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<blockquote data-quote="wayne62682" data-source="post: 4910029" data-attributes="member: 40455">I did a little research on the RPGA back in 3.x and I read mostly bad things, mainly about the lack of roleplaying and the prevailing powergamer mentality where only fully optimized characters need apply.Now, I'm looking to get in some extra gaming, or maybe find a group of gamers better suited to my tastes since the group I'm currently in is very casual, &quot;beer-and-pretzels&quot; style gamers (one player is only there because her brother is the DM, and the Eberron campaign I was going to run got cancelled because a few of the other players basically said that they doesn't really care for D&amp;D - it's just something to do, and they don't want a second campaign) while I'm more towards the &quot;serious&quot; gamer mentality.&nbsp; There doesn't seem to be many groups in my area at all, and the few I've talked to normally had reams of house rules to &quot;fix&quot; perceived problems, or were part of the &quot;4e ruined D&amp;D&quot; crowd, or just didn't mesh well with my style of play (too &quot;old school&quot; for my tastes, and I mean that without trying to cause offense to any of the old guard).&nbsp; Therefore, it seems like RPGA might be my only option to find regular games, if I can even find any stores nearby.What's the opinion of the RPGA now?&nbsp; I'm an optimizer but not a full-on powergamer, and I still like to have at least some flavor to my characters; I won't write a 10-page backstory, but I will flesh out details and I do enjoy getting to express my character via roleplaying, at least a little bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wayne62682, post: 4910029, member: 40455"] I did a little research on the RPGA back in 3.x and I read mostly bad things, mainly about the lack of roleplaying and the prevailing powergamer mentality where only fully optimized characters need apply. Now, I'm looking to get in some extra gaming, or maybe find a group of gamers better suited to my tastes since the group I'm currently in is very casual, "beer-and-pretzels" style gamers (one player is only there because her brother is the DM, and the Eberron campaign I was going to run got cancelled because a few of the other players basically said that they doesn't really care for D&D - it's just something to do, and they don't want a second campaign) while I'm more towards the "serious" gamer mentality. There doesn't seem to be many groups in my area at all, and the few I've talked to normally had reams of house rules to "fix" perceived problems, or were part of the "4e ruined D&D" crowd, or just didn't mesh well with my style of play (too "old school" for my tastes, and I mean that without trying to cause offense to any of the old guard). Therefore, it seems like RPGA might be my only option to find regular games, if I can even find any stores nearby. What's the opinion of the RPGA now? I'm an optimizer but not a full-on powergamer, and I still like to have at least some flavor to my characters; I won't write a 10-page backstory, but I will flesh out details and I do enjoy getting to express my character via roleplaying, at least a little bit. [/QUOTE]

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