Tabletop Roleplaying Games and Board Games

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

You're just the sort of person who'd love them.

I can't see why I wouldn't. It's just kinda hard to find the kind of dorks who'd be into them. They're sort of isolated by definition.

[LoathsomePete]

You just need to know where to look, meetup.com is a decent site for finding people and creating group activities, and even Craigslist can sometimes help you find someone. If you have a college or university where you live I'd also recommend going up there and posting some flyers advertising a game, you should have no problem finding players if you do that. Also if you have a game store in town, you can ask them if you can post a flyer there as well, or just hang out and see who walks in and strike up conversations.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

You just need to know where to look, meetup.com is a decent site for finding people and creating group activities, and even Craigslist can sometimes help you find someone. If you have a college or university where you live I'd also recommend going up there and posting some flyers advertising a game, you should have no problem finding players if you do that. Also if you have a game store in town, you can ask them if you can post a flyer there as well, or just hang out and see who walks in and strike up conversations.

Hmm. Good ideas. The only place I know of that's close, I walked in there once to buy comic books, and the guy who I guess owned the place was a dick who acted like I was an intruder or something. Asked me if I needed any help and I told him I was just looking, and he asked me again if I was sure in a condescending voice that made me think he thought I was there to steal something. I had a bookbag, so it wasn't totally out of the realm of possibility, but still. Dick.

[Unknown Soldier]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Hmm. Good ideas. The only place I know of that's close, I walked in there once to buy comic books, and the guy who I guess owned the place was a dick who acted like I was an intruder or something. Asked me if I needed any help and I told him I was just looking, and he asked me again if I was sure in a condescending voice that made me think he thought I was there to steal something. I had a bookbag, so it wasn't totally out of the realm of possibility, but still. Dick.

There are clubs all over the place and thanks to the internet its easy to find your nearest club (something I now need to do)

You should think about playing RPG's, you'd make a great Orc

[LoathsomePete]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Hmm. Good ideas. The only place I know of that's close, I walked in there once to buy comic books, and the guy who I guess owned the place was a dick who acted like I was an intruder or something. Asked me if I needed any help and I told him I was just looking, and he asked me again if I was sure in a condescending voice that made me think he thought I was there to steal something. I had a bookbag, so it wasn't totally out of the realm of possibility, but still. Dick.

An unfortunate aspect of geek culture that has yet to disappear despite the fact that geek culture has become more accepted into the mainstream pop culture. Comic book shops are really the last vestige in the physical realm where nerds reign supreme and have the authority, therefore you take a group of people who maybe have been abused because of their hobbies and interests their entire lives, you may have a bit of a complex. I honestly believe that the attitudes exhibited at most comic shops are the main reason why comic sales continue to dwindle and new readers prefer superheroes in film, TV, video games, or some other media.

[Unknown Soldier]

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

An unfortunate aspect of geek culture that has yet to disappear despite the fact that geek culture has become more accepted into the mainstream pop culture. Comic book shops are really the last vestige in the physical realm where nerds reign supreme and have the authority, therefore you take a group of people who maybe have been abused because of their hobbies and interests their entire lives, you may have a bit of a complex. I honestly believe that the attitudes exhibited at most comic shops are the main reason why comic sales continue to dwindle and new readers prefer superheroes in film, TV, video games, or some other media.

I never feel easy going into comic shops either, I'm not talking about the big chain stores here but your local comic store that most cities and large towns seem to have. When you walk in, you feel eyes on you straight away!

[Howard the Duck]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I never feel easy going into comic shops either, I'm not talking about the big chain stores here but your local comic store that most cities and large towns seem to have. When you walk in, you feel eyes on you straight away!

i never get that here - the owners usually are very helpful and offer good recommendations

back to RPGs, after the Cthulhu fiasco, my group wanted to try the Neuromancer (William Gibson) module, but seeing as i was the only one dense enough to fathom it, and i was already finishing my studies and about to embark to the UK, it was mooted out