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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 786920" data-attributes="member: 3320">I am a roleplaying evangelist.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I have brought a few into the hobby that would never have considered it before.  I explain the game in terms they get.  If they are into action movies I explain it in terms of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.  If they like anime I use Inu Yasha and Akira (I avoid Dragonball Z, though that is known to happen....damn fly spell <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).  For my intellectually elitist friends and acquiantances it has been described as ad lib acting excercizes for those who enjoy the idea of acting, without the ridicule of an audience.  I also bring a certain party atmosphere to my games when I can.  I have good foos usually, not always pizza and fast food.  I almost always have beverages of all types on hand, and when I can I tie these both into the session.  So if its a banquet in the game, I prepare some special dish, bring a bottle of wine or two, put on some good music and enjoy the evening.  Once I can get people to understand it fills the same social niche as weekend poker games, and with the added benefit of having so many more levels to enjoy it on, I can usually reel them in for a while.  If nothing else, they realize that while it may not be a hobby they like, it is not for the socially undead.</blockquote>

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