Getting Started...And Socializing (Ew)
So, like I said in the first post, I would consider this one of the hardest parts for some people. I’m not even talking about just the socially awkward, foot in their mouth kind of people. The reason this step is hard is because it relies on other people, instead of your own abilities. In fact, this part might even be harder than a lot of stuff in-game. However, I do have some tips and tricks to help you out.
1.Before you do any of this, you should probably have an idea of what you’re going to play. D and D is the classic, but there are plenty of other games to choose from. My personal favorites for new players are Fate Accelerated and basically any D20 game. If you understand D20, you can understand most games (besides Fatal. But no one really understands why that game exists anyways. Don’t look it up for your own sanity.)
2. Try asking some friends if they’d be interested in joining up. If you’re the one asking, you should expect to be the GM. However, if they say no, be a little persistent, but as soon as they give you the look of “Stop talking to me”, you should probably stop asking.
3. If the whole “having friends who like the same things you like” doesn’t work out, try looking online! There are plenty of places to go to set up either PBP (play-by-post) or online RPG’s. My personal favorite is Roll20, a free resource that has character sheets already set up for many games, and is incredibly multipurpose, as you can do things like advertise to get people who might be interested in the same things you are, or even make it easier for real life friends to be able to play. I’ll link it and a couple of other things below.
Roll20
Myth-weavers (Another free resource for PBP, I haven’t used it much but it has plenty of great tools)
r/LFG (Another great place to find people interested in the same games you are)
All of the previously linked places are awesome places to go to find players.
So, now that you have players and you’ve chosen a game, what do you do next? Well, that’s easy. Set up the session! Which we will go over next time. See you then!