Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Myconid Sage]

Posted by Mark
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. 4 and 1 every so often.
2. Yes, 90% of the time.
3. 1 other.
4. 100% Guys.
5. The Source in St.Paul, MN
6. 50% mods and 50 % homebrew FR.
7. 18 years and I'm 30.
8. Myself, in the school of hard knocks

 

[Sertimon]

But I am definitely a lurker!

1.) How many players in your group?
There are currently four players in my group. We have been playing together for the past three years, since 3rd Edition was released.

2.) Do you DM?
Yes.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
No, I am the only DM in our group. The majority of my players believe that they cannot handle the responsibility, but there is one player that might consider doing it in the future (so that I might try being a player for a change)

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
There are only males in our group.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
We have two gaming stores about one hour from where I live. One is called Tradition, located in Hamngatan in Stockholm's inner city. The second gaming store is called "the Science Fiction Bookstore" and is located in the old city "Gamla Stan", as it is called in Swedish. This is the better one, IMO.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
I usually do them myself. We mainly use the Forgotten Realms, but I frequently pick parts from published modules and adventures. I am also considering using parts of the Diamond Throne (Arcana Unearthed) and the Midnight Campaign Setting to create my own homebrew world, but that's waaaaay in the future

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
I have only played for about three years and I am nineteen years old. To bad it took me this long for to discover the joy of pen & paper RPG (I mean, couldn't I've been doing this when I was in seventh grade or something? You had sooooo much spare time to waste then Oh well.

8.) Who taught you to play?
I am self-taught, but would have prefered to have been exposed to an experienced DM before I began.

Wow, this must be my longest post ever! Woohooa!

 

[ForceUser]

Hjorimir, ForceUser, you both love in San Diego.

I was hoping there'd be a lot of ENWorlders there (since I'm moving there in May).

Any places I should definately check out?

Places to definitely check out:

Game Towne in Old Town. Small gaming store that's been around for over 20 years.

Old Town Mexican Cafe. Debatably the best mexican food in San Diego.

Pacific Beach. Good night life for the college crowd.

Horton Plaza and the Gaslamp District. Go at least once; it's neat. Horton is a very cool maze-like mall. Check out the Spagetti Factory.

San Diego Comic Convention. Just ended, but if you're going to be here a while, make sure you go next time around. Every gamer in San Diego should go to the ComicCon at least once in their life.

Ensenada, Mexico. Think I spelled that right. Small fishing town a couple hours south of Tijuana. Awesome surf if you're into that sort of thing. Great food too.

Fish tacos. This is a food, not a place. You cannot leave San Diego without at least trying a fish taco. These things are the freakin' bomb. Wash it down with a cerveza.

 

[AereonBlaze]

Originally Posted by Mark
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) 6 players are present in our group, though it's quite hard to nail down a day for everyone to all show up.
2) Nearly all the time, yes.
3) We've had one other person DM in our group, not too often, but that might change.
4) 6 males, no females (though we're trying to recruit one in particular)
5) Yep. Scenario Game and Hobby Shop in Fremont, Ca. Good place.
6) Mainly published settings, though I am in the process of working on a homebrew setting for my next campaign. As a little shameless plug, this is a link to my thread in the Plots and Places forum asking for help with it.
7) I've been playing for about three years, though nearly all of it has been DM'ing. I am 17.
8) Myself, and the good ol' 3E Core books.

-Aereon

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Re: Lurkers, Non-Genconners, 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.) Five in my RL counting myself. I'm also in two PbPs with variable numbers of players—there're five in my game (see sig) and six in Gru's.
2 and 3.) In the RL game, we rotate DMs every three to four sessions. There're three of us. Currently I'm in the hot seat (through next session). I run one PbP.
4.) All male currently. Originally, we had four guys and one girl, but then we had two players move back home. I have no idea about the gender distribution in my online games.
5.) Cerebral Hobbies in Chapel Hill.
6.) We mainly run homebrew adventures in the FR, although I did run Of Sound Mind. Gru's game is a homebrew Spelljammer (excellent, too). My PbP is a homebrew but I'm running the Dungeon Adventure Path.
7.) I'm 24. I first played for 7 years, but stopped playing as a freshman in high school, picked it up again in the summer of 2001. So, nine years, total, although I was playing CRPGs all that time. A mix between playing far too much Baldur's Gate and Eric's website got me back into the game.
8.) Introduced by an older friend, pretty much taught myself the rules along with my twin brother.

 

[VorpalBunny]

1.) How many players in your group?

RL - It's a small group - three players and DM (me).
PbP - Currently 4 players and DM (me)

2.) Do you DM?

Pretty much exclusively. I can count on one hand the number of games I've played in in the last ten years...

