Top 10 reasons every gamer should live in England

[wedgeski]

I don't smoke. I don't drink. Bars have both, so as such, I avoid them. When I do end up in one, I only talk to the people I came with, not people who happen to be there.

Smoking has been banned by law in enclosed public spaces for some time in the UK, and I go out for a pint much more often now because of it!

Since England's game stores are tiny and mostly just hold product, and pubs tend to be filled with local regulars, I guess thats where folks go and socialize. How does the topic of gaming and "would you like to play a game" come up?

As much as the internet has replaced the FLGS in my spending habits, it's also become the de-facto place where I organise my role-playing. My weekly 4E group was constructed almost entirely from ads and responses on ukroleplayers.com.

Now, the pub did in fact feature in all cases... not so much as a recruiting ground but as a vetting location.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

It's also worth noticing that www.ukroleplayers.co.uk is not bad for convention listings and talk.

Like Morrus, I've never been that fussed about having a local games shop. The regular conventions (the more I go to the more I find out about!) and the fact I have a lot of gaming friends means I get my fix on a regular basis, both in conversation and games.