Finding a local game

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fjw70
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Finding a local game

Post by fjw70 » Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:47 pm

What's the best way to find a local TOR game? I have had the rules for a while now and would love to play it but I dont want yo run it. I would like to be a player in a game to really internalize the rules.

Btw, I am in the Detroit area.

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Re: Finding a local game

Post by zedturtle » Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:29 pm

I would try meetup.com (join both roleplaying and literary groups, attend a few meetings and then try to recruit players) and ads/hanging out in your local FLGS.

It will be trickier as a player and not a loremaster, since you're going to need to find someone else who has already made an investment in the game (or at least is willing to learn it from your books to run it for you).

Also, there's always online play, either face-to-face or play-by-post.
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fjw70
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Re: Finding a local game

Post by fjw70 » Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:18 pm

Thanks. I have already posted on Meetup but in my experience it's had finding a non-D&D or Pathfinder game on there. I was hoping there was a TOR internet resource I could use to find a game.

I could probably talk my D&D group into playing if I am willing to run. It's tough finding a group to play something other than the big two, especially since I don't like online gaming.

Thank for the feedback. I will keep looking.

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Re: Finding a local game

Post by shipwreck » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:57 pm

Yeah, sometimes you just have to canvas and recruit. Took me a couple months to nail down schedules and personnel (all non-TOR players) for my home game and that's with just four heroes!
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Re: Finding a local game

Post by Majestic » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:01 pm

Yeah, my advice would just be to take the plunge and convert any players. My group is a pretty experienced one, with all of us having GMd before. But we were all tied up in multiple games. After nearly a two year hiatus, my way of getting my TOR game going was to (mostly) shut down my 24 year long supers campaign, to free up time in our schedules.

It may just take you watching and reading a bunch of PBP games, until you get a good enough feel for the game. Once you start, you all will likely enjoy it enough that you may be able to talk somebody else into running things.
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Re: Finding a local game

Post by TwiceBorn » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:54 pm

I'm in the same situation you're in, fjw70, so I sympathize. I'm nowhere close to Detroit, though.

Good luck!

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