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<blockquote data-quote="jasin" data-source="post: 2750715" data-attributes="member: 7531">Currently, my gaming prospects seem somewhat glum.For some time now, I've been involved in two groups (with some overlap) consisting of people who I'm close friends with outside the game too.Now one of those groups is falling apart: one player seems to be completely drawn away from D&amp;D by World of Warcraft, and job obligations and long bouts of not-playing are resulting in another player losing interest more and more. Yet another person seems indifferent; ready to play if we schedule a date, but not the one to take initiative and call for a game.The other group is more or less in working (i.e. playing) order, but I've started to notice that the styles of the two DMs currently running games aren't as much to my liking as the styles of the people from the first group. When I was playing with both, I welcomed a game with Group 2 as a change of pace, but now I find myself really wanting to play with Group 1!Of course, that might not be a true stylistic preference, but just the frustration of seeing people lose interest and nostalgia... I first started gaming with Group 1, after all.Any advice? Experience with similar situations? Should I try and keep Group 1 together? If so, how to get people who are drifting away interested again? Should I focus more on Group 2 and try to improve my experience there? Or just not take things so seriously and let them run their course, as it's just a game after all?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jasin, post: 2750715, member: 7531"] Currently, my gaming prospects seem somewhat glum. For some time now, I've been involved in two groups (with some overlap) consisting of people who I'm close friends with outside the game too. Now one of those groups is falling apart: one player seems to be completely drawn away from D&D by World of Warcraft, and job obligations and long bouts of not-playing are resulting in another player losing interest more and more. Yet another person seems indifferent; ready to play if we schedule a date, but not the one to take initiative and call for a game. The other group is more or less in working (i.e. playing) order, but I've started to notice that the styles of the two DMs currently running games aren't as much to my liking as the styles of the people from the first group. When I was playing with both, I welcomed a game with Group 2 as a change of pace, but now I find myself really wanting to play with Group 1! Of course, that might not be a true stylistic preference, but just the frustration of seeing people lose interest and nostalgia... I first started gaming with Group 1, after all. Any advice? Experience with similar situations? Should I try and keep Group 1 together? If so, how to get people who are drifting away interested again? Should I focus more on Group 2 and try to improve my experience there? Or just not take things so seriously and let them run their course, as it's just a game after all? [/QUOTE]

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