Thank You!

We want to thank everyone that came out to our first game night. We're in talks to get the same room at the same place sometime next month so keep checking back! Also, you'll find some pictures from the event on a slideshow on the sidebar along with a link to our photo album on Picasa.

My Game List.

We're only 2 days away from our first game night and I figured I'd throw out a list of stuff that Laurel and myself will be bringing. Any questions on the games just shoot me a comment and I'd be glad to explain them more.

• 2 World of Warcraft Starter Decks
• Set
• Blink
• Aquarius
• Are You a Werewolf
• Poison
• Chess
• Carcassone
• Abalone
• Frag Deadlands
• Unspeakable Words
• Arkham Horror
• Settlers of Catan
• Monopoly
• Portobello Market

No knowledge of how to play these games is necessary, we will be able to teach each one painlessly. I will be trying to run an Arkham Horror game if I can get the interest in it and maybe seeing if somebody will teach me how to play the World of Warcraft CCG. We'll also be bringing a couple decks of cards for Euchre or any other card games. Please feel free to comment with any games you plan on bringing.

One More Week!

One more week till The Victus' first game night at Bar Cento and our poll on the edition of D&D we'll be running is closed. It ended in a tie and it looks like due to some of us not getting the 4E books until a couple days ago, we'll be running 3.5 this month. The game will be run by Jim Bradford and I'm most certain we can get him to post a little bit about the setting for you guys that are planning on playing. It will start around 6:30 and we'll have some pregenerated characters for you. If you want to roll your own, please show up as close to 6:00 pm as possibe so the start of the game isn't delayed. We are only planning on running one now due to not hearing from more than four or five people but we'll have someone on standby if needed to run another game.

In addition to Jim running the D&D game, there will be four other Victus running games and hoping to keep this event going smoothly. There's James Jones (xMidnightxEyesx on the blog), John Haynik, Logan Persons, and Laurel Miltner. You'll notice us greeting people, running games, and having a few drinks.

Speaking of games, big ups to Laurel for the post about this not just being one giant D&D game. We have a diverse interest in games and a profound love of board and card games. We're trying to dig up some traditional games to supplement the games we have that are a lot of fun, but not as well known. We'll try to get a list up in the next couple of days!

See you on the 18th!

Gaming: Not Just for Geeks Anymore

(This post is written by Laurel, girlfriend of James, the mastermind behind The Cleveland Victus.)

Quick note about the June 18 game night at Bar Cento - you don't have to be a hard-core gamer to attend. Anyone is welcome. In addition to D&D, we will also have some cool board games and cards. (If three other euchre-lovers show up, I am totally down.)

If you want to bring your favorite board game or card game along, too, feel free -- just make sure you feel comfortable teaching it to people who might not know how to play. (Although unfortunately, anything crazy like Twister probably won't fly.) We're pretty much up for anything, and mostly, games we play will just be determined by who wants to play what.

This whole Cleveland Victus thing is about having fun and bringing people together through games. So come. Bring a friend if you have one, or come alone and make some new ones. It will be most excellent.

Oh, and if you have any questions, you can contact us at ClevelandVictus@gmail.com.

D&D Poll

I know in a previous post we said we'd only be running D&D of the 3.5 flavor, but a few of us are getting the fourth edition books about a week before the event and wanted to possibly run either one or both games with the new rules. Since we're all about giving you guys what you want and we're really here for you, the gamers... we would like to leave it up to you! Please feel free to vote and let us know what you'd like to see there!

More Info on June 18th Event

I have a few more bits of info about our first event. It is an all ages bar/restaurant, but as we'll be there late, I wouldn't recommend anyone under the age of 16. Also, we're planning on running two D&D games if we have interested people. If you'd like to sign up, shoot an email to ClevelandVictus@gmail.com or comment here. Space is limited for both the d&d games and any other games we're running. We for sure have the back room which seats 30 roughly (10 -12 for D&D alone). If you would like to attend, please shoot an e-mail out or comment here.

June 18th at Bar Cento

The Cleveland Victus will be throwing their first game night. Bar Cento is located on West 25th right off of Lorain in Ohio City. The idea at the moment is to run two D&D games (3.5) and fill the rest of the tables I can have with board and card games. The event will start at 6pm and will run until at the latest 1am. Instructions for signing up for the D&D games will be up soon.

The room is being supplied at no charge so be sure to bring a few bucks to show your appreciation to Bar Cento and grab a drink or two as I believe they're opening the last of their Christmas Ale that day. Also, the co-owner and head chef Johnathan Sawyer is a rising if not already known chef and has some of the best food I've had in the area.