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A boy needs a home… (How to find people to game with in a new town or city)

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dungeons and dragonsAt fourteen, in 1985 a boy woke up in a new town, in a new apartment. That day he met another boy living in the next-door building who had the same interests. The new boy introduced him to Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition and that’s all she wrote. Sense then I’ve moved quite a few times and each time I found myself looking for new friends and people to game with.

The times have changed and over the years finding like-minded people to game with became both easier and harder to find in some aspects. I’m writing this article to hopefully make things a little easier rather than harder for us nerds.

Recently I just moved from Houston Texas back to a different side of town in Phoenix Arizona. After the move I got things in order and sat down to looks for a place to go be nerdy. Fortunately in this day and age we have FaceBook and Google so things are just at our fingertips and we don’t have to listen in on people’s conversations at school or join clubs to find places to express our hobby.

The first thing I want to let everyone in on is the FaceBook search engine, and how it helped me. For starters Wizards of the Coast has been kind enough to help people put together FaceBook pages for most major cities for the Dungeons & Dragons 5e Adventure’s League. This format of D&D 5e lets players play pre-constructed campaigns and sends their results in to WotC to be posted for all to see. On the WotC website is also a “Store Finder” that shows stores how have WotC recognition and host those events on a regular basis. This is a good way to find gamers or at least to find people who play RPGs in general.

WotC Store Finder: http://locator.wizards.com/
FaceBook: D&D Adventure’s League (Phoenix)

After that I took it upon myself to search Google for comic-book stores simply due to the fact allot of comic-book stores either have people who play RPGs or at least play other similar games. I had found a comic-book store (from what I thought) to be pretty close to where I had moved. After going there I dungeons and dragonsfound they didn’t have much of any role-playing groups just Magic the Gathering and a few other board gamers, but the guy there pointed me in the direction of a fabulous game store that unfortunately was a 43 minute drive from my house. However I went there and the owner there referred  me to my current game store that was only 11 minutes from my new home. So you see, following the dots is the best way you can surely find a good place to game.  Of course the Google Maps app helps as well so as not to get lost in a new town.

It’s more a matter of asking the right questions and knowing where to look to be able to find great places and people to game with. So if you’re one of those gamers who is shy and  has trouble meeting people then this may be a problem but with the help of the o’mighty internet things can be better. You can also use the “MeetUp” website/app to find gaming groups as well. Then narrow down your search to find people closest to you. Of course you have to make an account, but its never really a bad thing.

MeetUp: Meetup.com

Another way I have heard of to find online-gaming groups is not only through FaceBook but through a

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site called “Role 20” that hosts a program that allows people from all over the world to get together and game via the power of the web. There they have message boards and forums to help people to find groups as well.

Roll 20: https://roll20.net/

If your an avid video game player you might have heard of “TwtchTV” and there you can find all kinds of channels of people who play and stream role-playing games online. The cool part about this is there is a chat room where veiwers can chat about whats going on and meet eachother. It can also be a great place to find new frinds to game with as well, and also entertaining.

TwitchTV: https://www.twitch.tv/

I figured this would be a good article to perhaps help those in need of finding groups to enjoy our beloved hobby with. It’s not often we see information on helping us all get together so we can tell our fantastic tales of grandeur and fiction. So I hope at least I help a few people with this post, and I urge you all who have any other good tips to leave them in the comments section below for all us nerds to find…

So until next time… STAY NERDY!

~ Art_Wood

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