I'm interested in this game, I liked the idea of Arkham Horror but could never get anyone to play partially due to the time factor and the complexity of a player turn. I'm hoping Mansions of Madness improves in these areas while capitalizing on a fertile universe of ideas. I'm hoping to get to touch the game before I buy and since I live in the Twin Cities I was wondering if anyone had heard or knew if this was going to show up in the event center anytime soon.

You should be able to give the game a try during the forthcoming Arkham nights event, at the end of October

The event center always has their released games to play.

Failing playing it at arkham nights, once they release it they will have a copy to play.