When Vengeance and GSF are released, why don't we all converge on GtG and have a launch party. If this would be too difficult, we could have them in various cities throughout the world. If this won't be possible, we could have a bunch of Hangout games. We do have a little while to plan this, anyone have any good ideas?
I almost certainly will be doing a few SotM games on Google+ when my copy of Vengeance arrives.
Doing something online could be fun.
I will also probably try to set up a Vengeance forum game when I get hold of a copy.
I personally like the idea of converging on St. Louis and having a fan-planned launch party. Not sure it they'll actually be able to make themselves available for it, though, given they'll be trying to get product out the door, etc. It's probably worth asking, though! 
And if we can't, we can definitely do local/online events.
I'd be game for doing an online launch party, if we wait a few days: I imagine that, given all the trials and travails of shipping, there might be some delay in actually getting the copy, regardless of KS or pre-order.
It would be pretty cool if there were to be a St. Louis lauch party. Have no idea if I would be able to go, but I would most certainly do my best to get there.
I will take the idea of a St. Louis launch party under advisement. I will admit that I see some potential there.
Does this mean my boyfriend and I will have to come down again? That four hour drive is killer. :-P
There might be some carpooling involved - we'll see how many people we pull from Indy. 
(And I think the drive is totally worth it to celebrate with friends! 
)
Is it over-optimistic for me to be hoping for a completed high-speed train between Chicago and St. Louis by then?
Here is the tagline for the party:
Revenge is a dish best served cold; Vengeance, with scotch.
Hmmm... with enough warning I might come up with a good excuse to be in the St. Louis area in February.
It would be great if those who can;t make it to St. Louis could attend online somehow.
I was thinking something similar. Maybe have a few live cams up from people different people.
Something should be done for all the abroad fans who have no way of getting to St. Louis, at least no way that isn't attrociously expensive.
A MILLION TIMES YES.
We agree! Hopefully the "hang out in London" plan goes well and we can continue to periodically do similar things for our UK fans. There is also a possability that we would do a similar type of thing with our Australian fans next time PAX Aus comes around on the guitar.
*golf clap for the song about Alice, and about the restaurant*
Ha. "Wait. It's coming."
You can get anything you want...including a pre-release copy of Vengeance?
London, Australia, still no love for Japan :(
Yay for potential future UK things!
Note to self: Show >G people the best time ever so they want to come back. A lot.
London, Australia, still no love for Japan :(
Who knows what the future may bring!
Note to self: Show >G people the best time ever so they want to come back. A lot.
That sounds like an awesome plan to me!
So you're going to show them Sentinels of the Multiverse? Now I may be throwing out wild accusations, but I have a slight feeling they have already played it.
Not the crocheted version.
I don't believe it. That's just way too far-fetched.
And besides, there are some things that are more fun that Sentinels. (Heresy, I know). Fair enough, a lot of those things wouldn't be terribly appropriate… but still.
I would ask that you make sure there are pictures of the event, as some of us are really wishing we could join you ( 
), but… since arenson9 will be there, I think it's already covered. 
Hmm… Maybe I don't want pictures. 
You totally want pictures.
I want pictures! (I think…)
I don't actually have anything to add. I just thought it would be fun to further build up this massive quote tower.
Adds to quote-Jenga.
And so our epic battle begins.
Quite
And that's all I have to say about that.
and yet it continues
Or does it? Oh, wait, yes, yes it does.
Indeed it does.
This is an interesting game of Jenga. We can't take any blocks away. So how many blocks can we add before the tower just implodes on itself? The world may never know.
Au contraire
That did it. Although, it probably got screwed up on mobile browsers 5 posts ago.
I refuse to participate in this silliness.
I'm actually rather impressed it lasted that long.
I hate you all...
Sent from my iPhone
I hate you all…
Sent from my S3
Hate is such a strong word.
Everyone, spread the love the Ronway!
Your screen is bigger and probably could handle the Jenga a bit better...
I love you all the Ronway.
It blew up rather quickly.
So we're purposely building another Ziggurat out of love to annoy the mobile users? I can think of no better use for love.
I feel like, as a mod, there's something I should be saying right now.
It's not coming to me, though.
* walks off, whistling a tune *
Not just any love, Ronway love. There have to be some benefits to worshipping a flaming skull.
