Making Thursday evenings better since 1983
As some of you know, the FGC turns 40 next year.
Surviving flood, pestilence and much more.
Four decades of fun, frivolity, unique characters, dice rolling, and dobber pushing have gone by.
Four hundred and eighty months (give or take a few) of providing a sane, friendly, welcoming game-playing space, a refuge from the increasing stress of modern living.
Where did the time go?
It’s not something we can let happen without a celebration of some kind, so we are planning a Sunday Event at the old Finchleians at some point around September 2026 (negotiations are underway as to the exact date).
I know that seems distant, but believe me, it will arrive fast.
So, creative, thoughtful and intelligent FGC members, what should we do on that day?
Ideas please.
LOTS of ideas!
For instance.
Who do we tell it’s happening and how? The local press, definitely. ALL the games (and related) shops in London? Do we track down old members? Shall we do events or just make it a free form gaming day, like we have now, but with better advertising and a big banner? Perhaps a hybrid approach.
Do we do promotional mugs and t-shirts and other game related items?
Do we (and this is controversial) abandon the whole thing and let 40 magnificent years pass without remark?
You know how to comment. Do so.
Posted Monday 21st July 2025 10:37:57 by Ian PearsonFor far too long this website has languished in the doldrums of un-maintenance.
To the point that some, viewing the page, assumed the FGC was no more.
Well fear not.
The FGC is still strongly alive and what is more is that finally a new website in on the horizon.
WATCH THIS SPACE
(NB: For those using Facebook, the Finchley Games Club has an active page.)
Posted Friday 13th June 2025 19:29:38 by Ian PearsonAfter many, many months (years even) of promising, I am now able to announce a new RPG session @FGC using the AFTERMATH RPG system.
The campaign where you ….
PLAY YOURSELF!
See how you would cope in a post-apocalyptic setting.
When ‘the chips are down’ (literarily), would your current skill set be a help or a hindrance? Are you physically and mentally tough enough to survive longer than the first 30 minutes?
Will you be able to find out what caused the downfall of civilisation, or will you be too busy trying to find a simple source of water that hasn’t turned green?
Or red? Or blue? Or all three?
Can you, out of necessity, think outside the box? A box for which you will most certainly never have prepared for!
AFTERMATH is a d20 stats and skill based, positional system and is perfectly capable of filling a character sheet that represents you.
However, creating such an AFTERMATH representation is a time-consuming affair and takes a while, but also gives you an insight into the mechanics of the game.
For this reason, all characters will be created before the sessions start, which also hides any of the more unusual skills you may have acquired over the years.
This process will begin next Thursday (28/05/2025) for any who are keen.
Expressed interest has been high, so if you do want to participate, please respond in the comments section and I will collate all the names and mix the players on a random basis.
I’m prepared to run several groups if (as expected) that number is greater than six.
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Be honest about yourself.
It’s FAR more fun (and realistic?) if you don’t claim to be a current world class bodybuilder with a Black Belt in Aikido, who was an international Hacker for GCHQ.
Think about the skills you have. It’s probably a longer list than you think.
For example:
While I’m going to take you at your word that you can read and write English, you will need to convince me that your literary skills are above those needed on a normal day to day basis.
If you say you have a Post-Doctorate in Old English, I’m going to need to see the certificate.
In game terms, such certificates give you a certain starting skill level.
However, as another example, I studied Geology to degree level, though I never practiced it professionally. So my AFTERMATH starting score would be diminished. Still above basic level, but not as high. (Apart from Volcanoes - my specialism. I’ve kept up to date with those!)
It’s a negotiation but arrive with a list!
Anything out of the ordinary will require persuasion (and reasonable proof) on your part.
In AFTERMATH, average Humans start within certain ranges and for the vast majority of people it’s a reasonable representation.
As I said, be honest.
In my case, being sixty, in AFTERMATH terms my physical stats have suffered and I’m far less healthy. Not decrepit (yet), but not the young buck I once was. However, mentally I’m stronger than ever, with 6 decades of experience to bring to the party.
I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU !!!!
AFTERMATH can be utterly brutal and unfair and I’m going to run it ‘straight’.
If in the game your character does something stupid (or even just unwise) it might be instantly lethal.
It’s perfectly possible that no-one will actually survive the first half hour, but that is up to you.
Add your name to the comments below.
Posted Sunday 24th August 2025 16:46:42 by Ian Pearson🎲 They Came From the Interstellar Starship
🎲 Brass: Birmingham
🎲 Nemesis: Lockdown
🎲 Steam Power
Posted Sunday 24th August 2025 16:45:48 by Ian Pearson🎲 They Came from the Interstellar Starship!
🎲 Tales from the Loop
🎲 Kinfire Delve
🎲 Luxor
🎲 Pandemic
🎲 6 Nimmt!
🎲 Heat
🎲 The Gang
Posted Sunday 24th August 2025 16:45:13 by Ian Pearson