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The real fantasy element of Dungeons & Dragons is pretending that you have a group of friends who all get along with each other and can manage to meet regularly for four hours at a time.

(Originally published on hachyderm.io: 2024-02-04)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This hits too close to home.

Hands up those who have more RPG sourcebooks than opportunities to play?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'd join a campaign with you.πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

5 years strong with the current group!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That and something called a "Long Rest".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

::PBP has entered the room::

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I call it the "gygaxian effect" or "if it's not for everybody then it not for anybody.. "

Yea I think he was a real tool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

i feel there needs to be a Mastodon D n D group 🀣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Which is why I haven’t played since college.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not since 2000s when I moved to a different country and most of the friends started to get married and create offsprings...

We still talk and maintain a healthy whatsapp group.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

and that there's no couple in there who cheat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

not regularly since graduating uni in 2002, and not at all since our DM's wife had their kid in 2012

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It worked well during lunch in high school. Never since.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Offspring downstairs right now playing DnD w/ friends across five states, two countries, nine time zones. Scheduling is a trial, but they’ve managed to pull it off for five years, through college, grad school, various moves, still with three original people and assorted additions.
I have no idea how.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

we got around this by setting up a large group, and having subsets of 3-7 people meeting randomly for 1- and 2-shots. every once in a while there's a 6-session or so mini-campaign to take care of something very significant. sessions are all on VC (but not VTT) to spare everyone the travel time and also allow players from a variety of geolocations. if someone drops from drama, the game survives.

the setup worked well during pandemic lockdown. at least then, everyone had lots of time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Probably why I never even tried to get into it. I can't suspend disbelief to that level.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I really should get into ttrpgs lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

we were able to pull it off for two years πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ but alas it did indeed fail eventually...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So far my teen daughter and her friends are trying! They in basement right now struggling to get zoom running on her Linux Mint laptop because the GM graduated last year and they have to video them in! LoL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've reached middle age and still have yet to play D&D. I should probably turn in my nerd card. πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Prisoners included.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Used to do that, when me and my friends were all playing Monster Hunter Portable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And that you get a net four hours of gaming from a meeting like that, not.. two-ish

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You haven't even rolled for damage yet and we all know it's savage. πŸ˜€

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

yep yep yep. It's why I solo with Mythic GM Emulator. :ablobcattrash:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

both of them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My current group met every Thursday for 14 years, starting in the 70s. These days they meet at least weekly online- still, it’s all a a matter of timing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)