Stephen Collins17h ago

I haven’t played #ttrpg or #boardgames regularly for a long time. The group I played with as a younger person dissolved long ago as we moved, found long term relationships, and built careers.

Recently, I’ve been feeling nostalgic for those pastimes, and pulled some things out of storage to refresh my relationship with them.

I definitely want to find a way to play both RPGs and board games regularly. Now the challenge is to work out the shape and size of the community here in rural NSW, or to find a decent group online. The game hub/store in Bega closed down over a year ago as the number of people playing couldn’t sustain the rent on their shopfront.

Keen for thoughts and ideas from anyone who is playing with some of the barriers I have.

Show threadNeil Hopkins15h ago
@trib playing online is worth exploring as an option. I have two regular games groups - one weekly, one every other week. The first uses Owlbear Rodeo for simple maps and dice , and Discord for chat. The second is Forbidden Lands on Foundry which has all of the bells and whistles with built in character sheets and 3d dice.
Show threadStephen Collins15h ago
@satsuma noice!
Show threadDamien (TIG BUSINESS)

@trib @satsuma same same. Its not as good as playing in person, but its better than not getting to play at all.

(online chat makes it hard to do conversation, that's the main drawback. )

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Show threadNeil Hopkins3h ago
@aeduna @trib having cameras on helps and most of us have now had six years of dealing with online meetings. It’s also easier to get more of a game into a two hour session without having to travel to someone else’s house. I’m also lucky enough to have several local cons running where I can play four or five games over a weekend and enjoy a few beers with friends.
Show threadStephen Collins3h ago
@satsuma @aeduna the nearest con to me is now 3 hours away. 5 years ago I moved here. No regrets, but I'm 25km from the nearest town, nearly 3 hours drive from the nearest city.
Show threadNeil Hopkins1h ago
@trib @aeduna sounds like online is your best bet to get started then - we have online cons in the uk such as virtual Grogmeet which have a large selection of games and I would imagine you might have something similar on your side of the world