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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2867516" data-attributes="member: 1515">Undoubtedly, finding the right people (or, sometimes, even any people) can be challenging.However, in order to actually get a game together, you may need to change your expectation on &quot;playing regularly.&quot;&nbsp; I too, recall, being in high school and college, and being able to play on a weekly (or more) basis.&nbsp; For a lot of people in the &quot;real world&quot;, a weekly game just isn't realistically possible, even if they're dedicated to the game.I'm in my early 40s; most of the players in my two regular groups are in their 30s to 50s.&nbsp; Great players all, and all of them dedicated to good, ongoing games.&nbsp; Nonetheless, getting schedules to mesh more frequently than once a month or so (and sometimes even less, especially during the summer) just doesn't happen.&nbsp; Families, kids, jobs, and other hobbies all have to be scheduled around.&nbsp; Even so, when we do play, we have a blast, and our games have been going on for quite a while (one group for over a decade, the other for over three years).The other thing I've noted, reading these boards, and threads like yours, for a while now, is that one of the hardest groups to get to &quot;commit&quot; to a game are 20-somethings.&nbsp; When you're young, single, and have some money, there's just a lot of other (and, frankly, more exciting) things you can spend your evenings and weekends doing.&nbsp; You might have better luck trying to find some gamers who are a little older than yourself, and a little less interested in spending their Saturday nights out at the singles bars. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 2867516, member: 1515"] Undoubtedly, finding the right people (or, sometimes, even [b]any[/b] people) can be challenging. However, in order to actually get a game together, you may need to change your expectation on "playing regularly." I too, recall, being in high school and college, and being able to play on a weekly (or more) basis. For a lot of people in the "real world", a weekly game just isn't realistically possible, [b]even if they're dedicated to the game[/b]. I'm in my early 40s; most of the players in my two regular groups are in their 30s to 50s. Great players all, and all of them dedicated to good, ongoing games. Nonetheless, getting schedules to mesh more frequently than once a month or so (and sometimes even less, especially during the summer) just doesn't happen. Families, kids, jobs, and other hobbies all have to be scheduled around. Even so, when we do play, we have a blast, and our games have been going on for quite a while (one group for over a decade, the other for over three years). The other thing I've noted, reading these boards, and threads like yours, for a while now, is that one of the hardest groups to get to "commit" to a game are 20-somethings. When you're young, single, and have some money, there's just a lot of other (and, frankly, more exciting) things you can spend your evenings and weekends doing. You might have better luck trying to find some gamers who are a little older than yourself, and a little less interested in spending their Saturday nights out at the singles bars. :) [/QUOTE]

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