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<blockquote data-quote="BriarMonkey" data-source="post: 5969041" data-attributes="member: 95387"><p>Over the many years, the real elements that changed have been location and the group (which happens when you move around a lot). And with each location, the space was in turn, different.</p><p></p><p>To start, in highschool, we'd play over the kitchen table at a friend's house, not too far from school.</p><p> </p><p>After highschool I went off into the military. It was a few years before I found a group to game with, and at that time I was stationed in Panama. Our available space was very limited, so we ended up gaming on the floor in one of our barracks rooms. (We hadn't space for such fanciness as a couch or chairs.)</p><p> </p><p> After Panama, I was sent to Hawaii. Again, barracks space was limited, and my new group started out playing on the floor. When one of our friends got hitched, we then started playing at his place out in town - again, on the floor (newlyweds tend not to have much furniture). And even when they got furniture, half of us were still on the floor.</p><p> </p><p> Once I was back in the real world, there was a long gap before I played again. Once I started gaming with my brother's group, we'd play in the living room of our rented house, but we had no table to sit around, it was couches and chairs. And it was here that I first used any electronics (this would have been circa 2001) - I used a laptop for my DM Screen; had a campaign website set up; and used an extra 20" CRT monitor for displaying maps, calendars, and bits for the players.</p><p> </p><p> After a few moves, and another group (sorta), I had a couple false starts with games, which also ended up being on the floor.</p><p> </p><p> Yeah, I see a pattern there... However, our groups were often too large for the table, or we didn't have a table to game around. Heck, even now, while I love our dining room table, it's not large enough to house gamers and their books and a battlemat and everything else that goes along with a game. But then, I'm also not currently gaming... (But when I am able to start again, I haven't a clue where it'll be.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BriarMonkey, post: 5969041, member: 95387"] Over the many years, the real elements that changed have been location and the group (which happens when you move around a lot). And with each location, the space was in turn, different. To start, in highschool, we'd play over the kitchen table at a friend's house, not too far from school. After highschool I went off into the military. It was a few years before I found a group to game with, and at that time I was stationed in Panama. Our available space was very limited, so we ended up gaming on the floor in one of our barracks rooms. (We hadn't space for such fanciness as a couch or chairs.) After Panama, I was sent to Hawaii. Again, barracks space was limited, and my new group started out playing on the floor. When one of our friends got hitched, we then started playing at his place out in town - again, on the floor (newlyweds tend not to have much furniture). And even when they got furniture, half of us were still on the floor. Once I was back in the real world, there was a long gap before I played again. Once I started gaming with my brother's group, we'd play in the living room of our rented house, but we had no table to sit around, it was couches and chairs. And it was here that I first used any electronics (this would have been circa 2001) - I used a laptop for my DM Screen; had a campaign website set up; and used an extra 20" CRT monitor for displaying maps, calendars, and bits for the players. After a few moves, and another group (sorta), I had a couple false starts with games, which also ended up being on the floor. Yeah, I see a pattern there... However, our groups were often too large for the table, or we didn't have a table to game around. Heck, even now, while I love our dining room table, it's not large enough to house gamers and their books and a battlemat and everything else that goes along with a game. But then, I'm also not currently gaming... (But when I am able to start again, I haven't a clue where it'll be.) [/QUOTE]
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