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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 7781868" data-attributes="member: 10738">It really is, and once you've experienced a good game hub situation it's hard to imagine going back to the dark ages of not having one. I mean, I lived in Seattle from 1996-2005, arguably the gaming heyday of the region, and I found it so much harder to find and meet other gamers in that city even though it had something like 10 game stores, but only one of them had any real space for gaming, albeit no hours to support when I actually could game.  Once I came to Albuquerque, where I had essentially 1 game store (2 now) but it was designed ground up to provide maximum gaming space with no questions asked and stays open until midnight every day; this was a game changer for me. I've managed two weekly groups now since 2007 and no longer have to worry about hosting at home, or the equally divisive issue of another gamer hosting (which is a whole separate bag of cats). Neutral spaces for gaming are, as I see it, just like regular sports: you could in theory play soccer or baseball in your back yard, but it's not ideal and finding an actual public spot to play is far preferable. To me RPGs are no different. Plus, by gaming in public venues I've gotten to meet so many more gamers in person that way (though in the last few years less so; the younger generation is by default less social and engaging in the public, which does of course mean that all my feelings on this will one day be moot, as Gen Xers slowly wither away). These days having meetup.com and other resources is great, but being able to play and run games without having to turn my house into a entertainment zone twice a week? Priceless. Obviously people with the space and a desire to host will feel differently, but for me....yeah, I do not want to go back to the old days which felt like, "water everywhere and not a drop to drink," so to speak.</blockquote>

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