I live in Spearfish SD and it is beginning to get hard to find new players. Right now all my time and DMing is in my own campaign setting that is called Arko. It is a forested island magically sealed withen a gem. It doesnt have any humans, dragons, evil outsiders, or any naturally evil monsters in it (though in the past they were present in Arko), and PCs can play as numerous types of elves, dwarves, gnomes, centaurs, lizardfolk, and fey. The setting took me four years to completly write and I am still writing sourcebooks for it so needless to say it is very detailed and is a place of very rich fantasy and magic. I have two players right now that have just finished the first session (they are completely in love with the setting). They both are very easy to get along with as am I. One of them is a player I have DMed since 2nd edition and the other is pretty new to DnD but loves fantasy and so far is doing great. But I am needing some more players from my area to add some diversity to the group and to make it easier to write adventures for Arko. Thanks
I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone in the Black Hills. I just got together enough players to start my own campaign after searching for about 10 months. Two of my players have never played before.
Let me know when your sessions are. I may be interested in joining your campaign.
I am hopeing that you and I could keep in contact should one of us need to aquire players. I will ask my group tomarrow if they are interested in joining another group. We meet on June 5th.
Best of luck finding players.
Thanks for the post, Donald. I was so excited to get a reply I feel like I won the lottery.
Well to keep you up to date on the sessions (Just finished the 3rd) it just gets better and better. Im really getting a chance to explore the intricacies of Arko and connect the current PCs with things that happened the very first time I and my wife played in the setting 4 years ago (110 years ago in game time). That is making the setting seem real and viseral to my players and I. Also last session one of my players began to use Arko terminology and phrases in game. It feels good to hear that.
I would also like to know how your sessions are going and what setting you are DMing. I love homebrew settings cuz its the best to see someone's interests and originality really shine, but I am also devoted to Forgotten Realms. I havent played in Greyhawk in years but I still like it, and Eberron sounds really intriguing but im too cheap to start buying books for another setting.
Anyway, enough rambling (Just excited to hear from a gamer in the Black Hills) I would very much like to get in contact with you. I would love to join your campaign as a player (havnt been a player in a long time) and that would be perfect to have you and any of your players come to Arko.
Im not sure how to go about getting in contact with you so im gonna give you my email( snake_dog5@yahoo.com )
Thanks