Refilling the cup

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

In response to some of the questions

I travel about 45 min each way.
the people that I play with are long time friends. Sir Osis (he posts here) and I have been friends for about 10 years. I even lived at his house for a couple of months after my house burned down. He is going to florida for a couple of months. While he was gone I was thinking about running a D20 modern camp. I have been reading and planning an outline of events.

As far as my Dm and his wife reading this, it's not likely. He works and although she is on the net all day long neither "understands the appeal of that website you guys go to."

 

[Fiery James]

Come to the EN World Game Day at my house during the 2nd week of January (there's a thread around here on that, probably a few days back.)

If you do go to Piratecat's house, please bring some food for the guy who lives in the basement... so very hungry....

 

[Gospog]

If you do go to Piratecat's house, please bring some food for the guy who lives in the basement... so very hungry....

So THAT's where the cats' leg went! Shame on you, Fiery James!!!

Dareoon,

I often correspond with Sir Osis about playing a one-shot or two at my house. Shall we accelerate our plans from "pipe dream" to "let's set a date"?

You and I met at Boston Game Day last year (Feng Shui) and you're alright in my book.

I can be reached at gospog@hotmail.com

Even if it's just a one-shot, it might break your case of the "blahs".

Edit: Subscribed to thread. E-mail me! I mean it!

 

[Piratecat]

If you do go to Piratecat's house, please bring some food for the guy who lives in the basement... so very hungry....

Damn it, James! Is one bucket of fish heads a week no longer enough?!?

 

[Sanackranib]

the cup runneth over

I had a similar problem and my last group disentegrated. My faith was also shaken but I sucked it up and started a new group. the chemestry is awlsome. this is one of the best groups I have ever gamed with. piratecat had a good idea, find a new group your faith will be restored. If you are going to school you should have no problem finding a new group.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Thanks for the comments guys! Unfortunately, as is always the case with long time friends, the whole problem is pretty complicated. I'm hoping i'll still have a group to play with when i get home, sometimes i feal like the glue holding the thing together. Not that it's nessasrily the best thing for all of of us.

We'll have to see about that game when i get back from Florida in May, Gospog. I'll be sure to get on my lazy friends to talk to you before that though.

With any luck i'll catch the next Boston gameday too.

 

[mythago]

I have three kids, and a bar exam coming up, and damned if I rely on unread modules for MY players. Good grid.

By all means, hook up with the Boston folks and find a new group. Take a breather from D&D if need be. Try some one-off games, just to get a sense of what kind of non-annoying-former-GM sorts of things are out there.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I honostly think that our DM's wife sucks a lot of the fun out of it for him too, sometimes i think she's just trying to sabotage the whole thing so we won't come over anymore.

The sheer amount of bullpoop she lays on him, has to make it difficult for him to get excited about gaming in general.

 

[DDK]

This is why I dislike playing a game where a SO or spouses is involved.

I'm sure for some people it works but in my experience, every time a SO is introduced, problems occur as a direct result. One guy I used to game with had a psychotic GF who interrupted a session with ranting and raving and ended up threatening to kill herself just because he wasn't giving her his undivided attention. We had already shifted out games from once a week to once a fortnight and shortened the sessions because of her, but ultimately it wasn't enough so we quit.

And that is only one of the situations that I've been in, although admittedly the worst.

One solution, if you want the group to stay together, is to offer to DM. Be honest and say that you think his games have been suffering due to his RL responsibilities (obviously in a manner that doesn't denigrate him for this) and that he should maybe take a break and play for awhile.

That way the control of the game goes to someone who has the time to do it properly and also takes the pressure off of him to cater to his wife.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

After an incedent with her i won't DM there again, but Dareoon's fealing brave so he's going to go for it while i'm away.

Hopefully that will work out, unfortunately we're dealing with a very childish, diffcult woman. There's a good chance for her to ruin things.