Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Jeff Wilder]

1.) How many players in your group?

Seven, including the DM.

2.) Do you DM?

Yes.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Occasionally, when we fall short of the full group. We have three "secondary" GMs.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

Six male, one female.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

GameScape. It's a pretty good store, but things are much cheaper online, so I only buy from GameScape when time is of the essence.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

A fairly even mix of both.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

I'm 35. I've been playing since I was 14. I just attended my 17th GenCon.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Self-taught. I found a tattered copy of the old D&D Expert Rules on my schoolbus one day, and went from there.

 

[Teflon Billy]

1.) How many players in your group?

Four of us

2.) Do you DM?

Not at the moment (miracle of miracles)

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

One (he's an awesome DM too)

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

4 Males 1 Female

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Yes. Drexoll Games (www.drexollgames.com)

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Homebrew

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

20-odd years..32

8.) Who taught you to play?

The Devil

 

[Purzel]

1.) How many players in your group?

5 to 6 players.

2.) Do you DM?

Yes.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Yes, two others.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

Two females, rest males.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

No good stores here.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

We do modules and homebrew, background world is completely homebrew.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you

27, 10 years.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Taught it myself.

 

[Dalamar]

1.) How many players in your group?

4, including the DM

2.) Do you DM?

Yes, every now and then

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Yes, two of them. And we've been trying to talk the last one to DM too

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

3 male, 1 female

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

One is 30 km away, a Finnish store called Fantasiapelit (translates into Fantasygames)

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Homebrew, due to the trouble of translating modules into Finnish

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

Since 3E came out. 18 years

8.) Who taught you to play?

The group learned together

 

[Rybaer]

1. Six

2. Yes

3. Yes, 2 others

4. All male

5. Yup - Dragon's Lair in Austin; Pegasus Games when I lived in Madison

6. Mostly homebrew for me. Occasional module is used.

7. 21 years gaming, 28 years old.

8. Largely self taught (picked up the D&D basic set with some kids on the playground!)

 

[Gundark]

answers

1)6 players and a DM
2)yes i do
3)yes/1 other he runs a savage species campaign
4)2 females
5)Well it a good store...great white in prince george...overcharges for stuff though
6)homebrew....sometimes use published stuff and modify it
7) been playing for 17 years...am 29 years old
8) kid at school, but got the red box for christmas shortly after and taught myself.
9) playing a steampunk D&D game

 

[Sesostris]

1.) How many players in your group? 5

2.) Do you DM? Yes

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? Half our group DMs at one point or another. One other GM.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? 5 male, 1 female.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? Fantask, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? Almost exclusively homebrew. I get inspired by modules, though.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you? Been playing 11 years, and I'm 28 now.

8.) Who taught you to play? A friend invited me to a newly-started RPG club.

 

[Yair]

1.) How many players in your group?
4+DM in one, 5+DM in the other.

2.) Do you DM?
Yes, in one.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
One, the DM in the other group.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
1 female.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
No. The ONLY gamestore i know of in my country is in the same city where we play, though (not closeby).

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
A good mixture, I reckon.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
On and off for 17 years or so, and 27.

8.) Who taught you to play?
I don't remember...

 

[TrickyUK]

1.) How many players in your group?

4

2.) Do you DM?

Yes

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?

Not yet

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?

3 male, 1 female

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?

Not really, use internet and mail order

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Modules tailored to fit campaign

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?

Have been playing since I was 16, now 29

8.) Who taught you to play?

A friend from school

 

[Winternight]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.
1.) How many players in your group
2.) Do you DM?
3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
8.) Who taught you to play?

1)
First group: 2+some extras(they come or stay away) +DM
Second group: 5 + DM
Third group: 5-6 +DM
Fouth group: 4+DM
2)
First group:no
Second group: yes
Third group: no
Fouth group: yes
3)
all: most (3/5) DM, but not in this particiular group.
4)
all: at least one.
5)
one FLGS, two LGSs.
6)
about half half
7)
more then half of my life and I am somewhat over 30.
8)
we bought the old (red) D&D box and taught it our self.
and the second evening we had house rules. After some weeks every Dm has his own rules, his owh campaign setting, ... .