Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Lord Ipplepop]

1.) How many players in your group? I'm not sure at the moment... probably 6-8

2.) Do you DM? I am going to be the DM

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? I doubt it at this point

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? Not sure, yet... I am sure it will be mostly female.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? Yeah, right. We live in the middle of Podunk.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? Why, yes, thank you

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you? I have been playing since October 1978

8.) Who taught you to play? A friend from high school

*explaination*
My work schedule prohibits me from joining a set game, although there are a few in the area that have asked. My girlfriend's son (who is 13) watched my old group play and asked about it. Within the next few weeks, I am going to be starting an educational campaign to "corrupt the tender minds of the youth of this world". He is going to get a few of his friends together who might be interested and away we go.

 

[Steely Dan]

1.) 3.

2.) Exclusively.

3.) No.

4.) Sausage party.

5.) Leisure Games and Forbidden Planet.

6.) Always homebrewed campaigns.

7.) Been playing 21 years.

8.) A friend of my older brother.

 

[messy]

1.) How many players in your group? 1 (my gf).
2.) Do you DM? yes.
3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? no.
4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? 1 female/0 male.
5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? not anymore.
6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? modules.
7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you? i'm 31, been playing seriously for 1 year, but have read d&D books and magazines my whole life.
8.) Who taught you to play? my older sister when i was 5. taught myself 3e.

messy

 

[theskyfullofdust]

Two for the price of one

I've got two groups, one I play in, one I run; so I'll do both:

First (every other Sunday):

1.) How many players in your group?

Six (five players, one DM)

2.) Do you DM?

Play only in this group.

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

No.

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

All male.

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

Technically yes, near where we play there's Orcs Nest and Forbidden Planet (London).

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

OD&D modules at the moment, some homebrew later.

Group 2: every Wednesday (more or less):

1.) How many players in your group?

Three players, me as DM.

2.) Do you DM?

Yes.

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

No (but one might later).

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

All male (two are my brothers).

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

No. Nearest one 1hr away in central London.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Mostly modules, but wil do homebrew too.

And this are, of course, independent of any group:

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

I've been playing since 1980 and am 34 years young.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My dad. I in turn taught my brothers and introduced my poor, unfortunate friends to the game.

 

[Commonblade]

1.) How many players in your group?

6

2.) Do you DM?

Yes

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

Yes,two others, but not often.

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

3 to 3

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

Specialties Toys and Games

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Mostly Homebrew

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

I picked up the game in 2000 with 3rd edition, others in group have been playing longer. We are all between 24 and 30

8.) Who taught you to play?

Most of my "training" came from a friend in college. But I really consider PirateCat's and Serigo's (sp?) Storyhour true inspirations on how to run a game. I have learned a lot from just enworld in general, and many of my players ask me what the general consensus is here if we come across rules issues.

 

[am181d]

1.) How many players in your group?

7 (including me).

2.) Do you DM?

Yes.

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

Most of the other players have DM'd in the past. One runs a group that I'm not a part of.

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

5 guys (including me), 2 girls.

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

Compleat Strategist in Manhattan.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

All homebrew, all the time.

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

31 years old. Been playing for approximately 27 years.

8.) Who taught you to play?

My mother ran some early dungeons before we had the rules. These involved rooms full of infinite baked beans and that sort of thing. Brother introduced me to 1e.

 

[Vayden]

Everyone, tell us about your games, please.

1.) How many players in your group?

Four games, so multiple answers:
A) 5
B) 4-6
C) 3-4
D) 4-5

2.) Do you DM?

A) No
B) No
C) Yes
D) Yes

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

A) Yes (1)
B) Yes (2)
C) Yes (2)
D) Yes (1)

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

A+D) All male
B+C) 50% each

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

2 decent ones. One is grungy and so-so on selection, but is open late. The other is excellent, but closes at 6 PM.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

50-50

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

27, been playing since I was 22.

8.) Who taught you to play?

Taught myself from books.

 

[Shabe]

1.) How many players in your group? - atm 6 used to be 9

2.) Do you DM? - Yes

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

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? - 95% Male over the groups

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? - Waylands Forge - Birmingham Uk

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? - Neither are dominant

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you? playing for 6 years I'm 26

8.) Who taught you to play? - Friends at Uni

 

[Slander]

1.) How many players in your group? 6 + the DM

2.) Do you DM? Yup

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? Of the seven, 5 have DMed

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? 6 males / 1 female

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? Acme Comics is near me; Sci-Fi City is the biggest store in the area

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? Homebrew in the past; currently, running an adventure path (WotBS) adapted for our homebrew setting

7.) How long have you been playing? Playing since 1992

8.) Who taught you to play? High school buddy

 

[Elrohir_of_Kellemar]

1.) How many players in your group?
Several groups 3-8 players, and over the years 1-12 players.

2.) Do you DM?
Almost all of the time.

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

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
About 40% Female over the years, probably 20% now. We did have one group of 3 Females with one player and me DMing being the only males.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
A fair game store that used to be good, and we've lost a couple of good ones.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
I only use a homebrew world I've been working on for 34 years.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
I've been playing 34 years and am 59 now.

8.) Who taught you to play?
Two friends and I taught ourselves to play.