The Miskatonic Student Union is the University of Kentucky's roleplaying club. We meet Wednesdays, at 7pm, in the Student Center of UK, in room 106 aka Center for Student Involvement.
Our focus is in roleplaying, but we also encourage board games, video games, card game, Live action roleplaying, MMORPGs, or anything else geeky. Feel free to come visit us.
You can contact our president at -email- or leave a message on the forums.
by hida_jiremi on Tuesday 02 February 2010 - 17:42:09
UKON will be held this year on Friday, February 5, from 5pm to 10pm, and on Saturday, February 6, from 10am to midnight. Both days will be held in the UK Student Center, with registration in the 3rd floor Grand Ballroom. Please check out the forums for more information on registration, events, and activities!
by hida_jiremi on Monday 31 August 2009 - 03:14:47
The first meeting of the new school year will take place on Wednesday, September 2. As is club tradition, the meeting will be at 7pm in the Center for Student Involvement, room 106 of the Student Center. It sounds like we're going to be having a lot of new faces around this year, thanks to the turnout at the student social last week, so anyone and everyone who can make it should come out for the meeting. I know that quite a few Miskies will be showing up to say hi to the new blood, and to show off their favorite RPGs, board games, and other fun stuff.
by hida_jiremi on Tuesday 11 August 2009 - 01:08:38
I may not be president anymore, but I have one last announcement to make! In only another day, we will be undertaking our second ever Miskatonic GenCon Trip! Here's to hoping for a good time!
Jeremy Puckett Trip Coordinator [Submitted by hida_jiremi]
That's the end of the semester, folks! I hope everyone had a good time this year, and here's hoping for all the good times yet to come. GenCon is coming up in August, and that's always a good time. Even if you're not coming with the official club trip, you should at least try to make it up to Indy for a day--you could spend that much time just wandering through the dealers' room. ^_^
We've got a good crew lined up for next year, and I can't wait to see what they've got in store for us. So, without further ado, I hereby step down as president of the Miskatonic Student Union and hand it off to my successor, Zach Purol. It's not like I'm disappearing into the wilderness or anything, though; I'll still be around to dispense elderly-type wisdom when necessary. Still, Zach's a great guy, he's been a great officer, and I have no doubt that he'll be a great president.
Good luck to all of you, and have a good summer!
Sincerely, Jeremy Puckett [Submitted by hida_jiremi]
by hida_jiremi on Wednesday 08 April 2009 - 17:40:25
Well, it's been a fun year, hasn't it? Between a record-attendance UKON, a bunch of new members, some great connections with other groups, and generally a wild ride, it's hard to imagine that there's less than a month left in the school year. Still, as we approach the end of the year (and the end of my presidency), we still have more things to do!
Coming up on April 21 and 22, running from 8am to 5pm on the second floor of the Student Center, we will be having a club bake sale. This event will be the last fundraiser of the year, with brownies, cookies and more provided by handy-dandy Miskie cooks. Prices will be reasonable and quality will be high! Stop by for a snack, or just to say hi to the club members working the table.
April 29 will be the year's final Miskie Funday, at which we will be watching good video game movies and ordering pizza on the club dime. Location has yet to be determined, but it's likely that it will be at the same place as last time.
Finally, we're looking at Saturday, May 2, as the MSU year-end barbecue. Every year, we go out to Woodland Park, grab a grill, buy some raw meat, and cook it up into food for the club. This year will be especially cool, since we're going to have a special celebrity guest: Keith Baker, the creator of Eberron! If there turns out to be inclement weather or other problems, we'll change the schedule, but for now we'll be meeting at 2pm in Woodland Park at the picnic shelter. Bring along fun things, like boffer weapons and nerf guns!
With the kind of effort and dedication that we've seen this year, I have no doubt that next year will be even better! Keep up the good work! And thanks for all the hard work so far! Summer's almost here!
