Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[rvalle]

1.) How many players in your group?

10ish if everyone showed up. 6 core players

2.) Do you DM?

For the first time, yes.

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

1 player was our dm but has taken a multi-year break. He is talking about starting up again.

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

2 females, 8 males out of the 10. 1 female out of the core 6.

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

Games Plus in Mount Prospect IL

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

All 'module's for me. Worlds Largest Dungeon for now and probably something along those lines years from now when we get though it.

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

Oh boy. Playing for 26some years. 40 years old.

8.) Who taught you to play?

High School friends and some GI's on the Nato Base my dad was stationed at (SHAPE Belguim).

 

[LostInTartarus]

1.) How many players in your group?/

3; 2 players and a DM.

2.) Do you DM?

Currently I DM, but we rotate through the group, each running a campaign.

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

See above.

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

All male.

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

Yes. Bayshore hobby, Hamilton Ontario.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Both. Currently running the WotC adventure path set in FR.

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

I'm 32 and have been playing since I was 13.

8.) Who taught you to play?

I bought the red box and learned with some friends.

 

[Rika]

Holy necromancy!

1.) How many players in your group?

Two + the GM. We're looking for more. :\

2.) Do you DM?

No, but I have. I'm not comfortable with it.

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

No, much to my husband's dismay.

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

2 female players 1 male GM

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

Yep. Hastur Hobbies.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

All homebrew all the time.

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

I started playing when I was 15. I'm 31, errr 28 now.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My boyfriend at the time.

 

[xnosipjpqmhd]

1.) How many players in your group?

Currently 3 players and a DM.

2.) Do you DM?

Yes.

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

1 other occasional DM in the group.

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

100% male

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

No good gamestores nearby

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Always been homebrew. My current campaign in an experiment to utilise modules.

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

The group has been playing on and off for 20 years (mostly off). I'm 35.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Well, when I started playing, the rules weren't complex, so I have no memory of being "taught" rules. However, my first DM, Greg Stewart, taught me to love the game. He wrote and ran a series of great one-shot tournament modules in the early 80's. Later my high school friends and I bought/learned various RPGs on our own... AD&D, Top Secret, Traveller, etc. With a few exceptions, I was usually the one in the group who bought and read the rules for a new game. (This trend remains true. :\ )

ironregime

 

[Robert Ranting]

Gaming Statistics

1.) How many players in your group?
Usually between 5 and 8 players, plus the DM. I'm fortunate to be affiliated with a large gaming club from college (although I have now graduated), as well as having friends at other colleges and back in my home county to game with, so there's a good deal of variety in the player base.

2.) Do you DM?
Yes. Currently I'm working on the 3rd year of my AE/D&D campaign. I also run one-shots when people are bored.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
Out of the 6 players currently in my AE/D&D game, only one has never been a DM for something (D&D, AE, Mage the Awakening, Talislanta, BESM, Blue Rose, and Dreaming Cities have all been run).

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
Currently, in the game I DM for, 4 males (including me) and 3 females (including my girlfriend). In the other game, we have 7 guys, and only my g/f is female.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
The Rusty Scabbard, Lexington KY's Legendary Gaming Store

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Homebrew, with occassional grabs from WotC's free adventure .pdfs, though I usually end up doing conversions and replace monsters here and there.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
I have been playing since early 2000, so 6 years. I'm 22.

8.) Who taught you to play?
The same old friend who's running the game I play in. He bought a red-and-black 2nd Ed. Starter box when they went on clearance, shortly before the release of 3rd Edition. We played through a module that involved a war between Xvarts (sp?) and Bugbears in the tunnels beneath a town. There was also a subplot about a lost dog (anyone remember this one?).

Later that year, another friend bought the 3.0 books and we started our first ill-fated campaign. My real education in gaming came from joining the Miskatonic Student Union at the University of Kentucky, where I first found Monte Cook's AU, and was introduced to non-d20 games (though I still have a hefty bias toward d20 fantasy).


Robert "Cutting down from the 4-games a week college schedule" Ranting

 

[Crothian]

1.) How many players in your group?

I have five players. Though unbeknowst (but beknowst to us) to them there is a sixth.

2.) Do you DM?

Yes, as much as I can. I suck as a player. I suck less as a DM.

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

Yes, I know three of the other five have.

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

We are all men baby!!

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

The best I guess is the Guard Tower, but their customer service has gotten steadily worse.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Yes. I homebrew and take moduels and rip them apart to add homebrew elements.

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

I started in 1980 and I'm 31

8.) Who taught you to play?

Kids in the suberbia: Brian, Jeff, Shawn, Brad.

 

[Canaan]

1.) How many players in your group?

Anywhere from 4-7, plus me.


2.) Do you DM?

Yes.


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

Yes. One or two.


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

No women.


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

Yes. Aero Hobbies.


6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Homebrew using modified published adventures.


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

34yo, and been playing for 24 years.


8.) Who taught you to play?

Neighbor boy. Ain't he sweet?


And here is a link to the story hour of my current campaign: Tales of Turgos

 

[RangerWickett]

Last session, the group went to Bahrain to get Michael Jackson, so they can take him to Avalon and, with the aid of the Holy Grail, heal the King (of Pop) and thus save the world. Next session? Dragons vs. the British SAS.

 

[Mallus]

Last session, the group went to Bahrain to get Michael Jackson, so they can take him to Avalon and, with the aid of the Holy Grail, heal the King (of Pop) and thus save the world. Next session? Dragons vs. the British SAS.

You win this thread!

(and I'm impressed beyond words)

 

[Illirion]

1.) How many players in your group?
6 (not including DM)

2.) Do you DM?
Jep

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
Yes, at least 2

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

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
Jep, it's where we game most of the time and it's a place that caters to TCGamers, boardgamers, wargamers, roleplayers and videogamers it's really great.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Homebrew.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
For about a year and a half now and I'm 19.

8.) Who taught you to play?
The core-books and internet.