[pstack]

When I was young, I was a dedicated athlete. To the point that I missed weeks of school every year to travel and compete in the championships. I would spend all of my down-time (including between matches) with index cards and graph-paper, designing campaigns.

Unfortunately, the sports meant I never had an opportunity to find anyone to play the campaigns with. To this day - in my thirties - I've only played for a few weeks with other people and that was fifteen years ago.

It's probably the one thing I really regret. That I didn't find people that were also into it and, as an adult, find a way to regularly group together with them. It seems like it would be an incredible blast. Especially since being an adult means having all the money for the fancy custom maps and all the guides and everything.

Long live the memory of Gary Gygax.

[rndmize]

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: http://www.reddit.com/r/lfg

[ama729]

> It's probably the one thing I really regret. That I didn't find people that were also into it and, as an adult, find a way to regularly group together with them.

Good news (everyone :)), contrary to other regrets, it's probably one of the easiest to fix. Basically, find the geekiest store/discussion board (related to boardgames, wargames, video games, etc) in your area and post an ad there, you'll quickly (though maybe give it a month or two, if you live in a small or inactive town) find other players. Have fun!

[Jtsummers]

You could try attending a gaming convention. Assuming the US, Origins and GenCon are both a lot of fun and relatively inexpensive (outside of travel, hotels for < $200/day, cheap with a group, and the registration is usually ~$70 for the whole thing + $6/game you want to attend (usually 4-6 games)). Also, you might be surprised who among your friends and friends of friends is interested in this stuff. I've had a lot of luck getting to know people who were in local theater groups, and random colleagues.

The hardest part is just coordinating groups as people start having children and getting married. Just aim small, 1 Saturday every month or two, and you can probably get a steady group.

[ilaksh]

http://dnd.meetup.com