This is the place to find out about the known regular Indianapolis Meetups. I will keep it updated as there is new info.
There are currently two regular, ongoing meetups for Sentinels of the Multiverse in Indianapolis:
Please give a shout if you’re coming! Or just show up.
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Gamer’s Guild
At Comic Carnival today our group of five played games against Ambuscade and then Plague Rat, winningly handily each time.
Against Plague Rat we used Visionary, Tachyon, Argent Adept, and Unity, which is a LOT of slow build and support. Good thing we had Tempest!
Yes, I finally made good use of The Argent Adept, after horribly failing two games on Friday (the 13th).
Since we’re talking about regular meetups. Gamer’s Guild of IUPUI meets every Friday in the IT building, room 167, from 12pm to 6pm, though we usually stay later. The doors lock at 6pm, but that only prevents people from entering, not from leaving. During the summer it doesn’t really get going till around 1 or 2pm. And if there isn’t a meeting it will be posted on our facebook page.
We usually play Sentinels every meeting, with me bringing the cards, though another person has a set as well. Anyone is allowed to come, the guild’s population just has to stay mostly IUPUI students, which is not a problem so far. We also have many other games to play, which are mostly provided by me with new games getting added all the time. I know arenson has stopped by before.
Well, that’s one Indianapolis meetup I’ll have to miss. I already have a weekly Friday get together with some friends which typically goes from about 2pm - 11pm (or later). Also, I tend to hang out with another friend prior to that (then usually take her to the get together later). Also, this Friday is Batman, can’t miss that (heheheh).
Thanks, Koga, and it’s RIDICULOUS that I haven’t played with you guys since you friggin’ meet in the building I WORK IN.
I’m going to add the Gamer’s Guild to the top post. If the info ever needs to change, please let me know.
Who’s planning on being at Arsenal this Wed?
So far, I am! 
I sadly have a scheduling conflict for this Wednesday, but will hopefully be able to make the August meetup.
I will be. May be half hour or so late.
Did anyone make the Sun Aug 12th Comic Carnival meetup? I was out of town.
Anyone planning to go to tomorrow's Tue Aug 21st Arsenal meetup? Sadly, though I'm back in town I may have to miss it -- I'm hosting
a separate event tomorrow night.
Most definitely can't make it. Still in NY, leaving tomorrow.
Tired now...
Teresa, Naan, her husband, and I were the only regulars to make it. Tim also was unable to attend, leaving me in charge. Given that three of Naan's friends showed up, that left Teresa in charge of the second game, though she really wasn't quite up to being able to manage a game by herself, though she did decent enough.
Jeff -- sorry I couldn't be there to help! Cool to hear that some new people came by, though.
Okay, so, first, when I looked the forums up on my blackberry device, the most recent posts by arenson9 on this and another topic did not show up (even though I already read them at my work PC). Second, only one person actually managed to show up today (8-21-2012) at Arsonal today, that was me. Instead, I ended up playing this other game that is supposedly based on Arkham Horror.
Sorry you were alone at Arsenal today. I'm guessing there was a bit of recovering from GenCon going on.
Looking forward to playing Sentinels at Comic Carnival tomorrow. I'll be bringing my briefcase.
I will be bringing my nothing. But seriously, I found out about a last minute family reunion, so I will not be in attendance.
We had six people today, so split in to two games of three each (and I think the rest played a 5-person game after I left).
I found myself playing Argent Adept against Gloomweaver (w/ Young Legacy and Mr. Fixer, in the Realm of Discord).
We were losing pretty badly until Mr. Fixer got out Jack Handle and then AA got out the Sarabande of Destruction and destroyed all three relics in two turns.
I will be at the meetup at Arsenal this Tuesday and will probably have an out of town friend with me. Anyone else planning to be there?
I'm really hoping to, but it depends on how long post-work tasks take - no guarantees. 
Sorry!
We played a five-person game at Arsenal on Tuesday versus Apostate.
By round two we had seven relics out and the game was essentially lost.
BUT, we somehow managed to claw our way back for the win! Ra got out Imbued Fire and the power that enabled him to make all heroes immune to fire and then Nightmist let loose with a 4x4 Oblivion and the Argent Adept allowed Nighmist to play _another_ Oblivion while we were all immune (only 2x1 this time). With the +1 from imbued fire, that was 5x5x3x2 against every non-hero! Unity's Bots were taking the brunt of the damage from Apostate and Bunker had fired off a massive Omnicannon hit against Apostate earlier, so all of the sudden the game was within reach and we were able to pull it out.
That was an awesome game, indeed.
Just a heads up that I won't be able to make the Comic Carnival meetup on Sun the 14th -- I'll be traveling back from out of town that day.
What about two days after that at Arsenal?
Seems you are out of town quite often... I rarely even get a chance to leave the county....
I expect to be at Arsenal on the 16th.
And, yes, I travel a lot -- usually about once a month for one reason or another.
Well, it appears thst Comic Carnival was a bust today. Nobody other than I made it today. Hopefully Tuesday has a better turnout…
So just to double-check, Arsenal nights are Tuesday and not Wednesdays now? Just making sure since I should be able to make it this week.
Yeah, Arsenal is Tuesdays.
I don't think I'm going to Comic Carnival again. Too many times it's been not so good turnout, and it's too far for me to drive only to find out it was a waste of time.
It looks like I may not be able to make it to Arsenal this Tuesday -- I need to pick up Karen from the airport that evening. There is a reasonable chance I could get there a later than normal. I'm more likely to make the effort if I think others are going to be there ...
I'm planning to be there this Tuesday.
I'll be going, and I'm near certain a friend of mine will come (his job schedule just changed from Sun-Thu to Wed-Sat).
It's not looking likely I'll be able to make it Tuesday - too many doctor apps lately, along with other activities.
We had a good turnout tonight -- six people. I played in the middle of the three games played: Five against Ambuscade in the Realm of Discord. Looked harrowing in the middle there, but we came back for a convincing victory.
FYI -- we really will be at Arsenal this coming Tuesday night, even though it's hard on the heels of Christopher's visit. Please come join us. I know that there's at least a small core of people who've said they will be there this week.
We had just three people at Arsenal on Tuesday, but it was still lots of fun. As all of us were playtesters, we decided to use some of the in-progress decks, but decided to focus on just one deck per game and, perhaps surprisingly, decided to focus on the environment decks.
Three experienced players managed to lose to Voss using Haka, Nightmist, and Unity. I think we could have won that game. I should have played the Amulet of the Elder Gods before the Master of Magic. Mostly we were taken down by all of the Forced Deployments.
The Forced Deployements were the problem. The first one we got cleared before killing any minions, but the other two both brought back 7 each including the annoying guard.
In hindsight, I'm convinced that I should have discarded my (Unity's) hand instead of Haka. I did no damage that game because I couldn't get out any of the generic bots despite what I thought was a good setup to make that happen.
Or if I'd put Nightmist's card (Astral Premonition) out that allowed her to stack Voss' deck, then we could have avoided the Forced Deployments.
Or, if I had played Haka of Restoration that last turn, I'd have still been alive to potentially finish them off (if I'm drawing three cards for every destroyed environment card, I don't necessarily need the 25 cards in hand).
So, I won't be making the December 11 Arsenal, and I won't be going to the other two places at all. So, I guess I'll be looking forward to the January 8 Arsenal.
I'll be at Arsenal! It'll be nice to be back.
Looks like I'll be coming on the 11th with not only myself, but two new addicts!
Huh, so, you finally come back, and bring some extras, on the one meetup day of the entire year in which I can't go.
I have the feeling they and I will be regulars. Worry not.
See you there, Craig.
FYI, I just double-checked and Comic Carnival is a go for Sat at 1pm. I know TheJayMan no longer plans to attend those, but I'll be there. I will have to leave by 3:30.
I'll also be at Arsenal on Tue the 11th.
Even if I were to be there, I couldn't be there this month anyway. I'm leaving for French Lick tomorrow, and I'll be there until the 14th. That also means I'll miss Arsenal this time as well (though I think I've mentioned that 4 times now).
Is that a typo, or has the Comic Carnival been moved to Sat?
I'm planning to attend both Comic Carnival on Sunday, and the Arsenal on Tue.
Sorry! Typo! Sunday. See you then.
We had six people today. I was in two games and a third was starting when I needed to leave.
In the first game, Legacy, Mr. Fixer, Tempest, NightMist, and Ra made short work of The Matriarch in Atlantis. We had really easy draws from the Matriarch -- Darken the Skies on the first turn, for instance.
Second game might have been hard if we didn't end up with six heroes playing. Why six, you might ask? We'd just started a five hero game when a sixth person showed up. Didn't want to stop and break into two games, but didn't want that person not to be able to play. And sometimes, just having a fun time playing and winning is more important than anything else.
The third game was against Cosmic Omnitron in the Realms of Discord. He wiped the floor with us, mainly due to Time Flies playing an Electropulse Explosive at the start of one of his turns.
Grr… Not going to make it tonight. 
Blast. I was hoping to see you. It's been since GenCon.
Ditto… Hope it went well, and maybe I'll be able to make one soon.
'Twas good times. We had six people. We started with two games, each against Cosmic Omnitron. Both lost. I have yet to beat Cosmic Omnitron.
We then played a six player (though not the F6) against Iron Legacy. We were _sure_ we were going to lose: Two heroes incapacitated and everyone else in low single digits after two rounds. Than we turned on the massive healing abilities of Argent Adept and The Tempest and worked our back, bit by bit. Epic victory!
Final game was four heroes, including all three playtest heroes against Voss. Tons of fun.
Maybe you can make it to the game tomorrow morning on Google+, and maybe we can try kicking some Cosmic Omnitron tail while we're at it?
Great work taking out Iron Legacy, he can sometimes be a pain if certain card combinations come out. But that can be said about any villian, eventhe original Baron Blade can occasionally pull in a victory if his cards play right.
Apparently I'm making a habit of showing up as the sixth wheel.
Thinking about the Iron Legacy game, I don't remember paying attention to nemeses.
I have a solution! Arrive earlier.
Good point about the nemeses.
That's true, except for Argent Adept we would have all been dead at the end of Iron Legacy's second turn.
Looking forward to the January Indy meet ups. I just checked and SotM is on the schedule at Comic Carnival for Sun the 13th, as expected. Arsenal is even sooner, on Tue the 8th.
Sentinels at Arsenal tomorrow/Tuesday at 6pm!
Anyone else planning to go?
I'll be there tonight, and at least 3 people will be joining me.
We had a good turnout tonight at Arsenal -- seven people.
John claimed he'd never lost a game. So we suggested playing Ennead. On advanced. In Rook City. Against only three heroes: Fanatic, Bunker, and NightMist.
John has now lost a game. Badly.
We moved on to Mad Bomber Blade and got beat pretty badly there, too. MBB had a horrific start -- three targets and multiple Hasten Dooms.
We really wanted a win after that so took on regular Baron Blade in Megalopolis. Much nicer.
Anyone else going to Comic Carnival on Sunday?
I'm planning to be there.
We had another great meetup today -- five people at Comic Carnival. Because of comings and goings we did two four-hero games.
In the first we gave Spite the smackdown. I, uh, really felt like winning so I suggested Spite and then chose to play The Wraith. I'd read about how well The Wraith did against him. She did not dissappoint. Stun Bolt! Smoke Bombs!
