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How Do I Establish a Good RPG Group For People Over 30
I think I'd like to run a bi-weekly rpg of some kind however I'm having difficulty finding people to play with. My regular game friends are either not interested or unable to set up a consistent time to play. Mainly due to work and family obligations. I don't think it's because I'm a crummy GM. Not an objective opinion but I think I'm at the least entertaining.
So, let me ask. How would you establish a RPG gaming group knowing all the pit falls and aggravation of finding people to play with that you don't actively hate?
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Discord is a pretty good voice and text chat app.
Tools like Fantasy Ground can help with the sharing of information to the remote group.
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A couple of times in the past, I successfully recruited total strangers for rpg campaigns by posting a free ad for my game at a local game shop. The first time got me 4 players who in turn recruited 7 more! The second time around, I came up with 4 players, which was sufficient until the twins moved away.
The other thing that worked for me in the past was playing boardgames with strangers at local gaming shops and giving them the sales pitch for my campaign after a
board game, if they weren't obnoxious.
Ideally, I will screen the overall group by playing a big co-op board game, like Arkham Horror. There have been a few times where one obnoxious player might have been weeded out in advance by playing a co-op game.
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Boardgaming with random strangers has its drawbacks. Role Play with random strangers can be ugly ugly. Take care until you find a decent crowd.
In many towns you can purchase women for $50 an hour, and they're largely up for anything. Dungeons and Dragons may make a nice change for them. Take care though -- don't refer to it as role playing. That will lead to miscommunication during the first session.
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I’ve found that for every rando meetup, you end up with maybe 1 cool person. I had a good group for 6 years and it all fell apart due to illnesses et al.
Now I have some other folks I’m reconnecting with and it looks good. They’re big role players and that’s not really my bag
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SuperflyTNT wrote: I’ve found that for every rando meetup, you end up with maybe 1 cool person.
That's a solid batting average. The good news is that good matches generally lead to more good matches. If you can establish a core of two or three people you can usually grow more dependably.
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The first session wasn't great because one of my friends brought his unruly pre-school age son. At the low point of the session, his son crawled inside one of my kitchen cupboards and kicked all the pots and pans out, LOUDLY. His father did nothing but chuckle indulgently. At the end of the session, I announced that I had decided to not run that campaign, then immediately started an identical new campaign, emailing invites to everybody except for the bad daddy.
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Sagrilarus wrote:
SuperflyTNT wrote: I’ve found that for every rando meetup, you end up with maybe 1 cool person.
That's a solid batting average. The good news is that good matches generally lead to more good matches. If you can establish a core of two or three people you can usually grow more dependably.
You would almost certainly be shocked to know that I get along with almost everyone. My only issue is ultra competitive people - those foks irritate me.
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Role playing with strangers seems to attract people whose characters are stainless steel and who insist that they’ve got it all worked out. It’s like playing with four anime villains. They aren’t interested in story, just in show how damn good they are. I’m not dealing with that anymore.
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