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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7853964" data-attributes="member: 6803664">Sure, staying in touch with your far flung friends is important & thank God for this marvelous tech.  But there's also something very important about the method as well.We observe it all the time down at the local shop.  D&D games, MTG, board games, miniature wargames.....  People come in & see others having fun together.  They watch, they ask a few questions.  Someone involved in whatever's playing always takes time out to answer & talk to them about it. {we also have a standing practice of NEVER going negative about our games when talking them up - no matter what the BS crap rule/aspect/company policy that bugs the *** out of us is.  Potential new person can figure that out later.}   In the case of a lot of our minis games we'll often use part of our own turn to essentially run a demo.We've done this with everyone ranging from 8 year olds to 70 year olds.  People who've come in solely for parts for RC cars & are now watching WWII play out in 15mm.  The bored GFs who're along as their guy is shopping for the latest greatest MTG cards.  The parents/grandparents who've found their way in during Christmas shopping.  Kids along with mom/dad & who're under orders "Don't touch anything!" - parent turns around & their kids taking a turn pushing our Space Marines into position.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> etc.We repeatedly hear things like: "This is so much cooler than playing XBox/newest PC game at home!"  "I remember when I was a kid we'd play games after dinner." (I presume they're talking family, mass retail games like Clue or such)  "I played ___ back in college!" "I always wanted to try D&D".  "OH I saw them playing this on {names TV show, maybe website}!" "My son would love this!" In the case of the one old guy who's hobby had only ever consisted solely of building 1/35 scale etc model tanks "I never thought of playing a game with them." (Oh yes, we have a book for that! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) etc etc etc.If they seem interested we give them a card with what tends to play on what days.  Come join us.  Come play.* In the case of the miniature games:  Look at it this way.  As adults, we get to play with toys - and call it a hobby. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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