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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5365045" data-attributes="member: 40177">First, lemme say &quot;Welcome to EN World!&quot;Second, lemme say &quot;Paragraph breaks are your friend.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In all seriousness though, I'd say count your blessings.&nbsp; There are a lot of people on this site that would kill to be in your position - a game with your friends every other week is an ideal situation for many of the people here, some of whom only game once a MONTH.That being said, I think the way to get a solid game going is to set it for the same time, every week.&nbsp; And make it every WEEK.&nbsp; Players can quickly be trained to work around this designated game time - it's very easy for them to schedule &quot;monday evenings off&quot;, for example.&nbsp; Second, shorten your sessions.&nbsp; If you're trying to have one eight hour session every week, it might be difficult to schedule.&nbsp; But one four hour session a week (or maybe even two!) is probably doable.Third, avoid weekends (with the exception of sunday).&nbsp; While some people may be able to schedule every friday off for the next year, a lot of people are not willing to do so.&nbsp; I can tell you right now, if you had a friday or a saturday night game, I'd probably only be there every other week, if that.&nbsp; Fourth, make sure you work with everyone to set up a good time to game.&nbsp; And factor in all the prerequisites.&nbsp; If the game starts at six, after everyone's off work, make sure there's a way for everyone to get dinner.&nbsp; If Joe has to be home by ten for whatever reason, make sure your game ends at 9:30, no exceptions.&nbsp; Fifth, don't get irritated.&nbsp; It can be annoying to have people bail on you, but getting irritated is not the way to go.&nbsp; If Joe doesn't show up and you complain to everyone there about Joe, than next week when Sam can't make it, he's going to remember just how damned irritate you got... and he might be afraid to show up the week after that.&nbsp; Us gamers can be a very sensitive lot at times.&nbsp; Finally, have a backup plan.&nbsp; If you have five players and you get two no-shows, well, it happens.&nbsp; In my opinion, in these cases it's best to still do SOMETHING.&nbsp; Even if that something is just play a game of munchkin or turn on the hockey game.&nbsp; Hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5365045, member: 40177"] First, lemme say "Welcome to EN World!" Second, lemme say "Paragraph breaks are your friend." :) In all seriousness though, I'd say count your blessings. There are a lot of people on this site that would kill to be in your position - a game with your friends every other week is an ideal situation for many of the people here, some of whom only game once a MONTH. That being said, I think the way to get a solid game going is to set it for the same time, every week. And make it every WEEK. Players can quickly be trained to work around this designated game time - it's very easy for them to schedule "monday evenings off", for example. Second, shorten your sessions. If you're trying to have one eight hour session every week, it might be difficult to schedule. But one four hour session a week (or maybe even two!) is probably doable. Third, avoid weekends (with the exception of sunday). While some people may be able to schedule every friday off for the next year, a lot of people are not willing to do so. I can tell you right now, if you had a friday or a saturday night game, I'd probably only be there every other week, if that. Fourth, make sure you work with everyone to set up a good time to game. And factor in all the prerequisites. If the game starts at six, after everyone's off work, make sure there's a way for everyone to get dinner. If Joe has to be home by ten for whatever reason, make sure your game ends at 9:30, no exceptions. Fifth, don't get irritated. It can be annoying to have people bail on you, but getting irritated is not the way to go. If Joe doesn't show up and you complain to everyone there about Joe, than next week when Sam can't make it, he's going to remember just how damned irritate you got... and he might be afraid to show up the week after that. Us gamers can be a very sensitive lot at times. Finally, have a backup plan. If you have five players and you get two no-shows, well, it happens. In my opinion, in these cases it's best to still do SOMETHING. Even if that something is just play a game of munchkin or turn on the hockey game. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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