We announced some time ago that the Arcanor campaign had ended. Since then, we have been thinking about what to do next.
Events for everyone
It is important to us that the successor to Arcanor is also open to everyone who enjoys playing tabletop role-playing games. Participation should also be free of charge – although we are of course grateful for a contribution to the collection. This is why all sessions in the KuL Quest series will be organised in this way.
More than «just» «Dungeons & Dragons»
Arcanor was a «Dungeons & Dragons« campaign. Of course, the oldest tabletop role-playing game system is also familiar to many people who have had little contact with the hobby. However, KuL Quests are not restricted to a specific set of rules. All GMs who would like to run a session can rent a KuL room free of charge – whether it’s «Dungeons & Dragons», «The Dark Eye», «Shadowrun» or the latest hot cake from the recently launched Kickstarter campaign.
And when is the new KuL campaign coming?
Unlike the previous Arcanor sessions, KuL Quest sessions are not all set in the same universe. However, we are in the process of creating a new campaign – a complete world with its own story and many new adventure possibilities for GMs and players! We are therefore calling on all GMs who would like to help with the development: Get in touch with us on Discord.
Do all KuL Quest sessions have to take place in the new campaign world?
No, they don’t have to. As a GM, you always have the freedom to decide that your session is not part of the campaign. However, sessions that are part of the campaign world will be advertised and marked accordingly. Just like the Arcanor sessions used to be advertised.
Last week, 15 KuLists met in the new lounge at Güterstrasse 48 (or online in the Discord) to discuss and vote on the budget, board and planning for 2025. The most important points in brief:
The majority of the new Board consists of existing Board members: Alain, Cenk, Mario, Patricia and Tim. Elia is a new member – welcome! Merci to the former ones: Manuel and Sybille!
Membership fees amount to CHF 60 again this year – invoices have already been sent out (haven’t received any? Please get in touch 🙂 )
Due to the expenses for the remodelling of the new premises, we have to suspend the previous discounts for multiple bookings. In other words, the prices for a room booking are again fixed at Chf 40.- (for KuLists) or Chf 60.- for non-members.
A new game event vessel will be created, the room hire of which will be sponsored by KuL as long as the events are open to the public. This is intended as a follow-up project to Arcanor and also includes, for example, our Pathfinder Society or System of the Month games. More information will follow.
Thank you so much to everyone who took part and to everyone who supports KuL in other ways! You are awesome!
Work on our new premises at Güterstrasse 48 has officially begun! Today Matze was there. @Chrigi @Senji @Bibl/Tim @Luthiena | Patricia and me.
As we had already done our shopping last week, we were able to get started straight away today. Everything has gone according to plan in the fantasy room so far. We had already torn down the existing counter when we handed over the keys, so we were able to start painting after removing the skirting boards and masking. Everything is beige at the top and brown at the bottom – the panelling is still to follow.
Unfortunately, we encountered a problem when building the drywall. With the drill. And the problem was the existing heating pipe!
Unfortunately, this meant that we couldn’t finish the work yet and had to call in the emergency plumber, which will unfortunately upset our budget a little. Nevertheless, we’ve come quite a long way and can finish the wall tomorrow. The removed radiator will then be replaced at some point. Have we ever mentioned that you can also donate to KuL? kul-verein.ch/en/want-to-contribute
Construction report II from 28.12.2024
Another day of rebuilding. This time Matze, @Cenk @Luthiena | Patricia and I were there.
The wall is finished! It is characterised by extreme… walliness. Except of course in the door area. Now it still needs to be plastered and painted, but we’ll do that tomorrow.
A second coat of paint has been applied in the fantasy room and the shutters are also finished. Everything that is still green will be covered with stone walls. Patricia will be building these over the next month and will probably be driven mad in the process.
A problem has arisen with the door to the fantasy room because our previous tenants installed the frame so amateurishly. I still need to see how I can get this door right – it’s all crooked, arched and so on. I’ve expressed my feelings in a photo.
And last but not least, we primed the floor in the lounge so that we can lay the real floor tomorrow. That was session 0, so to speak.
Construction report III from 29.12.2024
All good things come in threes and so we made good progress again today! We were joined by @Jojo @akieran @Bibl/Tim @Luthiena | Patricia my father Walter and myself.
We painted the frames in the fantasy room for a second time and removed some of the covers. Patricia could now also start on the stone walls!
The Sci-Fi room has now also received its first coat of paint – artist Tim proudly standing in front of his work. Speaking of artistic: I’ll leave you with this fantastic photo of Kieran plastering the wall: ‘The duality of mortar’.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Jojo and Walter, the floor in the lounge was completed today! I quote: ‘Is it working?’ ‘Uuuuuaaahhhhooo….’ But it looks fantastic.
Construction report IV from 30.12.2024
At the end of the year, @Senji @Sybille @Bibl/Tim @Luthiena | Patricia and I were on site.
