Anyone interested in having a massive game on the forum. I am thinking that a different person would control each deck, but everyone can suggest what should be played. I am a bit curious to see how different people would play the same cards.
I support. It'll be awesome.
I'm curious as to what this "massive game" would be. You can already count me in though!
Just thinking of a game with everyone on the forum giving input.
Sounds like it will be interesting to try out, also a little slow. But why not do something that gives me a reason for me to play Sentinels of the Multiverse!
Select someone to control each hero deck, they make the final decisions for that hero. However, all cards are known to all forumers and everyone and anyone can give their input.
So first thing to decide is which heroes, how many, which villian, where does all this take place, and who controls what. I am thinking we should stick with the base game now, since everyeone will probaly have at least that.
I would guess the number of heroes would be based on how many people resond, so the first 5 people to call dibs would be it. Considering there are already 3 of us it would make enough room for 2 more. Maybe the five people could choose the heroes from the base set they desire? Not sure about the villian, maybe just Blade since he is the easiest villian and keeping track of minions and such isn't so bad when facing him. Leading to less choices for the first game played by Forums. Environment I would suggest Ruins or Insula!
Will a moderator be needed to run the villain and environment?
I'm in as a player. I usually login around this time on weekdays, and randomly on weekends.
Well, it could be run by one of the hero players, but I think the more people involved the better.
I don't mind not controlling a deck, but I plan on giving a lot of input.
This sounds cool. I think a different person should be in charge of the villain and environment decks, just to get different people involved... and make it feel really blind.
May I also suggest that you set a time at which the next card will be played? That way people will know there is a deadline to provide input.
I'm between places now so though I always log on, I may not have my decks with me at all time for the next couple of weeks, so I shouldn't really control a deck
If you want me to do any of the decks, I'm happy to help. I am just as happy, however, to let someone else do it. I have plenty of other things to do.
This sounds interesting, and it gives me something to do since I tend to check the forums a lot.
But it looks like we may have 7 already which is too many. If I can I'll play, but I'd be just as happy spectating and shouting from the peanut gallery 
If we go by who responded in this thread we have:
Hero decks:
ketigid
Ronway
Chaosmancer
Maybes:
Me
arenson9
No:
jagarciao
We still need 4 more people (2 heroes, 1 villian, 1 environment)! Who else is in?
We also need to decide the heroes!
I'm always happy to run any deck. I don't have a preference
Hero or villian/environ?
I'll do a hero
Hero decks:
ketigid
Ronway
Chaosmancer
cmschex
Ok we need 1 more hero and some people for the villian and environ. Any takers?
hero #5 if you need me! i'm happy to 'play' one of the other decks too if needs be.
Ok we got our 5 hero players:
ketigid
Ronway
Chaosmancer
cmschex
Mezike
Ok we just need someone for the villian and environ.
We also need to select the heroes! Any suggestions?
Ronway said BB would be a good starting villian and I concur (hope other people do to).
He also suggested either Insula or Ruins for environ. So which one?
If nobody minds, I will run BB.
I can run the environment deck, sure. I have every deck so there's no restriction there.
Great that means we have all the decks covered. Now which heroes. …
If we're deciding as a group I don't care. If we're calling our own I'd love to run AA or Unity
i'm happy to go with a randomiser to start and people can swap out if they don't like what they get? i think we shuld let MigrantP choose the enviro as they are so kindly running it for us :-)
BB normal or advance?
I predict a good old fashioned stomping for BB! I take it we will run him on advanced? I'm happy to play any one of these, for preference one of the latter three.
btw i've played a few forum games before (mainly BSG) and I hope we are all prepared for the long haul with this!
The biggest issue is having your deck tied up the whole time.
i would recommend keeping a list of your hand, tableau and trash offline somewhere, this is likely to run for a good few weeks especially with heroes that have cards that interrupt their own turns. for similar reasons we need to keep posting HP or, for preference, have someone act as a moderator to manage this and game effects.
Well for the first one we could stick with "simply" heroes, but that is up to you. I can do all of the automatic start of turn stuff, but if there is ever a choice (e.g. 2 heroes have max life) we will need to decide then. jagarciao suggested having a certain time that the player will make a final decision so that everyone can have their say before then.
