How should I entertain myself while waiting for my copy of the game to get here?
background: I played the game once (well, twice in one sitting) and just got addicted to it right away and HAD to order it as soon as i got home
So the shipping tracker says it'll be here in another 5 days still.... (holidays and weekends making it longer than usual...)
I've spent the past couple days already just:
* reading (and rereading) the online rulebooks
* reading the comic
* going through the forums (or at least the forum topics that i would find personally interesting).
I am now at the point of chewing on the furniture as i keep hitting refresh on the shipping tracker every hour even though their database is clearly not updated that frequently ;-)
What else is a person to do to satiate his craving for SotM while waiting for his fix to arrive? ;)
I should add that I considered bending space and time, but I thought I would save that ability for when i get around to ordering the expansions and am waiting for those to get here :)
You could go to my SotM site (www.spiffworld.com/sotm) and read the Rules & Clarifications PDF. It's a collection of all the official rulings that have been laid down by the game's creators here or on Boardgame Geek. It'll give you a deeper look into card interactions and maybe head off any misunderstandings about how some cards work.
There's also a bunch of accessories you can print and put together, like hp trackers and card boxes and such. That should keep you busy until your package arrives. :)
There's also the vassal version of the game. It's a little clunky, and you don't have access to all the heros, but it's free and a good way to get into the game. That's what I did when I was waiting....