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Message: <blockquote data-quote="atra2" data-source="post: 1692551" data-attributes="member: 10914">Uh, Diaglo, do you realize RPGA membership has been free since Living Greyhawk launched? Free and Lifetime, in fact. However, if you desire the minimalist rules of 1974 oD&D, then RPGA will never be for you, since it's a marketing arm of WotC to promote their "latest and greatest." That said, it does depend on what players are in one's area. It would not be hard for you to find out about a local RPGA gameday (RPGA calendar on the WotC site, sortable by state) and observe RPGA gamers in action for 15 minutes. If it's at a gamestore, you can combine the trip with picking up more D&D minis, which are oD&D compatible <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=":-)" /> My non-gaming responsibilities are such that I appreciate having 3.5D&D opportunities to play that do not require me to "subscribe" to a regular campaign. (I have one of those already) Thus, I can game a lot one month, and simply play 2 6-hour sessions the next, and change from month to month as I please. My favorite feature of the RPGA is being able to play a character anywhere in the USA, and even outside the USA, with my "right to have a character of level X with equipment value Y" recognized wherever I go. My favorite feature of a homegame is the group being able to agree with the DM on things without submitting it through an intense bureacracy <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=":-)" /> (One big example is that by 3.5 D&D, multiple characters may work on a single item. This is disallowed in Living Greyhawk, and even trading items between characters is not allowed.) My 2nd favorite feature of a homegame is not needing to design an overpowered cheeseweasel just to survive! ;-) That's an exaggeration, but in Living Greyhawk, I would never spend a precious feat on Skill Focus (+3 to the d20 roll for one skill) if a Prestige Class didn't require it. My homegame dwarven dungeon delver has TWOsuch skill-based feats, and the PrC only required one of them <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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