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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8705548" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Yeah, the noise is a major drawback. Hard enough as a player, but brutal for the DM.&nbsp; I don't even like running games in FLGS, my voice can't take it. One of my FLGSs now has private rooms for rent, which is cool, but the price is hard to justify, when I can just host the game at home. I've not been to game store or gaming cafe/bar in the US that &quot;gets it right&quot; for me. I would love to have something like they had in Taiwan when I lived there.&nbsp; In Taiwan, at least many years ago when I lived there, they had these cafes where there were large tables and booths separated by wood panels.&nbsp; Still mostly open, but kinda like cubical farms it really dampened the noise. You would pay by the hour, but it was a minimal amount.&nbsp; Low enough to make these places popular for high school and college students to study or relax.&nbsp; The first hour game with a free drink and then they had a menu for ordering additional drinks and snacks. They had HUGE selections of comics that you could read (for free).&nbsp; Not sure that it would work in the USA.&nbsp; Part of the reason these places were popular in Taiwan is that most people just don't have lots of space in their apartments for entertaining people or to have much personal space to get some private time away from family. Outside of a small number of expensive, crowded cities like New York (and?&nbsp; .... San Francisco?) I don't think there is much need and people would likely be turned away by the idea of paying any amount to just be able to sit in a cafe/bar. Off topic. Just wish there were better options for public gaming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8705548, member: 6796661"] Yeah, the noise is a major drawback. Hard enough as a player, but brutal for the DM. I don't even like running games in FLGS, my voice can't take it. One of my FLGSs now has private rooms for rent, which is cool, but the price is hard to justify, when I can just host the game at home. I've not been to game store or gaming cafe/bar in the US that "gets it right" for me. I would love to have something like they had in Taiwan when I lived there. In Taiwan, at least many years ago when I lived there, they had these cafes where there were large tables and booths separated by wood panels. Still mostly open, but kinda like cubical farms it really dampened the noise. You would pay by the hour, but it was a minimal amount. Low enough to make these places popular for high school and college students to study or relax. The first hour game with a free drink and then they had a menu for ordering additional drinks and snacks. They had HUGE selections of comics that you could read (for free). Not sure that it would work in the USA. Part of the reason these places were popular in Taiwan is that most people just don't have lots of space in their apartments for entertaining people or to have much personal space to get some private time away from family. Outside of a small number of expensive, crowded cities like New York (and? .... San Francisco?) I don't think there is much need and people would likely be turned away by the idea of paying any amount to just be able to sit in a cafe/bar. Off topic. Just wish there were better options for public gaming. [/QUOTE]

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