I've been trying to revitalize the local RPG community in my town, creating organized play events at our gaming store. I've put a lot of time in setting it up, gathering material, promoting online and in the store, etc. Today marks the lowest point of that project - not a single person came to play today.
This attempt to meet gamers through organized play was a last ditch effort to play in person. Other attempts have included asking co-workers, people I used to game with (before the pandemic moved them all to other hobbies that could be done at home), meeting random people at bars, volunteering for a nearby library's game club.
I feel so thoroughly defeated by this. I haven't had this kind of trouble finding players since the waning days of AD&D in the 1990s.
This attempt to meet gamers through organized play was a last ditch effort to play in person. Other attempts have included asking co-workers, people I used to game with (before the pandemic moved them all to other hobbies that could be done at home), meeting random people at bars, volunteering for a nearby library's game club.
I feel so thoroughly defeated by this. I haven't had this kind of trouble finding players since the waning days of AD&D in the 1990s.