In the second we had some people trying out new, complex heroes for the first time (NightMist and Argent Adept), so I steered us towards playing GloomWeaver so it wouldn't be too hard of a game. With Absolute Zero in the mix (lots of slow build heroes!) I decided to go for Ra so we'd have some immediate damage ability. It was a bit touch and go in the beginnig, but we eventually cleared the board and coasted to victory.
Next date is, as always, the second Sunday of the month at 1pm -- Feb 10th. I, however, will not be able to attend, as I'll be out of town ... on an awesome nerd cruise! http://jococruisecrazy.com/
Reminder -- We're meeting at Arsenal this Tue at 6pm. Who's coming?
Reminder two -- We're meeting at Comic Carnival a week from today on Sun the 10th. I'll actually be out of town and miss that. Who won't?
There were six people at the Sentinels event at Game Preserve Fashion Mall Commons, so I've decided to ask that store to set up a regular time. I've asked for the first Sun of the month at 1pm. Does that sound good? In a way, it's redundant with the Comic Carnival meetup, but they won't be on the same weekends and if enough people are coming out to both, I see no reason not to.
I’ll be making Arsonal, that’s for sure.
And, for some reason, rich text editor doesn’t work for me anymore (IE10, neither desktop nor metro).
I should be at both the Arsenal and Comic Carnival meetings.
I'll be at Arsenal tomorrow.
I'll definitely be at Arsenal tonight with my usual cadre.
An impressive turnout at Arsenal tonight -- 13 people, with four games going simultaneously!
Towards the end of the evening I was in a hurry but another person was interested in playing against a villain on advanced. We decided to try Baron Blade on advanced. I must have done that at some point, but not in a LONG time. Wow does Blade go through cards quickly on advanced versus five people. We won! It was certainly a quick game. So quick we had enough time to try Mad Bomber Blade on advanced. We wont that one, too, but it seemed a bit touch and go for a bit.
First game of the night? Two hours defeating Gloomweaver. Second and third games took less than an hour total.
Anyone make it to Comic Carnival on Feb 10th?
I plan to be at GP FMC on Sun the 3rd and Arsenal on Tue the 5th. Probably won't make CC on Sun the 10th because that's during IndyCon.
I don't think anyone will be making it on February 10th, given that it's now February 21st.
There were three of us there, and we got four games in.
I will be at The Game Preserve on the 3rd, and The Arsenal on the 5th. I will be at IndyCon on the 10th, so I won't be able to make that one.
Who's planning on being at GP Fashion Mall Comics Sun afternoon? I met a couple guys at a game day today who had been planning on going!
Also, who's planning on Arsenal for Tue?
Four people at GP FMC today. Six people last month. I was the only person there both times ...
We ended the afternoon with Legacy, Ra, and Tempest against Advanced Chairman in Rook City. DID NOT WIN. Still fun!
I may be there tonight, I don’t know yet. I’m just outside Chattanooga right now, soon about to leave for Indianapolis.
I may or may not be there tonight. It will all depend on what the weather does.
Hate to do this, particularly given that I've got my Shattered Timelines decks all ready to go, but I'm going to skip tonight. There's just too much snow coming down.
Well, at least I don’t feel quite as bad about not making it either. Given that many people aren’t going, how about a makeup day next week on the 12th?
I do not forsee a makeup day, what with IndyCon, Who's Yer Con, and PAX in the next three weekends. Please don't let me dissuade others, though.
Well, if enough people say they will come, I'll come. If not, I guess I'll just have to wait a month to see all you Arsonal guys.
The cons are only on the weekends, I'd be willing to go to the Arsenal next Tues.
Updated the top post with the next set of game days.
Missed the last Arsenal date because of expected poor weather and missed today's Comic Carnival date because of IndyCon. If anyone went to those, please give a shout.
Looks like I lied. Apparently I already had a commitment this Tuesday that slipped my mind.
Arsenal. Tue. tomorrow. the 2nd. Who will be there?
Great turnout tonight -- ten people in three simultaneous games, all using playmats. Also had one iPad w/ Sentinels Sidekick.
My group won two nailbiters in a row -- first against The Dreamer and then against Miss Information. Mist Fueled Recovery for the win!
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Gaming at GP Fashion Mall Commons.
Who's planning to be there?
Just four people at GP Fashion Mall Commons yesterday, but a good time nonetheless, and one attendee was new to the game. It was interesting teaching the game to someone who had downloaded and read the rules PDF already. He knew Absolute Zero's backstory better than me!
Light turnout at Comic Carnival today (three people), but a couple of really good games.
We defeated Iron Legacy with Argent Adept, Scholar, and Omnitron-X!
Friendly reminder -- Arsenal on Tue. Who's going?
I'll be there with bells on. I've also invited like half a dozen new people, so we'll see if they show.
sigh
I really wish I could make it, but I'll be working late and this week is insane. 
'cuz I really wanna see imprimis5's bells…
Rabit, something needs to give. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen you since GenCon last year.
Well, you could go to Origins!
I only have enough vacation hours budgeted to do one convention, as much as I'd love to follow you across the world like a groupie. Lol
In case it matters at all, I’m already here.
Another great showing at Arsenal tonight -- ten people.
My group took on and defeated The Matriarch (Tachyon was the MVP) and then dismantled Gloomweaver after a more difficult than usual start (Cursed Acolyte, Relic, Pin, Pin)
Game Preserve Fashion Mall Commons at 1pm today. Anyone planning to be there?
I'm going to try to ride my bike. ~13 miles one way. Should be interesting.
The good news is I survied the bike ride there and back. Took an hour and ten minutes one way.
The bad news is that no one else showed up to play.
Is there anyone else who cares enough about this particular meetup to take over responsibility for organizing it? If not, I'm going to let it lapse.
Sorry to say that I'm going to have to miss gaming at Comic Carnival this Sunday. We've got a software upgrade scheduled at the same time.
Hey everyone! First post after following the forums for a bit and relatively new to the game. Had a great first meetup at Arsenal a couple weeks ago in the aformentioned games with arenson9 (Thanks again for letting us join in!) Just curious if there any interest in any more regular games at Arsenal or at the Game Preserve in Greenwood? Does anyone get out to Arsenal for games more regularly?
Arsenal has board gaming every Thu, so you might find people willing to play Sentinels then.
I'm not currently looking to game more often, but you might talk me in to it. If there's enough support for every other Tue rather than every fourth Tue, that might be cool.
I'm going to be in Indy before Gen-con any chance of a pre-gen-con sentinels game?
I had heard about the games on Thursday, but didn't hear a lot of the other people talking about getting any games going on those days. I would definitely be up for every other Tuesday if we can get enough people to participate. It is completely up to how much interest there is. I know at least one other person who was looking forward to another southside game.
I attend Arsenal every 4 Tuesdays for sentinels as well as I will be attending Arsenal every Thursday and every 3 Saturdays. I can’t say that I’ll necessarily be looking for Sentinels on Thursdays or Saturdays, but if it is available and nothing else interesting is, I’m up for it.
That would be cool.
Sadly, though I live in Indianapolis, I am attending a family event out of town. I'm leaving Wed morning. How early are you arriving?
I have officially canceled the monthly events at GP FMC, BUT I hope to see many of you at Arsenal this Tuesday!
I completely forgot that Arsenal was last Tuesday. I was thinking it was next Tuesday. But last Tuesday wouldn’t have been that great for me, as I was already planning for the Thursday, and the disparity between length of the workday and holiday time given meant I had to work extra time to make up for it. I guess I’ll have to wait another month before I can see you guys again…
We missed you Jeff!
We had seven people show and ran two groups until a couple of us bailed and the others finished the night with a five person game.
Playtest decks were used, but everyone has been sworn to secrecy.
If you are interested, I am trying out a game next Tuesday, June 11, at Arsenal to see if there is more interest in a game every two weeks. Hoping to have at least 5 people there around 6 to see if it is worth expanding. I let people know last week at the game, feel free to come play.
I think I'm going to try to talk my boyfriend into going this coming Tuesday. We'll have to see, though.
I'll be on my way to (if not already arrived at) Columbus for Origins.
But it's a sacrifice I'm very willing to make. 
One of these days I'll make it back to Arsenal…
You'd better. I'm going to have to hunt you down, otherwise.
Comic Carnival tomorrow ... er ... later today.
You do know you can only hunt Rabits in-season, right? 
Five people today!
La Capitan was defeated, though it looked close for a while there. La Capitan had about 20 cards at one point.
Looks like it'll have to wait until the first of October, then. Prepare yourself.
You may be confusing Rabbit season with Rabit season. Rabit season is a mercurial thing, nearly impossible to predict. Around GenCon is usually fair game (as it were).
FTFY
Duck season!
Guess I'll need to have a costume…
See that wink, folks? That's the wink of someone who is already planning a costume. And man, oh man, what a costume it is. I realize I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but if you are at GenCon, do yourself a favor and find Rabit in costume.
I think he posted pics of it already.
So what if it isn’t the right season, I don’t mind paying a fine.
Sure, he posted a pic of the costume, but that's not the only thing he'll be wearing …
Anyone planning on being at Arsenal tonight (11 JUN)?
Definitely going to be there. I have a couple people as possibles, but will have to see who else shows up.
Wonderful. My boyfriend and I are planning on it.
EDIT: Time? Still 6?
Yep, that's what I am planning on.
I’m planning on 5, but just because I really want out of work.
I'll try to get there a little earlier, maybe 5:30.
Good games last night at Arsenal. 5 players and pretty competative games, including a fairly tough win against Ambascade (the French one) and an all assault on the Chairman. I think every two weeks is a viable option for Arsenal, just depends on how others are feeling.
What I want to avoid is a situation where we're announcing a meetup, but because no one feels like they have to be at every meetup there ends up being meetups where either no one shows up, only newcomers show up, or not enough (however that's defined) people show up.
SO, if you're willing to commit to being there yourself every other week, I'm willing to introduce you to Bill as the new person responsible for scheduling the dates and you can feel free to schedule them every other week. If you want to do that, just let me know.
Ironically, I will not be able to make the Tue June 25th meetup at Arsenal (business trip).
Anyone willing to take responsibility for showing up and being welcoming to newcomers?
I'll step up for it. If anyone has any questions, they can be directed to me.
I am sure I will be in attendance after first purchasing a OUYA (assuming they don’t sell out).
Thanks, Craig!
Alright, folks. I plan on being at Arsenal around 6 on the 25th, hopefully with a friend or two. My boyfriend gets his new puppy on Saturday, so he (understandably) wont be there due to new papa duties. That being said, I probably won't stay to shut the place down this time, so if I'm not the only one with a copy there, that'd be great.
We'll see what's going on, but if I can make it I'll bring my copy.
I would love to say yes for sure, but I would like to play it by ear the next few weeks to see how many we can get before committing to a definite schedule. I will definitely be there this week and see what the thoughts are for another one in two weeks.
Great turn out last night. We had enough to have a couple games going at all times, and there were newcomers!
I'll spare the details here, but I'm especially proud of the second game I played. Five characters vs. La Capitàn. She was at around 60 or so HP when we were all at 4 or lower. Killed off three of us. Mr. Fixer and Haka at 2 HP each. A well-timed Ground Pound let us get her significantly lower. Then Haka died, leaving just One Bad MF, who managed to finish her off. It was the biggest turn-around I've ever seen.
Sounds shiny! Sorry to have missed it. I ended up not getting home from work until almost 8.
