MAY 2025 Impulse Now Available!

The latest issue of MonSFFA’s News bulletin, Impulse, is now available for viewing or download!

Click here: ImpulseMay2025(OnlineVersion)PDF

This May 2025 edition, and past issues of Impulse can also be viewed or downloaded via our Website (www.MonSFFA.ca); visit the Impulse page.

This issue promotes the upcoming May club meeting (this Saturday, the 10th), outlines the club’s 2025 summer schedule and reports on our presentation on “Ssssnakes in SF&F” at the club’s April get-together.

Enjoy your issue of Impulse! And we hope to see you at our upcoming club meeting, Saturday, May 10, 1:00PM-5:00PM.

Draconis contest

Draconis contest

Calling all artists! The Draconis festival is again looking for a person to create a drawing or an image representing this year’s festival for our social media, publicity and merchandise. You think you have the necessary talent and you want to contribute to the festival’s success? This is your chance! Our budget is $350, so prepare your submissions accordingly.
We are open to pretty much any concept; all we are asking is that it must represent the idea of the festival or of role playing games in general (and not one particular game); and it must include the word “Draconis” and the year 2025..
If you’d like to participate, you can send us a sketch of your idea at info@festivaldraconis.ca with the subject “Draconis concours d’image”. You have until Sunday June 1 to do so. We will announce the winner during the following week, and then you’ll have one month to complete your drawing. No submission using AI will be accepted.
For reference, the final image must be 14” x 14” (35 cm x 35 cm), with a 300 dpi resolution.
Festival Draconis
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Appel à tous les artistes! Le festival Draconis est de nouveau à la recherche d’une personne pour créer un dessin ou une image représentant l’édition 2025 du festival sur nos médias sociaux, notre publicité et notre marchandise. Vous croyez avoir le talent, et vous voulez participer au succès du festival? C’est l’occasion de le faire! Notre budget est de $350, alors préparez vos soumissions en conséquence.
Nos contraintes sont peu nombreuses: votre image doit représenter le concept du festival ou du jeu de rôle en général (et non un jeu en particulier), et doit inclure le mot “Draconis” et l’année 2025.
Si vous êtes intéressé à participer, vous avez jusqu’au dimanche 1er juin pour nous envoyer un croquis de votre idée par courriel au info@festivaldraconis.ca, avec le sujet “Draconis concours d’image”. Nous annoncerons le ou la gagnant.e la semaine suivante, et à partir de ce moment, vous aurez un mois pour finaliser votre dessin. Aucune soumission utilisant l’IA ne sera acceptée.
Pour référence, l’image finale devra être de 14”x14” (35 cm x 35 cm) et d’une résolution de 300 dpi.
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NEXT CLUB MEETING: THIS SATURDAY, MAY 10!

MonSFFA’s next meeting is scheduled to take place this Saturday, May 10, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM!

We will gather at our usual downtown meeting locale, Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 René-Lévesque Ouest (corner St-Mathieu).

Out-of-towners, as always, may join our ZOOM-chat and take part in the meeting from the comfort of home!

On the Agenda:

The Cartoons of Tom Gauld: SF, Fantasy, Literature, and Commentary. And Books!

We examine the art and humour of prolific cartoonist Tom Gauld, whose work covers a wide range: science, science fiction, fantasy, role-playing games, classic literature, politics, and more. Gauld happily combines different genres in a single cartoon. Vampire tropes… and modern politics; classic literature…and science fiction; fantasy…and the reality of television. Not only does Gauld love books, he also loves booklovers, and publishes in major newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The New Scientist, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.

Section 31 (Game)

How well do you know your sci-fi spaceships, aircraft, and vehicles? As a Section 31 agent, you will be required to covertly gather information on various of these as potential targets, and this afternoon, we will test your ability to correctly identify a few!

and more…

Meeting Theme: We will be discussing, during the course of this meeting, our annual club field trip, upcoming in June! We’ll welcome your suggestions as to which museum, exhibition, or interesting locale to visit this year.

We’re looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our downtown meeting hall for this May 2025 meeting! Bring a friend! See you all there this Saturday, May 10, 1:00PM-5:00PM!

Please Note: While we strive to keep on schedule, we do, sometimes, fall behind a little, or find ourselves having to reshuffle the order of items on the agenda for one reason or another, or reschedule planned presentations/discussions. Therefore, please understand that all programming is subject to change!