Jeremy Puckett MSU President [Submitted by hida_jiremi]
by hida_jiremi on Tuesday 03 March 2009 - 00:19:55
Coming up this week is the recently-minted holiday for geeks, Game Master's Day. This day, celebrated every year since 2005 or so, gives players a chance to give back to the GMs that have given them so much enjoyment. So, on March 4 (which happens to be this Wednesday!), take a few minutes to track down your favorite GM and let him or her know how much their game means to you. Say thanks, or give a small gift; lots of online stores (including rpgnow.com) are having huge sales for GM's Day.
Remember, without a game master, there is no game!
UKON is over! (For this year, anyway.) And I have to say that it was a real blast!
I would like to take a moment here to thank everyone who made this year's UKON so successful. Without the contributions of so many different people, we couldn't have put on nearly the event that we did. I want to thank, in no particular order:
Our officers
Mayling Yap and Greg Chandler
Raging Gargoyle Games
The Camarilla
The Lexington D&D Meetup Group
Our wonderful sponsors: Chaosium, ToyVault, Crafty Games, and Collectibles Etc.
93 Games Studio
The Green County Sci-Fi and Gaming Club
UK Anime
and everyone else who made UKON so wonderful!
This will be the last year I am going to be personally involved in running and organizing UKON, so it was good to go out on a high note. After ten years of being involved with the MIskatonic Student Union, and as many UKONs, I think it will be nice in the future just to be able to kick back and relax when February rolls around.
It's been great, guys. I only hope that it continues to get better.
Sincerely, Jeremy Puckett MSU President [Submitted by hida_jiremi]
by hida_jiremi on Wednesday 25 February 2009 - 00:02:22
This Friday and Saturday will see the tenth annual UKON gaming convention put on by the Miskatonic Student Union. For those that don't recall, the dates are Friday, February 27, from 5pm to 10pm; and Saturday, February 28, from 10am to midnight. We're going to have a ton of events lined up for the convention. If you're a registered forum user, you can cruise on over to the Official Business forum and take a look at the official schedule of events, as well as the updated schedule for our annual movie room, the Theater of Pain!
Featured events at this year's convention include not one but two high-stakes Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournaments on Saturday, a Camarilla-featured game of the month LARP that spans both days of the convention, and a free-entry Texas Hold'em tournament! We're trying all sort of new events this year, and hope that people stop by them. We're revamping our Artists Alley, featuring some of the finest artists in the Bluegrass region, and will be holding our gaming auction Saturday evening due to demand for extra time for registration.
UKON is always a blast, so if you're going to be in the Lexington area this weekend, try to stop by. At only 5 dollars a day, it's one of the most affordable conventions you'll ever attend, and it's well worth the price for the amount of entertainment we're offering.
We hope to see you there! [Submitted by hida_jiremi]
by hida_jiremi on Wednesday 04 February 2009 - 23:03:32
Tonight's officer elections went smoothly. After my choosing to not seek re-election, we were very fortunate to have dedicated members step up to fill my absence. I would like to take a moment in this news post to thank the members of MSU for making my time with the club so enjoyable and for giving me the chance to build a larger community of gamers.
Our crop of officers for next year is (drum roll):
Zach Purol, President Matt Spradling, Vice President Rob Waltman, Secretary/Treasurer
Good luck, guys! We're all behind you!
Also, I want to remind everyone that UKON is only three weeks away! Now is the time to buckle down, find ways to pitch in and help out, and get ready for what may turn out to be our biggest UKON ever. I've been informed by our liaison with the Camarilla that the Vampire LARP at UKON has now been approved as the Camarilla game of the month, which is going to be a huge draw! We have not one, but two Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournaments going on Saturday! And finally, our last shipment of prize support came in, bringing our total volume of prize support from gaming companies to over a thousand dollars!
This is shaping up to be the best UKON ever, and it wouldn't have gotten here if not for the contributions of members, affiliates, and officers alike. Let's just keep it up through the home stretch, and we can all relax when it's done!
