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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5012122" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'm an Army Brat who moved every 2-3 years for most of my life, and even after my Dad retired, I still went away to college and grad school before returning to the area in which I spent my teen years.And I've never had a problem finding a game.If I'm looking, I'll start at my FLGS.&nbsp; If that doesn't work, I'll try a variety of methods that have worked in the past, like checking out bulletin boards (virtual and real), or hanging out where RPG products are sold.&nbsp; Since most bookstores that carry RPGs stash them near the Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror books, I seldom regret this, since I can browse for new novels while I'm &quot;stalking.&quot;In addition, when I say I don't let everyone know I game, I'm not saying I'm &quot;closeted.&quot;&nbsp; I simply don't bring it up with everyone.&nbsp; I also don't let everyone know I design jewelry or play guitar.Those who know me well know these things about me.&nbsp; Others get the info piecemeal.But I'm vocal &amp; visible enough about the hobby that people have actually asked me to teach their kids about D&amp;D or other games...Heck, I'm high-profile enough that I founded and ran the RPG club at my Catholic HS in the 1980s...and once put &quot;Wargaming&quot; on a resume.(The club died after I graduated, and my resume was quickly re-edited after an interview with the City of Dallas that gave me a very pointed view of how gamers are perceived in the &quot;Real World&quot;...at least, outside of the military, that is.)You just need to improve your &quot;game-dar.&quot;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5012122, member: 19675"] I'm an Army Brat who moved every 2-3 years for most of my life, and even after my Dad retired, I still went away to college and grad school before returning to the area in which I spent my teen years. And I've [I]never[/I] had a problem finding a game. If I'm looking, I'll start at my FLGS. If that doesn't work, I'll try a variety of methods that have worked in the past, like checking out bulletin boards (virtual and real), or hanging out where RPG products are sold. Since most bookstores that carry RPGs stash them near the Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror books, I seldom regret this, since I can browse for new novels while I'm "stalking." In addition, when I say I don't let everyone know I game, I'm not saying I'm "closeted." I simply don't bring it up with everyone. I also don't let everyone know I design jewelry or play guitar. Those who know me well know these things about me. Others get the info piecemeal. But I'm vocal & visible enough about the hobby that people have actually asked me to teach their kids about D&D or other games... Heck, I'm high-profile enough that I founded and ran the RPG club at my Catholic HS in the 1980s...and once put "Wargaming" on a resume. (The club died after I graduated, and my resume was quickly re-edited after an interview with the City of Dallas that gave me a very pointed view of how gamers are perceived in the "Real World"...at least, outside of the military, that is.) You just need to improve your "game-dar.";) [/QUOTE]

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