How hard is it to find a compatible Roleplaying group?
Ive been looking for a great roleplaying group for years. Ive also had problems movie to a new city, concentrating on my job, and troubles like . I look for game groups to play with and its difficult. Maybe they dont play the same game Im interested, or more likely they arent interested in the same things in the games I am. Ive looked up things online and find nearly everything is based around Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.
#1 Serious Fun. After playing the above, get meta and make fun of things like Ninjas in a medieval fantasy, or do things like use a Scrying spell for an enemy to teleport in and say "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition". Influenced by plenty of things in shows, comics, and parodies.
#2 Serious Gaming. Grind for experience, look for loot, and level up unlocking new and interesting abilities & spells. Plays like a videogame but can still be fun just because you can make friends easier than playing something like World of Warcraft and roleplay, which you cant do there.
#3 Serious Roleplaying. Write out a detailed backstory, play in character, be serious about your character. Loot isnt the primary goal, but you can still make character like a greedy thief, or just someone motivated to be "the greatest [blank]".
#4 all of the above. An ideal to make everything fun for each player no matter how different they are.
#5 None of the above. This is what I find in actual groups. No rewards, not serious about roleplaying, not fun, and no group goal. This perplexes me, but at the same time Im not actively making things interesting as its not *my* group, just some strangers Im trying to play the game with. I ask questions, roleplay, look for rewards, and work to befriend people. Eventually I just leave the group after several weeks because I dont know where its going and Im not not making any progress.
I live a 15 minute walk from a game store but they largely play Magic the Gathering(a card game), tabletop miniature games(like Warhammer), and 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
A few people have recommended Myth-Weavers and this is my first post. Ive made some very bare starter character sheets that Ill keep working on. I dont know if I have an definitive goal with this post. Find people to talk to? Ask why its so hard to find game groups?
#1 Serious Fun. After playing the above, get meta and make fun of things like Ninjas in a medieval fantasy, or do things like use a Scrying spell for an enemy to teleport in and say "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition". Influenced by plenty of things in shows, comics, and parodies.
#2 Serious Gaming. Grind for experience, look for loot, and level up unlocking new and interesting abilities & spells. Plays like a videogame but can still be fun just because you can make friends easier than playing something like World of Warcraft and roleplay, which you cant do there.
#3 Serious Roleplaying. Write out a detailed backstory, play in character, be serious about your character. Loot isnt the primary goal, but you can still make character like a greedy thief, or just someone motivated to be "the greatest [blank]".
#4 all of the above. An ideal to make everything fun for each player no matter how different they are.
#5 None of the above. This is what I find in actual groups. No rewards, not serious about roleplaying, not fun, and no group goal. This perplexes me, but at the same time Im not actively making things interesting as its not *my* group, just some strangers Im trying to play the game with. I ask questions, roleplay, look for rewards, and work to befriend people. Eventually I just leave the group after several weeks because I dont know where its going and Im not not making any progress.
I live a 15 minute walk from a game store but they largely play Magic the Gathering(a card game), tabletop miniature games(like Warhammer), and 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
A few people have recommended Myth-Weavers and this is my first post. Ive made some very bare starter character sheets that Ill keep working on. I dont know if I have an definitive goal with this post. Find people to talk to? Ask why its so hard to find game groups?