Yup, cool, got you, Evandan :). Had an e-mail this morning telling me someone whose name I didn't recognise had added me to their circles. Wondered if it was a Sentinels person, then saw the pic and had it confirmed - added you back :).
Hi all, another GMT based gamer here. I'd be interested in having a tilt at an onlime meetup, although my availability would most likely put me between 9pm and 11pm GMT.
Cool, same here - GMT evenings are probably best for me :). I'm on Skype if you want to add me.
Hello all,
I picked up SOTM a couple of weeks back and have posted four session reports on BGG. I'd be very interested in a Vassal game. I play a few war games that way and it works well. Haven't seen SOTM on Vassal yet, but I'll take a look.
I am on GMT zone with a job and kids!!!
Regards,
Fentum
You and me both!
What say you, me and Ameena try to set something up for around 9pm one night next week? (except Wednesday though, which is club night)
I'd be up for that. Are we talking Vassal? Vassal plus Skype works well for board games. I am trying to download the module now. The most challenging part of Vassal is getting the modules to download in the right place.
Yep, that would work for me. I've no bloody clue how to work either bit of software but hey, what is life without the occasional challenge? Just creating a Skype account now and then I'll install Vassal.
Well, I've got Skype working. The marvels of modern technology eh?
There appear to be somewhere in the region of two thousand Fentums in the search though, do you want to drop us a pm with your Skype so we can add you?
A note on Vassal -- the publicly available Vassal module for SotM only has five heroes, two villains, and two environments.
Well, Mezike has gone to bed now but the two of us just had a lengthy and enjoyable chat on Skype about Sentinels in general :). That vassal thing doesn't sound like it'd be massively useful, since apparently it's only got non-Enhanced Edition Core stuff. I'm happy just keeping track of stuff in my own way, really, and with text chat it'll be even easier :). Me and Mezike are probably gonna try a game over Skype at some point, just the two of us if we can't find a third player. Should be fun! :)
Six heroes, and yes it is limited in that way specifically at >G request (I did not make it, see here if you're interested in talking to the person who did).
I'd be up for it at GMT friendly timings like 8pm onwards.
I'll need to figure out what my Skype address is!
i set up Vassal. Looks great for solo play, but a bit difficult for mp due to limited screen size. War games tend to just have the one map. It's a cracking implementation though.
Would love to see The Wraith in Vassal…
Skype uses your e-mail address. It's also possible to search for someone by their Skype name. If you check your profile settings it should list both of these somewhere so you can find out what they are :).
Personally I just plan on using actual cards for playing Sentinels online. Well, I'd have somehow laid out the deck of whichever hero I was playing, then the decks of other active heroes (plus the villain and environment) nearby in case I needed to check any specifics on their cards. Otherwise, I'd just keep a list open in Word or something with hp totals and whichever cards were currently in play in the decks that weren't mine. Vassal doesn't sound too good given that it doesn't even use the H-mechanic as it's pre-Enhanced Edition ;). Still, presumably you could use it to at least see the names of active cards. At least, if you were playing with decks that Vassal used ;).
Anyway, I suppose we can just meet up on Skype at some point and plan this stuff. And then play games and hopefully kick some arse :D.
I would love to be part of a Skype game, but I'm only available on weekends, and so if you want to do a weekend game, I'd be up for that. My time zone is about 9 hours ahead of GMT
GMT+9, eh? Japan, perhaps?
Correct. Nielzabub teaches English to students in Japan! I, in fact, came up with his handle once-upon-a-time.
It's almost like we know each other or something. XD
I'm thinking either 9pm GMT tonight or tomorrow night for a game. Probably without Vassal; as nice as it is it won't match what we may want to play with.
As much as I think voice is the best way to go as it means I can focus my attention on the decks rather than reading and typing, I don't have a separate mic (only a combination headset with a single jack and separate sockets on the PC). Unless that is I can skype from an Android device which would actually be best as I would then have more freedom in where I set up. For this first one at least it will probably be text based.
I'd love to join for that game today (It'd be about 3:00 PM for me) but I think I'm going to be busy all day today.
No probs, I'm not 100% sure if I will be online at that time yet myself, but I will log on to see who is around as and when I can!
Well, I'll be around this evening. It's 6pm now. I'll probably be going AFK some time between 7-8ish to have food, but will be back after that until I decide to go to bed (usually between eleven and midnight).