"Where and with whom are your games best enjoyed?" Topic

1. Same group of gents for past 15 years in a basement.
2. Same basement with revolving door of interlopers.
3. Local establishment with a variety of game types where anyone can join in.
4. Invite from other groups with similar interests.
5. Various conventions with organized and timed games.

Mates man/cave/shed and wargames club.

1 and 3

1. We haven't gotten around to making our symptoms Topic A of conversation, YET, so there's still some life in us yet.

15 years in the OFM's basement!?!?!?

We have our rituals.
Chili. Or pulled pork sandwiches.
Beer.
Me singing, briefly, off key. It might even be wargames related.
Curse the #%*¥<~£€#% dice.
Complain.

1 & 4.

1&4

All of the above except #4. No objection to #4; it's just never happened.

To enjoy a game, I need good people (positive attitude, happy to learn and teach, wanting everyone to have a good time) and adequate space (large enough, warm enough, quiet enough, ventilated enough). I've found those in many different contexts.

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1 & 2

And another – a revolving group of people have been hiring the village hall for the last 5 years, and on Saturday I'm going for the first time as someone NOT organising, and I know there are different people going.
:-)

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1

1 and 3, except 1 is more like 30 years with only 3 people changing/leaving in all that time…damn, I'm old, lol!

6. The same group of gents, rotating among each's basement/kitchen table.
7. The same as 6., with occasional invited guest, aka "fresh meat."

So mostly the same group, but not the same place, though typically the same places.

3 has also been good to me in the past.

8. Different group of youth group boys teaching tactics and that there are fun uses for studying history.