Tell me about your D&D group

[scruffygrognard]

How long has your group been playing together?
Around 14 years, though some group members have changed over the years.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?
37: Special Education teacher
37: Assistant to a college's head librarian
39: Market analyst (current unemployed)
38: Chemistry professor
39: US Customs agent
32: Office worker/Tour guide
All male group

What edition are you playing?
D&D 3.5

 

[Dausuul]

My group is sort of split; we play on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons, but some people only come for Thursdays, others only come for Saturdays, and a couple of us show up for both. We've been playing together in one incarnation or another for about five years now, although we've had a lot of people come and go. Currently we have four old members (one Thursday-only, one Saturday-only, two both) and four relatively new ones (two Thursday-only and two Saturday-only).

We're all male, in our late twenties to early thirties. Professions:

Software developer (me; Thursday [DM] and Saturday)
Software support specialist (Vayden; Thursday and Saturday [DM])
Human resources "employee development manager" (Thursday only)
Radio Shack franchise owner (Thursday only)
Radio Shack employee (Thursday only)
Unemployed (Saturday only)
Market analyst (Saturday only)
? (Saturday only - he's new, don't know much about him yet)

Both segments are playing 4th Edition D&D and have no plans to change any time soon. (Other games we've played include Aberrant, 3.5E, and Iron Heroes.)

 

[FungiMuncher]

I'm a member of two groups:

Sunday Group:
Playing since 2002
Early forties, male, teacher
Mid thirties, male, restaurant worker
Mid thirties, female, secretary
Late twenties, male, restaurant worker/doctoral student
Late teens, male, high school student
Playing 4e

Tuesday Group:
I've played RPGs with one of the IT guys since high school (late 70's). Most of this group has been playing since our college years (mid-late 80's).
Early forties, male, teacher
Early forties, male, IT
Early forties, male, IT
Early forties, male, IT
Early forties, male, IT (yeah, that's four of 'em)
Early forties, male, restaurant worker
Early teens, male, middle school student
Early forties, male, civil engineering
Winding down a 3.5 campaign, preparing to play a 4e campaign, talk of a '3.75' campaign in the future. A few of us are eager to play 4e, most of the rest are at least willing.

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I'd also consider myself a member of the 'online player group,' but it has been particularly difficult to find opportunities lately.

 

[theredrobedwizard]

Current group as a whole: Since June. My girlfriend has been gaming with me since 2003 at the release of 3.5; the rest of them have joined over the course of the past three years.

All of us (except one, denoted with an asterisk) work in the Casino industry. We're split into two groups with significant overlap, so I'll list all of us here.

33/M/Casino Cashier
32/M/Slot Attendant
32/F/Loan Officer*
28/M/Slot Technician
27/M/Table Games Dealer
25/F/Buffet Supervisor
25/M/Cage & Credit Supervisor (Myself)
23/M/Cage & Credit Supervisor
23/F/Casino Cashier

Playing 4e since about November of last year when I cobbled together a pre-pre-preview from SWSE and Book of 9 Swords stuff. After about 8 variations, I'm kinda struck by how similar my preview stuff turned out to be.

-TRRW

 

[Shabe]

How Long?

6 Years, its a subset of our social circle from university.

Genders Age Profession (1-4 refers to the different groups)

Male 27 Local Government 1,2,3,4
Male 27 Local Government 1,2,3,4
Male 31 Chemist 1,2,3,4
Male 34 Disabled/Unemployed 1,2,3,4
Male 29 IT 1,2,4
Male 28 Hospital lab assistant (phd+masters qualified) 1,2,3,4
Male 28 Financial Administration 2,4
Female 26 Unemployed due to health 4
Female 28 Government 3

Editions

Group 1 3.5e (Mystara)
Group 2 4e (KotS and other published wotc 4e)
Group 3 3.5e (Pathfinder rise of runelords)
Group 4 4e (Planescape/Homebrew one shot from a former 3.5 game)

 

[johnmarron]

My current group is fairly recently formed. The first four people listed below have been playing together for about 1 year, and the next 3 have joined in the last 3 months. All ages (besides my own...) are estimates.