It was a good time. Would've been better with a Rabit, but we got by somehow. Next time!
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Just a heads up, the second Sunday of the month is July 14th, which agrees with Comic Carnival's website (and Tim).
Thanks. Fixed. I won't be able to make it – heading to Australia on the 13th for vacation and volunteering at PAX Australia.
I also updated Arsenal. Next official day is Tue July 23rd. I'll still be in Australia. Anyone want to take responsibility for showing up that night, making sure there is a copy of the game and that newcomers feel welcome?
I say next 'official' day for Arsenal, because some folks have been talking about playing every two weeks instead of four, so maybe there would be people there on Jul 9th.
Is there interest in playing Sentinels at Arsenal this Tue the 9th?
I'll be there.
I'll be there, but I'm obviously not known for being on time.
Unfortunately, I have a work event…
I will definitely be there. Had a few things come up and wasn't sure, but will make it.
Alright, I say this every time, but I should have a crew from work joining me this time. If it's anything like last time, we should probably give them a call ahead of time. Would someone with more initiative than I be willing to do that?
Good showing last night. We had enough people for three four-player games, including a few new attendees. Some who'd never played before. I got a chance to practice my teaching patter for GenCon with three new players, so that was nice. And we won!
Sorry I couldn't make it last night, had a family emergency and had to change plans last minute. I however did get to introduce some people to the game and they are already planning on getting it. Hopefully we can all get one more meetup in before GenCon, need to figure out what I will be doing for that.
I've updated the upcoming dates for Comic Carnival and Arsenal. The Arsenal date is listed as 'probably' because I haven't actually talked to Bill about getting on their schedule officially for August (and beyond).
Do we have enough support for every 2nd Tue rather than every 4th Tue? More importantly, is there anyone willing to commit to being there and taking over for scheduling dates with Bill? If not, I'm going to continue with scheduling every 4th Tue.
The first two second Tuesdays were popular enough to justify them, but the last one only garnered two players. So, the second Tuesday is still a mixed bag, but that has been during the summer months. That being said, I will be there this Tuesday with some new people who are getting to know the game. It may be a good time to get together before GenCon and, as a first time helper at the GTG booth, figure out what normally goes on during the day. If you need me to give them a heads up a Arsenal, I can. Whoever wants to be at Arsenal at 6 will definitely have a game.
I'm going to be out of town next week, otherwise I would be there.
By 'this Tuesday', do you mean the 6th? If so, perhaps I'll come by and hang out with you all.
I do indeed! August 6th at 6. I'm only bringing two new players, but hopefully a few more people will make it this time.
I'll be there.
Nick and I may come as well. We haven't talked about it, though.
We will definitely be there! About to leave now, actually.
Eleven players last night -- on an off week?! Maybe it's the pending GenCon excitement.
So, moving forward we're going to schedule every two weeks, rather than four.
Brock is going to take over working w/ the staff at Arsenal to keep us on the Tue schedule.
Our table (Bunker, TLT, Scholar, Young Legacy) beat up on Mad Bomber Blade and then decided, just for fun, to leave our hero and env setup out and bring out The Matriarch, on advanced, with H card plays to start. We were able to beat her, but it was a hard-fought battle.
Than, for kicks, we took on Advanced Voss while attempting to use an all-support team. We started with Legacy, Argent Adept, and Dark Visionary, but couldn't think of a fourth hero and ended up with Eternal Haka. With that much healing and deck control we had many, many rounds. Haka eventually got out Savage Mana and used a few rampages and Taiha hits to swallow almost every card in Voss' deck. What had appeared to be a no-win situation, quickly turned into a route of the enemy. Savage Mana was the obvious Best Card, but Twist the Ether on Haka made a huge difference, too.
I may be stepping on Brock's toes here, but don't forget about Arsenal tomorrow (Tuesday)! GenCon was exhausting, but I'll be there. I actually didn't get a chance to play a single game of SotM during the convention, being way too busy/tired, so I'm excited to save the multiverse. Nick and I will both be there.
No toes are injured! We definitely will be there and hopefully in greater numbers! I will be bringing at least one other person, and hopefully we got some of the word out to our local gamers to get even greater numbers this week. (Oh, and no Baron Blade for me. Not for a while.)
Oh, and for those who did not see, it is 6 PM at Arsenal... Always good to put the time...
Hope you all are having a great Labor Day weekend. Next meetup Tuesday at Arsenal. 6 PM. Be there!
Looking forward to Tue at Arsenal.
ALSO, I was at Games 2 Die 4 today and the owner, Jerry, tells me that although there isn't a regular Sentinels Event, he sees someone playing Sentinels just about every day at his store.
I talked to a couple of people who play Sentinels at Games to Die For at GenCon, but they said the gameplays were kind of spurratic. I don't know if they wanted to get a regular game started up, as it sounded like it is mainly a group of friends. They have a good place if a regular game was to get started.
Despite living a reasonably easy walk from that store, I pretty much never go. In my experience, they've never included the "F" part of "FLGS." Condescension and dismissal are the name of the game. But maybe it's just me.
As far as Sentinels at Arsenal tonight? I'm in, and Nick shall be in tow.
Nine people tonight. One table thoroughly dismantled Miss Information. The other table ... did not.
We knew it would be a long game when the first thing we did against Miss Information was discard our hands. Then several more times throughout the game. Next time, Rook City and Miss Information aren't going together. Still, handy defeats of La Capitan and Akash'Bhuta seemed to right the ship.
Are you talking about "Another Reality's Debt"? The way I read it, you have the option to destroy all your cards, even if you don't have any. At the beginning of the game, that's surely the better option.
As I read it, you cannot destroy cards if you have none on the field to destroy. Since it came out early, we only had the discard option. It took a couple hands to rebuild and would have been fine, but Rook City kept us on our heels while the Diversions didn't let us build up. I think it was mostly using Argent Adept and Absolute Zero against a villian that destroys or discards cards. Chrono Ranger could not build up attacks and we were unable to do damage when we needed to. She flipped early, but we had bad hands.
I would think "destroy all cards" to be similar to "discard entire hand," in such that, if you have no cards in hand, you can discard all cards in hand, which would be no cards discarded, to still get the effect, you just can't discard a card, as there are no cards to choose.. You can destroy all cards in play even if there are no cards in play and still get the effect, you just can't destroy a card, as there are no cards to choose.
I would play it that way, because otherwise first round losing all your cards would really hurt.
I would assume if one is unavailable, you are forced to do the other if you are able. Otherwise, there is no sacrafice or strategy to that card. This is starting to get off-topic though, so it's simpler to say that we were taken out much sooner than we should have been. Otherwise, great night at Arsenal.
Alright everyone, tomorrow is another meetup at Arsenal. 6 PM!
Nick and I will be there tonight!
Another good showing at Arsenal -- I think we had ten people in all. One of my games beat the Advanced Ennead pretty handily. Having Nightmist and Legacy block villain plays two turns in a row was really helpful. I also got a great draw w/ Bunker and ended up with Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher, and Gatling Gun all in play while in Turret Mode with enough cards to keep GG going for many rounds and doubly-boosted by Legacy. 25 points of damage a turn.
Also had a game where we beat Iron Legacy, but only by the 'grace' of a mutated lab rat finishing IL off. Half the team was incapacitated and the other half was in low single digits HPs. We would not have survived past IL's turn.
Very sorry to miss another. One of these days I'm going to be motivated enough to make it, again. 
Uh… Isn't IL immune to environment damage? 
Pretty sure only on one side
Can we get a picture one time?
I'll take one next time, Pydro. Next time!!!!!
Wow, those were a long time ago. I think that was soon after the Rook City release. My brother is actually in that picture. Also, I see a lot of familiar faces of whom I didn't know played the game before. That was back even when I still had my black hat. (Though, in all fairness, that was 2 months prior to when I had the Mr. Fixer hat created).
I see me in one picture. :-) That's all I looked for.
That was a LONG time ago! Look at how little beard I have in that first picture!
Weird, right?
Yeah, you look so young! But that's what happens when you don't have a beard. Look how young I look w/out a beard:
Man, my whole reality has been thrown off. Here I was innocently expecting to meet all these bearded people when they came over to England and BAM! it all changes. I'm not sure I can cope. (The fact that I had to shave off my beard 2 days ago has nothing to do with it)
Was that not also 25 years ago? Or is the title of that page misleading?
<humor explanation>
Christopher recently cut off much if not all of his beard, which is why his comment about how little beard he had in the first picture is somewhat ironic, because he again has little beard. I couldn't think of anything actually clever to say in response to that, but wanted to let him know that I got his joke and perhaps show off to others that there was a joke to understand and that I was enough in the know to get it, so I decided to try to make my own joke, by pretending that a picture of me from 25 years ago was actually a current picture, but that by not having a beard, I looked much younger.
</humor explanation>
Well, if it counts, I half got the joke prior to my post.
I'll make sure not to shave my beard then. Will that help?
whistles My, would you just LOOK at the time. whistles-some-more
This coming Tuesday is 02 OCT and Arsenal night. I know that Nick and I plan to be there, if we can drag ourselves away from the new Wii U we each got. :-)
Congrats on the blue tag imprimis5.
Thanks. 
I'll be there, you [REDACTED] [REDACTED] goat [REDACTED]!
Edit: Ah, I see our new moderator is already hard at work.
Ha. Let that be a lesson to you!
Uhm... this next Tuesday is October 1st...
Also, I've started to notice a trend. Administrators hail from St. Louis, whereas moderators hail from Indianapolis.
Yes, I noticed this aswell. Looks like another reason why I need to move to Indianapolis.
Bugger. Remembered that one wrong. Just as well. That would've put my birthday and anniversary on Friday, rather than Saturday. Which I'm glad they're not, as I requested Saturday off work, not Friday.
St. Louis, Kansas City, same thing.
Not at all! One is in Missouri, the other is in… ok, Missouri too. But also, Kansas.
Oh, and what Craig said. Tuesday the 1st… Arsenal at 6… games and revelry…
This may be completely out of line, but. . .
Boo St. Louis!
Go Pirates!
I'm sure Kansas City is a nice place though.
Okay, just confirming: Tuesday, Oct 1 is a Sentinels night at Arsenal, right? imprimis5 posted it earlier, but I just want to confirm. So far, it's looking like I might be there… 
Yup. I may actually be a bit late – going to run a couple of errands on the way there.
Wait. You're going to be there? That must not actually be the night after all. I could've sworn it was... :-P
Yeah, yeah…
Rough start tonight for the Arsenal group. The first two games I was involved in ended in absolute defeat at the hands of Dawn and the Matriarch, (Haka's Savage Mana was dismantled in both games before it could be used due to ongoing destruction). However, Mad Bomber Blade suffered defeat in the later game and Rabit led a second unique game. Dawn would meet her match later against a surprisingly destructive Argent Adept. Smaller group tonight, but a lot of fun.
Ah, yes, my surprisingly destructive Argent Adept.
I think we ended up having seven people in all.
Plus, there was a guy who'd come in to play in his regular Pathfinder game that meets on the same night, but walked in carrying a copy of Sentinels. Brock and I chatted with him and he clearly loves the game. Got it core game recently and played it a whole bunch. We talked mostly about what expansion he would get next.
My favorite game was against a custom villain that Russ has created. Part of my enjoyment was that this villain is based on an NPC from our D&D game, but the best part was that there was a point when it seemed clear, CLEAR I TELL YOU, that we were going to lose, but we managed to pull out a victory.
