Tell me about your D&D group

[Kuato]

IHow long has your group been playing together?

We've been playing non-roleplaying games (mostly wargames but some CCG and MMORPG) for ten to twenty years (some members have known each other longer). We've only been playing D&D together since May 2008.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

31, clinical pharmacist, male
25, student, female
30, IT professional, male
23, grade school teacher, female
25, human resources, male
24, physician's assistant, female
30, electrical engineer/hot wing engineer, male
25, real estate agent, male
18, student, male
24, USMC, male

What edition are you playing?

4e exclusively. All but three of the above had never played D&D before this campaign.

 

[Mallus]

How long has your group been playing together?

Going on 5 years.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

Early 40s, male, network admin
Late 30s, male, computer programmer (moi)
Late 30s, male, editor
Late 30s, male, network technician
Mid 30s, male, college instructor/PhD candidate
Mid 30s, male, lawyer
Late teens, female, college student

What edition are you playing?

New campaign: 4e
Continuing campaign (with most of the same players): modified 3.5/Arcana Unearthed hybrid.

Thanks

You're welcome.

 

[Subumloc]

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

we're all 24-27, university students. 5 males and 1 female.

How long has your group been playing together?

The core of the group plays together since 2006, with the two most recent additions this year.

What edition are you playing?

4e, conversion of a 3.5 homebrew campaign.

 

[Commonblade]

How long has your group been playing together?

Since 2000, so 8 years.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

29, Male, Software Engineer
29, Female, Librarian Assistant/Artist
29, Male, Lead Master Console Operator
29, Male, Computer Technician for School System
27, Female, Library Shelver
27, Female, Education Graduate Student

What edition are you playing?

3.5 and 4

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Well I have 2 groups,
One, we meet 2 or 3 times a year but have kept this up since college 20 odd years ago, not sure of peoples ages but I reckon I'm the oldest at 43.
4 out of the 5 are in IT, I develope and the others admin and one is in hte public service.
For rpg, we have one campaign going since college, originally in Palladium and ported to 3.0 some time after it came out and then to 3.5 and looks like going to 4th
I have also started Scales of War with this group.
I also DM for my nephews 4 of them ages 10 to 18 and have been running Keep on the Shadowfell. Needless to say those under 18 are still in school and the 18 year old is starting college. While I have ran some 3e stuff for this group the younger memeber tended to loose interest and it was very intermittent. However, we have been pretty regular (usually weekly) since 4e came out and are not nearly finishing KOTS.

Be interesting to see what the range of responses and numbers for this is. How about turning it into a proper poll based on the responses.

 

[TessarrianDM]

DM (me) and two players since 1982; two steady and three occasional players since the early-to-mid nineties.

All male, early thirties to mid-forties. They include two vacuum truck drivers, a town sewer system supervisor, three factory/warehouse workers, a computer programmer, and a computer technical support person.

3.5, with a possible switch to Pathfinder after current campaign is finished (which will be a while).

 

[Hippy]

I am doing little impromptu questionnaire cross posted from here and could use your help.

Tell me:

How long has your group been playing together?

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

What edition are you playing?

Thanks

I play in three games (2 groups) all D&D 3.5

Game A - 8 Years for group (28 years for some members)
Myself M - 39 - Landscape Architect
M - 41 - Data Analyst
M - 52 - Computer Programmer
M - 55 - Computer Programmer
M - 40 - Corrections Officer

Game B - 4 years
Myself
M - 55 - Computer Programmer
M - 56 - Accountant/Store Owner
M - 56 - Musician/Store Owner
M - 58 - Retired
M - 56 - Semi Retired/Store Owner

 

[Kvantum]

How long has your group been playing together?
With at least some of these players, 5 years, and at least a year and a half with all of them

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?
Male, 22, Factory Worker
Male, 26, Factory Worker
Male, 32, IT/IS
Male, 27, Factory Worker
Female, 25, Cafeteria Worker
Female, 31, Disabled
DM: Male, 28, Student

What edition are you playing?
3.5, transitioning into Pathfinder. 4e throws out the baby with the bathwater IMO, to use an old phrase. Too much changing what didn't need to be changed thematically and mechanically both. Pathfinder's not exactly right in my eyes, either, but it's a hell of a lot closer to it than 4e. (And I'm probably the most 4e-tolerant of my group, truth be told.)

 

[Scott_Rouse]

OK, the big mystery and the reason I asked these questions is we are working on a story with a large business focused media outlet.

The journalist is writing about a story about D&D. He would like to profile a group of D&D players who have been playing for a long time and do a “where are they now?” type piece. Ideally, he’d like a group who started playing together years ago and still play together, at least occasionally. However, understanding that people move and groups change, other scenarios would be possible as well.

His goal of the piece is to showcase a group of well-adjusted, family-oriented men and women with successful careers who found that playing D&D enriched their lives and encouraged their social, analytical and creative skills.

We have made a selection and I am waiting to here if the group wants to be the subject of the story.

Thanks to all who replied. It was a very interesting little glimpse into our player base and it was very informative for me.


Cheers

 

[Plane Sailing]

I am doing little impromptu questionnaire cross posted from here and could use your help.

Tell me:

How long has your group been playing together?

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?

What edition are you playing?

Thanks

Hi Scott!

How long has your group been playing together?
Since about 1978 in terms of the longest standing members.

What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group?
47 male Web developer
46 male science teacher
46 male HR manager
46 male software sales
46 male salesman
46 male geography teacher
28 male unemployed (long term sick)
16 male student (son of one of the above)
16 male student (friend of son)

What edition are you playing?
We have several campaigns ongoing at any one time. Currently:

1 4e game
1 3.5e game (Eberron)
2 sci-fi games (both Starguild OGL)

Cheers