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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 1575770" data-attributes="member: 93">I've had a lot of success posting ads at the local FLGS - both in California and here in Illinois.  I think that you can narrow the interested parties down significantly by writing a good ad that reflects your gaming interests  - the more well-done, nicely printed out, etc, the more likely you'll receive replies in the same vein.  In my California game, I got four players from the ad, another who was the brother of my GM in college, and yet another who worked with him.   It worked out beautifully.  Here in Chicago, I got three players from an ad, and one more that I gamed with in college.  We're all still gaming together 10 years later.In both cases,  I spoke with the players over the phone and did a kind of "prequalifying interview."  Asked about how they started playing, what kinds of games they liked, what kind of characters they like to play, and told them a little about myself and my gaming style.   For the California group, we all got together at a pizza joint for pizza and brew, and kibitzed for a while to see if we all got along.All told, ten players, none of whom fit that "misfit gamer" stereotype at all.  Engineers, software developers, programmers, bankers, and all manner of professional and smart folks.</blockquote>