Gamers in Austin, TX???

[Kaleon Moonshae]

Hey, just a bit of advice, try either going to Dragon's Lair or Thor's Hammer, probably the two best places for games and stuff around Austin. You should be able to get in contact with other gamers from there. There are also several Yahoo groups in Austin for RPGA and such.

Lemmee know if you need anything else

I don't know, I personally have not had much luck with either DL or TH, both places have had people who said they were interested in playing and then never show up. My group of 3 years here has exactly one person that was picked up from DL that lasted more than a week.

 

[Wolfspirit]

True, I've become a bit more of a Thor's Hammer convert recently. Appearantly they run pretty good games in-store though.

 

[Kaleon Moonshae]

Hey, just a bit of advice, try either going to Dragon's Lair or Thor's Hammer, probably the two best places for games and stuff around Austin. You should be able to get in contact with other gamers from there. There are also several Yahoo groups in Austin for RPGA and such.

Lemmee know if you need anything else

I don't know, I personally have not had much luck with either DL or TH, both places have had people who said they were interested in playing and then never show up. My group of 3 years here has exactly one person that was picked up from DL that lasted more than a week.

 

[nocanes]

In-Store games

True, I've become a bit more of a Thor's Hammer convert recently. Appearantly they run pretty good games in-store though.

BTW...in addition to my previous griping...the smell of DL game nights is almost unbearable...my gaming groups have been much better, but it is so bad my wife refuses to go in on those nights.

Sorry if this sounds like I'm a whiner (too late), but I'm well into development of Fabreeze in a hand-grenade form.

 

[Kaleon Moonshae]

BTW...in addition to my previous griping...the smell of DL game nights is almost unbearable...my gaming groups have been much better, but it is so bad my wife refuses to go in on those nights.

Sorry if this sounds like I'm a whiner (too late), but I'm well into development of Fabreeze in a hand-grenade form.

Oh I completely agree, I have often thought about docking people xp for the lack of deoderant. BRRRRRRRR. Luckily I once had a player (very good looking) who gamed with an equal lack of clothing, was amazing the effect she had on the boys, who decided to bath and actually dress in something other than rags.

 

[nocanes]

... was amazing the effect she had on the boys...

How could you game? I can only imagine the bravado that resulted. Needless, needless PC death. Although that might be a good idea...hmm

/scheming face

 

[Kaleon Moonshae]

How could you game? I can only imagine the bravado that resulted. Needless, needless PC death. Although that might be a good idea...hmm

/scheming face

Well, she was a real roleplayer and did a very good job so that helped. The others kinda kept trying to impress her more than the other guys and so it did get a little bravado-esque but on the whole it worked. Course the fact that three of us ended up sleeping with her had something to do with it too. In fact one of the boys is now her husband and the one of the others is her lover. I think the only reason we don't play anymore is the factt hat I got into d20 and their life got too busy with thier new ranch. They all seem to be happy though, just got an email from her that said her macaw and horses just became movie stars in some little gamer movie, lol.

 

[vermicious knid]

Just checked in on the thread after about a week. Nice to see our subculture is well-represented in Austin.

Once played with a guy who ate pudding out of an industrial-size pudding bucket...WITH HIS HAND.

Wow. I guess now would be the time to share the story of the guy at a gaming convention in Eugene, OR who stayed up playing for 3 days straight. And his white shorts. And how the seat of them changed color over the course of those 3 days. Quote from my wife "is that a homeless guy who just wandered in and started playing?"

Yeah, I'm here, too...
I'm 30, married, and I've played in a few groups.
Some have scared me: Once played with a guy who ate pudding out of an industrial-size pudding bucket...WITH HIS HAND. Anyway, living here for 7 yrs+, I've become suspicious of people like that...or those with canes who are too young for canes (see nic), can't find a bar of soap or tube of toothpaste, can't seem to show on time, EVER, or who take the gaem too seriously. I guess I should expect that in a college town.

Just thought I'd share some war stories...

 

[thom99]

Well I've been here since '82, playing on-and-off since then; currently getting ready for my next campaign in the Realms...buuuuttt...I suspect I'm way too "old style" for y'all's taste

I run by-the-book, with lots of house rules to recreate a "first-edition feel" and no half/quarter/eighth races or 4 class combos allowed!

Sorry! but good luck!

thomas cooper

 

[nocanes]

Old-School

I suspect I'm way too "old style" for y'all's taste I run by-the-book, with lots of house rules to recreate a "first-edition feel" ...

by-the-book yet "first edition feel"? I'm trying to understand that...Is there a fast-and-loose method? I really am trying to understand that. I guess that means I'm in your camp. I don't want to play with some half-demon paladin either.

nocanes