Would you play D&D in a public place?

[mhacdebhandia]

Although we did not play D&D or any other table top RPG, several (like eight or nine of us) of my friends an I used to play Magic:tg at an Old Country Buffet. For those not in the know, an OCB is like an "American Buffet" instead of a "Chinese Buffet".

Oh, man. Complete tangent, here, but . . . I hate buffet dining with the heat of a thousand suns.

I don't even like sharing my food with my family when we eat Chinese, though it's the custom.

 

[Arkhandus]

I would be fine with it, if I had a face-to-face gaming group that is (which I presently do not).

 

[balterkn]

Played in "public" (libraries, boy scout camp with lots of non-role players watching) - essentially played with players and we knew D&D was a spectator sport to those people.

I'll echo the comment that I'm not up for gaming in gaming stores.

 

[Harmon]

BTDT

Never again.

Five minutes after starting you have at least one person standing over the table/bench/whatever- "what are you doing? Where did you get those dice!?! Is this like Dungeons and Dragons- oh, it is-"

Playing in public is kin to not playing at all in my experience and is not worth even considering.

 

[SorvahrSpahr]

'course I play. we usually meet at saturday's on a mall and play 'till noon

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Our gaming group started out as a public gaming group at the local public library. Twenty five years later we're all still together but playing in private. It was a great way to get new players exposed/interested in the game, but it did have drawbacks such as the occasional disruption from people asking questions. I would love to start a local gaming club at the local library to get kids interested in it. Does anyone know if WOTC still has their 'D&D in the Library' program or did that get canceled?

 

[Scarbonac]

I've played in a library, in a college snack bar, in the common rooms of dorms, in a church and on a cross-country bus ride.