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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7381611" data-attributes="member: 6796661">In the Twin Cities metro area (Minnesota, USA), there doesn't seem to be a shortage, but I have no hard numbers. I would be interesting to hear from organized-play admins. The few times I've been to Adventurers League events at Fantasy Flight's Game Center and The Source (two of the better known FLGS in my area), even when more players than expected show up, there has always been a player who takes on the DM role. I've seen the same thing happen a conventions. I don't know about finding a DM for a home game.  I admit it was easy to find players when I started DMing a few years ago. If the player is looking for a home game, say, they are new to the area, I don't know how hard that would be. I would expect though that using Meet-up and by addending AL and PFS games at your FLGS you could find a group to join fairly quickly. There is also the various VTTs. I've not spent a lot of time looking at them, but I think most of them have a mechanism by which DMs can post games looking for players and when I looked, there seemed to be plenty of games to choose from. There are also many more resources for DMs to learn from now.  Though I worry it will also increase player expectations unrealistically. I love to DM, but I've never DMed at a convention because I'm not comfortable enough in my DM skin to run a game for players who paid to be there. I would consider DMing for organized play, but I don't have time to make an ongoing commitment and the AL system doesn't seem designed for players looking for a one-off game. That and I don't want the additional bureaucractic overhead and AL rules limitations. For now, I am fine running games for my regular group and my kids and am happy being a player when I attend AL events.</blockquote>

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