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By: Wrathchild

Wrathchild — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:37:01 +0000

I was in that situation just recently. I was looking for people and having trouble finding them. The one guy I contacted from the bulletin board at my FLGS didn’t pan out. Ultimately, I did connect with a couple of good people from the Wizards forums (gleemax.com) and penandpapergames.com.

But the best connections were asking some geeky friends who I figured probably knew other players, but actually said “gee, I haven’t played in 20 years either…I’d love too!”

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Fri, 22 May 2009 14:15:28 +0000

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By: Mike Shea

Mike Shea — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:20:30 +0000

You’re hitting on what I deem to be the biggest problem with D&D – finding players.

I lucked out and now have two groups and some local opportunities. I’m lucky to have found a great group of friends from work and friends they know. We get together weekly and everyone has a blast.

I also was found through Meetup to another group that’s also a good time.

Lastly, my FLGs (two of them) have regular RPGA events so we get our weekend D&D fix there.

Finding a group can be hard. When you find it, keep it healthy by bringing in enough people so if someone steps out, you have the spot filled. This means running six players most of the time, but its worth it to keep a group alive if someone has to leave.

Really, finding a good group comes down to luck. I hate to say it, because its such a problem for D&D, but its the truth as far as I can tell.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:03:49 +0000

I found that conventions are a great way to meet people and most tabletop cons have boards so you could advertise your game. Ditto with the D&D game days.

Also, there’s RPG groups on Meet-up.com which are about meeting new people specifically to get them to organize and form games elsewhere.