I'm a little disappointed that the last tower fizzled out. We had almost phased Silverleaf's original message out of existence thus furthering my ambition to make her sad. Oh well, can't have everything.
So, to get this thread back on track, here is my proposed project for the party: to recreate as many cards as possible using real people.
You know what makes me really really sad?
Being given SOTM promos. Having someone pay for me to become a playtester. Cake. Interestingly-shaped meeples. Puppies.
That is GENIUS!
I'm trying to work out how to persuade some of the many jackdaws, crows, rooks and magpies to flock near enough to me for Matriarch-based photography shenanigans.
Failing that I have some green paint and an obliging dog…
Who's going to play the train in the Plummeting Monorail and Surge of Strength cards?
I never said it would be easy, but there are so many people with awesome costumes, it might be worth a shot.
<– is curious how you define "interesting" in this context.
That is GENIUS!I'm trying to work out how to persuade some of the many jackdaws, crows, rooks and magpies to flock near enough to me for Matriarch-based photography shenanigans.
Six words: CGI IRL. Much easier to pull off than controlling that many birds (without a Mask).
Pretty sure I've seen people at cons carrying more disproportionate quantities of Styrafoam than that for cosplay purposes.
For a while now I have been considering a trip across the US by train... this "launch party" might be a good excuse to make it happen since St. Louis happens to be right along my planned path.
Hopefully we can get enough interest to make something happen.
I have some similar plans of my own, actually. What I lack is the money to make them a reality.
Whoa, Ronway Love Ziggurat may be a great name for a Sentinels fan band, but it is wrong. Really wrong.
I MIGHT be able to set up a road trip with some of my fellow sentinels from Louisville and make the 4 hour drive to St. Louis for this. Hopefully by then, we will have all of our Sentinels costumes we're making. We've decided to do all gender-swapped costumes, so I'll be wearing a Tachyon costume if I make it to the party.
No tux?
Wait, gender swapped? This whole time I though… well, never mind.
I wear a tux every day, I figured I'd change it up.
Imprimis… Hilarious, but you will pay for that in time.
I'm bumping this.
A friend recently moved to St. Louis, just a few blocks from the >G warehouse, so I am definitely in for a release party, even if the trip is long.
Any further news or planning on this? I'll need time to get transportation and days off squared away.
Events that should happen (let's make it a full day of fun!)
Tour the offices and warehouse (complete with akward photos!)
Cosplay Karaoke.
A Larp, just in case someone dresses as Tachyon so we can make them run a lot.
Freedom Five cookout reenactment (real food, for historical accuracy)
A night on the Town Wraith style, complete with getting arrested and most likely hospital trips when we fall off buildings or miss throw grappling hooks.
Crashing the Moon into the Earth
Duck Duck Goose
As long as it's in late February (or later) I think I can still swing it.
And Cosplay Karaoke sounds awesome.
Mr Fixer HAS to sing Kung Fu Fighting
Well… Uh… I don't know if… What if they don't want… Okay…
On a serious note, if a release party isn't set up for St. Louis, Evan and The Fancy Crew are still itching for a road trip, so we've agreed that our Plan B would be to make a drive up to Indiana to join the Indianapolis Team! If those fine folks (Rabit, Imprimis, Arenson) would be up for a get together with us Kentuckians.
Thoughts, Hoosiers?
I think you should come to the UK. That's what I think.
Oh, of course! You're totally right! How silly of me! On my way now, just let me pack a few things.
I wish we could head to the UK. Can't really afford the trip, though. 
The >G folks have said they are very interested in having something happen, but I haven't heard any details. Most likely they've had higher priority stuff going on. 
But if they aren't able to get something going in St. Louis, I think doing something in Indy is definitely an option. If nothing else, we can research renting a room here at our aparment complex that has some tables (including a pool table, actually), a kitchenette where we can have food and drinks, etc. I have no idea how much it is, but I know it's available. If not, there are other options (like the basement of one of the local game stores that has some great gaming rooms).
Mind you, I think it's highly unlikely they won't do something.
Seriously looking forward to it!
I certainly hope the will be doing something. Even more hopefully that the will be doing something while I am available to join in the doing something. It'll give me practice at carrying my Ronway persona into the real world.
Well then, let's just wait and see what >G has planned for us. 
So, I don't count as Indianapolis team?
Or maybe it was just a mistaken oversight.
