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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8266207" data-attributes="member: 11">I have two groups currently.Group one (which I lovingly call "the Newbie Group," though they are not all technically "noobs") has four players. Three of those people are also part of board-gaming group that meets every other month or so (and which includes two partners who don't do RPGs but love board/card games). This group is local, though we played remotely for about 14 months.Group Two: Started as five people (two friends/colleagues from work circles, two old friends I've gamed with from the 90s, and the wife of one of the first two). Three people dropped out in quick succession, but we recently re-acquired a player we lost when he moved to Italy back in 2004 - but now with the relative ease of remote play has jumped in with two feet. In theory, one of the three people who dropped out will be returning down the line (life got in the way). So I'll call that another four people.I used to have a bigger circle, but changing interests and changing priorities (and other complex interpersonal dynamics) have made that circle shrink in recent years. I am also not as interested in playing with strangers that have not been vetted by other people I trust.I used to go to GEN CON with some regularity and run/play games, but the last time was 2007 (at least I got to game with Gary Gygax not too long before he passed) so I won't count that. And there is a home con in the Boston area I used to go to every year as well, but after a 12 year gap I went back in 2019. Still, not gonna count that either unless they start up again (last year and this year were both cancelled) and I actually start going regularly.</blockquote>

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