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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 12/23/2009
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Location: MD
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I've been collecting a lot of Minis lately, but it all seems for naught since there's nobody to play with in my area. The friend I normally play with is away for the summer, and there are no play groups within convenient distance from where I live. I'm thinking about the New Jersey Regionals next weekend but I haven't played a single match nor had any practice playing since the PA-MD Regionals, so I'd likely get obliterated. And I've got work at 8 AM the next day, so meh, lol. Also, I'm not a big fan of Vassal at the moment, so that doesn't cure my itch. Not really a point to this post, just a little venting, sorry. Does anyone else have similar problems? Oh and to soothe my pain I bought a TFU booster today. Got Maris Brood and an Uggernaught, so it's not all bad. 
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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i live in a state where im the only player too dude. Just vassal test a lot and get used to how to run a squad and you will do fine. I drive 2 hours to NC to play.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: Dover, DE (soon Cedarville OH)
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I lived in Japan for five years and just moved back to the states last summer. Wasn't aware of Vassal back then, so I had to make do with getting friends into the game, but they weren't able to satisfy my hunger for competitive gaming. I only use Vassal for practicing for big games when I travel out of state to meet other players (I'll be seeing you in a week at NJ!) but otherwise I just play with my brother, who's been getting much better at playing competitively in the recent months. I feel your pain though, man. I can't tell you how many games I've played by myself in my room. They were fun though, and I could take as much time as I needed to deliberate on a move without someone bugging me to hurry!
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 2/14/2009
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Location: Chicago
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I can relate. I recently moved from Chicago to Portland (Oregon) and missed regionals with my friends. I've only been here for four weeks but a cursory search turned up no SWM groups in Portland and I can't travel up to Redmond WA just to game. 
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: MD
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And the ironic thing about me trying to host Tournaments down here is, of course, that if I'm TO, I can't play, lol.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: Lynden, WA
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I've basically the same problem. Not a big fan of vassel either, and the guys I've played with over the years are a half hour North through the Canadian border (2 hours with the border wait), or 2 hours South to Redmond. I go when I can, and it's been a while, but not really convenient for weekly games.
Lily, there was a group in Vancouver WA not too far from you. Met a few of them at PAX. I'll look around and see if I can remember any of there names or the store they're at.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: Chicago
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ChuckaFett wrote:I've basically the same problem. Not a big fan of vassel either, and the guys I've played with over the years are a half hour North through the Canadian border (2 hours with the border wait), or 2 hours South to Redmond. I go when I can, and it's been a while, but not really convenient for weekly games.
Lily, there was a group in Vancouver WA not too far from you. Met a few of them at PAX. I'll look around and see if I can remember any of there names or the store they're at. Thanks! If you remember the store name, please BM me. I can likely find it from there.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 12/26/2008
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Location: Watertown, SD
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I'm in a similar situation as well. Nobody around me really plays the game and If I go on Vassal, I suffer dice rolls so bad that I usually lose regardless of how well I play.
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Rank: Vornskr
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Joined: 5/8/2009
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Yeah, same boat here. Though, I travel to Rockville, MD 3 days a week for work. If your anywhere close to that area, I think it would be worthwhile to find a spot to meet up for play-testing.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Here in OKC, OK. My wife and started having kiddos about the time I started in with Minis and I was able to play maybe once a month. Not, too mention with everyone else I played with has schedules that didn't work out well. It was hard to get together. Tulsa has a game group still going I think. My oldest kiddo is 5 going on 6 and now she and my 4 y/o twins are wanting to play so bad that I had to start making them a set to play with so they can leave mine alone. They are my hope for the future of my mini playing and RPGing.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: Detroit, Mi
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You know, I had the same problem when all my friends around here stopped playing. Even though I didn't like it at the start , I have really got to enjoy playing on Vassal. My brother and Law play every week now on Vassal. There are a lot of really cool gamers on Vassal that are patient and willing to play. I know its not quite the same thing as the real thing, But there are a lot of really cool things about Vassal, Like all the maps and the LOS tool. Ive really gotten to love it!
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: MD
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Jay_Bounty_Hunter wrote:Yeah, same boat here. Though, I travel to Rockville, MD 3 days a week for work. If your anywhere close to that area, I think it would be worthwhile to find a spot to meet up for play-testing. Darn, I wish I were home more often! I'm originally from Germantown, but I've got a job down in St. Mary's County now so I spend all my time down there now. I'm assuming none of the three days you're down here are on the weekend? lol
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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My number of games depends heavily on whether I can get my friends to put down their Yu-Gi-Oh cards down long enough on a wednesday to have a game.
Yeah, not very often at all really.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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i was introduced to swm when a friend fot me the rots starter set. we both played for a while, but then he got tired of it because i had more minis than him, and always beat him. right now i only play one other person, and its usually like once a month b/c no one else lives around here. oh well that's VT for you.
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Rank: Quarren Assassin
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Joined: 12/27/2009
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Lily_Wan wrote:I can relate. I recently moved from Chicago to Portland (Oregon) and missed regionals with my friends. I've only been here for four weeks but a cursory search turned up no SWM groups in Portland and I can't travel up to Redmond WA just to game. My uncle and I play casually and live in oregon. if you end up seeing this, I probably wont remember to look at this forum again so send me a pm, and we can play. I think thaat i heard of people that play at guardian games for prereleases also.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Here in the UK I am only in contact with two other players. They are my brothers and we hardly see each other and rarely play in person. I manage to get roughly a game a week in over vassal, but that doesn't use my minis. I have searched for play groups and can't find any.
The annoying thing is minis on ebay.co.uk sell for quite a bit sometimes, and there is a definite market for minis, but no-one seems to play openly.
I am moving to Germany in september and have made contact with a play group there. I find it funny that I have to move to a foreign country to find a play group.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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I do find it interesting that you who are looking for other players have not filled in your location field accurately.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 2/26/2009
Posts: 1,382
Location: Detroit, Mi
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engineer wrote:I do find it interesting that you who are looking for other players have not filled in your location field accurately. Ya that is a good point. Although for me Detroit is kinda like Hoth in the winter time.. No you do make a good point.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 1/9/2010
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Yeah seriously, you'd think that 60 million people in England would produce more people who play. Yet, it does because the boosters are on sale and have been for a long time and eBay is always high priced. And I guess it will only get more difficult now the game is losing official support.
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Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
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Joined: 4/3/2008
Posts: 584
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Demosthenes wrote:And the ironic thing about me trying to host Tournaments down here is, of course, that if I'm TO, I can't play, lol. Honestly, that was a rule for DCI, and with DCI pretty much defunct now, as long as your other local players don't care, then it really doesn't matter if you're both TO and a player. We do it all the time here in Cincinnati. Or, the other option, is to sign up somebody like a parent or something as the 'TO'. They don't actually have to do anything, you just have to use a different name from your own. Probably not technically 'OK' by DCI's standards, but again, DCI is no more, so it really doesn't matter. :P
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