DRAGON, which stands for Davis Roleplaying Activities and Gaming Organizational Network, meets Friday nights on the top floor of Wellman Hall on Campus. Meetings "start" at 5 PM but most people are usually there by 5:45. People there play a wide variety of games. The core of the group plays Roleplaying games as the main event, but there are many other types of games around. You can expect to find:
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Roleplaying games to join
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Plenty of board games to borrow
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Collectible card games (CCGs)
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An every-other-week LARP
Unofficial Facebook Group: DRAGON at UCD ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_195178573846891&ap=1
this group is brand new (March 2011) can anyone help get it off the ground.
We now have a club song. Even if you don't play D&D hopefully you'll enjoy this
In general, people tend to play collectible card games (CCG) and board games in the early hours and role-playing games in the later hours, but there are always exceptions.
They maintain an email list at Yahoo groups. The list is moderated for joining to prevent spambot registration — all you have to do is say something intelligible to get on. This list is frequently updated by the club officers to reflect the current club situation such as notes about found backpacks, game openings and closings, room reassignments and the yearly invasion by zombies Future Farmer's of America.
Anyone is welcome to join and show up at any time, and people are generally happy to teach newbies the ropes in new games. In addition there is a neglected Facebook group that is a part of the UC Davis network.
Games
A fun game of Descent:Into the Dungeon.
Among CCGs, Magic: The Gathering and Legend of the Five Rings are the most commonly played. Participants also tend to bring games such as Illuminati, Chez Geek, and ![[wikipedia]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small}
Fluxx. Board games are also common, but tend to be geek games like Settlers of Catan and Twilight Imperium rather than childhood games such as Monopoly. Occasionally, someone brings their console games to play on the projectors of Wellman Hall classrooms.
RPG games are really the core of DRAGON, and most people in the club participate in (at least) one of the games. The longest-running was a truly bizarre Alternity game, run by Dimitri Horaites for over 5 years. Other games include such varied systems and worlds as Champions, GURPS, Hackmaster, Mutants & Masterminds, or plain vanilla D&D. TylerBarrell is usually playtesting a new game, "Dragonfire" punk fantasy on A weeks and "Cape & Hammer" gritty super heroes on B weeks (both based on the "Universal Decay" alternate-d20 rules set, books will be provided), on alternating weeks. Chris Rutkowsky, creator of Basic Action Games, runs a campaign set in the Marvel Universe (Marvel Knights) on "A" weeks. Games run either every week or every other week, excluding holidays and finals.
In addition, there are LARPs (live action role-playing) games running concurrently in The Pit, called Cirque du Perdue and No Spununkling. They typically move inside during the colder days of winter often to the basement levels. They also make use of the Hart Hall courtyard or Social Sciences and Humanities buildings at various times and when Wellman Hall is closed.
Current Games
As most games alternate weeks, games are now given assigned a letter to help us keep things straight. Games listed in italics were reported in the last game census to be open and accepting new players.
| Week A | Week B | Week AB (every week) | |
| Cirque du Perdue (nWoD Changeling LARP) | Arkham Horror (nWoD LARP) | ||
| The missing cloak (D&D 4th 1st Level) | Reality Storm (D&D 4th 3rd Level) | Magic the Gathering (casual games) | |
| Airship D&D 3.5 | Journeys to the East (D&D 3.5 | ||
| Pokemon | 1920's Fantasy (Savage Worlds) | ||
| Sometimes Board Games | Board Games) | ||
Even though we have these games set up, we're always looking for more GMs or players. At least some of these games still have open seats, I'm not sure which yet. It's best to just come and ask.
