How did your gaming group come about?

[danzig138]

Back when i was in high school (about 17 years ago), I was going to the principal's office (not the first, nor the last time), and there was a guy with a semi-mohawk and a really hot girl sitting in there. Later that day, I started chatting with them. He had just moved to the city, and lived up the street from me. We started hanging out, and I met his older brother, and they introduced me to gaming.
Later, we met a girl at a club, and ended up hanging out with her and she started gaming with us. She eventually introduced us to another girl, and this other girls' brother. I started dating this new girl, and we got her and her brother into gaming.
Eventually, the girl and I broke up, her brother and the first girl married, but the guy still gamed with us.
Through him, I met another guy, and he got started gaming with us.
Many years and many players later, my group consists of my ex-girlfriend's brother (although he sometimes moves away for a few months, he always comes bacK), the guy he introduced us to, that guy's nephew, and two of his nephew's friends.
So for men, the group consists of a couple of core people, and new people that older players being in periodically.

 

[Marchen]

Our DM used to own the FLGS. Good times were had by all. The FLGS was closed, so now we meet outside the store for D&D fun. End.

 

[Nighthawk]

I am part of a newly-formed group that met for the first time two weeks ago. Our second meeting was this past Monday. We are all players of a miniatures war game who discovered we had an interest in starting a RPG group using D&D 3.5.

 

[francisca]

With the exception of my wife, all of the guys in my home group are coworkers or former coworkers. After years of observation, I determined they might be corruptable enjoy playing D&D, so I invited them.

For the group I play with in Indy, I used to work with the DM. The group has been together 25 years, I'm the newcomer at 7 years. 7 years, and I still get the rookie treatment.

Third group is a splinter group from my home game. One of the guys setup a 3.5 DL game, and I am there to help break in the n00bz.

Fourth group, which will not get started, until probably october now, will be my Lankhmar d20 game. Two players from my home group, and a couple of guys I met from the RPGA. Which reminds me, I owe somebody some e-mail from EWN concerning local gaming groups.

 

[francisca]

Our DM used to own the FLGS. Good times were had by all. The FLGS was closed, so now we meet outside the store for D&D fun. End.

So, how is playing on the sidewalk?

 

[MonsterMash]

My original group was my brother and people from school - 28 years ago

Of my current groups one is my brother, two people he knew from work and one of those twos husband. The other one I met from an ad for players on ENWorld which is a website some of you might have heard of

 

[diaglo]

my last two groups, great guys and gals in all, I've meet through the net.

me, too since 2000.

met them all thru the net or thru someone that knew me on the net.

my original group came from friends at school and around the 'hood.

 

[cmanos]

I was sick of the people I was gaming with. One person had driven me to quit gaming twice, and after the second time, I thought NO MORE. I wanted to play DnD, but I kind of wanted a change of venue.

Meetup.com

Went to a meeting, 3 guys that played together since kids, 1 couple, and 2 others who had never played before. It actually is one of the best groups I've ever gamed with. The experienced gamers help out the inexperienced. The inexperienced have a lot of the naivite the experienced gamers miss. Apart from the fact our dice suck and we get our asses whipped all over the place, it is a great group.

 

[devilbat]

I was in a group that I didn't like at all. The game was dull, the GM knew far more about the rules, then he did about entertaining a table full of experienced player's. Myself and two other members of the group decided to fold the game, and start over. We advertised on various sites including EnWorld and meetup.com. Eventually we were contacted by three players that we hit it off with, and our new group has been going strong ever since.

 

[PJ-Mason]

My saturday night group formation is no epic tale. I went to a local gamer's hangout and met a guy who invited me to his group's saturday night game. I said yes and the rest is history. Since then i have taken up the GM duties for the group, but a couple of them are showing signs of Gming intentions, which is great. I think if you have a group of player/gms, it can realy help the player/gm relationship.

My soon to be Friday night group is definitely a story of fate. It might go a little long, so bear with me.
A ways back i was cruising the M&M boards and out of boredom i clicked on a thread i probably never would have. Someone had performed a little thread necromancy and asked a guy (philip) about a project that he was working on that had disappeared. Philip answered that real life had gotten a hold of him and shook things up for him, including a move upstate. I saw that where he was moving was close to me. So i offered to show him the local game life and hook him up with whatever games he was looking for. As it turns out, we pretty much agree on everything and decided to put a group together. The 3rd member of the group was easy, i asked one of gmer buds if he was interested and he was. The fourth member posted a message on a mailing list that i was a member of, just as i was about to dissconnect my membership. I saw his message and decided to read one last message. He was looking for a group in the new area he had just moved to (you guessed it). Inside a couple hours of IM we planned a meet and got a new member a couple days later. The fifth member that may soon join us, Philip meet while taking his daughter to the playground. One of the other parents there watching his child play and Philip got to talking and it turns out that this professor was also a gamer. So the page turns.

I don't think i have ever been as excited or more stoked about a impending game night and group as i am with this one. We seem to be on the exact same page on how we like to play and what we expect from each other...and it never would've have happened if i hadn't had clicked on a thread i normally wouldn't have, or hit that Leave Group button a minute earlier than i did.