Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Ruined]

Mighty Resurrect Thread spell you have there, Mark.

1.) How many players in your group?

Six

2.) Do you DM?

Yes

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

A few have in the past. Only one with any frequency

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

2 to 1.

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

A few. All Fun and Games and The Fallen Orc, both in Cary, NC.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Homebrew adventures using published campaign settings

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

Around 23 years. I'm 32 yrs old.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My cousins visiting from Indiana.

 

[Bryan898]

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.) Six at the moment, though every session we're missing one or two players. Scheduling gets really hard when you're all in college and working full time or part time jobs.
2.) Yes
3.) Yes, one other DMs. The last time he did was Midnight campaign featuring a pet NPC. The other good DM used to play with us, but he left D&D for MMORPGs.
4.) Males- 4 Females- 2
5.) There's a gamestore, but its not really good, we order our books online.
6.) Previous campaigns were mainly homebrew, the new one is mainly modules due to a lack of time.
7.) 9 years and I'm 21. MY fellow players are in the same range age wise. One started playing a year ago, another started about three years ago, another when he was six, and the other three about six years ago.
8.) Myself, my uncle got me a Players Handbook when I was around ten. I read through it, learned all the rules, and it took me nearly a year to find someone who played.

 

[Tom Cashel]

1.) How many players in your group?

Six. One is currently on hiatus for a job/house move. We cancel the game if more than one person can't show up, and watch a movie or play a tabletop game instead.

2.) Do you DM?

As much as I can. Lately we've been running our games as "seasons" of a TV show. I did one season of D20 Modern, another guy ran a season of Deadlands, and now we're back to D20 season 2.

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

Only one other GMs. See above.

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

100% male. We tried being unchauvinistic and everything went to hell.

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

Yep. Dream Wizards, Rockville MD.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

The Deadlands guy runs modules, but they're quite open-ended. I run a semi-homebrew, made up of original scenarios, stuff yoinked from elsewhere, and any suitable modules that come along. I'll sometimes use BRP CoC modules, ignoring all game stats and using the ones I create.

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

20+ years. I'm 33 in August.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My mom bought me the D&D Basic Set -- the "red box" -- when I was in 5th grade. Didn't get really good until high school, when I met the guy who'd later be the best man at my wedding. Dave's DMing was the best I've ever encountered, and he taught me everything I know. I try to keep learning constantly, so I'm always reading about cutting-edge techniques on the Forge that I can stick into my game to improve it.

 

[barsoomcore]

1.) How many players in your group?

6 including me, the DM

2.) Do you DM?

See above

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

One player is starting up an FR campaign and my wife is making noises like she wants to run CoC.

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

4:2

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

Drexoll Games. Nice people with actual social skills who know everything about games. And stock cool stuff.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Homebrew with stuff ripped out of modules here and there.

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

I've been playing for... 26 years. I'll be 37 in July.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Mom bought the original box set. Figured it out with friends.

 

[Ghostwind]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.

1.) How many players in your group?

Group 1 (World's Largest Dungeon): 9
Group 2 (Advanced d20): 9
Group 3 (Spycraft Horror): 5
Group 4 (Beginner's D&D): 8
Group 5 (Intermediate D&D): 8
Group 6 (Epic): 6

2.) Do you DM?

Every single campaign.

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

Only one other on occasion in my epic group.

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

Group 1: 8 males/1 female
Group 2: 8 males/1 female
Group 3: all male
Group 4: 7 males/1 female
Group 5: all male
Group 6: 4 males/1 female

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

Fort Wayne has no less than 8 different game stores, but the one that is the most friendly to roleplayers is Books, Comics & Things.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Everything module except for groups 2 and 6, which are homebrew.

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

Been playing 22 years. Age: 39

8.) Who taught you to play?

Mostly myself.

9. What are you playing at the moment?

Not playing anything because I am too busy DMing.

Wow, talk about thread ressurection. Nearly two years old...

 

[Poster Bard]

Wow, talk about thread ressurection. Nearly two years old...

Right. We shouldn't wait that long.

 

[RichGreen]

1.) How many players in your group?
- Freeport game: 6
- Lands of Intrigue game: 2
- Weekly Green Man game: 7

2.) Do you DM?
- Yes

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
- Yes, three of the others in the Green Man group.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
- One woman in each group

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
-Orc's Nest, Earlham St, London

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
- Mostly modules, but usually customized to fit the campaign

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
- 25 years -- will be 38 this August

8.) Who taught you to play?
- Kids at school

Cheers


Richard

 

[RatPunk]

1.) How many players in your group?

When we start our new campaign next Saturday, we will have 9 players and 1 DM

2.) Do you DM?

I will be DMing our new campaign.

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

Yes. We have two other active DMs in the group. One who ran our previous campaign and one who DMed for the first time with a one-shot a couple of weeks ago.

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

9 males, 1 female.

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

Have a couple (all at least 30 miles away). The predominant one is the Game Preserve.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Both. Our previous campaign was mostly homebrew. Our new one will be Age of Worms from Dungeon.

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

I have been playing for 25 years. I am 39.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My friend Rick, who is also in my current group.

 

[talien]

1) 8, and 1 DM (9 total). They include my brother Joe Tresca (http://www.creepyportfolio.com), Jeremy Ortiz (http://www.dreamsculptor.com) and Robert Taylor as DM (http://www.storyboardz.net)
2) Yes.
3) Yep, I co-DM with Rob Taylor. Given that we play on Long Island, in NYC, and Connecticut, it's necessary to have such a large group and two DMs to cover all geographicaly locations.
4) Two women, my wife and my brother's girlfriend.
5) No. A long time ago I wrote a post about how the only WOTC store went out of business. Nothing ever really filled that gap, unless you count a Timeless Journey (mostly comics and Warhammer, but no RPGs).
6) Modules, but not what you might think. They're all RPGA tournament modules. Man, I love them...fast, the exp is already provided for you, and it scales to the party's level. Check out my story hour to see how it develops: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=103252
7) Over 20 years. I'm 33.
8) My mom, actually.

 

[scourger]

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?

Answer any or all of the above, please...

Wow, my gaming situation has really changed in 2 years. Here are the current answers.

1.) When I DM, there are 1d2+2 players. Down from 6-7 total members 2 years ago.

2.) Yes. But not currently.

3.) Yes. All but 1 have DMed some (even just 2 weeks) in the past.

4.) All male.

5.) Not a good one. It's more of an anime and comics store. They try, though; and it's better than nothing.

6.) Modules mainly. One other guy does some adventure writing as he is for his current game.

7.) 25 years playing. I'm 35.

8.) A friend in school who had the basic set taught me to play.