Hello Everybody. Don’t ask me how I ended up with this job, for once I just stepped in and did it. It’s either me or Richard Sakoda, and I think Richard has something resembling a real life while I don’t.

Normally I’d try to keep this part of the letter with more lighthearted material, but with the recent schism in the club I thought I’d instead say a few words about it.

First and foremost, the club has split! There are now 2 gaming groups on Hawaii. We, the DOGS, are now making our focus clear. We are an RPGA sponsored club that runs RPGA sponsored events. This means we pretty much play Dungeons and Dragons Living Events. Living Greyhawk and Living City in particular. We are also trying to fit in some Living Force with the help of Andreas Cross. Other people will always be welcome to bring in other games to be played as long as there is space available, and since D&D takes so little space, there normally is.

The events leading to the split are best left unmentioned. Too many hard feelings by some people on both sides of the split.

Your new Dedicated Oahu Gamers Society Executive Committee is listed in the table someplace in this newsletter. A new post of Secretary has been formed to take the notes at the Executive Meetings so everybody has a clue of what is going on.

Now for a mention of our new sister club, the Clan Thunderforge Gamers (I will refer to them as CTG in all further references). They are a group with a vision of pulling in all games and gamers under one banner. Every con they want to have resemble a Other Realms Games Day with everybody playing everything. This is a tough vision to make real, but I have confidence they can do it under their leadership. They have their officers and they appear to have most, if not all of their con days ready. I look forward to their first newsletter. Their current officer corps is President Dave Spielman, Vice-President Andreas Cross, and Head Of Public Relations Rick Ankey. Their first event, Genesis Con is on July 14 in the con slot we had opened originally. They are planning open gaming, with a possible living event planned, but the living slot is not a priority at the moment. They’d like everybody to show up and have a good time.

We are going to be reworking our club constitution, also known as the DOGMA. Any suggestions should be sent to the appropriate Big DOGS so start firing up those emails or whispering into the ear of a Big DOG you already know.

Unlike our previous editor, my knowledge of game rules is just average, so there will not be a Quiz section, unless somebody wants to send some in. Also send any submissions for further print. If they meet my lack of rigid standards it may actually make print. This is particularly pointed at Thomas Miller who we’d like to see another short story from.

Be aware we are ALWAYS looking for new DM’s and ways to improve the club. If you got something you’d like to recommend or add, you can show up at Bob’s Barbecue at 4510 Salt Lake Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96818 in the same set of buildings as Ice Palace on July 2nd. Or you can email our officers. I prefer to get up close and personal if I REALLY want to get anything done.

I guess I’ve said enough for this month. See all you wild DOGS at the next con!

Wes Grant, President	DOGS_President@bigfoot.com
Andrew Rothstien, Vice	DOGS_Vice@bigfoot.com
Chris Garrison,Treasure	DOGS_Treasurer@bigfoot.com
John Barnette, Webmaster	DOGS_Web@bigfoot.com
Chet Busby, Secretary	DOGS_Secretary@bigfoot.com
Dan Ramberg, Scribe	DOGS_Scribe@bigfoot.com
DOGS officers' E-mail.

I would like to take this time to say good-bye to a dear friend and fellow gamer. Richard Ankney is a man that has stood head and shoulders over the rest, literally and as a leader of this club. Rick has inspired greatness and has challenged people to break out of the molds of years past and dream! Change has always come with a price and this man has paid that. Change is a good thing... but often painful. Rick has been has a mentor to myself as well as all of those that have had the pleasure to get to know him. To a fellow gamer and my closest friend, fair winds and following seas... You will be missed.
Wesley Grant

Well everybody. Our Treasurer, the esteemed Chris Garrison, has some good news for us. We pulled in a nice little profit this con. Nobody skipped out on dues or fees.
After Ratik Con: 1015.91
After Forge Con: 1145.59
We had 30 people attended Forge Con

The future DOGS calendar has been established. All of you out there who have been planning you con schedules on the last minute can now plan the rest of your year in peace.

DOGS Day, July 29, 2001. Games start at 9:00 AM.

9 AM will be Pirates of Yore. A module recommended for levels 1-8 (which in LC parlance means up to Level 10 can play). Blurb: A merchant ship goes missing and an age-old pirate is suspected of the crime. However the story of the pirate and his family is still a mystery. Can you find out what happened to the pirate and the mysteries of the past?