I think there's just a lot of us (I don't believe you are the only one who wasn't included), and including everyone was going to be challenging, so he just picked the Mods. That's my assumption, anyway...
Jay, of course I would expect you to be there. You had better be at either release party, no matter where it is!
If its in feburary count me in. Give me some dates and places people!
Yeah, either way I need to know pretty soon so I can secure transportation and time off.
Sounds good to me. I usually try to avoid people from Kentucky, but I'll make this one exception.
You wound me with your words.
Could be worse
He could be wounding me with knvies. I suppose that would be worse.
Well... it's official. Vengeance Release Party at GTG on February 1st.
https://greaterthangames.com/content/major-january-2014-update
Unfortunately, that's Chinese New Year weekend and I'm already traveling to celebrate with the in-laws. So, whomever attends please make sure there event is well recorded!!
GAH! My birthday. Ouch. The party is already planned. . . sigh.
PARTYPARTYPARTYPARTY wait I'm in England. Crap.
I disapprove of this. I am in Japan, and if I can't have fun than no one can.
I am so ready to party. Bringing along quite a few people, and we'll all be dressed up. Everyone else should consider doing the same. Because, you know, why not?
I would be happy to wear a costume, but don't have any talent or experience making costumes. Perhaps I'll come as The Deputy. I think, though, that these days I look more like the Alternative Deputy, with his graying hair.
I meant dressed up as in suits/dresses, but hey, I'd love to see some costumes. Sadly, I don't think I'll be finished with my Tachyon costume by the time the party happens.
That was my first rule I told my friends coming with me: "If you're coming on this road trip, you're dressing up nice. We go in style, ladies and gentlemen."
However! I do KNOW someone who has a GoPro and a Canon T3i, so I might convince him to bring those things along with us so we can get some footage of the people who go. We won't be able to do a livestream, but I'm sure we can get some highlights from the party and have some "hellos" from those of us forumites there. As long as no one is camera shy.
I am excited to see you all!
@evandan55, once you know who all is coming, definitely send me an RSVP email!
Still getting numbers (looking like me + 5/6) but I'll email you as soon as I get the last few confirmed!
>.> Anyone in Indiana wanna go? So would need to carpool as we can't afford to go without help :( It would be a great babymoon gift!
Where in Indiana? If Northwest, I live just outside of Chicago and would be willing to do a carpool.
I'm trying to round up a group in Chicago to go as well.
I hope to go, but still negotiating with work to see if I can get that Friday off, or if I'll be out of town (still possible then, but harder to arrange flight). I hadn't thought of wearing anything special, but now that evandan brought it up, I guess maybe I could go with the kilt option. It's a formal dress kilt, bought in Scotland, at Woolen Mills, on the Royal Mile
So, who wants to pay for my flight? ;)
And mine? 
I live south of the Chicago area though easily would meet up at the train station >.> Car pool from there providing who ever drives doesn't mind a very pregnant lady in their car!
Or wouldn't mind going to Lafayette area to meet up and head from here to there.
Myself and lynnie live about halfway between chicago and indy
If this sweetens the pot for anyone on the fence about coming, I and my boyfriend will be there. We're amazing.
Pay-for-a-transatlantic-flight amazing? If not, no dice :P
Yes, we are amazing enough for you to pay for the flight to come see us.
If this sweetens the pot for anyone on the fence about coming, I and my boyfriend will be there. We're amazing.
They really are.
I'd be looking at an 8 hour drive from my location; oof. Still debating; I'd absolutely love to attend.
If anyone is up for hosting me for the night, I will possibly make an attempt to make it - but 7 hours is a long drive and wont be able to do it then back then out again.
That is assuming anyone is going with me from Columbus. If anyone is up for stopping on cbus on their way through to pick me up that be awesome...
I hope i'll be able to join in the fun. But with being a Ronway and all, I have that awesome Ronway schedule to keep.
Clearly you've never been awe struck by how cool they are.
Excited to meet Nick, Imprimis!
Did you two not meet at GenCon? I could've sworn you did.
I don't remember if I did. I might have seen him but I don't recall us introducing ourselves or chatting.
Wouldn't your trip from Columbus take you through Indianapolis? Might be hard to make the logistics work, but there are possibilities if you want to meet up with anybody leaving from Indy.
