How to find (tabletop) shadowrun groups., Lookin' ta gitta fix fer mah jones. |
How to find (tabletop) shadowrun groups., Lookin' ta gitta fix fer mah jones. |
Mar 22 2005, 12:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 28-May 04 From: Moorhead, MN, USA Member No.: 6,367 |
I couldn't decide if this would be better to ask here or in the general gaming section, but I am looking specifically for folks to play Shadowrun with and this does get more traffic. It's been many years since college; I can't canvas my dorm-mates looking for roleplayers. I don't think I want to advertise in the personals section . . .
:grinbig: What's a good way to start/join a roleplaying group? I prefer tabletop. I enjoy being able to personally act out my character and react in real-time to others. Eventually if I can't find humans to play with, I will PBP (everyone knows internet people aren't real humans :alien: ).
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Mar 22 2005, 12:42 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
If you can't find players, make players. Find a point of discussion with any frieds I assume you have, and see if they are willing to read over (or listen to a long monologue about) the basic setting of the game. If it interests them, go from there. If it doesn't interest them, arrange a shared housing with a few other Dumpshockers who are desperate for a real group to play in.
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Mar 22 2005, 01:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
1. Rent a copy of Johnny Mnemonic for your friends.
2. Provide lots of beer. 3. At the end of the film, say, "Wouldn't it be cool to live in a crazy mixed up world like that?" 4. Wait for general agreement. 5. Pull a copy of SR3 from behind the couch where you've hidden it. 6. In a creepy tone, say "Now you can...." |
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Mar 22 2005, 01:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 13-January 05 From: Forgot where his meat body was Member No.: 6,971 |
Having watched Johnny Mnemonic, you should probably either cut out BEFORE it's revealed that the greatest hacker who ever lived is a friggin' Mil-Spec dolphin or provide LOTS of beer.
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Mar 22 2005, 01:35 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
Now if you're providing weed, I suggest allowing the dolphin...
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Mar 22 2005, 01:37 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Blade Runner suits pretty well for pushing people into the Cyberpunk world. SR is a bit of a stretch (though replicants do seem pretty in sync with what cyberzombies could eventually become) with pretty much all Cyberpunk movies (with flesh-and-blood actors, at least).
If you find any anime fans, most of them are generally willing to at least try it out, especially if they've seen any Cyberpunk-esque shows (I can't name any off the top of my head other than Ghost in the Shell, sorry). Generally, if you can't find 'em, make 'em. Barring that, maybe try an IRC group. |
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Mar 22 2005, 02:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 16-September 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 5,625 |
I've always been able to find people either through the internet or by posting a notice on a gaming board at the FLGS. I still get people calling or emailing every so often. I should probably take it down.
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Mar 22 2005, 03:16 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
Personally I play at a gaming club, try and find one, even if nobody plays SR there you some people may be willing to try it.
Alternatively if there is a gaming store that stokes SR near you post a note on there message board (the physical one) saying your looking for players. It is a bit like personals but at least only gamers will read it. Edward |
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Mar 22 2005, 03:30 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 14-January 05 Member No.: 6,976 |
If you can't find an existing group or SR players in your area, consider converting non-SR gamers you know to SR. If you can convince just two people to give it a shot, odds are they can convince a person or two each themselves. This method worked very well for me.
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Mar 22 2005, 07:52 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Check at whatever store you buy your gaming books at (be it RPG-only shop, comic book store, whatever). Look for a bulletin board, see if anyone's looking for players, or see if you can put up a notice of your own.
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Mar 22 2005, 06:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 870 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Idaho Member No.: 5,960 |
In my area there are no RPG shops...so the only store that has RPG books is Hastings and they have a big bulletin board in the lobby. You might try that also. ALot of people would probably see it.
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Mar 22 2005, 07:07 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 18-March 05 Member No.: 7,188 |
The easiesst way to find that elusive SR gaming group is your local Gaming Shop. Most of them have a place where groups can setup and run what ever they want. They also provide a place where people can put up notices if they are looking for a group or looking for someone to join the group.
