When looking for players...

[Megatron]

When looking for players what method do you use? I typically post something on some forums and put up a flier at my FLGS. But since moving to college it's been a little harder. I've had a thread up in the university's "rpg club" section for a few months now with no response, and I haven't seen any games played around. The nearest game store is a joke.
So, as my enworld thread hasn't gotten many results - and honestly I wasn't expecting that many ENworlders would be in the area, I'm trying to put together a flier to post in my dorm.

What do you think a good "looking for players" flier needs on it? In the past I've erred by way of too much information - and too little.

 

[Crothian]

In college the way I found other gamers was to read gaming books in class, take and look for people with gaming books in the common rooms of dorms, and walk around my dorm listening and looking for gamers. After two weeks of doing it I found more gamers then I did through the RPG Club they had.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

This is going to sound pretty bad, but find a place where "nerds" gather. If you can find a charismatic one (this actually happens, one of my DMs is one) you will quickly have a recruitment system.

Also bring up DnD in a conversation. If two or three people jump in, you have a new gaming group.

 

[der_kluge]

Where at in NC are you? There are a ton of gamers in North Carolina. In fact, in the Raleigh area, I don't think you can swing a dead cat without hitting a gamer or two. You must not be trying very hard.

If you have a thread in the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum, be sure to bump it from time to time, and make sure that the name of the area you are looking in is in the subject line.

 

[der_kluge]

Nevermind - I just found your thread. Looks like you're already following my advice.

 

[devilbat]

I used a variety of places on the Internet, including EnWorld, RPGnow and meetup.com. I was lucky enough to find four players to form a new group.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

I'm in the same boat in a different area.

I found alot of gamers in the STATE, about 90% of whom live an hour away, with my thread on ENWorld, but nobody in the same town.

Put up a flyer in the FLGS, about a month ago, and so far a few of the "contact info" strips are missing from it, but nobody has contacted me.

I'd say you're on the right track, but in an area where gamers might be more cliquish or underground, you'll have to step up a bit more and try to drop "clues" as to your own hobby.

--fje

 

[ph34r]

Megatron, I live about 25 minutes or so from you. I replied a little more in depth in your gamers seeking gamers thread.

 

[Megatron]

Yeah, I know there are a lot of gamers, I worked at my FLGS during the summer & still maintain their website, but things are little more sparse here in the mountains.

Anyway, I put up a flier with a short list of supplies (and a note saying I can supply anything they lack), a tentative date and location, a short description of my play style, and ended it with my dorm # and e-mail.
Usually I put in campaign information, character creation guidelines, age group, session length - stuff like that.

 

[VirgilCaine]

I have a friend who games who goes to App State. Does that help?