D&D Group for Expats in Warsaw needs one more player...

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Jul 20, 10, 00:18 #1

It's been a blast playing so far, including a total party kill of experienced players, but we really do need one more player to round out the group. A couple of Poles were admitted into the group (against my better judgement because none of those people can keep a schedule - and usually they just want a free English convo class to add insult to injury) and both have dropped out.

When I say we're busy people I mean we work weekends AND travel, plus have family comittments. But busy people know how to make time. It is the not so busy people you need to worry about. So I am really bummed as I write to relate that the non-busy people have given the busy people the lame-o excuse that they are too busy... etc.

We have 3 players and the optimum player count is for 4+. It's sort of like Bridge that way. I will only accept expats now, and I should have kept that rule in the beginning so I would not have to write this message and feel let down (again).

If you do not know what is D&D, it is a dynamic storytelling game created by the players and a game master - that would be me. It is done around a table and sometimes with a cold drink in hand. It's a blast and a great way to meet interesting mature people who are otherwise busy. No experience is necessary.

Please drop me a line. I really would like to fill this spot as soon as possible.

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Jul 20, 10, 00:35 #2
The Shadow: I will only accept expats now, and I should have kept that rule in the beginning If it would have been the opposite in UK, that only Polish persons were allowed to join, people would have been screaming like maniacs about racism.

The ShadowThreads: 4 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 15, 10 ♂	Jul 20, 10, 07:28 #3
Lucky we still have the freedom to choose with whom we associate and meet up.

Macuch	Jul 29, 10, 16:06 #4
Hello there! Are you still looking for a fourth player? What version of the game do you play? Would you accept someone for only a month?

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Jul 30, 10, 00:31 #5

Hi. Thanks for your interest and the great question.

The next game will be on the afternoon of 22 August; allowing for the holiday period to pass.

In general, it would not be a good idea for a player to join us for only one month - from the perspective of team building. Check out the Facebook group. If there is a familar face there, I would consider it in general. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=114651881879023

Specifically, you'll probably be gone by then. Sorry to have missed you.

Macuch	Aug 1, 10, 18:17 #6
Well, as I'm here just for the summer course I will be, indeed, gone by the end of the month. Anyway, thak you for your response. I wish you good luck with your "quest" for the 4th player and some nice and well-played adventures!

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Mar 26, 11, 08:54 #7

One year and 11 days since the original post seekingplayers and we have quite a group. Looks like summer 2011 will be a slow period again. Still looking for new players, especially people who have never played before.

The current group has two Canadians, one American, one Bulgarian, one Italian, one Dane, one Finn, one Greek, and one Dutch: 2 women and 7 men.

But there is always room for more at a tabletop RPG. There are no counters and no game board just a relaxed, collaborative atmosphere of shared storytelling. If you're creative and imaginative or which to develop that part of yourself; if you enjoy people and wish to leave the stress of your daily life with a mental holiday as one of a group involved in an epic storyline solving mysteries, overcoming mythical creatures with might and magic and generally imagining yourself as a hero among heroes... really, what are you waiting for?

You remember the television show, Fantasy Island? Well this game is it.

So what are YOU waiting for, oh weakness, sitting alone in that smokey bar with that loud hammer on your skull and that shouting pratter that sends you unconscious; where 20 PLN is ripped from your wallet hourly one 20 at a time, and your clothes reek of stale purfume, alcohol and smoke...?

Also we have a group movie night coming up on 13 May 2011.

What did you expect the movie would be for a D&D group...?

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May 4, 11, 11:35 #8

Watching HBO's weekly medieval drama Game of Thrones, the movie night in 9 days, the next game of D&D on the 15th, living in Poland with so many castles and battlefields to visit and having a bunch of creative people around me for friends, it strikes me how different is my experience of this country than when I was surrounded only by people who paid for my creativity and whose motives were business motivated.