I'd love to come, but Saturday is a bad day for me, I'm usually exhuasted after my Friday all-day gaming so don't even wake up till about noon. Still up for a bit longer tonight after playing Sentinels all day.
I think it would be super cool if we could set up a live stream of the party so that people who can't come in person could at least look in. If there were a way to make it interactive, even better.
Sadly, I've never set up such a thing and don't know what it would take or how to do it.
A google hangout might lend itself well to such a thing.
I have just set up a live stream using YouTube. Anyone happen to be around right now that can check it out to see how well it works from wherever you are?
I think you can find the live stream at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izTiVvY2yKs and probably through G+ somehow.
Here's what I've learned about providing a live stream:
Option 1: Google+ Hangout
Option 2: YouTube Live Event, via Google+ Hangout on Air
Option 3: YouTube Live Event, via custom encoder
Having thought about this a bit, I see the following potential goals:
If we just want to do #1 (see the party) option #2 (YouTube Live Event) works. I don't see a way to do #2 (share messages) with either option above. We can do #3 (videoconference) for up to nine people with either option. For #4, either option would be fine.
My current thought is to split the ideas of people playing the game from people watching/interacting with the party. We already know how to have games online. That's basically option #1. We could do that with a dedicated table and computer for a given game. For everything else, perhaps we could set up a station with a camera with a wide view of the party, or even someone with a tablet walking around.
My questions for people who will be remote:
I'd like to play a few games (us remote people likely won't be able to play Vengeance heroes, but we can still play), chat to some people, see what's going on, etc.
Of course what I'd really like is to be there in person, but a couple of transatlantic flights is well out of my budget. But let me know if I can help with anything remote!
I'm testing TinyChat as a technology for providing interactive video chat. If you are around and able to help me test, please try to join the chat here: http://tinychat.com/3w5tcm
New plan. I have created a 'personalized' room.
Please join me today, Jan 19th at 3pm EST at: http://tinychat.com/arenson9
For people using mobile devices, there are supposed to be apps that will work. I am going to try out the Android version.
Uggh ... Looks like the iOS app costs $.99. I don't _think_ the Android app cost me anything to install, but I don't see how to determine the price of something after it's already installed.
Just checked, it's free.
No one showed up to help test. :(
Still, I think TinyChat will work reasonably well.
If there's enough interest, I'll try to work w/ GtG to make something happen.
Sorry, I only just saw this or I'd have joined you.
Of the people who are going, do you have plans for where to stay and such? I'm trying to figure out logistics for myself (and possibly a few others); if there's already a big group thing going on, I'd love to get in on it.
Nothing definite yet. I have not yet determined, for instance, whether I'm going to stay zero, one, or two nights.
I live in Kansas, so I'm probably just going to drive home after the event.
Also, does anyone know if we should bring our own copies of the game to help out >G? I know they have ALL of the Sentinels, but I imagine they don't want to crack open a bunch of games for just one night when practically all of their guests own at least some of the cards.
Yeah, we'll be driving back the same night. We'll get home at about midnight, but that's no problem.
Spouse and I are driving out Friday and staying until Sunday, both to avoid dealing with the drive the same day as the event and to make it a relaxing weekend away from home.
Vengeance is going to put the “super” into super bowl Sunday.
Hey for those of us who would like to come to the release party but don’t have anything to pick up do we need to rsvp or would it be a waste of email space?
My guess, fwiw, is that they will be happy to know more rather than less.
so i got an extra xmas check and my gf is going to make the drive with me. but unfortunately all this came together today about 4 hours after the rsvp cut off 
sad lynkfox. oh well emailed paul and maybe ill get lucky and if not, maybe vengeance will be here before that (that would make some sense that the 8am cut off would be because fed ex is picking them up… only way there would be room for a party in the warehouse…)
anyway see you all there!
oh. well be driving in friday evening and staying till sunday morning. anyone want to do lunch sat or breakfast sun?
Sadly, I won't be able to make it to all the fun. I look forward to hearing stories!
Sad that we won't be graced by Ronway's presence, but looking forward to meeting you, Lynkfox!
There will be a small Chicago contingent in attendance as well. Looking forward to meeting you all.
TheJayMann and myself are planning on coming down as well. Look forward to seeing everyone!
So... I suck at remembering names.  I don't know about anyone else, but I'd love it if we could have nametags to remember and relate both our forums names and our real names.
