Is your game/group a "good" example for D&D?

[Quasqueton]

If someone were curious about this D&D game, and wanted to see it played to see if it really is/isn't:

Evil/Satanic/Occult

Geeky/Nerdy

Fun/Enjoyable

Etc.

Would your current game/group be a good example for them to witness?

Quasqueton

 

[Crothian]

Ya, they would. We a re a collection oif successful adults from different experiences and backgrounds. We play a laid back, fun game. We joke around but play seriously as well.

 

[Planesdragon]

Would your current game/group be a good example for them to witness?

Depends on the day, and who's playing.

When we play Exalted on wednesdays, not really. Neither the at-the-moment Sunday game.

But, were I going to have someone come and witness, I might take a week and start a good-following-god game. And if that was done, it might be a good example.

 

[Insight]

I would say definitely. Our group is pretty casual in terms of tone and getting into character. None of my players would stand out in a crowd as a hardcore geek of any kind, and they all seem to have social skills about on par with average people. No Goth crazies, nerds, or other counter culture types (not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you).

Though our group is solidly full, we would probably welcome observers if there were any. While our current adventure is turning down a decidedly dark path, for the most part they are medium-to-light hearted affairs.

 

[Wombat]

That would vary radically from session to session...

Sometimes the adventures get a bit ... odd. A few of them might even be construed as "evil" (though we don't look at them that way at all) due to character choices and situations. And then there is one of my female gamers who at random moments comes up with the most obscene puns...

But for the most part, yep, I think we would seem fairly well-adjusted (all of us have jobs, most of us are married, some with children, all but one have college degrees, etc.), widely literate, with wide-ranging musical tastes, and don't just talk about "geek topics".

So just warn us in advance and we'll have one of our "safe" episodes and make sure we sit on Her Kittiness before she says something that would make a sailor blush

 

[Numion]

Sure.

We've had two newbies in our group, and they didn't have any kind of shock coming to the game. One of them had played a lot of BG I & BG II and thought it was great that he got to do the same things. So if a player with only 'canon' D&D experience from the computer games feels mostly at home, my version can't differ a lot from the official version.

Our current campaign is mostly lighthearted dungeoncrawling, killing people and taking their stuff. There's a good amount of humor, and the PCs are played in a self-conscious manner (like they knew they were PCs), so maybe thats the biggest difference to the official D&D.

 

[diaglo]

yeah.

bunch of atheists, wiccans, and christians.

professional doctors, lawyers, students...

computer geeks..

old and younger... 20 to 50years old..

 

[Arnwyn]

As Wombat said (paraphrased) - it would vary from session to session.

Generally, though, I would say "likely not" - I have no idea what others use to judge "geekiness/nerdiness", but I think we'd probably fail in that regard.

(However, one of Mrs. arnwyn's friends "got it" pretty darn fast, and even quickly helped my players buy/stat out a war wagon when she was passing through... my 10+ year veteran players... who are, admittedly, halfwits.) So, maybe we're not that bad.

 

[JimAde]

What Crothian said. My current group is small and everybody in it is a normal (and even fairly interesting) person. How often do you see that?

 

[Gothmog]

My group would be a good example. No social misfits or slackers in our group, and only mildly nerdy (mostly a few references to new movies coming out and/or the occasional old movie quote). We have:

a professor or neuroscience (me)
a graduate student in cognitive neuroscience (my sis)
a systems defense analyst for Boeing
a computer systems team leader for Edward Jones
a targeting systems programmer for Boeing
a grad student in technical writing/editor and proofreader for a local business
an account supervisor at First Card

Heck, we even have several women in the group who are not just token gamers, who really get into the game.