Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Da Man]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.

1.) How many players in your group?

5 (sometimes 6) Players, 1 DM

2.) Do you DM?

75% of the time.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

1 other also DM''s, swapping the job with me on occasion

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

all male

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

TAG (Total Access Games)

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Mainly homebrew

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

36, playing for 20 to 25 years

8.) Who taught you to play?

My cousin

Answer any or all of the above, please...

 

[RatBastard]

Originally posted by Mark
Everyone, tell us about your games, please.
1.) How many players in your group?
9, average age 32

2.) Do you DM?
Yes

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
1 other DM, seperate campaign

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
8 Male/1 Female (I married that female)

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
Emerald City for product, Border's Bookstore to avoid Emerald City staff.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Modules from the late 70's/early 80's extensively rewritten.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
Killed a goblin with "funny looking dice" when I was 10. Now 33.

8.) Who taught you to play?
Mark, a jerk with the $$ at age 11 to buy Chainmail, Basic D&D, Gamma World, Boot Hill, and minis. Ditched him, kept the hobby.

 

[Doctor Bomb]

Game Info

In Order:
I am closing out two campaigns now, three players in one group, four players in the other.
I DM both groups, but:
The big group has a DM for their new campaign,
The other group all take turns DMing their own campaigns.
Big Group: All men.
Small Group: One woman.
Only game stores worth mentioning on Oahu are Other Realms in Honolulu and Geckko Comix on the Windward side.
Mainly homebrew, with modules used as inspiration/reference.
I am 28 and have been DMing since 16. I rarely play.
A neighbor taught me to play so I could run his cannon fodder NPC's, and I got hooked.

 

[Toscadero]

Originally posted by Mark
Everyone, tell us about your games, please.
1.) How many players in your group?
2.) Do you DM?
3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
8.) Who taught you to play?

Answer any or all of the above, please...

1. 4-5 players.
2. I've been the DM since 1982
3. I had one guy in the group in the early 90's who ran a limited Shadow Run Campaign. Other than that, it has been all me.
4. It has always been an all guy thing. Football, beer, pretzels, etc.
5. The best one these days is the Traveling Mage, SW 13th St. Gainesville FL. Split my buying between them and the web.
6. I mix modules and homebrew. My best campaign (so the players say) in recent years was one where I pretty much winged it each evening and let the story follow the player's actions (with a little DM guidance).
7. I've been playing since 1981 and am now 38.
8. Got in a group with other high school kids at the time.

 

[Moon_Goddess]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.

1.) How many players in your group?

Been having problems keeping a group, but currently 3 players, that includes the DM

2.) Do you DM?

Yes, I tend to DM the most often

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

One of the players will probably run a game before too long.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

Currently one male, one female, one other

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Ivory and Steel, about 50 miles from where i live, but it's in the town i play in so...

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Mostly off the cuff homebrew made during play

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

about 5 years, 24

8.) Who taught you to play?

college freinds as soon as i moved into the dorm

Answer any or all of the above, please...

 

[kreynolds]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.

1.) How many players in your group?

Including myself, five (down from six, for me, anyway).

2.) Do you DM?

Yup. Too much DMing, not enough playing.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Yup. All of 'em have, at one point or another. Aside from myself, two out of the five are currently running games. The ex-sixth ran one too, and I think he still does.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

One female (my lady ), the rest male.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Yup, 'bout four minutes away. Pretty good. Excellent for d20 stuff though. Smaller than Lonestar, but better by far. Gen-X Comics, or something like that. The only real problem I have with 'em is that they _never_ run a special unless the publisher/manufacture pushes it.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Overall, out of the whole group, I'd say 50/50. Personally though, mostly homebrew adventures using the FRCS. Occasionally I'll adopt a module though, like I'm doing with CotSQ right now.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

Since about 1999 (maybe 98), but I can't be too sure. Dates and times further back than a week get totally muddled for me. I'm 26, the rest of the group is within a year of me.

8.) Who taught you to play?

The sixth person. My lady (not at the time though), also helped teach me, as well as a veteran (Gilmax on these boards). I think he's been playing since dirt was labeled with an actual word. Well, maybe not that long.

Answer any or all of the above, please...

How's that?

 

[Panthanas]

1.) How many players in your group?

Seven to ten...depending on who actually shows. Yeah...we don't usually get too much done


2.) Do you DM?

I have in the past. Ran a Dark Sun game for about two years. Haven't DM'd since


3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Nope. Just our current DM. I might take over after hes done though.


4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

Two gals play regularly, while another regular players girlfriend plays a PC of any no-show player...to help out the DM. Shes swell like that. The rest are guys. On a side note, I did meet my fiancee at D&D! Whooo-hoo!


5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Waldenbooks is the closest thing I have to a good gamestore near me. Oh well. Thats what the Intar-net is fer!


6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

RIght now we're playing through all homebrew. World and adventures. When I DM'd DS I ran a large number of modules, with some of my own adventures as well.


7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

I've been playing since November of 1989. About the time 2nd Edition was released, and I'm 29.


8.) Who taught you to play?

This strange lad that I met at school, now one of my best friends. Oh...don't tell him I said that...the best friend thing...it might hurt his feelings

-Panthanas

 

[Warduke]

"1.) How many players in your group?"

Varies with the game, and players currently in town. 11 people in the club, 3 in the current game.

"2.) Do you DM?"

Yes, been the only DM for the last 7 years. Before that I was the most prolific of the 5 in the club that DMs campaigns.

"3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?"

Not now, and see above.

"4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?"

No female regulars in the club, have DMed for my sister and her friends a few times, sister's coming back to it so will be 20% female.


"5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?"

No. It's all internet for me if I want RPG stuff. And I'm in Sweden so unless you're Swedish or here on vacation teh info is probably meaningless.

"6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?"

About 120 adventures DMed for me, of which 50 are premade (from memory). For the others it's about 50% premade.

"7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?"

16 years, 29 years old.

"8.) Who taught you to play?"

The red D&D Basic boxed set.

 

[robert84]

"1.) How many players in your group?"

Two groups totalling 16 players

"2.) Do you DM?"

Always

"3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?"

No

"4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?"

2 of 16


"5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?"

Yep. Temple Games owned by Henry Higginbotham. Also, Game Keep.

"6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?"

Almost all modules these days.

"7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?"

19 years, 29 years old.

"8.) Who taught you to play?"

Al friend and the red D&D Basic boxed set.

 

[Seule]

1.) How many players in your group?

6, 5, and 7

2.) Do you DM?

Yes, yes, and no.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

First group: 2 others GM currently (4 have ever)
Second group: 2 others GM (3 have ever)

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

First group: 3/3 players
Second group: 2/3 players
Third Group: 3/7 players

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Not really. There's a couple of acceptable ones, particularly Nexus Games in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Mainly modules, some homebrew/extensive conversions

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

22 years, I'm 30.

8.) Who taught you to play?

An older friend.

--Seule