Gaming in the basement

[Bullgrit]

It's a stereotype of gamers -- playing in their parent's basement. I've known of this stereotype pretty much all my gaming life, yet, perhaps ironically, I've never played a game in any basement. In fact, I'd only even been in a basement once before the age of 35. After the age of 35, I've only been in basements when house shopping.

In my part of the world (U.S. Southeast plains/coast), basements are very rare.

Have you gamed in a basement? Are they common in your part of the world?

Bullgrit

 

[DragonLancer]

Never, but then you don't get American style basements in houses over this side of the pond.

 

[billd91]

I've played in basements quite often. Wisconsin has lots of basements.

 

[adwyn]

It's currently 66 degrees in my basement and 87 degrees upstairs. Basement for the win.

 

[Umbran]

When I was in high school, three members of our group had finished (or semi-finished) basements. That's where you shove a half-dozen or more noisy teenagers

In summer and good weather, we tended to play outside (picnic tables and patios). When weather wasn't good, maybe half our games were in a basement.

From college on, almost never in a basement.

 

[fjw70]

I have never played in a basement, but basemenst are very common here is Michigan. Right now all of my gaming stuff is stored in the office in the basement. My son and I have played a few board games down there, but as I think about it my son and I have played a few D&D sessions in the basement. So I guess my 8 yo has played a few times in his parents basement.

 

[Kitesh]

I've never played in the basement of a home, but I've often played in the basement of my FLGS.

 

[Crothian]

We used to but rarely anymore. THe only time I've gamed in a basement in the past decade has been at the Bookery store for the Ohio Gamedays.

 

[Herschel]

In college we played in a "finished" basement in one game. It was by choice as the upstairs of that house smelled of stale beer and vomit most Sundays

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

Garages and basements were par for the course in middle school and high school. Kitchen tables got to be standard after college.