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<blockquote data-quote="YourSwordIsMine" data-source="post: 3867720" data-attributes="member: 19381">There is one more thing I wanted to add to what I stated before. That is safety. When you are trying to find a gaming group to play with you need to be very careful. Unfortunately there are those bad eggs out there that frankly give the rest of us a bad reputation. I have had my share of bad experiences since I started playing RPGs. Here are my suggestions:1) Try to find any groups or clubs in your school or college. If not, see if there are any local Community clubs as well.2) Check your local game store. A lot of times there will be adds on a bulletin board somewhere.3) Be very VERY careful answering or posting “looking for/gamers wanted” ads on the internet. There are some good sites like ENWORLD out there where the Community is for the most part very good, but remember… This is teh Internets…4) ALWAYS try to meet the majority of the group in a safe neutral environment like a Game store or my favorite a restaurant before the game starts. This way you can meet and greet and if the need warrants you can easily flee or call for help if it goes bad… I prefer restaurants because its casual, you can sit and talk and get to know everyone a little. For me table manners are important. If I cant stand eating a meal in the presence of someone for 30 minutes to an hour… How am I going to be able to spend 4-6 hours gaming with them? It might seem a little petty of me but that’s how I am. My sister eats like a horse and I can’t eat meals with her…. Doesn’t mean I don’t love my sister, just… *shudders* She eats like a horse!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="YourSwordIsMine, post: 3867720, member: 19381"] There is one more thing I wanted to add to what I stated before. That is safety. When you are trying to find a gaming group to play with you need to be very careful. Unfortunately there are those bad eggs out there that frankly give the rest of us a bad reputation. I have had my share of bad experiences since I started playing RPGs. Here are my suggestions: 1) Try to find any groups or clubs in your school or college. If not, see if there are any local Community clubs as well. 2) Check your local game store. A lot of times there will be adds on a bulletin board somewhere. 3) Be very VERY careful answering or posting “looking for/gamers wanted” ads on the internet. There are some good sites like ENWORLD out there where the Community is for the most part very good, but remember… This is teh Internets… 4) ALWAYS try to meet the majority of the group in a safe neutral environment like a Game store or my favorite a restaurant before the game starts. This way you can meet and greet and if the need warrants you can easily flee or call for help if it goes bad… I prefer restaurants because its casual, you can sit and talk and get to know everyone a little. For me table manners are important. If I cant stand eating a meal in the presence of someone for 30 minutes to an hour… How am I going to be able to spend 4-6 hours gaming with them? It might seem a little petty of me but that’s how I am. My sister eats like a horse and I can’t eat meals with her…. Doesn’t mean I don’t love my sister, just… *shudders* She eats like a horse! [/QUOTE]

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