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<blockquote data-quote="DRF" data-source="post: 7355622" data-attributes="member: 6910474">In my country, Denmark, boardgame cafés have become very popular. Typically people just pay a price to enter, and then they can use the room(s) to play the cafe's games or their own. I actually haven't heard of any AL here, so I don't think it exists. Some cafés organize D&amp;D one-shots that are free, but attendance is hard to predict and control. I've organized a lot of one-shots for strangers in an effort to get to know people I could invite to a campaign (the mission was successful) - I don't think paid GM'ing should necessarily be a thing, but then again, I've bought and paid the adventure book; wouldn't it be fair if that price was split between all the group's members? The DM often invests a lot of time, money and effort, and I'd welcome a culture change that took some of the burden off of the DM's shoulders. Players are already notoriously lazy and entitled.I'd also gladly pay for games if the price was reasonable, and if a friend of mine wanted to run a campaign then I'd happily pitch in so he could afford the adventure book etc. It doesn't even have to be a lot of money, but it shows a willingness to invest in the game beyond showing up with Légólaz the elf ranger on a coffee-stained character sheet from 2003 and saying dumb things like &quot;IT'S WHAT MY CHARACTER WOULD DO&quot; twenty thousand times while rolling to skateboard on a shield down a flight of stairs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DRF, post: 7355622, member: 6910474"] In my country, Denmark, boardgame cafés have become very popular. Typically people just pay a price to enter, and then they can use the room(s) to play the cafe's games or their own. I actually haven't heard of any AL here, so I don't think it exists. Some cafés organize D&D one-shots that are free, but attendance is hard to predict and control. I've organized a lot of one-shots for strangers in an effort to get to know people I could invite to a campaign (the mission was successful) - I don't think paid GM'ing should necessarily be a thing, but then again, I've bought and paid the adventure book; wouldn't it be fair if that price was split between all the group's members? The DM often invests a lot of time, money and effort, and I'd welcome a culture change that took some of the burden off of the DM's shoulders. Players are already notoriously lazy and entitled. I'd also gladly pay for games if the price was reasonable, and if a friend of mine wanted to run a campaign then I'd happily pitch in so he could afford the adventure book etc. It doesn't even have to be a lot of money, but it shows a willingness to invest in the game beyond showing up with Légólaz the elf ranger on a coffee-stained character sheet from 2003 and saying dumb things like "IT'S WHAT MY CHARACTER WOULD DO" twenty thousand times while rolling to skateboard on a shield down a flight of stairs. [/QUOTE]

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