We are 4 1/2 hours from you down in Carbondale. There is supposed to be a group in Springfield. I've seen a couple of people from there post before. There is the Chicago group up in Niles as well. So if you can't find a local group you can hit some big events with some driving. My son and I go to events like that to broaden our playing experience.

I was going to ask you before Mickey, I have relatives out there. I used to work in Champaign. Do you go to Champaign at all? There is a game/comic store called The Dragons Table if I remember right. A guy named John runs it, he is a very cool guy. He gives you a great deal on pre-order cases. That's where I was getting them.

*sorry if I went too far off topic*

I have relatives in Bloomington.

Check the phone book, look for the "The Dragons Table" in Champaign.

Oh i almost forgot, @ The Dragons table in Champaign, John the owner had some table's set up in a gaming room in his store. Now when I left in last March, he was moving the store. Not far from where he was located in Champaign. He told me about a group of people who played there but I never got a chance to play a game in his store. He was having landlord problem's last time I talked to him and he was changing buildings. He's a very cool guy, John the store owner. He's usually sitting there playing video games on his computer. Before I left he was going to give me a 40% discount on Force Unleashed Boosters cause he wasn't selling any. But he had them in storage due to his moving the store, and I moved to NY before he was set up in his new store. There is another game comic store in Champaign, but the owner is a complete schmuck! I forget the name of the schmuck store but when I talked to John from the Dragon's Table he said that guy being a jerk and driving his own customers away was John's best advertising without having to pay for advertising. John's own words not mine.

Borders and another Big chain Book store in Champaign sell boosters, Though you may have those same Book store's in Bloomington, and another game store in Champaign called Leisure Time Pet and Hobby also sold Boosters and starter sets, I bought out their stock last year.

No prob dude!

does Springfield Illinois count as close?

depends, are you talking about tournament or regular play?

are you school/colledge age or job age?

not much time to get out then, eh XD

and to get to springfield it would take about 75 mins to get here

XD