Hi everyone,
My name is Bill and I live in Byram Township, NJ, which is just into Sussex County about 2 miles north of Route 80 up Route 206.
I am 46 and a long, long time player of D&D (going back to 1975). I am married for 23 years with two kids. I currently have a group that is playing a 3.5 campaign weekly on Friday nights (6 players) that I DM and also had at one point another group that met every three to fours weeks on a weekend to play. I also play in another game that meets fairly weekly on Wednesday evenings that my son (who is 14) also plays in.
I DM 99% of the time and only starting playing a character this past summer on a semi regular basis. I do not know if that will continue once school starts up, since the primary purpose of the gaming on Wednesdays is to give my son a chance to play, but school work comes first.
My son and I did start another campaign early this year, Savage Tides in fact, but the DM's life intervened. Actually, the DM of that campaign was the 7th player in my weekly game.
You can find out a lot of information about my games through the link in my signature.
I am posting in this thread for two primary reasons. One, I like to keep an eye out for other players in my area, since the area is fairly devoid of visible people who player. I do this because you never know what might happen with a gaming group. My original weekly group lost 3 of its 6 original players within the span of 3 months due to people moving, so I like to keep in touch with other players in case my weekly group might need more. Actually, I can handle 1 or 2 additional players in that game at any time.
Second, I would like to at least entertain the possibility of playing in another game with adults (not including my son, or daughter for that matter). Since playing a little bit on and off for the last several months, I have found that I do enjoy it and it improves my DMing ability as well. If I could swing Sundays every two to four weeks, it is also quite possible that I could host the game since my finished basement has an area dedicated to gaming and I also have quite a few reasources available, things like a failry large collection of Dwarven Forge Dungeon terrain.
So, I figured I would chime in here, especially since this is where I have found all of the players in my campaigns over the last 8 years that I didn't know personally. Even if I can't participate in a game, it would be nice to meet all of you. A pre-game meeting at a neutral location, I have found, is always a very good idea. I do it each time I meet new people, it makes everyone feel a lot more comfortable.
