This one is interesting as don’t you need friends already to play?
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Carrolade@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Dungeons & Dragons is one, for the sufficiently geeky.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Most game shops host some games that are open to people signing up.
Spot@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
Our local libraries do this too! They are free but waaay less rowdy than others I’ve tried (i loke a lol rowdy). And, usually One and Done campaigns. Do double check if you do see your library has them, ours do adult and teen in different groups.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you want to start an irl group, yeah. If you’re joining an existing group, no though. Fully online is obviously the easiest place to find groups looking for players, but you can also head down to your local gaming store. I’ve seen bulletin boards before with flyers looking for players, but can probably just ask the people working there if they know of any.
Could also check online forums for your local community, maybe even make a post asking if any gaming groups have openings for irl players.
dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
there are actually lots of groups that attempt to rectify this exact problem.
Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG that has a large following and focuses on the ability to jump in and out of groups and games.
Find your nearest game store and see what hobbies show up there. There might be a Warhammer group, DnD, starwars miniatures, magic, or maybe just random board games.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
IIRC, you can get into public games on roll20. I also know Lemmy has an instance dedicated to TTRPGs; do they have any kind of game matchup community?
Libra@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
You can play with online friends with a virtual tabletop like Roll20 or Foundry and voice chat like Discord. I’m in 4 games a week and all of them are online. I mentioned in another comment, but Roll20 has an LFG section taht lets you search by game systems, time, whether or not they welcome new players, etc. I’ve met tons of people this way.
zephorah@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I came here to say Dungeons & Dragons. People of all ages and walks of life play.
Ziggurat@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
I woald advise other RPG than D&D, too many beginner look for D&D and nothing else, while tons of GM struggle to find player for non D&D games
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
DND is tricky to recommend. On the one hand, as far as RPGs go it’s mega popular. On the other, it’s a very specific kind of game and rather finicky.
Many people who don’t want to play fantasy dungeon crawling tactical combat would enjoy other genres, but finding those groups can be harder. One of my friends has no real interest in fantasy, but immediately was like “LET’S DO IT” when I mentioned a game of Vampire.