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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 9282583" data-attributes="member: 16586">These are the questions that I generally want answered and how I usually go about getting answers. None of this is a formal process. Just the type of stuff we do with people before we consider inviting them to our main games.Would you be fun to hang out with if we weren't gaming together?Most of the time this has already been answered because we've already hung out, but if it's someone entirely new or a friend of a friend we just meet at a brewery with one or two other players and talk gaming / video games / sports / whatever. If you're a good hang then we can we see if you are fun to game with.Do you have a facility with storytelling, pacing, what makes a compelling character, etc? Are you a good collaborator?I'll invite you over for a one-shot game of some storytelling game like For The Queen or The Quiet Year to see if you can contribute to a somewhat tonally serious game while being enjoyable to game with and to see what your collaborative chemistry is like with the people you would be playing with.Can you learn and skillfully play a set of game rules? Are you a good sport? Do you handle conflict well?Generally, by just joining us for a board game night. I want to see how you handle new rules, ambiguity in rules and if you can remain personable when conflicts / competition are on the board.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 9282583, member: 16586"] These are the questions that I generally want answered and how I usually go about getting answers. None of this is a formal process. Just the type of stuff we do with people before we consider inviting them to our main games. [B]Would you be fun to hang out with if we weren't gaming together?[/B] Most of the time this has already been answered because we've already hung out, but if it's someone entirely new or a friend of a friend we just meet at a brewery with one or two other players and talk gaming / video games / sports / whatever. If you're a good hang then we can we see if you are fun to game with. [B]Do you have a facility with storytelling, pacing, what makes a compelling character, etc? Are you a good collaborator?[/B] I'll invite you over for a one-shot game of some storytelling game like [B]For The Queen[/B] or [B]The Quiet Year [/B]to see if you can contribute to a somewhat tonally serious game while being enjoyable to game with and to see what your collaborative chemistry is like[B] [/B]with the people you would be playing with. [B]Can you learn and skillfully play a set of game rules? Are you a good sport? Do you handle conflict well?[/B] Generally, by just joining us for a board game night. I want to see how you handle new rules, ambiguity in rules and if you can remain personable when conflicts / competition are on the board. [/QUOTE]

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