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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 9872644" data-attributes="member: 27385">I have had a different series of games based on life places.  When we were kids we played with the neighborhood kids and everyone made up stuff and some of the kids liked it more than others and some became longer players and others played a few times or when it was raining or something.  Later on in high school I had a few other from town that played and we ran a few things as my world grew and others from the next town could play as well.  It was still small and most of the neighborhood kids stopped playing or moved away and such. Then there was an Army group that I played with.  Again mostly people in my direct unit and we mostly played when we ran out of money to go out on the weekend.  Some had a more stable group and we played a year or so.  There was also a semi-group at the local game shop that I tried playing with but could not commit due to being deployed.  And MagicTG became a thing at this time.After coming home, there was the old, local group that was still playing of some people I played with in high school and now my little brother was playing.  Several people came and went from this group and we are now playing with my father, brother, and son.  It has been an evolving group but dwindled over time.  Never really looked for new players.  Had a few one-offs that came for a week or two and faded away.  My point is that many times finding players depends on luck of where you are and where in life you are.  Today might be easier to find players online and in groups at places instead of just the neighborhood kids, but these are the friends you have and like to do things with.  In the Army, I could have reached out to a larger group of people instead of the 20 people in the barracks hall which most were the same rank and more friends than not.  Today, I am not going to abandon my family that I play with, but I like playing with them anyways.  Maybe someday my father will not be able to play anymore and my son moves away from college.  Not sure how I will want to play at that time.</blockquote>

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