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<blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 5686176" data-attributes="member: 49017"><p>That was certainly the case where I grew up in England. Our local wargames club met every two weeks, booking the upper floor of a pub. It was mostly figure gaming, but there were boardgamers and a few of us who played RPGs. I don't remember it ever being seen as competitive; in fact, the co-operative aspect was one of the things that interested people. Perhaps we'd played too many wargames competitions and wanted something different! When I went to university the RPG club seperated from the wargaming club the year I started, quite amicably, but there were simply too many people involved for the space we had available in the Union. It's also probably fair to say that most people I know/knew played more often with groups of friends at each other's homes as they did at any sort of club meeting. I'd also note that in my experience contact with other groups of players wasn't that uncommon. A lot of clubs had regular competitive wargames matches with other clubs, and there were quite a few conventions that attracted people from all over the country. At those you'd often find someone to talk to about their experiences with various games. This would be in the mid-70s/early 80s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluenose, post: 5686176, member: 49017"] That was certainly the case where I grew up in England. Our local wargames club met every two weeks, booking the upper floor of a pub. It was mostly figure gaming, but there were boardgamers and a few of us who played RPGs. I don't remember it ever being seen as competitive; in fact, the co-operative aspect was one of the things that interested people. Perhaps we'd played too many wargames competitions and wanted something different! When I went to university the RPG club seperated from the wargaming club the year I started, quite amicably, but there were simply too many people involved for the space we had available in the Union. It's also probably fair to say that most people I know/knew played more often with groups of friends at each other's homes as they did at any sort of club meeting. I'd also note that in my experience contact with other groups of players wasn't that uncommon. A lot of clubs had regular competitive wargames matches with other clubs, and there were quite a few conventions that attracted people from all over the country. At those you'd often find someone to talk to about their experiences with various games. This would be in the mid-70s/early 80s. [/QUOTE]
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