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> Covid Update 24.02.2021, Road map to Goblins
duncanmatthias
post Feb 24 2021, 11:36 AM
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Good Morning,

Following the Prime Ministers announcement of a road map out of lockdown, what follows is our road map to being Goblins again.

The earliest we will look to run events will be the week commencing the 17th May 2021. There is currently a Thursday dungeon booked for that week, so it seems likely this will be the first event, then our usual weekend events from Saturday the 22nd May. Currently this is booked for the Labyrinthe Big Day Down, but it is very possible we will try to move this later in the year, as restricted numbers will not give the feel of the day that we have come to enjoy. The rule of 6 will be back in place for these early dungeons from the 17th May. They will include the 7th space as we had last year to ensure dungeons run on the day with 6 players. The full extent of restrictions is not yet known, but its likely to be very similar to last year. We will look to update on exact rules as we get closer to re-opening day. This will be in line with step 3 as laid out, and as a result extended lengths for upto 30 will also be able to run.

The earliest the country will be at step 4 is the 21st June, and this is the earliest we will look to go back to running full party events again in the Caves.

I know many people will think of overland’s, but as it was last year, the onus is on us as a company and club to provide safe and secure Covid facilities, which should include running hot water hand washing facilities, which we do not feel we can provide at many of the overland sites we have used in previous years. Additionally, as we did last year we do not want to stretch resources to thinly, as a result we will only operate at one venue at a time, be that the caves or an extended length site, thus an overland at a site away from the caves will go away from this decision.

I know many people will be keen to hear about young players. I am obviously keen to re-start young players, however i do not believe that will be possible from the 17th May date, and is much more likely to be after the 21st June. The younger age and reduced numbers, coupled with shorter days and less cost, make young players highly unprofitable unfortunately. Which I appreciate is a great shame, as we very much do need to keep our current young players engaged and invest in the future blood of the caves. We are however in the process of organising weekly young players on a week day during summer school holidays so hope that this will give all our young players something to look forward to in the summer months.

The Covid tier donation scheme will continue as it is in the weekly and monthly formats for March, April May and June, although its possible we could run low on tombola towards the end of this period, but would still encourage club members to continue to donate to keep the Club afloat until we are operating at normal capacity again. Current standing is approximately 4 weeks operating capital in the bank, (plus savings account covering unspent extended length monies, pre-paid points apps ect), with current weekly average donations slightly lower than outgoings. The budget next week will have a large impact on the finances, as to if we are expected to be paying business rates again from April, fingers crossed something will be in this budget and the countries only Role Play venue wont get too overlooked.

I will be going through the event diary in due course and updating things, I will contact dungeon organisers about possible 2 parties when reducing to 6 players. Once I have done this I will start booking newer dungeons again.

Guilds, items and other date based things will benefit from extensions to dates ect, Lee I am sure will do a post about this in due course

Thank you

Duncan


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