Breifly, James H and I--both from sunny Colorado Springs, at the foot of the the Rocky Mountains--mentioned a possibility of running a Burrooughsian Martian campaign. He and I run in different circles and actually chat more on this forum than in real life. Y'see--Colo Spgs--pop. 400,000--has six decent shops in town from which to purchase rpg books and gear, not counting book stores, or the It's Your Move or whatever it's called in the mall.

But what you find, especially among the three truly independent shops--each of which are friendly, provide room to play, have bright, well, reasonably bright staff--is that the customers of the different shops feel their patronage extends to their play and they tend to clique up around their favorite shops. On one hand--fine. You know where the players in town are, post for your game and see what happens. On the other--it's a little aggravating. You have five people in town who would want to play something wierd like Deleria or Castle Falkenstein or whatever--and they are all "affiliated" with different shops.

No need to explain the me that this is horseshit. I'm very heavily "affiliated" with one store, but I'm a friendly fellow and try to do what I can to bridge the barriers. But there's a shortage of venue in town for comingling players, and nothing like a non-store oriented club or group.

So--any advice? Any success stories? Any Romeo and Juliet tragic romances spawned from similar situations?

My only thought is they like what there playing...and you aren't playing the same game.

It's like asking Monopoly players to play play Boggle.

I wish that were it. I could fix that real easy.

I think it's just a matter of finding some common, non-shop venue for some non-territorial gaming. I think I can figure it out.