Paul, would that be okay? If so, is that something >G would like us to take care of (I'd be happy to bring something, especially since it's my issue ) or do you already have plans?
Really looking forward to it!
I'd also love to have nametags.
Should we just get a small box of those "Hello My Name Is" tags then?
That's what I figured I'd do. (And leave the left-overs for >G to use at Cons.)
I do not have plans to take care of that, but if y'all would like to, it sounds awesome to me!
Consider it done.
I plan to use my badge from BGGCon. It has my name, forum name, and icon on it.
I can wear a t-shirt with my name on it!
Here. At home. Not at the launch party. *jealous grumble*
I'll get there after work, like at 4:00. Hope I can get in on a game then!
Here. At home. Not at the launch party. *jealous grumble*
We have top men working on the teleporter technology right now.
I'm going to be at my birthday party, thinking about Vengeance and the release party.
It's going to be "fun."
We have top men working on the teleporter technology right now.
TOP. MEN.
Nice hidden link. Strong Work
So not making use of Unity's unique gifts?
Foote wrote" Nice hidden link. Strong Work"
That's not a hidden link, this is [url= http://www.ted.com/talks/liu_bolin_the_invisible_man.html ] [/url]
Perhaps Unity is busy saving the world at the moment?
Hey! I was going to do something similar, but got distracted.
If this Launch Party is a huge success (as I expect it will... curse all of you who are able to attend), maybe this can grow into an annual gathering event... Greater Than Con?
This would be awesome. Must happen. LARPverse must happen.
If another event happens next year, I'd seriously consider saving up to fly out for it.
i should visit the states at some point in my life, right?
I'm exctited about ordering Vengence. Anyone have any updated ideas of when it will be available now?
@SuperRick
As soon as we send out all of the Kickstarter orders and Pre-Orders :)
@Silverleaf
You totally should!
I wouldn't have been able to miss work and rehearsal, but I'll be there in spirit. If you hear any Princess Peach related puns, that's probably me astral projecting into the space.
Also, someone needs to play their first game as Fanatic in my honour! That's my thing, officially.
Come on, Anna! We're all counting on you being there this Saturday!
If the teleporter's finished in time, or £700 miraculously drops in my lap before Thursday, I promise I'll be there.
You'll get a shoutout in the highlight reel/livestream, no worries.
It took a few reads to realize that was an exclaimation point
FOOTE! 
Oh, it's going to be that kind of party...
WE NEED MOAR LOTIONS!
Do we know if some kind of remote internet attendance thing will be possible? I'd love to be able to join in and meet you awesome people virtually.
Well everyone, seems our newest little sentinel is going to make his appearance this weekend (so yeah there is no way we are making it down.)
Congrats!
WOOOOOT!!! Good luck!
Congratulations!
I second that emotion. My 8-year-old probably thirds it.
leaving for St Louis in the next hour! Yay hotels and road trips and fun times. Bringing Sentinels of course, and a couple other games just in case - you can never have too many board games!
Ah, Children, bringing us Happiness while ruining all of our plans.
Congrats!
Is there a count of how many people have RSVP'ed to this event?
It depends on how many friends and things come along with people, but we should have at least 40.
At this point, I don't think it's going to happen. There's a slim chance that I'll put some energy into thinking about this in the next 24 hours, but don't expect anything. If I do decide to do something, I'll post about it here.
I understand. But I'm sad anyway. :(
Thank you all. And yes phanta. We had tried to come down for my birthday… he had other plans. Our kid is a super villian.
Congradulations!!
Us too! My wife is due TOMORROW! We're all very excited, but we're expecting her to be late.
Kids: All Joy and No Fun
Right, so, if there's a computer plus webcam available for people to possibly use over there, I have a simple plan that should work.
I set up a generic G+ account, which doesn't belong to anyone and thus avoids potential issues of privacy, etc. You guys over there sign in to that account, I do a G+ hangout and the generic account and other virtuals join. That way people can pop in and out and chat and maybe even play an online game, and we can virtually meet. Sound sensible? Anyone up for that?
I have no privacy concerns. I could just log in from my own account.
My concerns are (1) That we won't have a computer located in a useful place. Is there wirelessin the building? Is it any good? If not, where/how can we run Ethernet? Is there a computer w/ decent processing power? And a web cam? And some reasonable way to keep it from going to a screen saver if no one is attending it?
