About a week ago I attended a local D&D Meetup. There were about 4 tables worth of folks ranging from early 40’s to early 20’s and even a couple of honest to gawsh girls.
I wasn’t really prepared to play, I just wanted to scout it out and see what kind of turnout there was. On one hand I was please to see so many people, on the other I was dismayed to see that D&D3E was the only offering. I have dozens of games, quite a few I honestly haven’t played in years. I was hoping to find SOMEONE interested in say, a game of GURPS, CHILL or any kind of Pulp game. But all they wanted to play was D&D.
Later that evening I thought that maybe I’ll meet them halfway. So I posted that I would be willing to run a D20 game (Conan, Adventure, Masque of the Red Death, Mutants & Masterminds, Sidewinder, Etc,) at the next Meetup if there was any interest. Three days later I had 20+ views but no responses (the audacity of it all!). It looks like if I ever want to game again I need to get out of my Ivory Second Edition Tower and join the rest of Gamerdom at the 3rd edition altar.
In my experience offering a wide choice of games to run sometimes can be counterproductive. Pick something you can be totally awesome with and put it out there with enthusiasm. You want to come off as someone ready to rock the house something a little off the track, not a dilletante with elitist tastes.
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ReplyDeleteI have found the same whenever coming across a potential gamer group, D&D 3.0 or 3.5 or nothing. In Columbus I posted I would run a Champions game, no interest. Here in SC I posted Mutants and Masterminds, thinking D20 would win them over, no response. D&D or nothing.
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