Annual MIT Mystery Hunt
Christopher Morse, Thouis Jones
Fri Jan 14 thru Mon Jan 17, 12-??:00pm, Lobby 7
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Join us for the 2005 Mystery Hunt, the annual MIT puzzle and sleep-deprivation competition. Get together with friends to solve puzzles that will lead you to a coin hidden somewhere on campus. The hunt starts Friday at noon and ends when the coin is found, some days later.
Please sign up at the website. Lone hunters looking for a team can sign up as unattached hunters. New hunters always welcome.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/
Contact: Thouis Jones, 32-D474, puzzle@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mystery Hunt
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Bridge Tournament
Richard Stanley, Tom Leighton
Thu Jan 13, 12-06:00pm, 2-290
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The Mathematics Department challenges all MIT bridge players to a team-of-four tournament. Those without a full team can still come and hope to find teammates. Refreshments offered, prizes awarded. Come and have a good time.
Contact: Richard Stanley, 2-375, x3-7930, rstan@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Earth Defense Force
Carl Stern, Alum
Sat Jan 22, 01-05:00pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: fill out required application
Earth Defense Force is a science fiction, one-late-afternoon SIK game. Expect moderate to large amounts of shooting and running around and a healthy dose of figuring things out. Strategic maneuver and location-centric combats will likely be important.
A new game offered by the MIT Assassins' Guild.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~assassin/
Contact: Laura Boylan, laura47@mit.edu
Sponsor: Assassins Guild
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Integration Bee
I. Caines
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: I. Caines, 2-488, x3-4097, caines@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
Integration Bee Qualifying Testing
I. Caines
Stop by at any point during the session, for a quick test of your single variable integration skills. Top scorers qualify for the Integration Bee. No knowledge beyond 18.01 necessary.
Wed Jan 19, 03-05:00pm, 2-105
Integration Bee
I. Caines
No enrollment limit. No advance sign up (but contestants must qualify, see Wednesday, Jan. 19th). Single session event.
Come watch your fellow students match wits and single variable integration skills for prizes and the title of "Grand Integrator."
Tue Jan 25, 06-07:30pm, 6-120
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Intro to Shogi (Japanese Chess)
Yoshiaki Kuwata, Shan Riku
Mon Jan 24, 05-06:30pm, 5-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This is an introductory class to Shogi (Japanese Chess). Shogi is similar to chess, but has additional twists. For example, when a piece is captured, it becomes a piece for the capturing side, and can be dropped back onto the board! We will go over the basic rules, do some demos, and you will be able to play a game of your own at the end of the session. The rule is very simple. Bring your friends along and join us playing this fun game!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~jam/www/flyer/IAP_shogi_2005.pdf
Contact: Yoshiaki Kuwata, nihonjinkai-request@mit.edu
Sponsor: Japanese Association of MIT
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Introduction to Contract Bridge
Jason Chiu, Gary Schwartz
Mon, Wed, Jan 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 07-09:00pm, Mezzanine Lounge, 4-149, 4-153 on Wed., Jan. 26
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: An interest in card games, and the desire to have fun!
Come and discover the fun and intellectual challenge associated with contract bridge! In this course, we explore the fundamentals of the game, including bidding, declarer play, and defense. The lessons are based on The Club Series by Audrey Grant, as published by the American Contract Bridge League.
Each session will consist of a lecture, several examples, and supervised play. By the end of this eight-session course, the student will have learned enough to play bridge socially, and start exploring the exciting world of duplicate bridge. There will also be an individual tournament at the end of the course, with prizes for the winners.
Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, and the MIT Draper Labs Bridge Club.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitdlbc/www/
Contact: Jason Chiu, W79-577, x2-3114, jchiu@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Lego Robotics Competition
Colin Dillard
Thu Jan 13, 02-05:30pm, 24-618
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Missed out on the 2.70 lottery? Want to prepare for next year? Come to ESG's intensive one-time Lego Robotics Competition. Participants will be given three hours to build a Lego robot to complete a simple challenge. Experienced builders and beginners equally welcome.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg
Contact: Colin Dillard, 24-612, dillard@mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group
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Mahjong Tournament
Your Loving ATS Officers
Sat Jan 29, 07pm-12:00am, Student Center, TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 29-Jan-2005
Single session event
Prereq: Any level welcome, as long as you like having fun!
Fee: 3.00 for food, drink, and prizes
Ready to beat that dude who just barely mahjonged you last year? Still trying to figure out the rules of the game? Or just want to watch your friends' battling tension over the table? Come to ATS's IAP Mahjong Tournament 2005! All skill levels are welcome. See who will be this year's ATS Mahjong Champion - even beginners have a stab at our Grand Prize! Refreshments will be served.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitats/www
Contact: Your Loving ATS Officers, ats-exec@mit.edu
Sponsor: Association of Taiwanese Students
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Marin County New Age Society Cocktail Party
Anna Bradley
Sun Jan 16, 01-05:00pm, TBA
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2005
Single session event
Prereq: fill out application
Welcome! It s time again for the monthly Society cocktail party. Be the hit of the social scene!
But times are tough for the New Age Society. Someone has been murdering Society members, and someone else has been robbing them blind. A fun evening is in store... If you can survive...
A new game offered by the MIT Assassins' Guild. This is an alcohol-free event.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~assassin/
Contact: Laura Boylan, laura47@mit.edu
Sponsor: Assassins Guild
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Patrol
Patrol-Comm
Sat Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 08-11:00pm, 36-1xx
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Travel to strange new classrooms. Meet interesting, unusual people, and "kill" them! Patrol is a high-action game of live combat with rubber-dart guns. Shoot your friends, then watch out as they try to take their revenge.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/assassin/
Contact: Patrol-Comm, 36-1, x5-6275, patrol-comm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Assassins Guild
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Strategy Workshop - Learn to Master Risk
Aaron Tan
Fri Jan 14, 21, Sun Jan 23, 08pm-12:00am, NW30
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 03-Jan-2005
Limited to 6 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Interested in strategy games? Both begineer and experienced players are welcomed. Come and join us over several games of Risk and learn to play the game as a professional.
Contact: Aaron Tan, 37-142, x8-5794, aarontan@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aaron Tan, 37-142, 617 258-5794, aarontan@mit.edu
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The Art of Chainmail
Cyrus Eyster
Mon Jan 24, 06-07:00pm, 1-246
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to make chainmail! This flexible armor made from metal rings was used on battlefields across the world for over a thousand years. This class will teach participants the basic weave used in Europe in the Middle Ages. Tools and materials will be provided.
Contact: Cyrus Eyster, W20-557, 253-7788, sipb-iap-chainmail@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Three-Edged Sword
Andrea Humez
Fri Jan 7, Sat Jan 8, Sun Jan 9, 02-07:00pm, TBA
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: email for application
Three-Edged Sword is a three-day assassin game written by Andrea Humez, running Friday, January 7 through Sunday, January 9. Three-Edged Sword is a high-roleplaying game set in a low-tech, moderate-magic fantasy universe. It originally ran in Spring and Fall of 1996.
Contact: Andrea Humez, shadow@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Assassins Guild
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Warhammer 40K: Xenophobia
Dennis Perepelitsa, Nick Lugo, Stephanie Paige, Xavid Pretzer
Sat Jan 29, 01-07:00pm, TBA
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 29-Jan-2005
Single session event
To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live under the cruelest regimes imaginable. This is a tale of those times. Forget the power of technology. Too much has been forgotten. Forget the promise of progress and understanding. In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war.
This is a new game offered by the MIT Assassins' Guild.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~assassin/
Contact: Dennis Perepelitsa, dvp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Assassins Guild
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