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Mar 22 2005, 07:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 349 Joined: 28-January 05 From: Phoenix, Arizona Member No.: 7,030 |
accessdenied.net it'll help you hook up with Gamers for All different types of Genre's in your area... good luck.
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Mar 22 2005, 07:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 6-February 05 Member No.: 7,059 |
Ugh, if you're going to subject your buds to Sci Fi movies similar to Shadowrun, don't dare use Johnny Mnemonic. Back in the day I thought it was the coolest ever, but watching a part of it recently made me throw up in my mouth a little. I guess when you're young you're impervious to bad acting and bad plots, even if the setting is cool, or at least decent.
Definitely choose 'Bladerunner', or one of my faves that had ties to simsense and/or BTLs and had a vaguely Shadowrun feel was 'Strange Days.' Or just ask them if they've seen the original 'Matrix' movie and if they dug it. That was an actually good Keanu Reeves movie that had a Shadowrun feel. And if asked, just disavow the second and third parts of the Matrix trilogy. I also thought the cartoon 'Batman Beyond' had a Shadowrun feel to it, too, if they're into animation. Man, somebody needs to make a Shadowrun movie. A good Shadowrun movie. |
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Mar 22 2005, 07:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 870 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Idaho Member No.: 5,960 |
Not trying to be a jerk but that site is pretty much empty. Kind of useless. |
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Mar 22 2005, 07:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 349 Joined: 28-January 05 From: Phoenix, Arizona Member No.: 7,030 |
it has it's flaws, but when used correctly can be a big help.
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Mar 22 2005, 10:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 28-May 04 From: Moorhead, MN, USA Member No.: 6,367 |
Thanks Weredigo. I'd never heard of accessdenied.net. There are actually a fair number of folks in the metro area listed. Thanks too for the rest of yall. I only know of one FLGS in the area. I'll have to make a trip out soon to see if they have a bulletin board. Now why couldn't I think of something that simple myself. :oops:
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Mar 22 2005, 11:26 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465 |
Damn that's creepy...reminds me of someone trying to convience their signigicant other into god-knows-what. |
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Mar 23 2005, 12:45 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Just because you no longer attend College doesn't mean you can't still advertise there and recruit from it ... or even join one of their clubs. I used to know a lot of people that played in the University and College groups that didn't actual attend the institution. |
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Mar 23 2005, 12:53 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,129 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 4,712 |
:rotfl: I heard that. Yeah, add my vote to the list for not using JM as the representation for SR. I don't think I've ever used a dolphin in a game, even as flavor. Blade Runner, GitS, Strange Days, Matrix are all better picks. I might also suggest trying local comic book stores as gamers tend to frequent those stores as well. G'luck! :) |
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Mar 25 2005, 02:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Do not. I repeat: DO NOT find a bunch of D&Ders and try to recruit them to try a new game. Trust me.
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Mar 25 2005, 02:47 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 14-January 05 Member No.: 6,976 |
That's a pretty unfair generalization to make. Some D&D players will not enjoy SR or will play it like a dungeon crawl game. Others won't. I don't doubt you've had horrible experiences tying to recruit D&D players, but I've had no trouble with D&D players who've played SR with me. |
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Mar 25 2005, 03:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Thanks for clearing that up, otherwise he woulda taken me seriously.... :please:
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Mar 25 2005, 03:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 556 Joined: 28-May 04 From: Moorhead, MN, USA Member No.: 6,367 |
Fear not. I keep my saltshaker handy whenever I'm logged onto Dumpshock. (For you non-native English speakers: To take something with a grain of salt means to be skeptical of it.)
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Mar 25 2005, 04:31 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 26-January 05 From: charlotte maga sprawl in the confederated american states AKA hell Member No.: 7,018 |
if your really willing to go out on a limb go out to a computer store. at best buy just about all the guys who work in computers play SR or roalplaying games of some kind. we had a meet and great there and we started playing games of SR every week after that
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