Obligatory "I will totally come this time and am not blatantly lying or anything at all"

[Volthawk]

Suppose I may be able to come.

[Nameless]

Obligatory "I will totally come this time and am not blatantly lying or anything at all"

Hey! That's my job!

[Jibar]

Hey! That's my job!

Boy, I been promising to appear since before you were signed up.

Lousy whippersnappers and their flingle flangles.

[KuReshtin]

We've already done London.

I suggest Glasgow (or thereabouts). Also, end of November or early December, maybe?

Boy, I been promising to appear since before you were signed up.

Lousy whippersnappers and their flingle flangles.

I can attest to this. Jibbers have said that he most certainly will definitely maybe show up since meetup 1.

[Jibar]

I can attest to this. Jibbers have said that he most certainly will definitely maybe show up since meetup 1.

I'm probably the most prominent person to have never come to anything at all ever.

EVER.

Although yeah, I may appear.
I'm planning a trip to London sometime in December. There's this wonderful Muffin shop I love and I plan to buy a crap ton of muffins under the pretence of Christmas.

[Dallas-Dakota]

The story so far...

1 (though this mentions an earlier one)
2
3
4 Totally DID happen even if no-one else came!
5
6 The international meet-up
(if i missed one please send a link)

Improved your story.

ALso, I'd love to go again, had a tonne of fun last time, but probably won't have enough money. Especially if it's not in London.

[Thufir]

I will come!

IIRC, Spanner said Sheffield might be a possibility. I would totally say Newcastle, except that would be contingent upon me organising it, which is unlikely.

[KuReshtin]

I will come!

IIRC, Spanner said Sheffield might be a possibility. I would totally say Newcastle, except that would be contingent upon me organising it, which is unlikely.

Sheffield could work for me.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I'm in.
For me at least, end of November's preferable to early December as I'll be packing up and going home around about the fifth.
Plus if it's in late November I'll be further up north and more likely to make it.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

I'll do what I did last time and express a particularly non-committal form of interest.

Obviously for me, the further south it is the easier it will be to get there.

[Prime32]

I think you should double-check your Roman numbers.

[Malfunctioned]

And I shall do the same as Fred!

As a Londoner I would have to say London.....but I don't think it would be too hard to get to other places, but no promises.

[Nameless]

And I shall do the same as Fred!

As a Londoner I would have to say London.....but I don't think it would be too hard to get to other places, but no promises.

You mean like last time?

[Archonic Energy]

I think you should double-check your Roman numbers.

i'm sure i have no idea what you are talking about...

[KuReshtin]

i'm sure i have no idea what you are talking about...

Agreed. Looks like it's been VII all the time.

[Capt Spanner]

I may be able to host in Sheffield.

This has advantages of: 1) Being equally close to London and Glasgow; 2) I may be able to find somewhere really cheap - Sheffield is good like that, and I still have links in the Students Union 3) I have a large house so (flatmates permission pending) many people can stay over (I estimate we could let 6 or maybe even 8 stay overnight).

[GrlumpTheElder]

Hmm, If all goes well on thursday I'll be at university in Birmingham, which will make things much easier for me to attend a meet up. So I am definatly interested...

[Charity]

The story so far...

Totally DID happen even if no-one else came!

Hey I was there!

I will try and come to the next one, who knows I might drag Ikkie with me.

[Stadge]

I can try, though can't guarantee anything at this juncture. Though I like the idea of a more northely meet-up, especially if it's when I'm on my uni break.

I'd suggest Manchester, but I don't know how easy that'd be for folk, or if there's anyone else local who'd be willing to sort it in my term-time-absence.

[KuReshtin]

Personally, I would object to another meetup in London directly following the one we held there last month on the basis of two things:

1. Cost of venue
2. Cost of travel

Ok, so the cost of travel for me ended up being more than previous meets since I couldn't share the petrol costs like I did with the other meetups.
I know there are a bunch of Playgrounders that live in the London area, but to be fair, even when the meetup was set up to be in London, the Londoners didn't show up, which caused the cost of the venue to increase and border on the verge of impractical.
Also, the general cost of beverages is another thing to consider. London is EXPENSIVE!

Considering that London is the capital, it has great connections to get to pretty much anywhere, and a train from London to Sheffield only takes about 2 hours, so it's a very viable location to get to for Londoners.
If Spanner can pull some strings and call in a few favours and get a cheap venue in Sheffield, and also may be able to provide sleeping accomodation for a bunch of people, then that would make Sheffield a very attractive option, at least for me.
There are also a few Premier Inn hotels in Sheffield City Centre with decent rates for those who would opt for that, or wouldn't be able to stay at Spanner's place.

Now, what date would everyone be able to make it for?
Would late November or early December be better for people?
The Saturday dates in late November are the 20th and 27th, whereas the dates in early December would be 4th or 11th.
I don't think any closer to X-mas than that would be optimal, but it depends on what everyone (well, the majority) would be happy with.


Any thoughts on this?

[Archonic Energy]

Hey I was there!

I will try and come to the next one, who knows I might drag Ikkie with me.

YAY!

yeah You, Ikk, and I were there as I recall.
fun times!

[Kobold-Bard]

Hello there. Sheffield will cost me about a tenner on thetrainline so that works for me.

Not that that matters, I just figured I'd post it up.

[randman22222]

I may be able to host in Sheffield.

This has advantages of: 1) Being equally close to London and Glasgow; 2) I may be able to find somewhere really cheap - Sheffield is good like that, and I still have links in the Students Union 3) I have a large house so (flatmates permission pending) many people can stay over (I estimate we could let 6 or maybe even 8 stay overnight).

If you could do this, I'd certainly try to come.

@V: Hmm, that sounds quite good.

[KuReshtin]

If you could do this, I'd certainly try to come.

I'd be driving down from the Glasgow area as well, so you'd be able to get a lift down south, which would possibly be cheaper than taking the train down.

[Lorn]

Depending on how uni is going at that point, I may be able to make it if it's in Sheffield..

[CurlyKitGirl]

Well, you already know that I'm for late November as I can practically guarantee attending - depending on essays and lectures. Besides, as it's a weekend chances are I'll have handed in an essay the day before or be writing it. ANd the train is a useful thing.
The 20^th is the day I'm plumping for at the moment; because.

[Jibar]

If you could do this, I'd certainly try to come.

@V: Hmm, that sounds quite good.

Wait, randman is British?

My world has been flipped turned upside down

[Dallas-Dakota]

Randman is not British.

He is in fact, the gentlemen world-traveller extraordinaire