When I tried it today it said it needed to be on premium Skype and at that point I stopped reading.
On Skype you can share with one other person for free, but for a group session you have to pay £3 a month for premium.
edit: Paul, when I log in to Google plus you are one of the first people it pushes me to connect with! If you have a gmail account you already have access to Hangouts although there is a bit of software to install the first time you use it.
I'll be up for a game sometime this week. Just post the time and i'll try and be on around then. The first few games we played were using Google+ and it isn't too hard to figure out how to use, heck I figured out how to do it so it doesn't cause a problem at all. Plus it does have video, even though it doesn't show the text in cards... I'm still determined to find a way to make the video useful.
I've been gone for too long. Sorry I've been missing all the fun, but today marks the beginning of my finals week, so I'll probably still be unavailable most of this week as well. Maybe I'll be free next week or even later this week. I'll keep checking back here every few days though.
I asked
User 'Mezike' has created a helper application using Microsoft Excel that's designed for one person in a game to keep track of stats for an ongoing game. It's explicitly meant for people playing over Skype, G+, or some other remote system to be able to see a shared spreadsheet of current game information – HP and which cards are in play.
Christopher replied:
As long as that is all it's being used for, that's fine. We're very excited about this new push to collect data across games!
I clarified:
Just to be clear, this Excel program is not designed for collecting data across games. It is designed for a group of people who are playing over the Internet to all have a single spreadsheet they can look at that shows what the current HP of each in-play target is, and which ongoing/equipments are in play across all decks.
Does that change your answer at all?
Paul responded:
No, that is fine.
So, looks like we're good to go for distributing and using Mezike's spreadsheet. Woot!
Looks like games are going to start being played on Google+ more often then since Skype wants to charge for screen sharing and stuff. Here fairly soon we'll have to have to get everyone together who doesn't know how excel works (raises hand) to go through a brief tutorial of how to use it, so that way there will always be someone ready to go.
Awesome. I guess we could save the text of the finished game on a page in the spreadsheet and save a copy of the total end state if you wanted to capture records.
I'd like to give the sheet a run through to identify any final tweaks that need to be made then I will post it up somewhere (probably boardgamegeek as I do not have a file-sharing service of my own)
Anyone free tonight? 
I've made it as user friendly as it is possible to get. You do not need any knowledge of excel whatsoever, you just open the file and click the bits of the screen that haven't been locked. Choose a hero and all the drop downs automatically populate for you. I've also added in some prompts for starting HP to make it even easier.
I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how simple this is to use!
As and when really, I'm not about to go anywhere!
edit: pm me your email and i'll send you the sheet, the best test would be to have somebody else have a go at using it.
I'm able to play and help you see how it works. How soon are you wanting to play?
Well if we are going to play using google+ then feel free to add Chris Dade to one of your circles. The profile picture is a baby wearing a gorilla costume.
Edit: E-mail sent.
I won't ask.
btw apologies in advance for the file size. All the pictures have taken it up to around 10 meg!
All this spreadsheet stuff looks complicated. Please tell me it isn't...
I'll learn how to use it though if it helps our online games.
If you're using Google+ Hangouts, you could put the spreadsheet on Google Docs. There's a Google Docs app for Hangouts that will let everyone see and edit the spreadsheet (and it won't be blurry if anyone has a slow connection).
It really isn't complicated. Well I hope not. If you know how to click things with a mouse then you'll be ok!
I've set up a G+ hangout, anyone who wants to join let me know.
Well, just finished up a game with Ronway using the spreadsheet and it really went well.
Redeemer Fanatic, Wraith, Ra and Haka made light work of Vengeful Baron Blade in a classic beat down that we wrapped up in less than an hour. Even just the hit point tracking made a huge difference, seeing the cards in play was an added bonus. You'll have to ask Ronway how much extra work it was to track everything as he was in the role of moderator; one thing for sure is that it is definitely easy to use.
Hoping to get a few more trial games in, especially multi player, then I will get a final version posted up somewhere. In the meantime just pm me with your email and I will send you a copy if you want to try this out.
Just finished up the game, and it went very nicely. Had Redeemer Fanatic, Wraith, Ra, and Haka against the Mad Bomber Baron Blade in the Realm of Discord. The excel sheet really is a nifty tool to use. I'm looking foward to using it when we have more people involed to see how fast the game will truly be. As it does seem to speed up progress (as long as the person controlling it remembers to update it when people play cards) since you won't have to ask "what's your HP again?" or "what cards are in play?" since it will all be listed on that wonderful sheet.
Edit: And Mezike beat me to it, dang it. That's what I get for checking other stuff before posting.
Aaww, and here I've been, online all evening, and completely missed this, lol. Oh well...
Is there an option to sit in and watch? While I don't think I have the time to actually play, I'd love to watch and listen while I'm working.
Hey everyone, I have created a community on Google+ called Sentinels of the Multiverse Online Play (there is also a community for an unofficial fan one, but I didn't want to crowd it with people wanting to play). For those in my circle have already recieved an invitation to this community. Anyone else wanting to join in is free to do so. It has a Start Hangout option in there aswell, so I think that if someone starts a hangout then everyone will be able to see it not have to send out individual invites, but I am not 100% sure on that as it is the first community I have been apart of. Now to ask permission to see if I am able to put any images for the profile picture and things will be set.
So remember to add Sentinels of the Multiverse Online Play (may actually change the name if I can if anyone has a better way of phrasing it) to your Google+ soon! https://plus.google.com/communities/101797616958213033418#communities/117769941955241654989