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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 3908547" data-attributes="member: 54364">Hey Rechan.I've used Meet Ups. I have in fact just gotten a group together thru it here in Sydney.There's a way around paying to set up the group: your profile message is editable. So you can put messages in that and hope people notice. I tried that for a while but it didn't work. In the end I forked out the cash for 2 months. I only intended to pay  for one but forgot to cancel in time.In terms of the group and meeting. Meet Ups does offer suggestions about this sort of thing.What I did was just find a coffee shop somewhere centrally located. I got about 7 people. We talked and chatted and got to know a bit about one another first. FOund out who was willing to DM something (3 of us in the end) and what times would suit people. We've had 2 game sessions so far and a 3rd this Saturday. We're still ironing the bugs out as far as schedualling goes but it is near Xmas and that's always awkward. Our venue was the biggest concern. IN the end we found a FLGS with a table we could use. It's free and, thanks to the Collectible Card gamers it the room, we feel like we're not a bunch of big nerds. If there's one thing I'd say it's that Meet UPs (the site) is a bit of an arse to use. At least I found it so. It's sending out messages about meet ups that I haven't organised. It seems to be assuming a schedule. Also found it hard to edit scheduled meet ups when I wanted to change time and place. Other group sites might be more user friendly. But definitely give it a go if you want to meet a new group. WHen you do have the first meet up just be casual about it. Find out who is willinng to GM, if anyone knows any places. Other people who come along will have their own resources that they will almost certainly offer to the group. You WILL have to be a bit proactive. You're the host, you will be the one greeting everyone and making introductions. But you have the advantage of having had people contact you thru Meet Ups first so you'll at least have corresponded with most folks who show up.One other thought: there were some 60 people listed in Sydney for DnD. We've gotten a total of 11 now (myself included). Check out WHEN the folks joined the list. ANyone from more than a month or two ago has probably given up on it. Even though they (presumably) get the email from Meet Ups they seem to have moved on as it were.Good luck, hope you have new gaming group in the next few weeks.GlenEDIT: don't expect to game the first meeting. EDIT EDIT: our group has set up a meesage board to keep people informed more easily. And to post characters. Of course you might be able to use ENWORLD for that.</blockquote>

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