How Many Of You Regularly and Mostly Play in Conventions/Stores/Clubs?

RPGPundit · November 11, 2017, 01:47:47 AM

So, I was curious as to just what the ratio is here of people who do most of their gaming at cons or at regular play events at stores or clubs, versus people who do most of their gaming at home (theirs or someone else's)?

MonsterSlayer · November 11, 2017, 01:54:25 AM

Right now my regular game is running 5e bi-weekly at the local library. I do not have a home game right now if that is the difference you are getting at.

But I'm cool with that because I have gotten back into miniatures and fantasy scenery in the time I would have spent on a home game.

Though.... I'm starting to get that itch that a pre-made campaign can not scratch which is about all the library game can support due to people in and out of sessions.

Kiero · November 11, 2017, 03:24:18 AM

I've never played at any of them. Closest I've come to a convention was a competition when I was still at school run by TSR at their head office in the UK. One of the worst sessions I've ever experienced.

Sable Wyvern · November 11, 2017, 03:36:52 AM

I've never played in a game store. I've never looked for players at a game store. I'm not sure if I've even spoken to somebody about an RPG at a game store, other than asking after specific items I was interested in purchasing.

I have played in a handful of con game sessions. Were I to attend a con at any point in the future, I would be extremely unlikely to sign up for any tabletop RGP session.

Everyone I game with is either someone I met outside of gaming, or who met another member of the group outside of gaming.

S'mon · November 11, 2017, 03:39:00 AM

I go back and forth; 2008-2014 I played at my local Meetup; 2015-16 split home & Meetup, 2016-2017 only at home, and I'm just going back to GMing at the Meetup while also GMing a separate pub game since the start of the year.

Generally speaking I like GMing at home with all my stuff handy, but it's much easier for mid-week play to meet at a central location which for London means a pub, and it's much easier to get new players at the Meetup.

All my current regular players I met via my Meetup, or is a friend or girlfriend of one of those players, or I met through gaming before joining the Meetup.

Hermes Serpent · November 11, 2017, 04:27:50 AM

Back when I lived in Virginia I gamed at the local store (Game Parlour) but since returning to the UK and finding a club in Bournemouth I've gamed there on a Friday evening, I've also simultaneously gamed at home for various lengths of time (running The One Ring for 2 years for example) and recently started running games at another local group in Southampton on a Wednesday. I also do the big UK cons (Expo and Dragonmeet plus a load of smaller conventions (mostly Contingency, Revelation, Controll, Seven Hills, Longcon, Continuum, Furnace) which typically run 80-200 attendees.

A good part of my gaming I'm reminded is playing on-line with various groups of people I know in real life but who live too far away for FTF gaming.

Molotov · November 11, 2017, 04:37:16 AM

I do most of my gaming at home, and generally my own at that.

jeff37923 · November 11, 2017, 05:01:21 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1007150So, I was curious as to just what the ratio is here of people who do most of their gaming at cons or at regular play events at stores or clubs, versus people who do most of their gaming at home (theirs or someone else's)?

Right now, my games are at the local nerd bar (Green's Tavern) or at FLGS's or conventions (when work does not prevent me from attending, like this weekend). My home is a mess and only friends are invited over, not all of them are into tabletop RPGs.

Steven Mitchell · November 11, 2017, 09:58:48 AM

My games at public places have always been, at best, sporadic. The last decade or so, it's trended towards non-existent. The home game continues as always, and I've added a game at work on infrequent lunch breaks. But that one is limited to co-workers.

Bedrockbrendan · November 11, 2017, 10:01:29 AM

I do all my gaming at home and online. I used to go to game stores back when I new regulars at them who I got a long with. The past few times I've popped into game stores to play, things were a bit too chaotic for my tastes and the civility level wasn't the greatest.

K Peterson · November 11, 2017, 10:35:39 AM

I've never played at a store. Have no interest in that. It's always been with private groups, at my home or at a friend's home.

I played in one demo at Gen Con around 15 years ago.

soltakss · November 11, 2017, 10:47:00 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1007150So, I was curious as to just what the ratio is here of people who do most of their gaming at cons or at regular play events at stores or clubs, versus people who do most of their gaming at home (theirs or someone else's)?

Most of my gaming is weekly at home.

I play at conventions, normally once a year or once every two years.

I never play at games stores/clubs, no particular reason, just never had the need.

Skarg · November 11, 2017, 11:38:15 AM

Almost all my RPG gaming has been at (my or someone else's) house or over the Internet, or in a semi-public place that isn't a game store or convention (e.g. some side room of a school or university).

I have played other types of games (wargames, board games) in game stores, conventions, cafes, etc.

Ratman_tf · November 11, 2017, 11:42:22 AM

I do my RPGing mostly at mine or someone else's home. I play X-Wing miniatures weekly at my local gaming pub. I have occasionally gone to said pub for RPGing.

fearsomepirate · November 11, 2017, 12:16:48 PM

I run a game in a store because I moved to a new city and have no friends here.