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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1047595" data-attributes="member: 8447">I'm an old school Geek who stepped into rpgs with both feet, not realizing until after the fact how people viewed me, the game, and the like.I mean, I got my copy of D&D when the UPS man showed up at my house just before I was set to head out on a Boy Scout campout.  This being 1976 people were talking about CB-radio, Journey and the like and here I was trying to explain hit points, ochre jellies, and spell levels.Been there ever since, albeit most of the time sans D&D; Ars Magica has been my big game, but there has always been some game in my life.One way I found to get over initial shyness, etc., was to start small ... literally.  I began by telling stories to children, kindergarten age, first one on one, then small groups, then eventually classrooms.  This remains a volunteer gig for me.  Kids make ALL stories interactive -- did you know that Old MacDonald had an octopus on his farm?  I can't even begin to write out the sound it made...Above all, however, do what feels comfortable for you.  This is a hobby, a passtime, one of those little extras that makes life worth living.  As such you shouldn't do something that's going to make you feel uncomfortable.I find face-to-face gaming much more satisfying, but this does not mean it is everyone's gig.Do what feels right, not what you think other people expect you to do.  <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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