(2) What would be useful to actually do with that computer? Mixing a live party w/ an online party is a difficult proposition, I think. Those of us who are there are going to be interacting with each other and I think that interacting with the computer will, after a few moments of novetly, prove more distracting than fun.
Both of the above might be helped by discussing and coordinating with the GtGs guys, but the reality is that they are too busy.
I think a nice idea would be that instead of trying to add a remote interaction component to the Vengeance release part, GTGs might want to do a later, public hangout w/ whomever wants to join as a sort of second, online Vengeance hangout. They might do some sort of demo of Vengeance. They might have a device that allowed them to walk around and show off their offices or the warehouse.
I'll be playing on G+ by the time the release part starts, woohoo! https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c9angn18c5i10ujh29fknfn5ri0?authkey=CK_cos3OpZOwDQ
Looking forward to making the trip down from Chicago with a small contingent and meeting everyone if Mother Nature (or is it Akash'bhuta?) doesn't prevent us that is. It will take a lot!
I just wanna be involved in some way, and say hi to people.
I understand that notion. We'll see what's possible (depending on how the wifi there is) and if all else fails, I'll be doing a personal travelogue of our trip there, and I'll make sure to give shoutouts to my favorite forumites.
I'd be willing to haul around a laptop with a stream if no one else wants to do it. I suppose we'd do it in the form of a G+ hangout. Seems simple to me. Assuming the best wifi is available, I'll make a post on here at the beginning of the event saying when the stream would start.
We have WiFi in the office, and it reaches almost to the back of the warehouse. I am not sure how y'all do your G+ Sentinels games, but in principle it could be possible to set up a laptop or iPad and have someone watch/participate from a remote location.
Evan, you're a gentleman. Fingers crossed then!
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7ecpir5v58ajfftecvaej3rcl0?hl=en
Live at the Vengeance party
Bear with me as I try to create a hangout that is recorded.
Giving up on that. Please use this latest link.
I'll be there soon! Thanks guys. :)
Thanks to Andy for setting this up! It's great to have a feed here.
Thanks, that was fun. :) Awesome to see so many people (and of course find out the name of the next expansion... ;) )
Wait… I missed this… that little super villian
Missed it due to my computer deciding to be borked this morning. I don't suppose the video's going to go up somewhere at some point?
I kinda met grim88 and Silverleaf! Yay! And so many other people. You'll be proud of me, Silverleaf, as I referred to grysqrl as grysqgl.
I wish I could have made it, but I was actually at a local game day.
So, for those of you that were there....I want SPOILERS! Tell me of the awesomeness!
Well, we all had a chance to play the next two expansions, as well as receive the ultra-secret promo card that will only ever be available to attendees. Also, there was a big whiteboard with the entire story line mapped out in detail.
*eyes imprimis5* Less joking, more actual spoilers.
I will leave the spoilers to others. However, I am on official record as the first non-employee to say the name of the next expansion out loud.
Nice work. I am indeed proud. Sooner or later everyone will do this and he'll have to accept that he's spelling it wrong.
Also you got to meet my boyfriend, as I forced him on camera.
Sorry. No recording was made. Couldn’t figure out how to do that and also allow people to join the hangout so we could talk to them.
So happy to see all of you! Sorry we didn't get to chat, Anna, but it was at least nice to say hi to everyone! I'll post pictures very soon!
I’m curious how many thousands of pictures Christopher took with Evan’s camera.
Small Chicago contingent back safely. Pleasure to meet everyone and a big thank you to the GTG folks for their hospitality.
You actually had me until the White Board.
I was ready to explode with rage.
But seriously, outside of Vengeance and the name Wrath of the Cosmos, any new stuff?
Please tell me you weren't all sworn to secrecy or something.
There was definitely swearing...
Now I really wish we could have made it. eyes his little super villain.
There were at least two 'Easter eggs' – items left in plain site but not pointed out by GtGs. One was a promo card. The other was a mock-up of a completely separate game.
Saw it during our interview with Christopher–had to do a triple take.
"Huh, that really looks like… I mean, it almost looks like a new promo card… Wait, this definitely looks like a promo card."
Clever Christopher, leaving clues for us to find even in real life.