Looks good. I'd play any of those, but Golem Unity would be my first choice
As an aside, I started working on a website that would keep track of a game exactly like this. It would essentially keep a virtual table for a game, showing which cards were out for each player, keeping track of target hp, etc. I dropped the project though, for two main reasons: for one, I was never sure exactly what problem I was trying to solve. Should the site keep track of each deck so you hit a "draw" button and it tells you what card you've drawn, or should it only wait to be told by the player what card has been played, leaving it to the players to keep track of their own decks and hand. I had been leaning towards the former, and actually had it working where you could shuffle a deck or look through a deck to pick a card, or shuffle the trash into the deck. But since I wasn't even sure if that was the functionality it should have, I stopped.
Secondly, the sweet spot I really wanted to hit wasn't possible -- I wanted a group of people to all be able to share the same virtual tabletop. But since I don't want to use backend storage to keep track of the game's state (I prefer tracking that in the page's URL for various reasons), everyone would have to be accessing the same URL, which meant IMing or email around a new URL whenever any little thing in the game got updated. When I finally realized that I would never be able to make it truly and easily sharable, I gave up.
But for something like the play-by-turn forum or email-based game you guys are describing, having a virtual table that tracked the game's state while you posted the new URL after each move doesn't seem so crazy...
I think a google doc or spreadsheet would easily suffice for the purposes of this thread.
Spiff: FWIW backend storage is pretty simple these days, with StackMob, Parse and the like.
Is it too late to join?
Not at all. The people mentioned above are just physically manipulating the decks. they will draw the cards, say what they have, etc. However, every decision will be made by the community together.
I decided to roll a die for the remaining 4 heroes after cms chose Golem Unity, and it came up with Tachyon, so I guess i'm her... Boy keeping a note of her trash is going to be fun!
I will start a new thread a little latef tonight that lists advanced BB rules and starting stuff. As soon as you guys figure out the heroes you can list your starting hands and we can begin.
I am thinking we should try to llist the text of each card in the beginning since many people might not have their cards with them all the time, but they can still follow what's going on.
Also, where should I make the thread and what should it be called?
Actually going to start the thread now. I am going to put basic info first then the villan setup. After that, if anyone wants to draw their initial hand and put it up great. Once everyone has their hand up, I will start the villians turn.
Right now I am assuming the order is Omnitron-X, Freedom Six Unity, Haka, Tachyon, The Scholar, but just tell me if you want it to be changed.
EDIT: Any strategy advice would be welcome!
Posted up my initial hand and a set-up with how people may want to type up their hero decks maybe?
Better than mine, might go back later and fix it.
So how many turns do you think we have before the Moon kills us?
I rolled a 3 on a d3, I'm taking The Scholar.
That will give Mezike Haka and Chaosmancer Omnotron-X. I will update the other thread later but you can put up your starting hands now.
Spiff, the other thing to bear in mind is to avoid accidentally creating a virtual implementation of the game. The Vassal mod was hobbled by >G for this reason, and it's also why I deliberately limited the spreadsheet we use in the hangouts play. I'm not sure how far we can go in how much game detail can be used like this; card titles are one thing, the make up of a deck is another as are the card text and game effects. Eventually I stuck with only the titles for only the cards that remain in play. If you have the inclination to put something like this into a web based environment I'm sure the community will be grateful as not everybody has access to excel and that is unfortunately my limit for any capability with programming! I have no problem with encouraging people in hangout play to move to an online tracker that does the job just as well, in the meantime for this game we can always track the state of the table in the spreadsheet and manage our hands and trash offline.
Should we start a second game? I don't mind running another villian (unless someone else wanted to do that).
Spiff, the other thing to bear in mind is to avoid accidentally creating a virtual implementation of the game.
Yeah, that was something else that lead to my decision to stop work on the project. If it turns out there's a big desire/need for something like this, maybe I'll dust it off and see what can be done. At the moment, it doesn't seem like there is.
Congrats to everyone on our win! So who is up for another game? If we have enough people we can play more than one game at once!
I'm very much up for a game :D
I'd be in
I'm good for another one
Count me in aswell!
3 so far and I will do villain again if nobody minds.
EDIT: So technically we could start with 3 or wait for 5. Regardless, my thinking is that we start once we get enough, and once a few more people sign on we start another game, etc.
