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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 290031" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, part of your argument seems to be that your planning style is superior because it more easily accomodates new people whom you don't know.  But, unless this happens frequently it really isn't much of a strength.  It is silly to base your general planning procedure on events that happen once every couple of years.As for your questions - I must preface with the note that while experience helps, it does not necessarily make one an authority.  A good position should stand on it's own merit, not the length of time the speaker has been gaming.That being said, to satisfy your curiosity - I've been gaming for 20+ years.  I'm no young whippersnapper.  I got my first DMG in 1982, and played Tunnels and Trolls before that <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=":)" />  How many people?  Considering only tabletop - somewhere between 40 and 50, I'd guess.  Maybe a few more.  That's the result of moving from high school to college to grad school, picking up a new group each time, picking up the occasional new gamer.  My gaming groups last many years.  Only about 4 of those people I didn't know from elsewhere before I gamed with them.  And never had I not been able to talk to them about games before playing.Add another 10 for playing at EN Board Boston gatherings this year.  I've never played tabletop games at a convention, or a gaming store.  Add in the people from larps (theatre style - none of this Vampire or "whack 'em with padded sticks" stuff), and the number jumps above 200, I expect.</blockquote>

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