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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jerichothebard" data-source="post: 2079420" data-attributes="member: 4705">I have two groups.  One is a group found through a game store's game night; the other is mostly friends and friends of friends.I've basically dropped out of the first group; they mostly play Hero system, they have some folks I think are a little disgusting, and they meet on the other side of the (San Francisco) Bay from where I live.  But I still keep in touch with them and would still game with most of them.The second group has evolved quite interestingly.  It started out as two of my closest friends and me, then added a third friend.  Several people have come and gone, including the wife of the third guy - most of the "gone" has been by mutual consent; one was just dropped without ceremony.  We are now composed of the original two, plus the third guy sometimes, a friend of one of the first guys (who's now a friend in his own right), and a friend of that last guy.  So, it's expanded very organically.Interestingly, the distance factor mentioned in reference to the first group doesn't seem to be a problem with this group.  We are mostly spread out through the Bay Area and Central valley - SF to Sacramento to Stockton, with one person who flies down from Portland, Oregon to game!I think that is mostly a matter of frequency; the first group games far more frequently than the second, so it's more of a hassle and less of a special event.  Particularly since Mrs. theBard gave birth to our first child a little more than three weeks ago.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Well, for the second group, which is really the one I consider my group, there isn't a screening process, short of a couple emails from me describing the type of game I run (very role-play intensive, with a fair amount of combat, heavy on the religious themes, no wizards, etc.).  It often falls to the judgement of the current players not to suggest people that won't fit.  And there there is sometimes some weeding out.  No, but do be prepared for some problems to arise either way.</blockquote>

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