Nooo! Somehow I missed the promo card…
Definitely saw the game though…
WHAT WAS THE PROMO CARD?
!!!
And what was the game, if we're telling things?
It was a full set--every hero is getting a new promo card with either Paul's, Adam's, or Christopher's face photoshopped onto their face.
You all are so cold blooded. Keeping all the fun secrets to yourselves, but bragging you got to see secrets.
[And now the answer is gone]
Guys, honestly--the joking is kind of wearing thin.
There are those of us that are geniunely wanting to know some of this info and holding out on us just because you can is cruel.
If you've got spoilers to share, make with the goods! If you're not willing to share, then please don't mock those of us that couldn't attend.
I'll stop joking, then. I actually did answer, but it was later redacted. Whinging wears thin, too.
Kvothe. A Launius design.
We're not trying to brag that we know information that you don't--I'd absolutely love to share the singular new fact that I found out while at the party. I'd have loved to have taken pictures and posted them all over the forum so we could all share in the excitement.
But that's against the rules. We're not mocking you. It's a joke.
So you aren't allowed to share. Boo!
It's starting to look like allowing a small group of people access to information that the rest of the community can't have may not have been as great an idea as it seemed... ;)
Agreed
Well we also might need to wait a bit for it to process. I know I was dying for news and updates before it was even over, might need some time before people find out what is cool or not to share.
Okay, that's fair, I guess--if edict has come down from the devs not to share, I'm not going to argue. It would have been nice to hear that earlier, though!
I apologize if I've come off as needy or whiny when it comes to finding out about Vengeance. I'm an admitted fiend for movie spoilers and the like and, having missed the Shattered Timelines/Vengeance Kickstarter--I was unemployed for several months through summer and fall--I'm not likely to get a hold of Vengeance until sales go live again. Any bit of information or conjecture gets me excited. As most of you are, I'm pretty heavily invested in the SotM universe and I love seeing the >G guys succeed; it gives me continued hope that a small independent games developer (*raises hand*) might make it big.
Is there a date associated on when information can go live or info what can be shared?
SPOILERS:
I'll tell you this, since Vengeance is out now--it's looking heavily like we're going to see a Neo-Elf villain in the WotC expansion. There's one on the box, and an alien arena in Parse's deck that features what appears to be a Neo-Elf's face.
EDIT: Spoiler tag.
It's actually unclear to me whether or not we are allowed to share the Easter Egg stuff we saw.
It also feels a little weird talking about the Vengeance cards or box. We went to a release party, so it's released, but the Kickstarter rewards haven't been sent out yet. I'm pretty sure it is ok to talk about it. Just feels a little weird.
The party was fun. It was very informal. There was no schedule beyond start and stop times. it started off with people trickling in, picking up games, and in some cases introducing themselves to people they'd only ever interacted w/ online. Paul was often at a table helping people pick up their games or packing Kickstarter boxes, often with Jodie. Christiopher and Adam were circulating. There were half a dozen tables set up in the front of the warehouse that filled up with people playing Vengeance. There were also games going on everywhere they could be fit into the office area -- the conference room, an unused office, the front lobby, and a wide hallway.I'm pretty sure we had ten simultaneous games while also having other people socializing, so I'm guessing the attendance was round 50-60 people.
All the office spaces were open and people wandered in and out. Paul has an office with some beautiful Lord of the Rings art and weapons mounted on the wall. The spare office has a bookshelf filled with fantasy miniatures. Christopher and Adam share an office with their desks facing each other. On one end Adam had hung eight gorgeous, framed comic pages. It wasn't Sentinels. I didn't recognize it. I don't _think_ it was his art work, but am not sure. There was also a whiteboard in their shared office. It already had a large line drawing of Baron Blade on it. Adam drew Legacy on the other side, while I held up my laptop so the people who were interacting via G+ could see him in action.
Reckless showed up with his perler (sp?) ... uh ... artwork? (not sure how to describe these). These are individually great, but even more impressive as a collection. Evan and his friends were doing various film/interview things and Evan coralled the forumites for a photo. Who knows what I may have missed, as well. You certainly couldn't see everything that was going on from a single vantage point.
Towards five, Christopher announced it was time for dinner. Those who had the time and inclination (~30) regrouped at a nearby Indian restaurant for a tasty buffet. Our carload of people left before 7, perhaps a bit earlier than we might have otherwise, in order to try to outrun the freezing rain that was overtaking the area.