The sci-fi room has now been painted and the door fitted with a handle. Everything is now ready for Patricia to start decorating in January! If you would like to help out from time to time, please contact her directly or get in touch on Discord.
The lounge now has skirting boards and Tim has won the agonising battle against the monthly adhesive – the drywall on this side has also been plastered and is waiting to be painted. Speaking of agonising: Patricia is now busy assembling the stone wall and the wood panelling – her nerves are burning at least as much as the cutting wire!
Now we’re taking a New Year break. We’ll resume on 4 January 2025 before there’s ‘only’ decoration left and I only write construction reports from time to time. Happy New Year to you all!
Construction report V from 04.01.2025
In the new year, @Bibl/Tim @Luthiena | Patricia @Michi @Cenk @Clemens my father and I met to finalise the last work in the ‘conversion’ area. Of course, we are now continuing with decoration, technology etc. The wall in the lounge is now painted white and has also received its skirting board. Here is a list of the work that was completed today:
Repair skirting boards
Fit skirting boards to wall and hallway
Sanding/sawing and painting the shelf for the alcove
Attach wall bumpers to the doors
Install lamp + light switch in the entrance area
Install speaker brackets in the sci-fi room
Continue work on the stone wall in the tavern
Install latch on the toilet
Lots of tidying and cleaning
The door to the tavern now also works – more or less. To close it properly, you simply have to pass a DC 10 Athletics test
Construction report VI from 10.01.2025
A lot of progress was made again last week. Most of the work was done by @Bibl/Tim @Luthiena | Patricia and myself.
Patricia in particular has worked a lot on the decoration in the fantasy room! The stone walls still need to be plastered and painted so that you don’t just have to imagine they are stones. We also continued to experiment with the wood panelling, but I’m not on the board for my intelligence so I forgot to take a photo =)
Work in the sci-fi room was mainly drawing things out and measuring. But today we tried to paste on the starry sky … that didn’t work. Next we prepared the ceiling with double-sided tape … that didn’t work.
So unfortunately we will have to build a frame. Of course, that will take a bit of time again, but it will work out. So if anyone has time next week – as always, we’d appreciate any help!
But we now have a skirting board made of warning tape so that nobody runs into the wall!
And of course lots of little things have happened. Our kitchen furniture has arrived (thanks Anna for picking it up!), we now have 10 wooden chairs that still need some love and affection, the light in the hallway now works as intended and we have a key safe that doesn’t require you to climb down a deep slope first. Absolutely unimaginable, but okay.
We’ll be moving soon! The last two weeks have been spent building, painting, crafting and decorating the premises at Güterstrasse 48. Slowly but surely the whole thing is taking shape and color and the idea of the environment in which we will soon be able to play our games is becoming more and more vivid. I’m really looking forward to it! Thank you to everyone who has invested dozens of hours over the last few days – you are mega KUL!
And of course we continue with:
Events!
Goodbye Laupenstrasse, 23.1. It will soon be over, the time when our association had its home in Laupenstrasse. And even though we have every reason to look forward to the new location and all the great stories we will experience in Güterstrasse, we want to raise our glasses to Laupenstrasse once again!
Pathfinder Society, in German, 12.2. & 19.2. The Pathfinders find themselves invited to a charity dinner to benefit the Knights of Lastwall fighting in far-off lands against the lich king, Tar-Baphon. In the middle of dinner, evidence of a strange ritual arises, and the Pathfinders must investigate before dinner becomes a murder mystery! Registration via Meetup.
System of the Month Februar: Vaesen, in English, 8.2. & 22.2. In dark forests, beyond the mountains, by black lakes in hidden groves. At your doorstep. In the shadows, something stirs. Strange beings. Twisted creatures, lurking at the edge of vision. Watching. Waiting. Unseen by most, but not by you. You see them for what they really are. Vaesen. Registration via form in the post.
IMPORTANT! Our Annual General Meeting with board elections will take place next week: Thursday, January 16 at 6 p.m. Place: New room at Güterstrasse 48, 3008 Bern Online attendace will be possible
On this second Wednesday of the month, the Pathfinder Society meets again in the vaults of the association: 08. January 2025 at 17:30 until approx. 23:00 we agents will go on another adventure. It will be the adventure 6-01: Intro into the Year of Immortal Influence and will be played in Swiss German (or in standard German if this works better for individual players).
The Pathfinders find themselves invited to a charity dinner to benefit the Knights of Lastwall fighting in far-off lands against the lich king, Tar-Baphon. In the middle of dinner, evidence of a strange ritual arises, and the Pathfinders must investigate before dinner becomes a murder mystery!
The adventure is suitable for characters of levels 1-4. It is also open to new players who do not yet have any role-playing experience and/or are not yet familiar with the Pathfinder system in its 2nd edition.
Sign Up
You can sign up via Meetup. Keep in mind that this adventure will be played in German.