1:15 will be Missing. A module recommended for levels 5-14. Blurb: You answer the call to rescue several missing adventurers from the town of Casonville. Travel is required and only brave souls need apply.

5:45 will be 2 events running simultaneously. Living Force: The Price of Buisiness. Recommended for levels 1-6. Blurb:Just another day on the floating city of Tolea Biqua. Rodians. Blood Raptors. Tunnel racing on Eskaron. Note: So far we have only two judges for this event and could use 2 more. Andreas and myself are all there are. Volunteers please e-mail me or Andreas ASAP or call me at 536-0617 so we can arrange a Slot Zero for this event.

Classic Dungeons and Dragons: Short People’s Tree. An adventure with characters leveled 8-10 already provided. Members of the Short People Adventuring Company reunite to save a Dryad's beloved tree, and find out the reason for spider attacks in the Green Woods. Could it be that an old nemesis has come back to haunt them?

And here are our other Cons: August is a vacation. There will be no con. Hopefully nobody will go into withdraw.

September 29th is the DOGS Invitational. This is for members only, although I believe each member may bring one guest. The day is FREE! All food, all drinks, all games, even admission. Just bring your butts and your books.

October 13th and 14th is Kennel Con, two days of events.

November 3rd and 4th brings us to Vet Con. Another 2 day DOGS event.

And finally on December 8th is Santa Con. This is a charity event. Bring everybody you know and a friend. Play the game for a good cause.

Greetings friends and fellow citizens of Ravens Bluff.

I am having this printed for those of you who are among The Faithless who gave only lip service to the gods, or The False who betrayed a faith they believed in and made a personal commitment. As you might or might not be aware, you cannot achieve the place in the afterlife you may seek without having faith in one of Faeruns many deities. You may also not be raised from the dead with anything less than a Wish, Miracle, or True Resurrection without faith. You may be as good or evil, lawful or chaotic as the most extreme example of their kind, but without faith you will end up upon the .

Thank you,
Genellan Marcus, Priest of Kelemvlor

In the spirit of Maxim’s Head-to-Head and Wizard’s Last Man Standing, we bring you this historic match-up. On one side of the battlefield, champion of seemingly a dozen Salvatore novels, the dark elf Drizz’t Do Urden. At the other side of the field, the DOGS own walking meat grinder, the Hero of the Common Man, Champion of the City of Ravens Bluff- Jerrak the Generic!

The Setup: Drizz’t prized friend, the Figurine of Wondrous Power known as Guenaw… aw snit who can spell THAT name correctly every time? His panther magic item has been stolen and he has mistakenly tracked it to the City of Ravens Bluff. Meanwhile magic has been used to drive Drizz’t to a killing frenzy to get the Cat back.

Meanwhile it’s another beautiful day in Ravens Bluff, not a cloud is in the sky, there are no demons rampaging, or crazy mages with names like Cafergot or Timora fireballing the city. It is in Crows End that we find our Hero, Jerrak as Drizz’t enters the neighborhood after asking about. As the two meet and Drizz’t starts yelling about his Cat a crowd gathers. Jerrak says his favorite line “Let’s just calm down here man.” Drizz’t goes berserk, raging! The initiative, which is normally so tight that nobody could get the upper hand is turned to Drizz’t favor by Jerrak seeing Chance “worshipping” with a priestess of Sharess in a nearby alleyway. Drizz’t’s six attacks cut down the Peoples Champion (and we don’t mean The Rock!) in under 6 seconds. (round one)

The people stand, stunned as Drizz’t starts looting Jerrak’s body, looking for the missing Figurine. (round two)

Then the crowd becomes an enraged mob, tearing apart the Dark Elf in a matter of seconds for the death of their hero, burning the remains. (round three)

Posthumous Winner: Jerrak the Generic

Postfight note: Jerrak was bought back with a standard Raise Dead spell by one of hundreds of Level 9 plus clerics running around Ravens Bluff. Drizz’t was eventually bought back with 2 wishes by people who actually knew who he was and actually cared.

Fresh from the pits of DOGS News I am here to report that we will be working on the DOGS charter, also known as the DOGMA. Any recommendations should NOT be sent to me. Find somebody else of the Executive Committee to bother with it. Thank you.

Also, to all of you wielding Dragon Stones, they are no longer tradable as of June 22, 2001. They lose all powers July 2, 2001.