Andy, will you be wearing your totally awesome new shirt?!
Let me check the 8 ball … signs point to yes!
This is me, suddenly realizing I’m currently in Mooresville, IN, and will be here for the next few days… meaning I can make it. Friday and Saturday, possibly. At least one of those. So… See ya there.
This is me, being really, really excited at 1:30 in the morning.
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Let me check the 8 ball … signs point to yes!
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Looking forward to the weekend!
Rabit
Driving driving driving… only a few hours away from Indianapolis now.
Maybe next year I can get you to come to Rockford for Rock-Con. 
John Kovalic is there every year for Dorkstock. 
Woo! I am now the proud owner of official artwork of the Chairman drawn and signed by Christopher himself!
Christopher drew something for you? And then called it the “official art?” … I have seen things that Christopher has drawn and, well, no offense to him, but he’s no Adam. 
It’s a wonderful piece of character artwork, though perhaps more wonderful for its character than for its artwork.
Well, we had a great time, with lots of fun and interesting games and many new folks introduced to SotM and many experienced folks getting to play some… Cards we won’t talk about. 
Thank you for making the trip, Christopher, and thank you Andy for setting everything up.
Greatly looking forward to many more grand battles with new and amazing heroes against new and terrifying villains in the years to come!
Rabit
I just spent all weekend playing Sentinels of the Multiverse and am still loving every game. After all the demos were done and Christopher was on the road back west, I found myself playing one more game – The Freedom five versus Citizen Dawn – and it was just as dramatic and engaging as ever. (We won, by the way, though with most of us in single digits)
Many thanks to Christopher for making the trip, to Russ and Jeff for helping out, and to the stores for hosting us. It was great to meet Evan in person. If there are others from the forums who were there that I’m failing to mention, my apologies.
Highlights included hearing lots of stories from Christopher about the creation of the game, getting to see how Christopher played some of the characters, beating Dawn on Advanced Mode, and last but CERTAINLY not least, getting a sneak peek at some of the characters and environments from Rook City.
Those of us who got to see them have been sworn to secrecy, but I CAN say that everything I saw was really, really cool. The new villain flip mechanics we saw are innovative and challenging. The new heroes are fun. I am a big, big fan of Mr. Fixer. I will never look at birds the same way again.
I also enjoyed talking to Christopher about the possibilities for tournaments in the future. I’m not sure it’s my place to share any details of those discussions, but I will say that I’m stoked at the prospects.
It was a great weekend. Part of what makes this game so much fun for me is the enjoyment I get from participating in the community around it. Here’s to lots of great expansions and other games from Greater Than Games in the future.
Dude, it was so much fun coming up there. But wait… I missed seeing sneak previews of expansion things? When was this? How did I not stay long enough?! Woe is me, but it was still nice coming up and seeing everyone, and I’d do it all over again, though hopefully I’d make it to all of them next time. All in all, great weekend, and oh…
Happy Skyrim week, everyone.
So how was the turnout for the demos?
Biggest turnout was definately Saturday Game Preserve. Quite a few people showed up. Quite a few people there also purchased a copy of the game. I believe I also hosted three demos there (I may be way off, I’ve slept sense then, and apparently not enough the last time). No place had terrible turnout though.
I really wish I could have been there for that one at the Game Preserve, but I slept in far too late, and just didn’t have the gas to go to Greenwood and Indianapolis in the same day. I’m very sad I didn’t make it. Believe me, I would have. Also, I was feeling very sick that morning and had slept until 3:00 PM, so yeah… I’d have been very late. But still, I’m really sad I missed the Rook City things you all supposedly had… I was so close!
Comic Book U – One person who came specifically for the game and to learn about game designing. A couple of other guys took advantage of us being there to play a game.
Arsenal – About half a dozen people did demos. We also got a visit by one of the guys that does the Spiel podcast. There were probably fifty people in the store doing a whole variety of activities (two roleplaying groups, Magic tournament, video game room) so we also got a lot of other exposure.
Game Preserve Greenwood – As many as a dozen people played in demos.
Comic Carnival – Again, close to a dozen people played in demos, and over a relatively short timespan – just a couple of hours. We were running three games simultaneously.
Game Preserve Fashion Mall – A bit smaller crowd than the previous two. We were playing in the same room as a large roleplaying group, so it was cacophonous.
There was a core group of SuperFans (like me) who were at everything. Overall, I’d gauge that about two dozen people that had not played before either played or at least took a serious look at the game.