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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 1577680" data-attributes="member: 3433">Avoid FLGS & CollegesI met all of my current players at work or thru friends of co-workers.  I'm 36 and the players in the two groups I DM for range in age from late 20's to mid 50's, with most of them in their early 30's.When I first moved to this city (Rochester, MN) in the fall of 1996, I didn't know anyone that gamed, but after asking around, I found 3 other people in my dept that were interested in playing D&D, and they knew other people that were interested.  Within a matter of months I had a group of 6 players playing a monthly campaign.  Eventually, there was enough interest from other people that I began running a 2nd weekly game which has now become the "main" campaign that I DM.All of the folks I game with are professionals and are mature.  Rather than post at the obvious locales such as FLGS or colleges, try to network with folks at a local business that may have a high geek density such as a company that does computer or engineering related work.  Or if the company is large enough, try to get in contact with folks in their IT dept.  Most of the mature folks I know that game are either engineers, programmers or IT specialists.  Many of us grew up playing games (rpgs, computer games, etc) and still do.On the downside, scheduling issues may be a problem for many of the mature gamers you're looking for.  But that's a different issue, and one you can hopefully resolve after finding potential gamers.</blockquote>

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