Scholar and Tachyon managed to shut down the villain's ability to do damage for about three turns. The Argent Adept built up in the meantime and helped Scholar and Tachyon do lots and lots and lots of damage.
To be sure, lots of lucky cards from the environment made a huge difference.
Still, it took some of the sting out of the massive WALLOPING my group had gotten from Citizen Dawn. Dawn had out all four of her ongoing cards and we had no ongoing destruction. We never saw a Devastating Aura and still got massively routed.
Just fyi, I'm planning to be at Comic Carnival this Sunday for the monthly meetup there and also at Arsenal the following Tue.
Sadly, as per usual, I will be working for The Best Friend of The Man on Sunday. But this Tuesday? This Tuesday, I want to play the heck out of some Sentinels, so I will be there.
Actually, I will _NOT_ be able to make it to Arsenal on Sunday. Turns out a cousin is coming in to town to do a college visit to IU.
Arsenal's on Tuesday. Which do you mean?
Blergh.
I can't make Arsenal on Tuesday.
We had five at Comic Carnival today. Destroyed Dawn. Then had Dreamer well in hand until I thoughtlessly suggested that Ra play Flame Barrier. Given Imbued Fire, Inspiring Presence, and Galvanize, Ra accidentally one-shotted that poor little girl.
I took off at that point. The rest of the group had started in on La Capitan at that point …
Good time to sneak out, sounds like. :-P
We'll miss you Tuesday.
Imprimis5, you always beat me to the punch!...
It is indeed 6PM at Arsenal this Tuesday. (Unfortunately, I came down with a cold and cannot attend)
As is my wont, I am beating bessyrocks12 to the punch again. This Tuesday, let's go save the multiverse at Arsenal! Nick and I will be in attendance. I strongly suspect arenson9 will not be, as he will be recovering from Essen. Khedron may be on time, but probably not. JayMann will be six hours early. And Rabit? Well, you know...
sigh Nope, not this week. Another busy one…
Since imprimis5 already beat me to the punch (Arsenal at 6 on Tuesday), I have an idea. Is there any Halloween themed games we can do this week for Arsenal? Spooky, creepy, or downright scary? Just thinking of getting into the spirit of it. Too late to do a full event, but doing something different may be fun...
As increadibly funny as I find this, unfortunately I will be unable to attend, as I have the second week of a two week class to attend.
I actually plan to be there!
Woohoo! Just couldn't get enough Sentinels, eh?
After how overwhelmed he has been at London and Essen, he had decided not to come. However, after hearing that I would not be making it there, he decided that this would be one rare Tuesday he could show up without having to see me, and then changed his decision to take advantage of such.
It's true! I actually didn't get to play that much, really.
I will be at Comic Carnival on Sunday, but will not be able to make it to Arsenal next Tue. I'm going to Utah for software training.
This Tuesday is SotM night at Arsenal. I will be there. Sorry to miss you this week, Andy.
And I'll be flying to Vegas for work-related stuff… Sorry to miss it (again).
We had fun beating up on Gloomweaver twice at Comic Carnival today. We played in The Final Wasteland (sort of a song theme, if you catch my drift). The second time was on advanced (immune to melee/projectile) which, as Chrono-Ranger, was quite annoying. We did advanced because the first was so easy. It was so eay in part because Fanatic started with End of Days. She, of course, started the second game with End of Days, too. Still, without Dark Visionary rapidly pulling relics out of Gloomweaver's deck, it was at least a little challenging.
As I was leaving the rest of the group was taking on The Chairman. Not sure how they fared.
It looks like I will be able to make it on Tuesday for once! Looking forward to meeting those who are there.
Okay guys, I'm here in the Arsenal parking lot waiting for the rest of you to show up (and for Arsenal to open up as well).
(Just kidding.)
Likely though I will be there an hour before the majority arrives.
Ha. I'll be there with Nick tonight.
See you soon
Whew. Narrowly escaped a ten mile, sub-freezing ride to Comic Carnival by checking the schedule. Something to look forward to next week.
I plan to be at Arsenal (or whatever it's called these days) this coming Tuesday.
I will also be there. We also want to try to decide when the next meetup after this week will be due to the holidays. I will see you all tomorrow at 6 at the game room formerly known as "Arsenal".
Formally known as Arsenal? Unless you are refering to the removal of the sign, the store will still be called the Arsenal, even though it is now owned by Blue Moon Games.
Nick and I will be there.
Great meetup last night, but very little success. Two straight Advanced games downed teams, two wins bounced back, but a final loss to Iron Legacy sent us home wanting more. To satisfy that need, (as well as the holidays messing with our normal dates), we will be meeting again next Tuesday at Arsenal. Come for the fun! Come for the festivity! (Come because it is the last meetup for the year and it will be 3 more weeks until we can!) Maybe even Craig's heart will grow three sizes that day!
Bah. Humbug.
No imprimis5 last night. That's a bummer.
As a note to the Tuesday regulars who were unable to attend yesterday, the Arsenal will close down by the end of January. Blue Moon Games plans on relocating it's library and cafe business to another location, and will likely be moving it's retail business to an online storefront. The most likely location will be just north of Greenwood.
'Tis a sad day for FLGS.
Very sorry to hear. It's a great place, and I have a lot of wonderful memories there.
Thanks for the news…
Yeah, sorry about that. I woke up incredibly sick yesterday, and was pretty much insensate with the flu for the entire day. I'm still sick, but at least I can tell people now.
Ideas on where else folks might like to meet? I'm not keen on going to Greenwood. Would love to find something close to downtown or Fountain Square.
That isn't someone's house?
There’s Game Paradise. Stopped in there the other evening for a couple minutes (while waiting for friends for dinner). Seemed like a good place for our kind of games. Anyone been there much or know much about the place?
I would like to [redact] my previous statement. That previous Tuesday, Nate had stated with certainty that they would be moving to a new location. However, as of Thursday, terms have been renegotiated, and, for now, it appears the Arsenal shall remain. However, due to how quickly things have swung already, Nate will not make any more definate announcements until everything has ultimately been decided.
Happy New Year! The first meetup at Arsenal for 2014 is next Tuesday at 6. We have new Dark Watch heroes and villains that I have been itching to break out, so hope to see you all there.
I'll be there with Nick! I probably won't have gone home from my second day at the new job.
Should be an interesting bike ride. I think the high on Tuesday is forecast for single digits. Not sure if that's negative or positive ...
High on Tuesday is forecast to be positive, unlike on Monday. Stay warm!
I would strongly urge you to drive.
With the big snow on Sunday, there's a chance that the roads will be too icy or too deep in snow for me, but the Cultural Trail is usually clear and runs a block and a half from my house all the way to Arsenal.
As for temps, Karen has laid down the law that I am not allowed to bike in temps below -10, but from what I've read online, with proper preparation, I would be fine. I will admit, however, that I don't have all the equipment I'd need. I'd need a balaclava and probably better goggles than my old ski googles which have lost some of their lining.
I doubt I'll have those in hand by Tue. Unfortunately, if it's cold enough that I can't bike it, I probably will just stay home.
A balaclava is really useful, mainly for going under your helmet. If you don't have a balaclava, I recommend a scarf to cover your face and something to cover your helmet (even a plastic bag). Hands and feet are the other major concerns. Hands you probably know about, but some foot coverings over your shoes are helpful (depending a little on your shoes). You can use plastic bags for that, too. I also wear a long, wicking polyster undershirt and warm leggings in weather like that.
I'm pleased to see icebike.org seems to have been resurrected. That will tell you how to prepare for temperatures all the way down to Antarctica.
Awesome! Thanks.
Unfortunately, I think in the best interest of safety with the weather, we will move the Sentinels meetup at Arsenal until next Tuesday. The mayor has asked most businesses to stay closed through tomorrow, so I think it's ok to wait out the cold. Stay safe!
I am fine with this. As of right now, it's looking like I'll be downtown for work anyway, but an evening at home with a cup of coffee is just fine.
Not that I look forward to missing a day of work, but it makes little to no sense for companies that service the public to stay open when the mayor closes the city down. It is dangerous for employees and a bad investment. But I really was hoping to try out some Dark Watch.
Well, I knew yesterday this time that I'd be off work today. No email or call yet about tomorrow. Anyway, I'm not worried. 4WD and someone who can drop me off at the front door.
Cancelation noted. Since I have other commitments on the intervening Tuesdays, I won't see you next week, but hopefully the week after.
If nobody else will show, then I guess I’ll pass as well. Hopefully Nate will understand that I’ll pay him the $100 on Thursday instead. That is assuming he has the store open at all today.
Alright, Arsenal at 6 on Tuesday is on! Neither snow nor rain... aw, you guys get it. We may have to do two weeks in a row to catch up, but we will discuss it Tuesday. Hope to see you all there!
Well, I will probably be late tomorrow due to car troubles, but I promise to be there. Please make sure to bring an extra set so that people can play just in case.
Sorry for the late notice, but we are meeting once again on Tuesday night at Arsenal. Hopefully we will be on the regular schedule of once every two weeks from here on out, this will get us back on track. I hope to see you all there!
Looking forward to it.
I will be late tonight. Van still in the shop and I will have to go pick up my wife from work after I get off of work. If we could have a few people bring games, that would be much appreciated. I will get there as soon as I can.
I may try to come in myself this week, but probably not till about 6:30 unless I happen to get off work early.
I'm not sure how attendance is going to be, given the weather. I'll be there, but I probably wouldn't be if I weren't already downtown for work.
Due to poor time management on my part, I'll not be there cause I need a nap. So don't be waitin for me or nothin.'
On the plus side, I finally beat Assassin's Creed 1.
Eleven people at Arsenal tonight. And they had a new brisket sandwhich which was absolutely delicious, if a bit on the small side.
TheJayMann has a new job folks. I am very impressed at the position he got and he seems delighted with it. Kudos to you, Jeff. Also kudos to you for organizing a few people to share transport to STL for the upcoming Vengeance release party.
Koga showed up and brought with him not only printed decks of the final proofs from the Vengeance playtester forum and printed decks of his own custom heroes, etc., but a whole slew of custom decks from a particular person (don't know the handle/name) on BGG. My table had a great game (a win!) against the Matriarch and then elected to try out these custom decks and had a lot of fun with the mystery of just what the heck would turn up. Are they well-balanced? Dunno. Just played with them once, but it was fun, despite losing.
AND, the decks were absolutely beautiful -- both Koga's and the ones from BGG. They looked very much in the same style as Adam's art and Koga spent the time and the money to print them on very nice cards. He even made up custom dividers. At a glance, for instance, with the Vengenace decks mixed into his game boxes with all the other decks, it looked like he'd somehow gotten an early version rather than printing it himself.
There were a couple of people there I hadn't met before and still didn't meet, friends of imprimis5. Looking forward to sharing a table with you all at some point in the future.
And I did not ride my bike. Sadly, I am becoming a sloth. I let the single digit temps and likelihood of snow and ice on the road dissuade me. Next time, maybe.
Not sure if/when I'll be able to make any of these games, I live in Noblesville and have two young boys so it's tough for me to leave before they're in bed at 9pm. But I wanted to drop in and say hi anyway. 
When is good for you?
How late do the Arsenal games run? I was looking at the map and figured I could get down there by 10 assuming the blizzards ever let up.
