If you’re interested then come along between 6pm-10pm(ish) or contact P Jaye (”PJ”) either via Email or on 07766243138.
These are the details of the old venue and the kind of games that are played, most of the general information is the same, just the location has changed. Old Venue: Printers Devil on the corner of Fetter and Norwich Street in Central London (England of course).Times: We currently meet every Wednesday between the times of 6 - 11
pm to play a variety
of role playing games. The main period of games playing is between
7:30 amd 10:00pm. Earlier
and later times tend to be more social.
Games played include: AD&D Third edition, Mech Warrior, Call
of Cuthulhu and Munchkin are presently on the menu .
It all depends upon who chooses to run things and whether there are
enough players to make
a game worthwhile. We presently run four or five game systems
at the same time.
Costs: No charge for membership, but this is a pub so you are expected
to buy a drink
every now and then. You also have to be of legal drinking age to be
a member.
Officers:
Chairman: Matt
Treasurer: Rick
Secretary: Stuart
In 1986 a new (and more importantly free) venue was found at the Leather
Exchange Pub in Leather Market Street
near to the Elephant and Castle Tube Station in South London and the
Club move there. It was at this time that I joined the club and also our
current chairman. None of the original members remain and only four of
the current
regular members remember the heady days of creeping nervously through
the dimly lit back alleys of South London to visit this pub. The club was
cheap, sold cheap beer had an empty room with a stage and was empty in
the evening and so was the perfect venue for 8 years. There was talk of
changing the club name to Dragons in the Pub or Dragons in Leather to reflect
our new location. In 1991 The pub changed to new management after making
a loss for several years. The Leather Exchange was taken over by More Balls
R Us (the juggling company) remodelled and refurbished. The upstairs stage
room was busy all the time, the price of beer went up, and all the chairs
were bolted to the floor: no use to roleplayers.
In 1994 we went scouting for a new venue and settled on The Castle Pub
near to Chancery Lane in Central London.
The Castle Pub fitted all the requirements of the DOTH roleplaying
club, it had an empty room and it was free to
meet there. The beer was still expensive with central london prices.
During 1991 and 1992 several club members had moved to North or West London
from South London so a central London address became more convenient. It
was also more likely that we would be able to find new members for the
Club. Also during 1993 and 1994 club members drifted away and in 1994 the
live action roleplaying group split off leaving only 6 people to continue
the
Club.
In 1996 we found that the Castle was becoming too popular in the evenings
and the room where we met was busy too often. Our intrepid chairman went
scouting for a new venue near to the Castle and found the King of Diamonds.
It again has the main requirement of a free room and not too busy on
wednesday evenings. We also went on a major recruitment drive trying to
drum up new members so that we could play more than one game in the evening
and to give us more of a choice of games during the club meetings. We advertised
in all the local shops, particularly the Orcs Nest at Cambridge Circus.
We commisioned one of our members to draw us the dragon you see below (we
bought him a pint) and we put advertisements in any periodical which would
accept our ad. (particularly Arcane) and put adverts into web sites and
the uk.games.roleplay newsgroup. Membership has increased to about 20 once
more and we can regularly field three games during a club meeting or with
a full turn out up to five games. The normal venue is in the basement room
of the King of Diamonds and we are valued regulars there on a Wednesday
evening where we drink our share of beer to justify our free use of the
room.
We have recently moved to the Printers Devil Pub since the King of Diamonds
was refurbished and we no longer have access to their basement room.
Nearly everyone prefers the new venue upstairs at the Printers Devil
and likes the pizza that is often served there. Our membership is now up
to about 40 people.
Contacts: stumpydwarf99@yahoo.co.uk
or call 07914658386 during working hours and ask for Stuart
This is how you feel after an evening at the King of Diamonds!!
This page was created 02 May 1998
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