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Greetings Adventurers!
This is a reminder that the deadline to submit Sunday games is at 6pm today. We’ve had an unprecedented number of new players this year, so if you’ve ever considered GMing then now is the time. If you’d like to GM a game at either the afternoon or evening slots, then you can register your game here: https://geas.org.uk/pitches

Pitches for Sunday games will be held at 1pm and 6pm on the Discord server, and I’ll be publishing the lists of available games at 6:30pm tonight. Both listings will appear on this page: https://geas.org.uk/tag/game-listings/

We’d also like to thank you all again for bearing with the technical issues we had during Wednesday pitches and how quickly the games filled up. To help things run more smoothly this weekend we’ll be doing things a bit differently.

• Each game will have its own dedicated sign-up channel on Discord.
• These channels will then be revealed after all GMs have pitched their games.
• Players wanting to join a game just have to write a single message in that channel to show their interest.
• The committee will then manually add players in order of the chat history.

We’re also looking at ways to make sure everyone has the opportunity to join at least one game a week. So, if the chaos of Wednesday put you off attending tomorrows pitches then rest assured, we’re making some positive changes.

See you there!

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary

Hey there Adventurers,
Just a quick reminder that Tuesday 21st at 6pm is the deadline to submit Wednesday games. If you’d like to GM a game at GEAS, on either Wednesdays or Sundays, then you can register your game here:
https://geas.org.uk/pitches

Pitches for Wednesday games will be held at 6pm on the Discord server, with newcomers to the society having first choice. I’ll be publishing the list of available games just after 6pm Tuesday, so keep your eyes open for that.

Membership Sales
The issues with the EUSA webstore seem to be mostly resolved, although some people are experiencing issues with the payment processor. We’ve been in contact with EUSA to get this issue resolved and we’ll let you know when it has been. We won’t be cracking down on memberships until next month, so please don’t worry if you can’t pay for membership at the moment.

You can find the GEAS webstore and (attempt?) to buy membership here:
https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/view/geas

See you soon!

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary

Hey Adventurers,
Tonight’s the night to win some prizes at our Welcome Week Pub Quiz! We’ll be meeting on the GEAS Discord server at 6pm and having a little social afterwards. If you’re not yet on Discord, then you can make a free account here: https://discord.com/
Once you’re set up, then click this link to join our server: https://geas.org.uk/discord

If you don’t already have a team don’t worry! Our lovely Duncan has been randomly assigning teams to those that need them, so if you that’s you then like the message here: https://discord.com/channels/186448834732228609/734695395283697715/888024403932233728

See you tonight!

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary

Hello there, Adventurers!
Our Welcome Week One-Shots are happening tonight at 6pm, so I thought it’d be a good time to go over how pitches run on Discord. If you’re new to GEAS, or you haven’t attended pitches in a while, then please give this a read. We’ll go over this again at the start but it’s helpful if people have an idea of what to expect.

• Firstly, and most importantly, you need to have a Discord account. These can be made for free at: https://discord.com/
• Once you have an account you need to join the GEAS Discord server using this invite link: https://geas.org.uk/discord
• At 6pm we’ll start a call on a voice channel in the Pitches category, where we’ll give a short introduction to the society and go over things like game safety.
• After introductions are finished, the GMs will come on one at a time to pitch their game to you.
• Once all GMs have spoken, we’ll open game sign-ups for newcomers to GEAS. This includes those that have joined us for summer games this year but have never played in a term-time campaign.
• There will be an automated menu in the channel named #game-sign-ups, which will allow you to choose which game you’d like to join by reacting to it.
• By selecting a game, you will automatically gain access to that game’s channels.
• After all new players have joined a game, returning members of GEAS will be able to find a game to join.
• Once pitches have finished you can move to your game’s channel where your GM will meet you.

As we’re online there’s the possibility that we might experience some technical difficulties, please bear with us if this happens. If you have any questions about pitches, online gaming, or GEAS in general then you can get in touch with us at geas.committee or on our Discord.

See you tonight!

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary

Greetings Adventurers!
Welcome back to GEAS! Hopefully you’ve made the most of the summer and are ready to get back to the gaming. We’ve got a lot happening this month and thus a lot of information to pass on, so buckle in for a long one.

