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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 5121898" data-attributes="member: 704">MortonStromgal, it is not a question how how much most of them enjoy the game that I run.&nbsp; I am not the only DM at present in the group.The problem is that as much as they like D&amp;D, they do like to do other things more then D&amp;D.&nbsp; Not even having Arenson or Gygax as the DM would be enough to get them to show up more often.&nbsp; Having Playboy Magazine's Miss December 2010 DM the game topless might get Player E to show up every time, and might get the others to show up a bit more often, but not by much.D&amp;D is a form of entertainment, and competes against pretty much every other thing humanity is willing to do for entertainment, and against other time commitments.&nbsp; A group of gamers about 30 years old with no children and decent jobs has enough disposable income on hand that none of them would have much of a problem finding something worth doing on the weekend.&nbsp; Up until recently my group actually was reasonably consistent.&nbsp; However Player A is relocating to Toronto after spending about 5 months in hard crunch at work, and Player C ended up having enough other things going on in his life he decided to opt out of the game.&nbsp; I am sure that if I find another pair of players who can show up reliably, that I will have no problems getting the game back to a reasonable frequency of play.Of course I would absolutely love to have players more committed to the game, but I will take what I can get.&nbsp; But I am a mono-lingual gamer living in Montreal, and I am generally not the most social or outgoing person.&nbsp; Being mono-lingual cuts down on the potential player base locally;&nbsp; As much as I want to game, I am not going to screw up someone else's game by being the only guy at the table forcing every other guy to speak english.Anyway, I did not start this thread to complain or comment on how often my game actually does run.&nbsp; I started it because I am actually curious to find out how often games are intended to run vs how often they actually happen, and why the games end up being cancelled.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 5121898, member: 704"] MortonStromgal, it is not a question how how much most of them enjoy the game that I run. I am not the only DM at present in the group. The problem is that as much as they like D&D, they do like to do other things more then D&D. Not even having Arenson or Gygax as the DM would be enough to get them to show up more often. Having Playboy Magazine's Miss December 2010 DM the game topless might get Player E to show up every time, and might get the others to show up a bit more often, but not by much. D&D is a form of entertainment, and competes against pretty much every other thing humanity is willing to do for entertainment, and against other time commitments. A group of gamers about 30 years old with no children and decent jobs has enough disposable income on hand that none of them would have much of a problem finding something worth doing on the weekend. Up until recently my group actually was reasonably consistent. However Player A is relocating to Toronto after spending about 5 months in hard crunch at work, and Player C ended up having enough other things going on in his life he decided to opt out of the game. I am sure that if I find another pair of players who can show up reliably, that I will have no problems getting the game back to a reasonable frequency of play. Of course I would absolutely love to have players more committed to the game, but I will take what I can get. But I am a mono-lingual gamer living in Montreal, and I am generally not the most social or outgoing person. Being mono-lingual cuts down on the potential player base locally; As much as I want to game, I am not going to screw up someone else's game by being the only guy at the table forcing every other guy to speak english. Anyway, I did not start this thread to complain or comment on how often my game actually does run. I started it because I am actually curious to find out how often games are intended to run vs how often they actually happen, and why the games end up being cancelled. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

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