met a gamer at the barber!

[Shroomy]

The guy who cut my hair today had a copy of Castle Zagyg laying on a nearby table. I asked if he was a D&D player and he said he was more into Castles & Crusades. He knew some things about D20 and 4E (wasn't really enthusiastic about it) but he'd never heard of EN World and I didn't bother to enlighten him as it was going to take a long time to explain and, well, I had places to be.

Ironically, the book I brought with me (in case I had to wait) was one of Pazio's Planet Stories books -- he knew of Paizo!

Anyone else accidentally meet a random gamer in a non-gaming situation?

Which barbershop? I get my hair cut at the Cost Cutters on Regent St. out of habit and I doubt any of the girls who work their are into RPGs.

 

[Natural 20]

... o, rly ? ...

...I was sitting next to an old woman who was getting a perm...

If the above comment is true I seriously doubt that you were at a barber shop - at least not a barber shop like any I have ever visited

 

[Piratecat]

The young guy who used to pump gas down the street had a RPGA jacket.

 

[Foundry of Decay]

I've only met a couple gamers in non-gamer settings. One was waaaay back in the old 2e days, when a FLGS called 'Adventurer Supply' was still around. They gave out these coupons for $1 off per every $10 spent (Man do I miss that store). I had dropped one coupon and a passenger on the bus noted to me that I lost my 'adventure buck'. We chatted briefly about what we played.

The second time was when I was attending Multimedia Design courses, and struck up a conversation with a guy who played a couple different systems after he'd noticed I had a dragon magazine with me. Good times

 

[icarusfallz]

I used to sell cars for a living (before the bottom dropped out of the economy), and I often kept D&D books on the shelf in my office. Especially D&D for Dummies. You'd be surprised how many people commented on my D&D books, and how many ended up buying cars from me, because I was one of them. Honor among gamers and all. NOTE: I didn't really have them there as a sales tool, but used them as reading material for slow periods.

 

[Steely Dan]

I picked up some rough trade the other day, and after our throws of passion, we started talking; and it turns out he plays D&D too, but mainly 1st and 2nd Ed, which is fine as I enjoy (and have played) every edition of this wacky game.

So, you never know who you might meet who also shares this hobby, and looks can be deceiving.

 

[Theron]

The strangest had to be learning that my urologist was a gamer while having a vasectomy performed.

Of all the things I'd never expected to hear while that was going on, "Have you ever heard of Champions?" takes the cake.

 

[EricNoah]

Better than "oops, I just made a critcal fumble!"

 

[DeusExMachina]

and after our throws of passion,

With you both being gamers, those throws were actual dice rolls, right???

 

[Steely Dan]

With you both being gamers, those throws were actual dice rolls, right???

The dice came later…

…Sorry, that was terrible.