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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5075999" data-attributes="member: 463">Advertise at the games store and any other suitable venues: &quot;I'm looking to start up a D&amp;D group, if interested email me on XXX XXX or call me on XXX&quot; - that'll work much better than hoping people turn up cold at a scheduled time.&nbsp; When people call you, arrange to meet them at a neutral venue - here in England we use pubs, but in the US a diner might be better.&nbsp; They can see if you're a freak and vice versa; you can talk about your game ideas and get their input.&nbsp; If you get several people call/email in quick succession then you might want to hold a single meeting for everyone, but this can make it harder to reject any players you don't want.&nbsp; Often a good approach is you meeting 1 player, then the 2 of you meeting a third player, and so on.Once you have at least 2 players, preferably 3, you arrange a place and time to play; if it's available the game store or another neutral venue is probably better than your basement, but your call.&nbsp; You keep the ads going until you have as many players as you want, 5-6 is good.&nbsp; I'm assuming you're willing to GM, it will be much harder if not, but once the group is going you will probably find other players interested in GMing.Edit:&nbsp; The WoTC Wednesday night thing should make it a lot easier on you, since you'll be a sort of franchisee and it imparts a bit of authority and hopefully some support.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5075999, member: 463"] Advertise at the games store and any other suitable venues: "I'm looking to start up a D&D group, if interested email me on XXX XXX or call me on XXX" - that'll work much better than hoping people turn up cold at a scheduled time. When people call you, arrange to meet them at a neutral venue - here in England we use pubs, but in the US a diner might be better. They can see if you're a freak and vice versa; you can talk about your game ideas and get their input. If you get several people call/email in quick succession then you might want to hold a single meeting for everyone, but this can make it harder to reject any players you don't want. Often a good approach is you meeting 1 player, then the 2 of you meeting a third player, and so on. Once you have at least 2 players, preferably 3, you arrange a place and time to play; if it's available the game store or another neutral venue is probably better than your basement, but your call. You keep the ads going until you have as many players as you want, 5-6 is good. I'm assuming you're willing to GM, it will be much harder if not, but once the group is going you will probably find other players interested in GMing. Edit: The WoTC Wednesday night thing should make it a lot easier on you, since you'll be a sort of franchisee and it imparts a bit of authority and hopefully some support. [/QUOTE]

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