Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah. Whatever it's going to be, it's going to be a shorter game.
I am sort of stuck with my group - but I hope maybe one new player can re-energize it. I'm in a small, Bible Belt town, so I doubt I'm going to find many players.

Eh, you might be surprised.

Back in the 1980s, I started a (short-lived) RPG club at my small, catholic private HS here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas. Yes, during the Satanic Panic.

 

[FrogReaver]

Yeah. Whatever it's going to be, it's going to be a shorter game.
I am sort of stuck with my group - but I hope maybe one new player can re-energize it. I'm in a small, Bible Belt town, so I doubt I'm going to find many players.

Got ya. Well my diagnosis is burnout. Remedy there is to stay away till you are really ready again. Maybe engage in a few one shots from time to time but not an extended campaign.

Being burned out will affect your enjoyment and there’s as well. While potentially difficult it’s probably best to share with group you need an extended break and go from there. Who knows, they may feel the same way.

 

[Scribe]

I don't want to troll others online in an attempt to make things interesting.

 

[Retreater]

Eh, you might be surprised.

Back in the 1980s, I started a (short-lived) RPG club at my small, catholic private HS here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas. Yes, during the Satanic Panic.

Nah. I've been keeping an eye out for 20+ years, attempted to run a variety of RPGs at local game stores, the library, and anime/fandom conventions. Our social media accounts for gaming (board games, RPGs, etc.) haven't had posts in months.
My best friend, who lives in a metropolitan area, has a table of players so big he can't accommodate them all; he has players spending $40 a session to play in his games.
Here, in this tumbleweed rolling town, if you're not a church group or sporting event, you're not getting anyone to come.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

At the intersection of sanctimonious and purposefully obtuse is ignore street.

It’s a blissful street some people are afraid to go down.

 

[Staffan]

I feel so disengaged from the hobby. I'm about to wrap up a campaign that's lasted around 9 months, but have no idea what we're doing next - so I can't even prep or look forward to that. I'm not interested in the 5e revision. I don't want to troll others online in an attempt to make things interesting.
Maybe I need a new hobby?

Anyone else in the group who might be up for running something – D&D or otherwise? Perhaps some Troubleshooters as a palate cleanser (the link has some test adventures and pregens)? Or Star Wars – I can strongly recommend the Age of Rebellion beginner set and the followup Operation Shadowpoint which you should be able to download from Edge Studios' site (although Star Wars uses wonky dice, which is not a thing everyone enjoys). Or maybe check something from DTRPG's Christmas in July sale?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's nerds all the way down here!

For the record, I am not saying I'm not one.

I have thought way too much recently about how to get my ice cubes to be completely transparent without spending hundreds of dollars (a thing people do) to make home cocktails look cooler, something that no one in my household even cares about and is only something I'm doing out of idle curiosity.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Nah. I've been keeping an eye out for 20+ years, attempted to run a variety of RPGs at local game stores, the library, and anime/fandom conventions. Our social media accounts for gaming (board games, RPGs, etc.) haven't had posts in months.
My best friend, who lives in a metropolitan area, has a table of players so big he can't accommodate them all; he has players spending $40 a session to play in his games.
Here, in this tumbleweed rolling town, if you're not a church group or sporting event, you're not getting anyone to come.

I'm sure you've talked about this, but I gather VTT remote play is a non-starter for you?

 

[Thomas Shey]

For the record, I am not saying I'm not one.

You're an active participant in an RPG-centric message board. We'd laugh at you if you tried.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Anyone else in the group who might be up for running something – D&D or otherwise? Perhaps some Troubleshooters as a palate cleanser (the link has some test adventures and pregens)? Or Star Wars – I can strongly recommend the Age of Rebellion beginner set and the followup Operation Shadowpoint which you should be able to download from Edge Studios' site (although Star Wars uses wonky dice, which is not a thing everyone enjoys). Or maybe check something from DTRPG's Christmas in July sale?

Obligatory pitch for Pirate Borg's Buried in the Bahamas, one of the best and most fun intro adventures I've ever run. The cheat sheet rules fit on a single piece of paper, the PCs can be automatically generated on the web and then it's all sword fights, shipwrecks, perils at sea and following a map to lost pirate treasure. A hoot of a three-hour one-shot.