Upcoming Schedule
| Day | Alternation | Notes |
| Mar 23rd | Week PD | Finals |
| Mar 30th | Week PD | Quarter Break |
| Apr 6th | Week A | First week of Spring quarter |
| Apr 13th | Week B | Moved to 118 Olson |
| Apr 20th | Week A | |
| Apr 27th | Week B | |
| May 4th | Week A | |
| May 11th | Week B | Moved to 118 Olson |
| May 18th | Week A | |
| May 25th | Week B | |
| Jun 1st | Week A | |
| Jun 8th | Week B | Dead Day |
| Jun 15th | Week PD | Finals |
| Jun 22nd | Week PD | Break |
| Jun 29th | Week A | First week of Summer Session I |
| Jul 6th | Week B | |
| Jul 13th | Week A | |
| Jul 20th | Week B | |
| Jul 27th | Week A | |
| Aug 3rd | Week B | Last week of Summer Session I |
| Aug 10th | Week A | First week of Summer Session II |
| Aug 17th | Week B | |
| Aug 24th | Week A | |
| Aug 31st | Week B | |
| Sep 7th | Week A | |
| Sep 14th | Week B | Last week of Summer Session II |
| Sep 21st | Week PD | Break |
| Sep 28th | Week B | First week of Fall Quarter |
| Oct 5th | Week A | |
| Oct 12th | Week B | |
| Oct 19th | Week A | |
| Oct 26th | Week B | |
| Nov 2nd | Week A | |
| Nov 9th | Week B | |
| Nov 16th | Week A | |
| Nov 23rd | Week B | |
| Nov 30th | Week A | |
| Dec 7th | Week B | Last week of Fall Quarter |
| Dec 14th | Week PD | Winter Break |
| Dec 21st | Week PD | Winter Break |
| Dec 28th | Week PD | Winter Break |
Week O is when we have off-rotation games — people tend to play board games, one-shots, or must make sure they have enough people to run their games. Week PD is Psuedodragon (see below). Thus completes the ABO system of game organization.
Club Data
History
The club has been running longer than most student members were alive, and has changed names several times.
It started as the Davis Gaming Club in 1992, then changed to D.R.A.G.O.N. (Davis Recreation And Gaming Organizational Network) in 1993 and settled into a comfortable niche in Wellman Hall on Friday nights in early 1994. This gaming club has continued to this very day despite antagonizing university policies.
For a few years the officers of DRAGON, Davis Anime Club and the English Country Dancers were one and the same.
Current Officers
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President: Andrew Elliot
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Vice President: Walter Lewis
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Secretary: Jinchen Lim
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Public Relations: Alex Elliot
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Treasurer: Kendrick Ruark
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Mascot: Jinchen Lim
Events
New Member's Night
Intended to help newbies understand how roleplaying games run, DRAGON have a New Member Night early in October. Most everyone plays in a one-night adventure, or "one-shot". DRAGON always accepts visitors and new members all year. New Member's Night in 2008 was Friday, October 17.
Halloween
Every Halloween, DRAGON has a Scavenger Hunt. Items from the Past Hunts included:
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D100 (1 Point)
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C'thulhu (1 point)
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The last piece of Pizza (3 Points)
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The meaning of life 3 points
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The Sun (1 point)
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The Moon (1 point)
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A Clockwork grapefruit (2 points)
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Flying Purple People Eater(2 points)
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Excalibur(2 points)
The Halloween 2008 celebration was Friday, October 27.
PseudoDragon
When the campus is closed for one of many reasons, usually a holiday or finals week. The club will take over many tables at Original Steve's. At the normal club times (from 5 until they are asked to leave).
Alternately, if the normal room is not available, but Campus is open, then DRAGON will be held in Olson. Likely room 146.
Photos
A rousing round of Twilight Imperium.
It took six hours and nobody reached the win condition. Culture
If you want to meet a bunch of strange geeky guys and chicks that like to play games, feel free to wander into the main meeting room near the middle of the floor. Joe (a jolly and portly fellow, recognizable by his impressive beard) gives out free popcorn, and generally shares his pizza for a buck a slice with soda included.
Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, there are not-insignificant number of women who come to dragon for the roleplaying and board games. (Just be prepared to deal with the occasional annoying old-school guy who "forgets" that little fact from week to week. Club officers fully encourage telling annoying jerks to shut up (or attacking them with giant hyperspace mallets), especially if they're doing anything to make people feel unwelcome for anything other than obnoxious behavior.)
DRAGON is different from other clubs, as they first meet up in DRAGON Main Room in the center of the building, but then proceed to run games in other rooms. Each RPG, CCG, or even CRPG can have its own room, which really helps games move along. After all, each game is truly a different world.
DRAGON also has a permit to play Humans vs. Zombies.