Once upon a time, they could run late. As I am a working stiff with stupid adult hours these days, I can't stay much past nine. So I don't know what happens then.
We generally are in games until a little after 10, but many hang out around there until later. The Comic Carnival meetup on the northside is every second Sunday, (I believe). We would love to see you if you have the oppertunity to come down for a game, and TheJayMann is usually around there a few other days in some capacity...
Sounds like I'd get to Arsenal just about when everything's winding down, which is kind of what I figured. I didn't realize there was a Comic Carnival on the northside, I'll keep an eye out for the next meetup date.
Details of all meetups are in the first post in this thread. Comic Carnival is the second Sun of the month, though Tim experiemented with Sat this month and I don't know what he intends for the future. If you are going to the CC meetup, please let me know. It is low turnout and I'd hate for you to show up and not find others there.
Ok, I'll keep an eye on the first post and check in at the end of the month to see what day the February game will be (if there is one).
Sorry the first post was out of date. I've just updated it. Sentinels is on Comic Carnival's calendar for Sun Feb 9th.
Added it to my calendar, looking forward to playing my first non-solo game.
Slightly earlier than I usual, but next Tuesday is game night at Blue Moon games (formerly Arsenal). Come join us for fun and festivities (and maybe, just possibly, playable copies of Vengance fresh from St Louis!)
I'll be there with my copy. And an extra copy to sell, courtesy of Brock.
Disclaimer: I accept no responsibility for beatings you may get from Brock in his attempt to recover said item.
Wait, is the Blue Moon name change official?!
Andy: I believe the name change was official as of February, but we can confirm on Tuesday.
If this happens, there will be one copy to sell and my copy from Craig after the beatdown I put on him for selling said item.
For tonight’s meeting, please use discression on travelling with the storm. Come if you can, but don’t risk it if you can’t.
Yeah, I'm pretty concerned about my drive home afterward, back to Plainfield. Gonna have to wait and see how things are looking when I get off work.
IUPUI has announced the campus is closing at 2pm.
I can probably get there via the Cultural Trail on my bike, but I'm not keen to ride home with a couple inches or more of snow on the ground.
Do we want to cancel tonight and reschedule for next week? I know that doesn’t help Andy, but may be safer for everyone. Snow totals were just upped…
I think that it may cancel itself. But it seems like a good idea.
Brock, if you'd like to meet me downtown sometime this week, I can hand over your package.
Glad I checked the forum. Over on the East side (465 and 70 intersection) it's cloudy, but there's NOTHING falling or on the ground. Didn't even think to check for a weather warning.
Miles: wish I had posted last night, but glad you saw it. Craig: can meet you wherever on Thursday or tonight if you have it, just not Friday
So I take it that nobody will show tonight? So long as I know so that I don’t try to show up with nobody there.
I'll be downtown for work Thursday until 530.
I was just about to leave, but it looks like no one will be there. I'm glad I checked here before I left.
I can stop by Roberts sometime during the day if that works.
If it's between 1 and 2 (preferably closer to 1), I'll be on my lunch break. That would be perfect.
Well, by my count, had nobody posted that they would not be showing, at least 4, maybe 5, people would have shown.
Nobody was sure how much snow we were going to get, but it seemed better to just let it go and push it to next week. The visibility was really bad around 5-6.
Brock, please check and respond to your private messages so I know you got mine.
Great day to be a Sentinels fan, as not only did I get a nifty green box on my profile that says "Playtester", but a copy of Vengence happened into my posession thanks to Craig! As such, we will celebrate with two straight weeks of Sentinels, commencing on Tuesday. (This is all a fancy way of saying that, while I'm excited to get my stuff, this week's meetup was cancelled and we will make it up next Tuesday at Blue Moon/Arsenal at 6.) Vengence will be ours!
I am really excited for this coming Tuesday. I know Nick is, too.
Agreed. I have just organized my entire set in preperation of next Tuesday... So many cards...
Anyone planning to go to Comic Carnival tomorrow?
Yes, I will be at Comic Carnival. Usually I ride my bike, but I don't trust the roads to be clear in the residential neighborhood between Broad Ripple and Keystone that I usually cut through, so I'm gonna have to actually drive.
Anyone have their copy of Vegeance yet? If so can you bring it?
I will probably bring mine. I don't generally use my personal, sleeved copy when playing at public events, but I might make an exception so folks who haven't seen Vengeance yet can.
Thanks!
I promise not to eat Cheetos, bend 'em, or pick my teeth with them
Good time at Comic Carnival today. We had five people, despite the absence of a few of our regulars. A special welcome again to Blue Kae. Very nice to see you there. Sorry I was a bit protective of my cards. I'm like that.
We played one five player game with the new heroes against The Ennead in the Freedom Five Tower. It looked rough at first, but some deck manipulation and luck kept any other of the Ennead from joining the original five and we were able to handle them fairly easily.
We then played a four player game against the Vengeful Five (minus Proletariat) in the MDP. GI Legacy and Tempest with the Grievous Hailstorm were a killer combo, combining for six damage to every non-villain target every round. A couple of the heroes got pretty close to zero, but all in all a pretty comfortable victory.
After my initial playtests of the V5 I was fairly pessimistic that I would ever really enjoy playing against them -- too complicated and too time consuming. Turns out, though, that once you are familiar with them (like all new decks, duh) if you have a little extra time and are playing with people who are comfortable running a villain, it's super fun.
Quite unintentionally, The Ennead proved to be a lovely segue into a V5 game, since they have multiple villain character cards with incapacitated powers.
And I bought the Firefly game when I saw it at the store because FIREFLY! ... and it also came with bonus pieces for playing with a fifth ship.
Sorry to miss out (again).
Have you played it?
I had fun as well, thanks a ton for bringing Vengeance along it was really fun to play, I can't wait to get my own copy once they're in the >G store.
Firefly is a great game with tons of theme, I picked it up at GenCon last year. Be sure to check out the FAQ on the game's site, there's also an intro scenario on the site you can play that's good for learning the game. The biggest thing I've learned in my play sessions is not to shy away from illegal jobs. The game is much more interesting once you're trying to plan for dealing with Misbehave cards.
(Post re: the Firefly game should be redirected to the thread Arenson9 started.)
Rabit, when are you going to make your glorious return to Blue Moon/Arsenal?
Great question...  I'm currently dealing with lots of fun personal stuff along with starting up a new RPG campaign.
Hopefully soon... 
Well, enjoy the RPG, hopefully make it through the fun personal stuff unscathed, and stop by whenever you can! We would love to see you.
Ok, we should be on hand at the former Arsenal, Blue Moon Games, (confirmed Andy!), at 6 PM on Tuesday. (Barring, of course, the ice storm somehow moving into Tuesday from Monday). More Vengence, possibly some Dark Watch, and lots of fun to be had.
Nice turnout tonight. At least 14, though I'm not sure I counted everyone. We had three games going simultaneously at one point.
Attempted the all Legacy game. Gave up after a while. It's doable, but, we hadn't thought through the strategy we'd need in advance and got pretty low on hit points.
Normally this would be about the time I announce the next meetup on Tuesday, but there was a strange message today on the Blue Moon page today. This may be simply rebranding the shop to the new name, or may be something else. TheJayMann may have more information than I, but this is the post:
At 11:59 PM tonight Blue Moon Games will cease operating at its current location. Don’t worry this will only result in a short disruption to the services that you have come to expect from us. Below is a list of what this means for you.
1) The awesome gamers from Indy Tabletop are stepping up and will continue to keep the doors open so that everyone will continue to have a place to play. You will not need to relocate your games to another location.
2) Blue Moon Games will not be in operation so there will be no food or retail for sale. You are allowed and encouraged to bring in outside food or beverage.
3) If you are interested in what events will be hosted be sure to check out the Indy Tabletop Facebook page or feel free to ask here.
Stay tuned for further updates on the status of the shop. All we can say at this time is that we are working to ensure that all of your gaming needs will continue to bet met for years to come and that this interruption in operations will only be temporary.
If anyone else has any further information, please let me know for the next regular meetup. I will pass on details once I know more.
Edit: This will not actually affect the hours, but please be prepared with your own food and drinks for Tuesday. We will still be meeting at the same location at 6 on Tuesday.
Heard something about this on Tuesday. I think they are remodeling the kitchen area.
Yeah, everything is still going on as planned, but the kitchen will be closed for about a month. While closed, they plan to install kitchen equipment to increase the menu to include fresh cut deli sandwiches and dessert options. I may just have to bring in some Chicago style pizza from Union Jack Pub one day.
Exactly what I thought, but was not sure why Indy Tabletop was running it for the time being. We may have to get pizza or subs for Tuesday
Glad you said something.
I think I'll get a Union Jack Pub pizza this Tuesday for the core group (the reason I limit is because there is no real way to determine how many tag alongs will stop in). Anyone willing to make donations may do so, but not required. I plan to get a 14 inch meat pizza (I believe this means sausage, beef, pepperoni, ham, and bacon, but not entirely certian). Don't worry about a 14 inch pizza sounding like it's small, because it is between 3 to 4 inches thick. Drinks will still be offered (in 12 ounce cans and 20 ounce bottles) sold directly by Indy Table Top as a fundraiser, and only cash will be accepted. However, you are welcome to bring your own drinks as well during this off time.
I will pay for another if you want to get two. Just in case, better to have extra.
You haven't seen how big one is. 14 inches around by 3-4 inches tall is quite big. But if you really want to pay for a second, it's around $27.
Is the sauce on top of the cheese? Cause it should be at that depth.
From Union Jacks? No. From South of Chicago, yes. But both are good (and I believe Union Jack to be better, but it also cost a bit more, $27 vs $20). I think the next one I'll get South of Chicago.
Also, if I don't hear anything from Brock before 3pm, I'm only going to get one, because I have to put the order in ahead of time, as it can take between 40 minutes to an hour prep time to cook.
Another solid showing at Arsenal tonight. Not exactly sure how many people were there, as I came a bit late, but at least 10ish.
I did not actually play SotM! Rather, I played Sentinel Tactics. Good times.
I will be at Comic Carnival this coming Sunday, though I don't expect to bring Sentinel Tactics with me, as the only copy I have access to is Russ' and he'll be back in town by then.
I will also, just fyi, be running SotM at Indy Comic Con on Sat/Sun Mar 15/16 from 12-3 each day.
The games tonight were moderately successful, as the first was a close win over the Vengeful Five. Unfortunately, an angry Capitan tore two tables of challengers to shreds. Hoping to bring some new people to check out Sentinels to ComicCon a week from Saturday/Sunday, so will hopefully see everyone else there! Thanks to Andy for running SotM!
Quick note: The next meetup will be in two weeks at Arsenal/Blue Moon/ (new name Redacted) as usual. Please note that the week after that, the shop will be closed for rennovations. The grand opening of the new buisness, which also coincides with our meetup in a month, will be on April 1st (as it currently stands).
That sounds like a joke to me.
(I know you are serious, he told me the same thing. And I responded the same thing to him as well.)
Just two of us at Comic Carnival on Sun. I busted out Russ' copy of the Sentinel Tactics playtest and we had a great time.
Andy, do you know where you are going to be playing at Comic Con? Would love to bring some people by!
Yes! Sat and Sun, noon to 3, in rooms 123/124 in the Wabash West hall of the convention center
Great! If you need anything, let me know. I will be there both days.
Alright everyone, last meetup at Arsenal/Blue Moon games before the name changes.