I'm good with either way. 3 person, 4 person, 5 person- it's all the same. It's only been a few hours since we set up call though, so maybe we could wait a bit longer?
I'm happy to go again, or to step back if someone else wants a turn and it ends up oversubscribed.
Can always have different games going on.
I'm in too. It was great fun.
So it looks like you've got BlueHairedMeerkat, Celette, Cmschex, Mezike, Ketigid, and myself. Though i'll step out just because I was in the last one and will give others a go at it. Maybe i'll run my own game of Sentinels of the Multiverse, but mine will have flapjacks and strippers... Actually Forget SotM and the flapjacks.
Hey, I'm happy to run the villain and Enviro decks so that you can still join in as a hero, you did put your name up for this ahead of me.
I'll spectate on this one but will partake again later!
So who are we gonna take on, and where?
Randomizer for 5 players now that we've had a proof-of-concept game?
Sounds good. I took the liberty of running the randomizer, so assuming there are no objections, the following heroes shall be fighting Kismet in the Final Wasteland:
The Scholar
Fanatic
Ra: Horus of Two Horizons
Expatriette
Bunker: Engine of War
Lovely, Kismet with a whole deck full of Environment targets to re-direct to. I'll take anyone of the heroes
I also said I would step out ahead of you aswell. So ha! Though honestly I don't mind sitting out, it's not like we won't have more forum games, plus I may start my own here in a little bit maybe… Probably…
Alright, someone's gotta make a choice: I'll take BeardRA
I'll grab the Scholar, if that's okay with everyone.
Advanced?
EDIT: OK we got the second and third game going. Third game will include Ronway, MirgrantP, and i(f nobody else) me as a hero this time! This ok with everyone. Maybe wait a little while more, otherwise let's go!
Expatriette for me! Though I see lots of problems with Inconceivable Obstruction and Expatriette typically dealing 1 instance of damage on her turn.
Ok, you can draw your opening hand now. The order doesn't matter at this point.
If you guys end up doing another game, I'd love to join :)!
Ok, I guess I'll run Fanatic in this game. Unless namtia wants in on this one, in which case I'll join the 3rd
I'd really like in on it, if its ok with you guys! What time would the game be, and how to I join? I have skype and am a member on the g+ page, and although I dont have excel for the vassal mod I think theres a tracker on spiffs website that I could use to keep track of whats in play.
(I'm new to this whole play online thing, so please excuse my ignorance in regards to how this process works :p)
It would be ggreat if you would join, But I tihnk you are looking for something else. Here we are playing very slowly on the forum (last game took 13 days!). What you want is to play a full game on Google Hangout. i would check ouyt this thread: https://greaterthangames.com/forum/topic/regular-skype-meetups, and join this community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117769941955241654989. Once you join the community you will get MANY notifications about games from some amzaing SotM fans (thanks Ronway and everyone else!).
You're totally right, I was looking for a somewhat quicker game. I'll check out the community links, thanks for the info :)!
Ronway, want to setup up the third game?
Yeah I could set-up a third game, though it appears we'll only have 3 heroes, unless someone that is apart of the other one wants to be apart of this game aswell? I guess I could randomize five heroes and choose from that list and if any hero is left unchosen we'll drop them from the game.
Akash'Bhuta
Tempest
Haka
Team Leader Tachyon
Engine Bunker
NightMist
Realm of Discord
So Ronway, Pydro, and MigrantP will for sure be in this one! I'll run the villain deck aswell as a hero. I'll also post up a topic for it later tonight!
I'll take whoever is left. I figure even if I end up with a hero I don't know so well, someone here will help me out. :)
I decided to roll a die to see which of the five heroes a will be and I have gained Haka.
I'm good for Tempest if no one minds.
Nope enjoy!
sorry I fell off the radar chaps. I have to go overseas on business and i've been working late nights getting presentations ready :-( probably best I duck out of this one as I won't be fully around for a few more days yet.
We will let you off the hook this time, but you better be in next game. 
Sorry - I said I'm out for now. I'll play again in the future though.
That was my fault sorry. Maybe next time.
Ok. With Mezike out we need a 5th for Episode 2. Ronway are you back in?
cmschex what hero do you want?
Episode 3 has 3 heroes. We can wait for more or start.
cmschex stated he wanted to play as Fanatic for Episode 2.