M, 44, Archaeologist
M, 40, RPG publisher
M, 43, Hypnotherapist
M, 28, IT
M, 26, Teacher
M, 23, Graphic Designer
M, 23, Student

We're playing D&D 4E and are thoroughly enjoying it, although we play a wide variety of RPGs. For me, this is the first time I've played any version of D&D since 1E in 1982 (26 years ago!)

John

 

[JediSoth]

How long has your group been playing together?
Players have come and gone. I've known some of my players for nearly 10 years, other for just over a year. The core group has been together for about 5-6 years now.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?
male, mid-30s, catalog production manager/writer/graphic designer (that's me, the GM! )
male, mid-40s, engineer
male, mid-30s, chemist
female, mid-30s, travel call center QC
male, early-20s, FedEx hub guy
male, early-30s, used to be retail, not sure currently

What edition are you playing?
While we've strayed to Star Wars d20 and Mutants & Masterminds, we mostly play D&D 3.5 with some elements of Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved. We may switch wholly to AE with some elements of 3.5 when the next campaign starts next month.

 

[doctorhook]

How long has your group been together?

About 16 months now, growing from four people then to eight people now.
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Who's in your group?

Myself (DM), my younger sister, our cousin (who's my sister's age), and a group of their friends.

• 22 Male Undergraduate student (Me)
• 17 Female high school senior
• 17 Male high school senior
• 17 Male high school senior
• 18 Male undergraduate student
• 18 Female undergraduate student
• 18 Male undergraduate student
• 18 Male undergraduate student

What are you playing?

4E. H-Series + official sidetreks. (Previously, this group played the DD-Series in 3.5E.)
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[The Little Raven]

How long has your group been playing together?

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

A - 26, Male, Reinsurance Client Relations Manager; 20 years total play; 14 years play with B, C; 10 years play with D; 2 years play with E, F
B - 26, Male, Legal Secretary; 20 years total play with C; 14 years play with A; 6 years play with D; 2 years play with E, F
C - 26, Female, Mother and part-time Customer Service; 20 years total play with B; 14 years play with A; 6 years play with D; 2 years play with E, F
D - 27, Male, Webmaster; 10 years total play with A; 6 years play with B, C; 2 years play with E, F
E - 28, Female, Medical Student and part-time Data Entry; 2 years total play with A, B, C, D, F
F - 29, Male, Operations and Sales Manager; 8 years total play; 2 years play with A, B, C, D, E

What edition are you playing?

4th Edition.

 

[Gothmog]

I currently have two groups, although group 1 meets much less often nowdays due to us living in several different cities.

Group 1
Gaming together since 1990
Consists of:
male 34, PhD in Neuroscience, professor at a university (me)
male 34, BA in engineering, works for Boeing
female 33, BA in computer networking, works for AG Edwards
female 32, working on MS in cognitive neuroscience (my sister)
male 32, BA in Philosophy and English, publicist for Bass Pro Shops
female 31, BA in Social Science, works as a case worker for the state
male 32, BA in History, works for Chase

This group has played D&D 2e, 3e, 3.5, homebrew systems, Savage Worlds, WHFRP2, Deadlands, and 4e. We're loving 4e, and not going back to earlier editions of D&D (in fact, even mentioning 3.x D&D draws boos and hisses from them). We meet about once per 5-6 weeks for a weekend of gaming at one of our houses (about 24-30 hours of total gaming).


Group 2
Gaming together for about 6 months
Consists of:
male 34, PhD in Neuroscience, professor at a university (me)
male 37, part owner of FLGS
male 37, works as a publicist for Bass Pro Shops (different guy than the one above)
male 25, beef rancher
male 26, works at FLGS
male 30, works at FLGS

This group is playing 4e D&D, Spycraft 2.0, Savage Worlds Star Wars, and Savage Worlds Deadlands. We have a rotating schedule, so we all get a chance to play. We meet once per week for about 4-6 hours.