I spoke to people who'd traveled from Fayetteville, Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Columbus. And Brocolli. Who's from Texas, but he flies enough that maybe it wasn't very onerous to take one more trip. I'm not sure where else people might have travelled from.
It was pretty low key, but quite nice.
The art behind Adam's desk is Lookouts, from Penny Arcade.
The sad thing is that I never actually got to play a single turn cycle during the entire event. I was too busy talking to people and filming things for the entire four hours. Still, had an absolute blast and would love to do it again.
I am desperately disappointed that I missed the major broadcast, curse you sleep!
Will you be doing a second one next weekend for those of us who missed it?
It was a great party. Thank you, Arenson. And “Perler” is correct. I played a single game with a couple game designers (thus my absense in the lovely picture Evan took).
If you are worried about spoilers you could tag this thread with a spoiler warning, although the title and previous discussions should warn people away.
there was no one saying dont share. and we know christopher doesnt give out info he doesnt want to be out there. i get more out of Adam and thats not saying much.
http://sotm.wikidot.com/vengeance-release-party
there is the promo and a few other things. interesting stuff
I gave an audible gasp of course that guy would be a virtuoso
Really wish I could read that first image. I didn't take the time to read it while we were there. 
try this one
https://plus.google.com/photos/103654833944458900791/albums/5976045001708892993/5976045004460558674
(changed the image to full size one too on the wiki)
That document is a list of new challenges, and here they all are, hidden for those who want to try and read the doco themselves (highlight to read)
Absolute Zero
If someone gets to it before I do this evening feel free to put this up on the wiki.
>G recieve all the Vengeance boxes to ship out yet?
Got some juicy stuff in there: names of as-yet-unknown villains, including one we've speculated over for quite some time. Me likee.
The hippo is coming! We need Hippo!
Are the Kickstarter boxes sent out already?!?!? No?
What about now?
No?
What about now?
What about NOW?!?!?
Yup.
Woohoo! I hope my particular box is already shipped! Can't wait!
*grumbles about >G being in a stupid foreign country with all the distance and shipping costs forcing me to wait til a boat arrives and the UK distributer ships stuff out to stores and then they ship to me and I don't even know when that will be and it doesn't seem to be happening any quicker even though I check all the game stores I know multiple times a day and it's really very selfish of people having things I want somewhere where I can't get them yet when they're things I really really want and lots of other people have them already and I don't*
*breathes*
I don't think our country is that stupid. I mean, I'm here, and that basically improves this continent by 1000%.
Either way, it's not getting me Vengeance any faster.
You'd be surprised what I'm capable of. Check your mail again.
Mail rechecked: one letter from Virgin Media addressed to the boyfriend (presumably about our cable/broadband package), a seed catalogue for me (obviously the company has conveniently forgotten that I haven't bought anything from them for at least five years), and a hand-delivered menu for a local pizza/kebab fast food place.
None of this appears to be Vengeance.
...Or is it?
MWAAAHAHAHHAHahahahaha....ha.
I tried playing, but Pizza/Kebab Place incapped my hero team of Virgin Media and Thompson and Morgan in the third round. Virgin just Demanded Payment and T&M merely showed Pizza/Kebab Place what a Beautiful Garden it could have with these Exclusive New Double Pansies. Pizza/Kebab Place played a Mixed Donner Kebab With Garlic Mayo and Chilli Sauce (no onion), four back-to-back Meal Deals and finished us off with a Free Bottle Of Soft Drink With Every Order over £20.
If that's Vengeance, it sucks.
<3
I like you, Silverleaf. You play the best new games.
I tried again today, with pretty much the same outcome. I think this game is broken.
You've got the correct game--playtesting just got really, really weird. I think there was something in the scotch.
Maybe it's one of those games that really needs the expansion to fix the problems?
*checks mail*
Right, today we have a circular from Hope Education (I bought plastic 1cm cubes from them a while back for PnP purposes) advertising interactive whiteboards. And a clothes collection bag from a breast cancer charity.
I'll try adding this expansion later tonight.
And
I just give up. I can't beat that level of funny, I leave all the joke making to you from now on.
And Imprimis5, I saw that heart. I knew I shouldn't have gotten so attached when you called me your new favourite forumite. You just gone and broke my heart like I knew you would.