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In my effort to find folks in the Evansville, Indiana region I have added to my blog on the Border Aethereal.
http://aetherealplane.com/border/?page_id=154
When you are playing at the convention and all of the like minded players are gathered around the multitude of tables you take it for granted that EVERYONE plays the game. Well, out here in the weed you have to do a bit of tracking and divining to get folks together.
Sometimes I speak to people that say they played other games and quit because of one reason or another. I was impressed to discover how many people have played and would again save for the various "stigma" they had attached to gaming. Things like, "I am too old...". Right, I am in trouble then. I remember talking to Gary Gygax years back and he just kinda gave a look when I asked him about age. If you get the chance to talk to Larry Elmore you will find that he is quite young at heart, where it counts. Actually he seems a bit mischievous, but that might be presumptuous on my part. Other folks suggest that it was boring and unfulfilling.Welllll...
I tell stories. That has always gotten me into trouble. Except when I am in the Nation. You know, the Image A Nation.People want to go there. They yearn to go there. They remember it from their childhood. A place where their dreams bore them aloft to such grand adventures and joys.But they got older, or someone hurt them in some way, or they just gave up on dreaming. Now they pay bills, go to work, maintain their bodies and sit in mild despair pining over they know not what, yet suspect. Then I ask them about RPGs and relay the excitement and intrigue within the Pathfinder games and, for a moment, their eyes alight and their faces glow as their minds are taken once again to the Nation - if for only a moment. Then they make excuses as if fell creatures held weighty chains in distant reaches and they were not their own masters.
These I would save. Come back into the light and play. Leave the drudgery of you limited existence and daily dose of "Grown-up Ridlin" to embrace fun, excitement and intrigue once again. Time is fleeting, fun does not have to be.
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Hi Raemann,
I don't know if you've seen this thread or not, but the Indiana Venture-Captain, Tracy, is actively looking for people in Indiana who are organizing or playing PFS. Evansville is one of the cities on the list, so you might try seeing if Tracy needs help or can help you out.
Having read your other thread, I know you're new to Pathfinder and PFS, so in case you're not aware of the Venture-Officer program, I'll point you to this page. In a nutshell, the Venture-Captains and Venture-Lieutenants are volunteers whose job it is to help Organized Play develop and grow in their regions.
While it's never mandated that you have to work with your local Venture-Officer to run or play in PFS, we're a pretty friendly and supportive bunch. In the first thread I linked, Tracy says there's a store in Evansville that needs an organizer - if you're willing to do that, it's an easy-ish job, especially with the support you'll get. (For what it's worth, it's how I started...)
I'd recommend dropping Tracy a line and asking for a little help getting things running in Evansville. Between your post here, and Tracy's post in the other thread, you two sound like you're looking for each other anyway! :)
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Jeff,
I wanted to say - Thank You.
So many times we get the help we want and don't acknowledge the kindness of others. I took your advice and contacted Tracy. I appreciate all of the points that you made. You are helping myself and my wife make the smooth transition to Pathfinder. Having her on board my gaming experience has made it all the better. (shameless plug for points just in case she reads the thread)
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I'm happy to have helped.
Setting up regular public play can an intimidating process, but it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.
When I started out, our then-VC in Ontario, Neil Shackleton, along with our now-VC Robert Trifts, gave me a lot of advice and helpful suggestions - but the setup and majority of the work was mine to take care of. As long as you've got a place to play and a store that's happy to have you there, though, there's not a lot of work to do. :)
The one thing I'll warn you about is that I started pushing PFS play at my local store because I wanted to play. I'm now one of the weekly GMs; I think I've GMed about 20 tables since I started and played about 6.
One of these days I'll get my number of volunteer GMs to where I want it. *sigh* Then I'll get to play again! ;)