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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 5686158" data-attributes="member: 47839"><p>Здравствуйте!</p><p></p><p>Well there is the extent of my Russian from high school in the 80s.</p><p></p><p>My personal experience with game clubs in Portland, Oregon are the following starting in the late 70's:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Middle School</strong> (6th-8th grades): Our chess club became an informal role-playing club. We met at school during breaks or snuck off campus to a friends house nearby. Played a ton of different games.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High School (9th-12th grades): No formal club, but a group of us met on weekends to play.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Oregon Western Wargamers</strong>: This was the first formal game club I played with. Mostly made up of miniature wargamers that also played boardgames and role-playing games. They still have their own building and membership dues.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>College</strong>: Informal groups, no official status.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>TSR/WotC - RPGA Clubs</strong>: These were officially recognized clubs affiliated with TSR/WotC's organized play program. These were associated with stores, schools, and conventions that encouraged public play. This program was killed in late 90's when the internet allowed reporting and delivery of these programs and the emphasis moved from public to private home play.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Guardian Games/Guardians of the Gameday</strong>: Two years ago I formed a club at my local store Guardian Games to promote organized public play of D&D (which wasn't really getting a lot of play at the time. <br /> I modeled it after the old RPGA clubs but used the internet to support and advertize it. There isn't as much formal structure, its more of a collective effort by my DMs and myself. I am grooming 2 people to replace me.<br /> Currently Guardians of the Gameday run 8 tables of D&D Encounters and just started Lair Assault. We are looking to bring Living Forgotten Realms back to Portland.</li> </ul><p>My two coppers,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 5686158, member: 47839"] Здравствуйте! Well there is the extent of my Russian from high school in the 80s. My personal experience with game clubs in Portland, Oregon are the following starting in the late 70's: [LIST] [*][B]Middle School[/B] (6th-8th grades): Our chess club became an informal role-playing club. We met at school during breaks or snuck off campus to a friends house nearby. Played a ton of different games. [*]High School (9th-12th grades): No formal club, but a group of us met on weekends to play. [*][B]Oregon Western Wargamers[/B]: This was the first formal game club I played with. Mostly made up of miniature wargamers that also played boardgames and role-playing games. They still have their own building and membership dues. [*][B]College[/B]: Informal groups, no official status. [*][B]TSR/WotC - RPGA Clubs[/B]: These were officially recognized clubs affiliated with TSR/WotC's organized play program. These were associated with stores, schools, and conventions that encouraged public play. This program was killed in late 90's when the internet allowed reporting and delivery of these programs and the emphasis moved from public to private home play. [*][B]Guardian Games/Guardians of the Gameday[/B]: Two years ago I formed a club at my local store Guardian Games to promote organized public play of D&D (which wasn't really getting a lot of play at the time. I modeled it after the old RPGA clubs but used the internet to support and advertize it. There isn't as much formal structure, its more of a collective effort by my DMs and myself. I am grooming 2 people to replace me. Currently Guardians of the Gameday run 8 tables of D&D Encounters and just started Lair Assault. We are looking to bring Living Forgotten Realms back to Portland. [/LIST] My two coppers, [/QUOTE]
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