Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

[Adrift]

1.) How many players in your group? (5-7)

2.) Do you DM? (yes)

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? (1-2)

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group? (4 M / 3 F)

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it? (The Gaming Pit)

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff? (Homebrew, some mods)

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you? (30 yrs old, 19 yrs. DnD)

8.) Who taught you to play? (self taught from getting a book, don't remember where I got the 1e PHB though)

 

[Shroomy]

1.) How many players in your group?

--In my current game, there are four players and the DM.

2.) Do you DM?

--I do not DM in this particular campaign, but I want to start up my own campaign as a DM.

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

--I think almost everyone in the group has some sort of GMing experience, but currently, only our DM actually DMs. I have GM'ing experience with 2e AD&D, BECMI, and CoC.

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

--My current group is all male. In my last 3.5e campaign, we had one female player.

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

--IMO, the best LGS in Madison, WI is Pegasus Games, which is where we play. There are two others that I occassionally visit. My all time favorite LGS is Griffon's Books in South Bend IN; I used to visit it every Saturday morning when my fiancee lived down there.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

--Our DM is using all homebrew stuff to the best of my knowledge, though he's incorporated stuff from the core 4e D&D setting. For example, my character is an eladrin from Mithrendain, so that city, as described in Dragon 366 has become an important part of the campaign.

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

--I've been playing RPGs since the late 80s and I'm 32. The 4e campaign I'm currently playing in started in September 2008.

8.) Who taught you to play?

--I taught myself, as well as all of my players back in the day (though most just read my books and taught themselves also).

 

[Aeolius]

I'll update my entry, as it's been awhile.

1.) How many players in your group?
2003 - BPAA currently has 7 players, with a few more in the recruiting stages.
2008 - "Heirs of Turucambi" has 5 players, currently, with a few in the wings

2.) Do you DM?
2003 - Yes
2008 - Yes

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
2003 - Not in this campaign.
2008 - Not in this campaign.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
2003 - 4 male, 3 female
2008 - 3 male, 2 female

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
2003 - Cosmic Castle - D&D, anime, etc etc
2008 - The Castle

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
2003 - World of Greyhawk...underwater
2008 - World of Greyhawk...underwater

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
2003 - 23+ years of D&D...I'll be 38 in a few months
2008 - Nearly 30 years of D&D... I am now 43

8.) Who taught you to play?
2003 - I am self-taught.... pilfered the Basic booklet from my oldest brothers closet . He never missed it and now he's religiously adamant against RPGs...so I win
2008 - see above

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

1.) How many players in your group?

Group 1: 8 core members. 2-4 occasional players.

Group 2: 3 Core members. Many occasional players.

2.) Do you DM?

Group 1: Yes.

Group 2: Yes.

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

Group 1: Yes, at least 4 of us so far.

Group 2: Yes, all 3 core members.

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

Group 1: All male. Most of the group is married with children.

Group 2: All male, but most of the occasional players are female. Several singles in the group, including the one gay guy in my circle of gamers.

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

Used to go to Lone Star Comics in Irving, Gen X games in Euless, and Game Chest in Dallas (all TX, of course). LSC Irving has closed, but other LSC locations still exist.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

Group 1: A mix, depending on GM.

Group 2: Mostly homebrew.

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

I'm 41 as of last October; been playing since 1977.

8.) Who taught you to play?

I don't remember my first DM's name- some short, curly haired white kid with glasses (yes, a human hobbit), but I remember his game. He was iron fisted- players only got to use the PHB, and demonstration of knowledge from the MM or DMG got you an XP penalty.

That game of D&D was held in the school library of East Middle School in Aurora, CO. I played a human fighter with a 2hd swd. My PC and a Wizard down to his last MM spell were the longest lived PCs in the game, felled by a Purple Worm in the next-to-last room of the dungeon. The mage was engulfed after a few rounds of combat (he hit it with his MM and was whacking the Worm with his staff).

My fighter knocked the Worm down to its last 4HP, just as he got knocked down to 4 himself. The last round, we had simultaneous initiative. I missed, he hit, end of game.

 

[noffham]

1.) How many players in your group?

5 to 7 depending on who’s available

2.) Do you DM?

Pretty much all the time.

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

One other person, very rarely.

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

90% male, one woman joins us when she’s in town.

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

In New Jersey, several incl. Compleat Strategist in NYC. In New Mexico, Active Imagination.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?

90% home brew and the rest heavily modified modules; (usually just mined for ideas).

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

D&D for 35 years. I’m 51 now.

8.) Who taught you to play?

I taught myself.

 

[Wootz]

1.) How many players in your group?
5 to 6, depends

2.) Do you DM?
yup

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
Pancho tries. Idk, maybe one day

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
mostly guys, though a couple girls. Can't say for sure since girls are the most inconsistent.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
Dice House. Very friendly, very local.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Homebrew. Can't afford all that campaign guide mumbo jumbo anywho.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
not terribly long, a few months. I am at the moment 17.

8.) Who taught you to play?
I did, actually. I had to teach everyone else how to play.

 

[grodog]

1.) How many players in your group?
8 including the DM

2.) Do you DM?
- not at the moment, though I'm slated to DM whenever our current phase of campaigning ends

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
7 of 8 DM

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
100% male (though we do have 1 PC female ATM)

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
No

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Both (probably about 60/40)

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
31.5 years gaming, 39 years old (started in the summer of 1977 at 7)

8.)Who taught you to play?
A kid down the street.

 

[Daern]

Here is a link to my campaign site.

Legacy of Brutality

 

[stonegod]

1.) How many players in your group?
I've got two semi-overlapping group for a total of eight.

2.) Do you DM?
Did. Just finished up AoW Summer of '08, so taking a break. Been itching to run 4E Eberron, though...

3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many?
Three others DM: One our 3.5 Savage Tide, one a 3.5 (but doesn't really need a system) planar randomness game, and one our 4E game.

4.) What's the Male/Female composition of the group?
Three female to five male. Two married couples (myself amongst them), a pair that got together after being in games together, another married fellow whose spouse does not play, and the lone non-attached.

5.) Got a good gamestore near you and what is it?
Nope. Mississippi is no gaming Mecca.

6.) Mainly modules or homebrew stuff?
Mix of both. Liked the Paizo Dungeon paths, so ran them. Mostly homebrew before that, and likely that again afterwards.

7.) How long have you been playing and how old are you?
Since 1983/84ish when I was 8.

8.) Who taught you to play?
Some kid in the playground.

 

[kitsune9]

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...




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1. 5
2. 90% of the time.
3. Occasionally, one or two of the players runs a short campaign and gets tired of it until 10th level or so. For the most part, I'll DM unless it was RPGA. My players were for the most part judges for RPGA stuff, so they would take turns running mods. I would actually judge the least.
4. Male
5. There's quite a few gamestores. I can't really say they are good or not as I don't frequent them much anymore since I get all my books online or find them at second-hand bookstores.
6. I've always ran modules in the past, but this is the first campaign where I've been writing my own to see if I can do it. So far, four down.
7. About 25 years. 30's.
8. No one. Saw the D&D Basic set in a bookstore and my parents got it for me for Christmas.