Where do you game?

[Glyfair]

This is a tricky one to answer for me. I do most of my gaming at my FLGS. However, none of it is roleplaying. Roleplaying is all done at homes.

However, in the 80's it was the opposite. I rarely played at home, but regulary gamed at the FLGS. Indeed, one-two nights a week plus all day Saturday wasn't an uncommon occurance.

 

[Li Shenron]

I have only been watching others gaming on public places, such as conventions and clubs, in general I find my or friends' home the most comfortable environment

 

[MonsterMash]

In London (UK) most FLGS don't have space for gaming. Though GW stores often do (but that's Warhammer).

Though I usually play at one of the players homes I've also played in pubs or classrooms occasionally.

 

[beldar1215]

I run a game at a local game store, but play at a friends house.

 

[mikebr99]

All of my group are working, so we more often play at someone's office than someone's home. Boardroom tables are ideal.

I'll 2nd that.


Mike

 

[Kahuna Burger]

At the moment, exclusively on line. I guess that would be at home technicly, but I felt it was worth the 'other' option... (heh, for some LEW addicts, I have a feeling the most honest answer would be "at work" )

Kahuna Burger

 

[Ferret]

I game at school.

 

[Frost]

Ok, cool, thanks for answering my question, folks.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I don't mind playing somewhere else but usually it's at the home. When I had the three bedroom place with a huge living room, it was my place we played. Now I'm in a very tiny place, so it's at one of two friend's basements, depending on whose GMing.

 

[Belen]

We game at my place. I have never gamed in a FLGS and I do not see a reason too.

I have friends who run their own gaming store now and they made an effort to create an area for gaming, although they play DnD themselves, no one ever runs a DnD game there. They prefer to have magic or warhammer games at their store because those are the people most likely to spend a lot of money while there. They have regular nights for all games other than RPGs even though they mainly play RPGs...go figure. In any event, anyone cussing in the store must pay them a dollar. They do not allow it because a lot of kids and families fequen the store and it hurts their image (they sell a ton of puzzles and boardgames in addition to gaming supplies.)

The only other game store in the area I have seen that allows gaming is THE stereotypical gamer haven. The people who frequent the shop of both freaky and smelly and my wife refuses to ever go there again due to some very sexist comments made while she was perusing that RPG books. The comments were made by the owner, who did not know she was there, but that really did not matter. The LG players who were there really freaked her out. Heck, they freaked me out too. In addition, the store owners/ staff must have never learned how to use a vaccum or to dust. The store is dirty as heck and this is there new location. (The old location was in a basement of a shopping complex near a university.....walking into that location took years off your life.)

So I cannot imagine actually gaming at a store. It's far more comfortable to game at home.

Dave