(Then we will still be meeting at the same place. It will just be called something different.)
Tuesday at 6 in Fountain Square!
Reminder that rennovations will close it for a week and a half starting next Saturday.
Well all, disappointing news I'm afraid. From the latest update by Blue Moon Games, it doesn't appear as if they will be returning to the location known as The Arsenal and the planned rennovation is not happening. I don't know the details, (hopefully TheJayMann knows something more), but we may have to change our meeting location to continue. Hopefully I will get more information soon and share it with you.
I myself just now got a message from Ken stating that Thursday night have been mobed to Comic University, just north of Greenwood. When I asked what this will do to Sentinel Tuesdays, he responded that the shop is completely closed.
We have our top men on it. Top men.
Does anyone have any ideas for where we can migrate toward? I don't want to go to the one game place down the street, as I hear they charge a cover, something along the lines of $10-12 per person.
Brock is looking into something today. More info later.
I don't think there is any reason we can't share what Brock's up to. Craig, Brock, and I were brainstorming places we might play and hit upon Pure, which is a restaurant/bar down the street from Arsenal that has a back room and is open 'til 3am every night. Brock goes there regularly, so he's going to ask them how they'd feel about having us there. We also discussed Shapiro's as a possible location. Lots of tables, but not separated from the other diners and closes at 8. Still, I can probably get an introduction to the owner, so if Pure falls through, we might follow up on that.
What we were looking for, to larger or smaller degree: Centrally located, tables, hours, happy to have us there.
That wasn't meant cryptically. I'm just at work and didn't want to take the time. :-P
I left a note for the manager, but received great optomism when I inquired. Several groups meet there during the week and it sounds like they would like having us. Hours, location, and atmosphere look great though! I hope to hear from him tonight, so I will share once I find out.
I have not yet heard back from Pure, but seeing as tomorrow is the next scheduled meeting, I suggest we hold off another two weeks to ensure we have the venue figured out. Once we get everything nailed down, we will hopefully be set for April 15th.
Blah... Another long day at work then....
Sad news about Arsenal/Blue Moon.
Agreed - many wonderful memories…
Still no word yet, but I will be following up this afternoon and possibly after work.
Sent an e-mail today as I had received no response. If I don't hear anything by tomorrow, we can try to pursue other options. I still think this may be one of the best options, but the manager is being ellusive.
Good news everyone! I received a reply that Pure will be happy to host us. I just have to get the e-mail back confirming that our next meetup will be next Tuesday (April 15th) at 6, but we should be all set!
Fantastic!
Alright, we are set for next Tuesday, April 15th, from 6-10 PM at Pure Eatery. Thank you to Andy for posting the links. The best place for parking is either behind the Murphy Building off of Prospect Street or across Prospect in the non-reserved spaces for PNC. The space we have reserved is in the back of the restaraunt. Look forward to seeing everyone soon! (P.S. Looking forward to talking to everyone about PAX East and the Kickstarter!)
Yeah!
Just a reminder that we are meeting at our new location for Tuesdays, Pure Eatery (http://pureeatery.com/), tomorrow at 6PM. I am excited to see you all there!
Looking forward to playing at Pure tomorrow.
I totally flaked yesterday about the Comic Carnival meetup and missed it. I also won't be able to make the May 11th date -- I'll be working that day doing a major software upgrade.
Nick and I are still on the fence about tonight. It's likely we'll be there, but we're also recovering from PAX.
Not going to happen. Still unpacking from move, plus have to pick up car from shop, run errands (related to move), etc.
But looking forward to making it at least once in the next... ever. 
Did I mention they have... hummus?
Oh, I love Pure's food! 
That's certainly a huge draw.
It is indeed! One major factor on why we reached out to them, as well as proxemity and the fact that they host groups on a regular basis. This will be a good location for us here on out.
I'm from the Indy area and would love to join some games. My girlfriend and I both are newish to the area but both play. Normally I play with my friend from West Lafayette as I visit them most weekends.
Come join us at Pure next week!
About how many people show up? I am guessing it's okay if I bring someone? Should I bring my cards? I have all the expansions and mini expansions. but I do not have any promos 
and finally its from 6-10 on Tuesdays?
Last time, we had seven people. We've occasionally had up to twelve or more, so bring anyone you want. You're welcome to bring your cards, but there's usually plenty to cover everyone there. And yeah, I like to say it goes "from 6 to question mark!" in my best Dr. Orpheus voice. I'm usually a little late and have to leave a little early (stupid work), but others are there that are happy to play.
Always happy to have people come join us.
We're all just getting our feet wet with Pure, having only been there as a group once.
It's primarily a restaurant and bar. They happen to have a back area which is pretty well situated to handle a group of people playing 1 or 2 or 3 games. The tables were a bit rickety, actually, but that didn't turn out to be as annoying as I'd feared.
Everybody who went last time seemed to be ordering dinner. I like that I _can_ get food, but I also feel obligated to actually order something. While the prices are reasonable, they aren't super cheap, so I'm not quite sure how I feel about playing somewhere that people may feel obligated to buy things.
The service isn't super fast, though it also wasn't super slow. After we let the server know that people would be coming and going and ordering individually, he seemed pretty amenable to dealing with that. Hopefully the server(s) will get used to us and vice versa and things will feel smoother.
We had (I think) four small tables lined up in a long row and then there was at least another couple tables nearby. I think what would work better would be to have groups of two tables pushed together. I think that would make it a bit easier for people to group together into games. Probably not a big deal either way.
Hey all I’ll be coming tonight with my girlfriend. I’ll probably be there between 6 and 6:30
Question about the location.
Is it normally that impossible to find parking there? At 6:00 the lot was totally full, and St. Patrick's street was totally blocked on both sides (making it awkward when 2 cars were going opposite directions, and had no room to pass or anywhere to go).
Yeah. Nick and I had to park a block away or so.
Thanks for coming tonight! I hope you had fun.
I can't speak to parking availability. I had to lock my bike a couple stores away.
Nice to see some new folks. We had ten people. Our side of the table took a vicious beating from the Vengeful Five and then took out our frustrations on a hapless Plague Rat.
What do others think of the location? I bought a sandwhich and beer. While tasty, I spent more money that I really wanted to.
The location is… decent. Parking isn't the best, and I agree that food is pricey. It's not bad every couple weeks, but still more than I'd really like. I do feel kind of obligated to get food, though, since we're there and I'm hungry.
I personally did not like the being in the back. Being right next to the bathrooms made it hard to hear quite often. Because it was hard to hear, it was hard to engage with others in which a game with Sentinels feels more fun when everyone is participating and talking. Are there really no good game shops in Indy?
Also agreed about noise level. Between bathrooms and kitchen, it was a bit hard to hear sometimes. There are game shops, but unfortunately nothing super convenient for everyone. Fountain Square makes for a good central location.
If you go across the street from the Murphy lot, there is a PNC parking lot. While you can't park there because of reserved spaces, you can park behind that lot and there are usually spots. However, we may need to revisit the discussion on location. It isn't ideal currently because of the traffic, parking and location, but we struggled to find a central location that would work. Shapiro's was also mentioned, but price and noise may still also been an issue. Ideas?
Think we could play in the food court at Circle Center Mall?
Cons: Not very cosy; possibly loud; Mall closes at 9pm
Pros: Lots of parking, though at a price, lots of relatively inexpensive food choices
Another possibility is the ArtsGarden – it's open until 9:30pm. Looking at the May calendar (https://www.indyarts.org/artsgarden/monthly-calendar), it looks really rare that anything is scheduled in the evening, though I know it's possible.
Cons: Not sure how conducive the tables are to boardgaming – they may just be small, round tables; Not very cosy
Pros: Lots of parking, though at a price, lots of relatively inexpensive food choices
So I sent out a mass email to my work asking if anyone had ideas of a good place to meet. One place that came up was Game Paradise http://www.gameparadisestore.com/
It seems to be right where we met last time. Only down side is it seems as though they charge to play there. Basically a giant store with tons of boardgames anyone can use and you pay to play. Maybe we could work out something with them?
The rates Game Paradise charge are a little steep for my blood. It is $35 for the month or $12.50 per visit, which isn't really saving anybody money for what we spend on food at Pure. Additionally, our normal Tuesday is also their normal Family Game Night, which could run into scheduling problems. Parking is an issue still. We can look into it and see if there is a possibility, but I am skeptical.
Circle Center is closer but often crowded and loud, as well as less private. Mass Ave would be nice, but the parking and crowds are a concern.
Would anyone be against the idea of using Midwest Gamez? It is about 4 miles west on Washington, thus not quite as centrally located, but not too bad. It’s a few feet west of the triangle of Washington, Rockville, and Holt. They have 10 tables, sell mostly collectible card games, though they do have a small section of board games and used video games, and have snack foods. Also, 50 cent soda machine (I didn’t think those existed anymore). This is the place I am trying to get our Mice and Mystics game, assuming I can get my hands on a copy.
There's no good bike route to Midwest Gamez for me, so it is not very appealing from that standpoint. If everyone else was enthusiastic, I wouldn't stand in the way, but I'd rather try playing in the food court at circle center mall first or staying at Pure.
I would be very curious to check out Midwest Gamez for no other reason than it is an option. Also, mentioned this in the GenCon/PAX thread on General Topics, but would we want to put something together for the Tuesday before GenCon to give people coming in town somewhere to meet beforehand? If so, where?
Brock, I nominated you to be person-who-makes-a-decision about where we're playing. If you want input from us or ideas great, and I'm happy to give either. If it's possible to find a consensus where everyone is happy, great, let's do that. But if not, someone will have to make the call.
Here's how it breaks down for me. I've been ok with Pure so far. It is far from perfect, but it allows the easiest and most central to get to for everyone, provides food for people after work, and parking is not impossible. If people feel strongly that we can do better, I want solid input and someone to help sell me on moving it. Our group is not big, new people and guests withstanding. I will make the call that we are staying unless I am given alternate solutions that will not eliminate people from getting there or costing too much. We can talk about ideas at the next meeting, but I can't keep looking without help and solid understanding on group needs.
Sounds fair. The only suggestion I've heard that I personally might like better is my own suggestion to try the food court at Circle Center Mall. Would noise be a problem? Not sure. Would it get crowded? I don't think it would be very crowded very often, but it could be.
Maybe the RAM would let us play in their back room, but I'm not sure that would be better than Pure. Just as pricey. Not sure if the parking would be better or worse.
I am happy enough to continue at Pure until we find something better. I wonder if we could approach them with our concerns about cost. Maybe they would be willing to offer us a 20% discount given that we are bringing a regular group of 6-12 people 25 times a year.
I think my biggest problem with Pure was playing in the back right by the kitchen and bathrooms. It was just very distracting.... Price and parking didnt really phase me.
At Pure, maybe we'd be better off if instead of four tables pushed together lengthwise, we had two sets of two tables that were, er, crosswise.
The food court option sounds great to me with the exception that I'd either have to pay to park, or I would have to trek a good distance (I've done the latter; it's not impossible, but it's not very appealing given the typical end times we typically have). It is very nice for those who live in the downtown facility, as it's quick access using lesser transportation (cycling, pedestrian, skating, whatever), given that I am north of Eagle Creek prior, and am headed towards the airport after, my only real option is a car. And, if I'm paying to park and eating food court dinners, I am already paying the same cost as Pure, if not more.
