Friends or Strangers...

[el-remmen]

Mostly friends, but some strangers that then become aything ranging from gaming acquaintence to good friend.

Some become acquaintences, but I wish they had remained strangers ;-)

 

[werk]

The best way to make new friends is to regularly game with strangers.

QFT!

I would love to play with my old D&D friends, but they don't really play much anymore and I live so very far away...and keep moving. (I'll be giving the big wheel another spin in less than a year.)

I play with strangers out of necessity due to my lifestyle and desire to continue playing.

 

[bento]

The best way to make new friends is to regularly game with strangers.

BINGO! What was once strangers are slowly becoming friends.

 

[Ahnehnois]

I was introduced by people I knew, but the current group is people I know pretty much solely through D&D. It is a social event, however, and after years of gaming I would hardly call them "strangers".

 

[YourSwordIsMine]

A few years ago I moved away from my then long time gaming group of 12+ years. When I met them They were strangers but quickly became very good friends. We've always kept in contact to a certain degree. Last year I moved closer to them than I was before, but driving an hour plus after work thru Washington DC traffic has become an impediment and I've had to stop playing with them again as sad as it is... I've been trying to find new local groups but to my sad dismay not had the best of luck.... Some were outright scarey... Others I knew we werent going to mesh well personally and one or two others real life has conspired against me to actually joining their groups to get to know them better.

I did however luck out with my Mutants&Masterminds game. I am very happy to have met them and would consider each a friend.

So yeah, I think alot of groups start out strangers, but most end up friends in the long run.

 

[Shadeydm]

C: Strange Friends

 

[Korgoth]

I wonder if any of the people who voted for "only with friends" also cry about the hobby dying?

Every friend you've ever had started out as stranger.

 

[Scribble]

I wonder if any of the people who voted for "only with friends" also cry about the hobby dying?

Every friend you've ever had started out as stranger.

But D&D, above all, is a game... I mean I don't wander the internet searching for available people to play monopoly... I play Monopoly with friends.

I mean, I guess there are the occasional ice breaker type games at parties like Apples to Apples and such, but these aren't the norm for my play style...

Why would/should D&D be different?

I'm not in any way knocking people who advocate gaming with strangers, but do you do this in other hobbies as well?

 

[Arkhandus]

There is no option on the poll for "have played with one before and the other now" or anything like that, so I didn't vote. Starting gaming with my high school friends, then had to move out of state and now can only game with strangers whom I don't really hang out with otherwise.

 

[Korgoth]

But D&D, above all, is a game... I mean I don't wander the internet searching for available people to play monopoly... I play Monopoly with friends.

I mean, I guess there are the occasional ice breaker type games at parties like Apples to Apples and such, but these aren't the norm for my play style...

Why would/should D&D be different?

I'm not in any way knocking people who advocate gaming with strangers, but do you do this in other hobbies as well?

Someone you know to whatever extent is having a "board gaming day" at his house. You go over and play board games with the others who show up... some of whom you know, and some of whom you do not. This is unusual?