• 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    The way people play and enjoy D&D varies so wildly, I don’t think just popping into a random game with random people would necessarily be fun 90% of the time.

    Maybe I’m a Mony Haul type campaign enjoyer and everyone is running their super serious, extra dark and edgy medieval simulation. I would be bored out of my mind during all those 8 hour long fictional political debate sessions. I wanna hit things with various sticks and win fabulous prizes! 😩

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    7 hours ago

    I’ve formed some of my best, and strongest friendships through online ttrpg play starting as strangers. But not quite randoms, which is an important distinction. I collected hundreds of applications to play, and went through every single one to hand select ones that had good vibes. I even video interviewed them.

    Still playing almost ten years later with a few of those, and the ones who don’t still play with me still had multi year campaigns with.

    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 hours ago

      This seems nuts on paper but bet it finds a lot of people frustrated by the same things.

      Was it arduous?

      Glad it worked out for you. Good advice.

      • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        5 hours ago

        I don’t know, doesn’t seem that nuts to me. I’m a GM and I reckon if I’m going to run games for years for people for free, I had better like them and know a little bit about them.

        I wouldn’t say it was a fun task, but I wouldn’t go so far as arduous. I kinda like reading everyone’s answers and, if I’m being quite frank, I’m not above admitting that so many people trying to get into a game I run is a nice feeling.

  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world
    8·
    6 hours ago

    Stamets, if you’re legit putting together an online D&D group I’d be super interested. I’ve never played but I vow to not be that guy in the group and to try my hardest.

    • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      5 hours ago

      I have no problem with new players provided you’re willing to learn, listen and be cooperative. It’s easy to fall into a bit of main character syndrome but as long as you’re willing to receive feedback then you are genuinely already going to be better than like… 60%, minimum, of other online players.

      I’ve been fleshing out a world, nations, factions, gods, and various potential plotlines for the past year or so. Should be done in the next 1-4 weeks, likely sooner than later. If you’re actually interested (or if anyone is), just shoot me a message. The only thing that I actively require from my players is a DnD Beyond account, a Discord account, a sense of humor, a spark of imagination and a goal to both play your story and uplift others in theirs. I cannot guarantee that you’ll be able to play just by messaging, i’m going to end up interviewing people to an extent and judging vibes. Want to make sure everyone is chill and ready to get along with one another. But by all means, my messages are open.

      Honestly they always are but no one ever messages me… Well outside of the occasional newbie who is trying to figure out Lemmy, sees my username a lot and goes “He probably knows how it works!” Which, fair. I do. Good person to ask lol

      • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Kind of interested, playing in two games but been having scheduling issues with one so may be in the market, and would love to play in something beyond a module. Despite having two games, only been playing a couple years, these are my 2nd and 3rd ever.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    I’ve always wanted to try playing DND, but I don’t know anybody where I live since I moved five years ago, and I’m not an outgoing type of individual.

  • Justdaveisfine@midwest.social
    3·
    7 hours ago

    I’ve never had success with randoms because all it takes is one person to really dampen the game, and the odds of that happening are just too high.

    Which is a shame because I’ve ran into good players who just can’t find a group to click with.