The cost thing was one that gave me pause, as well as bringing my full games through the mall. More room vs. less privacy. Not sure the noise will be better. It isn't far, but requires more planning if things are going on downtown.
Andy - Agreed that we probably should break the tables up better at Pure at the very least. The other side of the coin with asking for a discount is that we probably should have a mandatory gratuity for a group of that size. Many restaraunts charge that and I would be hesitent to push the issue.
I think I usually tip more than most mandatory gratuities, so I don't think that would bother me.
Really? Maybe it costs more to park than I realize. At Pure I orderd a sandwhich and a beer and paid close to $20 after tax and tip.
I also tip fairly well, but a mandatory (usually 20%) tip on the bill may turn others off.
The sandwiches at Pure are about $7-9, I got out of there with a salad for $9. The mall parking is $2 for less than 3 hours (presuming you go after 5 PM), $4 for after. (However, an event can up those prices significantly). If you get a meal and parking, it will average about the same depending on your drink of preference and how long you stay. Think of it as higher average price (Pure) to parking plus variable food options. The only option around this is to find a place with free parking that doesn't have food so people don't feel compelled to pay anything.
*Edit: Meant to say $4 for 3-5 hours at the mall after 5 PM
Since Brock hasn't posted here, I'm going to steal his thunder and remind people that we will be playing Sentinels at Pure Eatery in Fountain Square tonight at 6pm.
I wont be able to make it tonight unfortunately. I am moving this upcoming weekend have a ton of errand to get done. On top of that my phone was ruined in a canoe trip this past weekend so I have to take care of that. Also have to get an oil change. OH and work has decided to have meetings at later hours D: Blegh
Gross, man. Just… gross.
Sorry you can't make it. Tell your work that they need to reschedule your meetings NOT on game night…
Hey everyone,
Due to the last meetup at Pure, management (meaning everyone) has decided to pursue other venues. I believe Circle Center Mall food court was decided for next Tuesday, the 27th at 6. If you also have any alternate ideas in the downtown area for future meetups, we will use these criteria: is the price reasonable for everyone? is there enough parking? would there be reasonable access to food/drink/(beer)? is it relatively close to downtown? Please help us to figure out a new regular spot that will work for everyone!
Didn't go well, huh? Sorry to hear that…
We just had issues with service, noise and prices. It was a good area and food, but not the right fit for what we needed.
I believe that [ANONYMOUS](who would like to remain anonymous) had stated interest in MoJoe’s Coffee House, which is off Michigan and Senate, which appears to have a small customer only free parking lot, as well as The Funkyard, which is in Fountain Square, between Prospect, Morris, and Shelby, and has free parking because it’s in Fountain Square.
[EDITed by arenson9. Please excuse me if I’ve misunderstood something, but if the person wanted to remain anonymous, I thought you/they might appreciate having their name removed.]
Honestly, that was just something that sounded funny in my head. It's not that he wants to be anonymous, but, rather, that he doesn't really want to participate in the forums, which is why he is funnelling his ideas through me. When I was first drafting the message, my first thought of how to write the idea that he isn't much into participating was to say "who wishes to remain anonymous." While this was not correct, I found this to be humourous, to the extent that I decided not to edit this.
In any case, the main reason I came to respond was the fact I see it will be raining for the next three days, and the decision to meet at the food court, and my desire not to use a parking garage or meter, I likely will not attend. I'm assuming this will likely be a joyous occasion for some.
Keep me updated on a new places that are tried out. Unsure if I will be able to attend tonight. Depends on work and other things. I was out travelling a lot this weekend (visiting family up north) so I didn't get to do my normal Monday Errands. I will keep an eye out for desirable places to play as well.
So where at in the food court? Not sure I can join tonight, but if I can, I'd hate to not find you...
Seems like it would be hard to predict, given available space is first come, first served. I, personally, would prefer somewhere in the quieter periphery, though.
Well, yeah. I was referring to where folks were going to meet at 6 to figure out where to sit, so we don't end up with some folks sitting in one area and other sitting in another.
Entrance to the Arts Garden? That's where I'll be.
Seems the weather might not be that bad. If this is the case, I may park on white river, and use my brand new bike to the mall. I’m thinking about parking in Fountain Square and taking the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Coworkers have indicated to me that is safer than parking next to the White River off N White River Parkway W Drive and taking White River Trail. I’ll have to get a bike lock though.
I enjoyed playing at the mall better than at Pure, though it still has issues. My main problem with it is the noise, though it wasn't as bad as Pure. I'd be willing to keep going to the mall if nothing better is found.
We had seven people tonight. One of the games was advanced vs. Baron Blade w/ an alteration that BB would win on his first side with 10 cards in the trash. Came down to the wire, but we lost.
I rode all the way to Comic Carnival today, but didn't check CC's website to confirm Sentinels was this weekend. It's not. But it will be on the 16th! And it was still a good ride.
I believe bessyrocks12 had mentioned the possibility of trying Comic Book University this week. Is this still the idea? Or will we still be going to the mall?
That does sound vaguely familiar. I suppose we'll have to hope Brock posts something.
I have been talking to Comic Book University, but it will likely not be for a couple weeks until we are able to discuss whether that will work with scheduling. Is the mall ok for everyone tomorrow? I still am not sure exactly if I will be able to make it, but I will attempt to. Could someone bring an extra copy of the game just in case?
Meeting at the mall worked much better this time, in my opinion, as we were able to get food at the food court, if so desired, then play in Arts Garden. They tables there aren't ideal, but sufficed.
We eventually had a total of five people, but by the time our fourth person actually brought a copy of the -GAME-, one of the first three had headed home. Still, we had some good games -- losing to and then beating Iron Legacy, and then losing to Plague Rat. We started that game w/ three Infections followed by Afflicted Frenzy. Oof.
The parking fee for those of us who park in the mall lot isn't bad either, was just $2 for the time I was there and no shortage of parking spaces.
Hey, folks. Tomorrow (24 June) is standard Tuesday meetup day! We will be meeting at the food court in Circle Centre Mall at 6pm again, unless someone can give me a really amazing idea as a replacement. I do have an idea I'd like to run by you, but I'll wait until tomorrow.
My nephew and his girlfriend are arriving in Indy either Tue or Wed. He's an SotM fan, so might want to join us, but if the timing's off, I might not be able to attend. I may not know until the last minute, unfortunately. Jeff -- I haven't forgotten that I have your playmat.
Well, that’s good because I had.
We had six attendees. My table took on alt-Spite and lost a close one, then took on The Matriarch and got seriously tromped. Licking our wounds we decided to end the night on an easier note and beat Baron Blade with nearly full HP all around.
How would y'all like to meet at the Lockerbie Pub? https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lockerbie-Pub/99082703138
I think it's got everything we're looking for:
1) It's near downtown -- Michigan St, just west of College Ave.
2) Free parking -- a small lot in back and street parking free after about 6pm
3) A variety of inexpensive food.
4) Booths and tables of useful sizes
I talked to a bartender there yesterday and he said that Tuesday nights are usually pretty quiet -- they might have a few tables of people. He didn't seem put off by my mention of a group of 7-8 people playing a geeky card game. I didn't see any ashtrays or smell a lot of smoke. The bartender was taking a smoke break outside. There's a small bike rack in the back.
It's not perfect. There isn't a room tucked away from the rest of the pub. If there's an event going on, lots of people might crowd the place to watch the TV. Still, I think the main knock on the Mall/Arts Garden is that it seems sort of institutional, lacking in character. Plus the tables in the ArtsGarden are annoyingly small.
I can go either way. What do y'all think?
Let's give it a try. Two weeks from Tuesday, Lockerbie Pub. Close enough that Nick and I could walk, even.
I've been there a few times, waiting for my boyfriend. Everything arenson9 says is right. My only slight annoyance was the TVs. The staff seems nice; they held on to some cards that I left there one time.
I'll update the first post. We're moving back to every fourth Tue for now. Next meetup is Jul 22nd.
Gonna make the trip from Bton finally? It'd be nice to meet you.
We met once, some months ago! It would be nice to meet again, I might be able to make it that day.
I'm a boob, apparently. Though, in my defence, I'm lucky to remember my parents from week to week.
Have I mentioned yet the time I forgot my roommate's name in college? This was after rooming together for 2 years and sharing some pretty intense classes.
Eh, I totally blanked on some names last weekend.
The names of 2 of my friends' children. When I've known the friends for 14 years, and the kids for 6/4 (almost 7/5).
In high school, a classmate that I'd had classes with every day for 2.5 years turned to me at one point, dumfounded, and asked me what my name was. She knew me and knew my name, but she simply couldn't for the life of her recall my name in that moment.
Ironically, I can't remember her name now.
Friendly reminder -- We're meeting this Tue night at a new location: Lockerbie Pub
Just checked out the map to get to the new place and it's pretty much just off the highway, driven past that area a lot when coming downtown after work.
Yeah, I really like the location. Not least because Nick and I can walk there.
Who all is coming tonight? I'm guessing Koga, Craig, and Nick from the responses. There are at least a couple of people that heard about it at InConjunction who look like they'll come, so I'm hopeful we'll have a good showing and convince them to keep coming.
I’ll be coming up from Bloomington as well.
Yay!
As an aside, does anyone know what sorts of beers they have on tap there? I mean, anything apart from American-style lager swill.
sigh Not me.
I know, not a surprise. Today's excuse is all-day training at work…
Ten people at Lockerbie Pub, including dpt all theway from Bloomington and a couple of newcomers. I got in three games, including a nailbiter against one of the WoC villains and a three-round takedown of The Dreamer.
Overall I thought it was a pretty good location, so I expect we'll be back.
It was good fun! I hope to be able to make the trek again sometime. Andy didn't mention that it was a 5-hero takedown of The Dreamer, meaning we needed to get 10(!) projections under her; we managed 11, with the help of a pet Kraken.
Very nice! Our game was very exciting, as well, but I can't say much about it.
If it's the game of which I'm thinking, all I have to say is "All the guns for Bunker!"
Are there plans for a gathering the Tuesday after Labor Day? I should be passing through Indianapolis that day and I think my schedule is flexible enough to stay there that night before heading east.
Ok. The next scheduled meetup is for this Tuesday, the 19th. Would anyone care if that got pushed back to the 26th? I know that I and Nick are a little peopled out from GenCon, but we still want to partake in the joy that is Sentinels night.
I would also like to make it back and would second for the 26th.
Moving to the 26th is a problem for me.
I have another event that is every other Tue, so I specifically want our Sentinels meetups to be scheduled to interleave with those.
Alright. Looks like we'll be seeing you all next month, then!
Am I right in interpreting that as Sentinels will happen tomorrow/Tue as scheduled, but you'll skip this one?
I also will not be able to make it tomorrow.
Yup!
So, what I'm seeing is a list of people who don't wish to attend tomorrow, one person who can't attend next week, and one person who can only attend two weeks from now.
Would there be any problem delaying by two weeks? Andy should be good for then. Everyone wanting to wait a week probably wouldn't have a problem waiting two weeks. Huttj and Koga are meeting with me every week for something anyway, so they should be okay with a delay. Does anyone have a problem with this?
I'm also fine with this.
Ok. Since there needs to be some sort of definitive resolution, I'm going to say officially that there will be a meetup tonight at 6, at the Lockerbie. I won't be there, but I hope plenty of people show up!
Three people showed. We had a great time. Played a Looong game with a couple playtest heroes versus Voss, eventually pulling out a win!