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

RL - One other person DMs, but not too often...
PbP - It looks like we've got two other DMs in the mix.

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

RL - All guys.
PbP - One woman, the rest are guys.

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

My FLGS is a little store called The Alternate Realm. They're not bad, but they're not great either. The staff usually finds out about d20 releases when I come into the store asking for them. They're usually pretty good about ordering stuff though. If I'm in Manhattan, I'll try and swing by The Compleat Strategist, but It's kind of a pain to get into the city.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Now, mostly modules. I still enjoy running a few hombrews every now and again, but since wife, family, and real life™ demand more of my time, Dungeon mag has become an invaluable resource in my campaign. I love the mag and will hold on to my subscription as long as its published (which I hope is a good long time...).

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

I started playing in the sixth grade (1980). I'm 34 now.

8.) Who taught you to play?

A neighbor. I remember him telling me and my brother about this "great new game" that we had to try... so we rolled up characters (mine was a magic-user named Merlin, my bro was a halfling Fighter named "Evil D" - which is odd since he was chaotic good... ) and he ran us through The Keep on the Borderlands.

 

[Seonaid]

1.) How many players in your group?

a. 5 ("RL")
b. 5 (PBP, loxmyth)
c. 6 (PBP, Tonguez)
d. 5 (I think; PBP, ToddSchumacher)
e. 4 (PBP, Komodo)

2.) Do you DM?

Nope, though I've considered it. Lack of time for the most part prevents me.

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

a. Just the DM, AFAIK.
b. I have no idea, but I could find out.
c. Ditto.
d. Ditto.
e. I think 2, but I'm not sure.

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

a. 3/3, but one of the women shows up infrequently.
b. I don't know.
c. I don't know.
d. I don't know.
e. 4/1.

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

None that I like. I get my gaming stuff from a comic store that doesn't have a great gaming section but is generally good about special orders. They're nice guys, and I buy all my comics there, so I figure getting my gaming stuff from them is fair.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

a. Right now we're doing RttToEE. I think the DM likes modules. If I were to run something, it would be homebrew.
b. Homebrew.
c. Ditto.
d. Ditto.
e. Ditto.

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

About 2 years, 22 in a few weeks.

8.) Who taught you to play?

A former GM.

 

[Sam]

Re: Lurkers, Non-Genconners, Tell us about your games, please!

1.) How many players in your group?
There are six players in my game. In total there are about 10 people in our regular gaming "group".

2.) Do you DM?
Yes. It rotates. I usually DM for about 4 months, then one of the other players picks up his campaign.

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
See Q2. There are currently 3 active campaigns going on.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?My wife is the only active female player.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
No, our FLGS closed in January..Sniff.. Since then, its been the WotC store (which has downsized), the ENWorld Store, and Amazon.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Mostly modules. Currently running RttToEE.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
I'm 35. I've been playing for 8 years. 3 years recently, 5+ years as a teenager. Shouldn't have ever stopped.

8.) Who taught you to play?
Wow. Good question. I think I was the first of my friends to get the Basic D&D box set, so I guess I did.

 

[infax]

Definetely a lurker here!

1.) How many players in your group?

Currently 7.

2.) Do you DM?

90% of the time.

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

5 others have GMed in the past. But at most it lasted for a year. Most of the time, its me. Others never GM my campaigns though, always alternate games.

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

To the consternation of all the involved 0. We had a handful of female gamers in the past, but they rarely stayed long. The main reason presented for leaving was "you play too seriously".

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

No "good" game store! From time to time one opens nearby but they usually don't live long or turn to selling exclusively cardgames.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

100% homebrew. Only ran a commercial game world for a 4 months long Scarred Lands game.

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

12 years, 24 y/o.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Friends from school. Though I think myself something of a fast learner on the matter of RPG. I was GMing for them as the main GM in less than 3 months.

And to answer Kweezil:

9. What are you playing at the moment?

GMing a Oriental Adventures game that I'll have a lot of trouble porting over to 3.5.

 

[jayaint]

1.) How many players in your group?

-Two and a half right now... looking for more gamers. One wizard about to become a shifter, one dwarven fighter mage, and a dwarven caster about to become a mystic theurge.

2.) Do you DM?

-I do now. But I'm not that good. Trying to get better with each session.

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

-One other has DM'ed.. but we are both player-oriented.

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

- All male.

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

-Two. The downtown, crowded shelf'd, hole in the wall; Cheshire Cat. The slighty out-of-town, expansive new & shiny Valhalla's Gate. (Columbia, Mo)

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

-Umm... both.

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

-Played Vt:M about ten years ago, got into 2eDnD about eight years ago. I'm 26 now.

8.) Who taught you to play?

-My Vt:M group were all first time players.. so we all taught ourselves.

ps... I like this thread. Thanks for whomever started this.