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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8866837" data-attributes="member: 6796661">AL just seems like an entirely different subculture of D&D to me. I enjoyed the few AL games I've played, but most were low level games with newer players. The only AL games with long-time AL players I've enjoyed are the Epics, where the entire room of 10-20 or more tables are all adventuring together on separate quests for a common goal under timed conditions. The Epics are where AL shines. But I've come to avoid AL games other than the epics. It would be great if more DMs would run non-AL one shots at various levels at their FLGS, outside of conventions. Before I took my current job, which has travel requirements that prevent regular in-person gaming, I had started to run one-shots with pre-gens both 5e and also other systems that I would not get an opportunity to run with my regular group. Normally I don't like running games for strangers, and I know I would hate running AL games.  But one-shots with pre-gens all were a blast. I think having players with no investment or expectations of any longer-term commitment makes people more open to trying new things and just more laid back about the games in general.  If I had a less crazy work-family schedule, and time to run games in my FLGS, outside of my main campaign, all I would run would be one-shots with pre-gens.</blockquote>