Let's also get together in two weeks -- the Tue after Labor Day, so Oaktree can join us.
Ok. So a week from tomorrow (02 Sept)? Let's do it.
Are you planning on playing the Event #12 game then? Just curious.
Should be good for that!
Just confirming that this is the Lockerbie Pub on E Michigan?
And is there parking nearby?
(Haven't been in downtown Indy that often as compared to further west in Plainfield.)
That's the place, corner of Michigan and College. There's a little bit of parking – usually more than enough on a Tue night.
Whoops, realized that Tuesday is not the 3rd, but my wife's birthday on the 2nd. Will have to wait for the next meetup.
I'm assuming, since you are headed out east, and that you are familiar with Plainfield, that you will be taking 70 East. If that is correct, then you are going to be coming up from the south when going down town. Unfortunately, I65 North only has an exit for Washington, while I65 South has exits for all streets other than Washington (including Michigan). However, you should be able to take the Washington exit, headed westbound, then north on College (one way), until you get to Michigan. After turning westbound on Michigan (one way), you should see the pub on the south side of the street (stay in the left lane). Immediately past the pub there is an alley that leads to a small parking lot.
Thanks, that information will be useful!
Had a wonderful time at the meetup. Thanks to everyone!
It was great meeting you.
We had nine for this meetup. My table got trounced by Iron Legacy and then handled Mad Bomber Blade … er … handily. We then faced Omnitron in Omnitron with Omnitron, which was super fun, and also won.
For our next meetup, we'll meet in two weeks and then after that revert to the every four week schedule.
FYI, Tim has discontinued the regular meetup at Comic Carnival.
Not enough of us showing up?
Yup
Who’s planning to attend.
I'll be coming as usual and printing the new stuff right now.
I'll be there with Nick. My friend Paul is coming, too.
I meant to post this yesterday, as this information would have been more useful then. Last weekend was the grand opening of a new gamestore, named White Flag Games, in Mooresville, IN, (even though they had actually been open a couple weeks prior). They are located on the north west side of the Churchill and Monroe intersection, across from the Pizzaville. As the building is owned by Pizzaville, the only outside food allowed is food from Pizzaville.
The reason I bring this up is that I've noticed on their schedule is a planned event every Monday night at 6pm for Sentinels play. This now provides a new venue for those in central indiana who wishes to play the game, and having a much more convenient location for those who live on the south, west, and southwest sides. As an added bonus, this location is far too out of my way to attend in any regular fasion, so, for those who wish to get out and play, but also wish to avoid me, can do so by attending this weekly event.
Andy, I don't think I can come up with a decent bike route from downtown to this place. Kentucky Avenue/IN-67 is a fairly busy highway, though there are some less traveled roads which provide alternate routes, and, if you end up on Southport Road near Camby, it is an official bike route, though it's one where the bikers share the road with motor vehicles; there are no bike lanes or paths. Should you wish to attend this event, it may be better to make use of a motor vehicle for making the trip.
I will be there, at least a plus 1. Maybe 2.
Fourteen people tonight, though three were friends of friends who were just hanging out. Still, a sizeable crowd. Lockerbie Pub isn't perfect, but I think it's working out ok.
We took on a beefed-up Ambuscade (Advanced, extra device to start, and all traps always face up) with only three heroes. Bit of a nailbighter, but pulled it off at the end.
When was the next date we had set?
It's in the first post on the thread – Oct 14th, I believe. We're back on an every 4-week schedule.
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Looking forward to seeing folks on Tue. Who'll be there?
I shall, with Nick in tow.
I'll be coming and bringing Spirit Island in case we wanna try that out.
We had eight at Lockerbie on Tue. Koga and I played a Spirit Island training game and won. Didn't really follow what the other group were up to. It invovled putting kittens into blenders before they got into the Sentinels action.
Next date: Tue Nov 11th
Friendly reminder, next game is this coming Tue, the 11th.
Hey, everyone. This will be my last Sentinels night while I still live in Indy. I hope everyone will be there.
We had a nice turnout for Craig's last attendance -- eight people. One group of five played Sentinels. Three of us played Tactics as a warmup for the coming tourament.
HOWEVER, with Craig leaving, this get-together may have come to its end. My interest in continuing to attend a public get-together has waned. I like the idea of this event continuing and being able to attend occassionally, but only if someone else is interested in taking up the mantle of organizing.
SO, as of this point, no future events are planned. If anyone else is interested in taking over, please do so.
I would be interested in reviving a Tuesday meetup, but at a new location. Already, three of us are meeting at Hero's Emporium, just to the north east of Broad Ripple, for a different game, but we would be more than happy to have an occasional Sentinels game interrupt us. The store owner is interested in having us start there, and one of the regulars (who also just happens to show up occasionally on Tuesdays) is a very big fan of the game. Should enough people be interested in meeting regularly, I would have no problem setting this up.
Also, I have convinced the store to participate in the Month of Multiverse event promoted by Greater than Games, that is, assuming they can get the flier's/promos. (Last I heard, he hadn't gotten a response from Craig yet, but that was almost a week ago that I checked).
Strange. Upon an exhaustive search of my email, I don't have an email from them. I can still get stuff in the mail, but I need to know where to send it. :-)
First one to post an address gets it sent there?
Looks like that's a 9 mile ride -- a bit more than I'm probably willing to do on a regular basis on a weeknight. I might make it very occassionally. If it was on a weekend, I might make it more often.
Hero's Emporium
2519 East 65th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317) 991-4125
I'll let him know tonight that you didn't get his email, but that I submitted the necessary information. Hopefully this won't negatively impact this weekend.
I'd really like an email address, too, so that I can send the flyer. But I'll do what I can.
heros.emporium@gmail.com
I found that on their contact us page. Hopefully that one will work. If not, I'll have him try again himself.
The only issues with a weekend date is that on Saturday I'm usually with friends (late afternoon - evening), and Sunday's they are only open for special events. However, I am open to a possible occasional Saturday (I already try to make the third Saturday of the month work, as that is when Indy Tabletop meets at this location), as well as it's possible in the future my friends may start meeting on Friday again instead of Saturday.
Also, the other reason I was pulling for Tuesday is that Sean of LM Studios (who is a big fan of Sentinels) usually frequents the store on Tuesdays. I'm not sure of his schedule on Saturdays.
I have worked out a regular Sentinels schedule for Hero's Emporium. For now, Sentinels will meet on the first Tuesday of the month. I realize this can conflict with Andy's schedule, as sometimes the first Tuesday of the month is one of the Tuesdays he is unavailable, as well, a weekday is inconvenient for him. If Andy (as well as anyone else who's schedule does not align well with this) would like to meet at this location on a weekend, I can also look to see if I can work out a Saturday schedule as well.
Tomorrow will be a Sentinels Tactics game, with a couple copies being brought. There won't be promo cards available, however, as the owner had never recieved any promo copies.
What time on Tuesdays?
On Tuesday, I could show up as early as 4pm, but I think most will show at 5pm or later. I know the Mice and Mystics group (which is a subset of the sentinels group) all get in before 6:30 pm. I’m still not sure when Shawn (from LM Studios) would show, as I have not had a chance to talk to him since setting up the meetup. Once a regular following starts, I can probably figure out a standard start time.
I know I can't make it till about 6:30 pm as I get off work at 6 pm, but I do sometimes have the day off, at least until they schedule me full time again.
Didn't have work today so I decided to show up early.
There was a fairly decent turnout last Tuesday, with two groups of 4 each. At least one person will have difficulty showing up on Tuesdays, so I am considering expanding the meetups to also include a Saturday as well. The third Saturday is probably not a good day, as the Indy Tabletop will be meeting, and, while there would be some overlap between Indy Tabletop and Sentinels, there likely wouldn't be much room for both. I feel maybe the second Tuesday would be a good day for a second meetup at this location. If anyone has any feedback about this, I would like to know. Otherwise, I believe I will work with the store owner to set up a Saturday meetup as well.
Is there still a plan to meet today?
Just as a reminder, Sentinels tonight at Heroes Emporium. I believe I will make the official time at 5pm. I will be showing up earlier, and, if you show up later than that, it is not a problem.
Also, next Sentinels meetup at Heroes Emporium after today will be on Pi day (3.1415). I plan to have some pie ready in celebration. Starting at 11am (assuming I can get out of bed that early), and lasting until the shop closes (though I will likely depart between 4pm and 5pm). This is the first Tuesday and second Saturday of every month.
Howdy all,
I live just outside of downtown Indy, and I'd love to come check out the Sentinels group. I'm somewhat new to GtG's website, but a huge fan of their games. If I stop in on Pi Day around 12/1 ish will there be room for another player?
There exists a chance that I will be in town sometime in April, either early or late. Think we might have a Sentinels night while I'm there, once I know when?
I'd be happy to see you. If you're here Apr 17/18 (which I realize is neither early nor late) Rabit and I will be running Tactics at WYC
I realize this reply is a bit late, but, I meant to show at 11am, and didn’t manage to show until 1:30pm. If you see this relatively soon, you can still show up.
Thats ok, I had to watch my son for a few hours and wasn't wasn't able to make it until much later. Let me know when the next meeting is and I'd love to make it out.
Next meeting will be April 7th (first Tuesday), and then April 11 (second Saturday). I believe this is one of those times where the first Tuesday is the same week as the second Saturday.
Looks like I'll be in town on the 11th! I'll do my best to make it. Refresh me on time and location?
Will the 11th be around 11:00?
The place is located at the intersection of 65th and Keystone, about 3 or 4 doors down from Kroger. It is titled Heroes Emporium. Technically, it will be Indy Tabletop day as well, given that the 18th will be Who’s Yer Con, and the 11th is international tabletop day. Hopefully it is not too crowded.
Time?
Store opens at 11am, and will be open all day (I think they close roughly 10pm or so). This meetup will coincide with Indy Tabletop and International Tabletop day. There will be people there all day, and people from Indy Tabletop willing to start in and jump in some Sentinels games as well, so you can show up and leave at any time.
What is Indy Tabletop?
What is Indy Tabletop?
Also, there are people coming in from out of town who I think are particularly interested in meeting other people from this forum. Does anyone from this forum know when they will be there?
I plan to be there close to 11:00, and will be bringing my Tactics stuff. I will probably stay as long as their is interest in gaming.
Indy Tabletop is the group who use to meet at the Arsenal on Thursdays and once a month on Saturdays. After the close of the Arsenal, they first moved to Comic Book University, then finally moved to Heroes Emporium. They also now house the former Arsenal game library there as well.
Just a reminder, for those who still plan to attend, tomorrow and this Saturday are the Sentinel meetup days for this month. Because of my typical busy Saturday schedule, I will not likely stay beyond 5pm, and may leave earlier if the turnout is very small.
What time are the meetings?
Because I’m not feeling very well, I will no be attending tonight’s Sentinels game. I have also been informed anotner regular will not attend tonight either. Anybody else who wants to attend may do so; however, two regulars will not be there, so attendance may be small. I hope to feel better this Saturday for the weekend meetup.
I do apologies for the late reply. The times for the meetups are the first Tuesday of the month starting about 4 or 5 pm lasting until close, and the second Saturday of the month, starting at open (10am, I believe) lasting until close. However, typically, on Saturdays, I tend to leave earlier than close, as I have other evening plans for Saturday.
Second Saturday includes this coming Saturday, then? I might be able to make it then.