If you missed our last email, then it’s important that you know that GEAS will be continuing to run online for this semester. If you’d like to know more about this choice, you can find our last email here:
https://geas.org.uk/2021/08/09/start-of-term-plans/

Memberships
GEAS memberships are now live on our EUSA page! We’re currently having some issues with sales, specifically to non-students. We’re waiting to hear back from EUSA on the issue and will let you know when it’s been resolved. We won’t start chasing people up on purchasing membership till later in the term, so please don’t worry if you can’t currently buy it.
As always prices are the same for student and non-student members, with Semester 1 membership costing £1.50 and Full Year membership costing £3.00. It can be purchased here:
https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/view/geas

Events this Month

• Wed 15th September (6pm-10pm): Welcome Week One-Shots
• Fri 17th September (6pm-10pm): GEAS Pub Quiz and Social
• Wed 22nd September (6pm-10pm): Semester 1 Wednesday Game Pitches
• Sun 26th September (1pm-5pm): Semester 1 Sunday Afternoon Game Pitches
• Sun 26th September (6pm-10pm): Semester 1 Sunday Evening Game Pitches

If you’d like to come and speak to us in person, members of the committee will be manning a stall for GEAS at the Activities Fair in Bristo Square between 2pm and 5pm on Thursday 16th of September.
Welcome Week One-Shots
There’s less than 48 hours to go until one-shots, so here’s the games currently running tomorrow night:
https://geas.org.uk/2021/09/13/welcome-week-one-shot-listings/

All members are welcome to attend but newcomers will have priority and will be allowed first choice of games.

Game Submissions
If you’d like to run a game at either our One-Shot event or at our weekly sessions, then you can register your game up until 24 hours before the event is due to start. This means that Welcome Week one-shots can be submitted until Tuesday 14th September at 6pm (that’s tonight!) here:
https://geas.org.uk/freshers

Weekly games can be submitted up until Tuesday 21st September at 6pm for games running on Wednesdays and Saturday 25th September at 6pm for games running during our Sunday slot. You can submit for all three slots using this form:
https://geas.org.uk/pitches

For the glory of GEAS!

Sophie Hine
Secretary

Hey there Adventurers,

This is just a quick update on our plans for GEAS in September, we’ll be back in the coming weeks with more details on what’s coming up. We’re also wanted to let you know where things stand with social distancing restrictions now easing.

While we had hoped to be back in person, we’ll continue to run online for the first semester and plan to return to in-person gaming in January. I know that with restrictions lifting today you might have been hoping to be back in Teviot in September, however, this decision was made back in early July before room bookings closed. EUSA’s social distancing measures at the time wouldn’t reasonably allow for gaming, with a time limit of 90 minutes and heavily reduced room capacity.

It’s not all bad news though! We’re hoping to host some events in person this term, so keep an eye out for further announcements.

Welcome Week Events
Our traditional Freshers one-shots will be going ahead on Wednesday the 15th of September at 6pm, on the GEAS Discord server. If you’d like to GM a game on the night, then please submit your pitch here:

https://geas.org.uk/freshers

We’ll also be holding a pub quiz and social on Friday the 17th at 6pm.

September Pitches
Pitches for this term’s campaigns will be held on Wednesday the 22nd of September at 6pm and Sunday the 26th at 1pm and 6pm. We’re also now accepting pitches for campaigns, and you can submit your own here:

https://geas.org.uk/pitches

Keep on rolling,

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary

Hello there, Adventures!

As you’ll have heard, we’re having a one-shot event this weekend on Saturday the 31st of July. Pitches will begin at 6pm on the GEAS Discord server, and will usually run until about 10pm. The games that will be running can be found on the GEAS website, where we’ll be updating the game listings as we get more submissions:

https://geas.org.uk/2021/07/27/summer-one-shot-listings/

Or, if you’re interested in GMing your own game at the event, then please submit your pitch by 6pm on Friday the 30th of July:

https://geas.org.uk/summeroneshots

Hope to see you there,

Sophie Hine
GEAS Secretary