I'm good with starting up episode 3, i'll get it tomorrow. Just in case anyone drops in and claims a hero. Plus Pydro you still need to select one of the 3 remain heroes.
Well we have Haka and Tempest already. Who would make the best 3rd?
Any of them really. Team Tachy will allow other heroes to draw lots of cards, while being able to shut down damage, and getting rid of pesky ongoings and environment cards. NightMist will be able to blast everything into oblivion if anything happens to get too nasty, dispatch lots of ongoings and environment cards, and tanking damage dealt to the highest. Engine Bunker can also get rid of ongoings, deal out lots of damage, and even shut down the enviroment deck.
So it really gets down to who you feel like playing!
WOW! That was really concise and helpful. Let's see if you can do that again: AZ, Wraith, Legacy. GO!
I will go with Joe Diamond's daughter.
Absolute Zero is a heavy single damage dealer while doing light spread attacks aswell, he has limited ongoing destruction but he can destroy up to 3 (the most that can be destroyed not including the randomness of Planar Banashment) at once and deal damage to all targets because of it, he's also a very good tank and can still deal out damage while tanking if he has Cold Snap and/or Impale. Wraith... Gosh, it'd be easier to say what Wraith can't do. After all she can deal tons of damage, control the villain deck, save the hero with the lowest health, lower damage dealt by the villain, destroy ongoing/environment cards, and can even tank for a short period of time. Legacy can boost the other heroes thus making them ever better, tank damage, and deal a fair amount of damage while healing his allies.
I have considered writing up my own guides, but haven't gotten around to it. Also Flamethrower has done such a good job on most them that I don't really feel the need to. The only one I wasn't really a fan of is his Absolute Zero one.
Great job!
Do we have a short concise description like this for each hero? If not can somebody *cough* Ronway *cough* make one up?
I don't think we have any concise description for every hero anywhere. There are the topics as to what catergory they fit in (tank, damage, support) though that isn't really the same thing.
I guess I could type 'em up, as it wouldn't take too long and it's not something I would have to pull out my decks for. Though Argent Adept of course would be easiest as all I would have to do is type "Argent Adept: EVERYTHING!!!!1" since there are plenty of ways to have him do anything you want to get him set for.
So, I can take the free spot on Episode 2, but not three, as I only have the one Bunker.
Episode 3 is also missing a Tachyon, a Team Leader Tachyon at that!
Any one entering forum games into the stats?
Since the Kismet one is over, I'm definitely up for joining if another one gets going
I will definitely setup another game, just not for a couple of days. My brother just got engaged and I am flyong to New York to see him. (Sorry using this as an excuse to tell everybody.)
If anybody else wants to start one go ahead, we can have a bunch of games at once. You can either try to recruit people here, or just roll up a game and wait for people to join (just make sure the topic says that people are still needed).
I'd love to play another game, but if there are none running then I'm happy to run one myself. So behold: https://greaterthangames.com/forum/topic/episode-4-the-ennead-3547!
I am uploading the templates that I have found useful.
I have found it esaier when the villain and environment is played by the same person (it tends to speed things up).
If you can, after you take your turn, PM the next guy (and make sure you have it set to send you an email).
Just a couple of suggestions. If anybody has some more, please post them!
Also, should we post info about these games on BGG?
Hero Template.docx (11.8 KB)
Villain Template.docx (11.7 KB)
Environment Template.docx (10.8 KB)
TBH running a game in a geeklist would probably be easier than in a forum thread as it would allow an easy way to split turns.
Not a bad idea. Also, each game on BGG has a play-by-forum section, which wouldn’t be a bad idea here.
Well if we keep these games running on here then I guess we could ask CajunJoel to create a new subforum at some point so that we don't clutter up the rest of the events folder. Anyhoo, I think I may be up for another forum game wherever it is held, looks like I will be travelling again soon but I have a week or so off from it so should be able to get through to the end of a game before I disappear again!
Would people be up for another one of these? I'd be happy to run one if so. This was fun; let's get it going again! 
I haven't done one before, but I'd be game for a round!
I'd be happy to play as well
Sure
Okay then: https://greaterthangames.com/forum/topic/episode-5-citizen-dawn-players-wanted-3921
