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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9405900" data-attributes="member: 6684958">I had the same problem a couple of years ago.  I had one player and was looking for a few more to make a group.  Lots of interest from the local gamers...but few wanted to commit to a game.  Eventually got a few, and had a game or two...until the dreaded 'life' popped up and people would quit, call off or not show.  And look, if you want to do something, you will make it happen.  Then:Waiting in line at the deli.  Next to me is Mary, mom of one of my daughter's friends...but I don't know her much.  She notices my LotR Tee Shirt(the eye of Saron) and says she is a fan.  We chat, she likes fantasy and I mention I play a fantasy game.  Mary is intrigued.  I give her the "well, I will be at the rec this weekend, stop by and see".  A week later she shows up with four other women that all like fantasy and want to know more about this 'game'.  And so were born the Mad Moms.  None of them had played any sort of RPG before, but they took to it like a duck to water.  The group lasted for years.This got me thinking...if i can't find gamers....I would make them.  So I did, out of anyone I could find.About a year later, a young girl (16) came up to me in the library.  She had the D&D game and tried to play it with her girlfriends, but just did not get it.  So she asked me to teach her the game...and I said the best way to learn is to play.  So I DMed her group of friends for a year, until she felt she 'got it'.  I co DMed with her for a while...but she was off and running.  Years later she is an adult, and still gamingHere in the frozen north, parents would drop there kids off at the rec in the winter.  But instead of going home, just wait around in the adult lounge.  For hours.  Then I was like...well, if people will sit here for hours...why not run some games.  People jumpped at the chance to do something, so we gamed.  Soon enough I was running three games.  After a bit the new library director noticed and hired me as a part time 'game event master'.  I grabbed every local game I could and had them move to the library.....and then made a whole bunch of new gamers (above).The director was quick to add fantasy book clubs, book discussions, workshops and such to (vaguely) support the gaming.  At first I ran all the games....10-20 a weekend.  Then a few more DMs stepped up.  And then, it just sort of blossomed on it's own into a gaming environment.</blockquote>

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