Des EssientesThreads: 11 Posts: 2,318 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂ [Suspended]	May 4, 11, 17:57 #9
Although I am sure it doesn't approach the popularity of Dungeons & Dragons, it appears that there is another role playing game out there called "Rifts" that was created by a Polish-American named Kevin Siembieda. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-dnd-rifts.php Can anyone one the forum confirm that Siembieda is a Polish surname? It looks like it to me.

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May 5, 11, 11:11 #10

Poland has a number of homegrown games that are, or were, very popular like Dzikie Pola, Kryształy Czasu or Neuroshima.

Dzikie Pola actually has a direct connection to Polish history which would be interesting for expatriate players in terms of learning the origin point of some Polish customs and traditions. (Naturally, tragically, it is not sold in English.) The stories would be played independent of history, but be completely surrounded by the historical context. A good way to learn and increase empathy, IMHO.

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Jul 5, 11, 10:53 #11

Just giving this a bump ahead of September.
There will be an old sKool renaissance group
http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/quick-primer-for-old-school-gaming/3 159558 formed after the summer with (at the moment) two American players new to Poland. These new intakes make the core playing group of us at about 15 persons now. 12:3 in terms of male to female players with a medium age of 33, mix of working business professionals and students. We plan weekend games about 12-weeks in advance with a quorum of 3 players minimum. Then, if you can make it after all, drop in on the game with your character. The quorum ensures we plan to play.

And ladies, old sKool renaissance is perfect for more story and less fighting. So if you are on the fence about joining a bunch of combat intense men, consider this new group the antedote.

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Aug 30, 11, 08:19 #12

The game continues. ... but I am without Internet. So I cannot check on your replies. The next game is 4 weeks away from Saturday.... and new players need to be prepared.... and I am without Internet until Late NOVEMBER.

Yeah, I am not giving out my phone number here. LMAO

Maybe a player who is online here can take over the duty of collecting responses?

ALso.... there may be another movie night but it will be arranged offline, the old fashioned way, face-to-face. Conan wasn't bad a couple of weeks ago. Knights of Badassdom looks even better, IMHO.

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Aug 30, 11, 08:48 #13
If you do not know what is D&D, it is a dynamic storytelling game created by the players and a game master - that would be me. Sounds like "fun" for losers.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Aug 30, 11, 12:20 #14
Sounds like "fun" for losers. Sounds like someone is jealous of others that have a social life.

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Sep 17, 11, 17:25 #15

The request was ages ago, but if D&D is still on and you're still looking for players, I'm moving to Warsaw in a week. I haven't played in ages, and I only played once (not very good chemistry in that group) but I loved it. One of my best mates is currently in a very long ongoing D&D group that I haven't joined because I've been in China and am now about to move to Poland, so this sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. But again: not much experience playing, just love the game.

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Oct 17, 11, 22:32 #16

We would be a poor group not to exist anymore - since August... LOL Actually, we have been a group that has been steadily growing for the past two years. Lots of expats not interested in the usual get-togethers and wanting to meet people like themselves. D&D seems to fit that bill, attracting both men and women.

As I mentioned in my PM, I am without Internet - and you are real lucky to catch me tonight at a friend's house. I won't have Internet until December at the earliest.

Give me a call and we can see about how to integate you into the group in time for the next game.

And if anyone else is interested, check out the Facebook Group Page. Not all our members are on Facebook but we keep a page open there for scheduling. ... and, of course, to let people know there is a group that won't disappear any time soon. If you're not on Facebook, you can always try to contact me but that will be difficult until the new year.

And we may have a movie night coming up to bring together our TWO gaming groups.

The ShadowThreads: 4 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 15, 10 ♂	Jan 7, 12, 15:03 #17
Yes, we're still here: bringing foreigners together through the power of imagination for the last 2 years (or so). And, I am still Dark. But I do check in occassionally. The group has grown to a score of people and two games groups on alternating weekends. Newbs and casuals always welcomed.

Krecik75Threads: - Posts: 3 Joined: Jan 31, 12 ♀	Mar 14, 12, 09:30 #18
The group has a blog. Come and meet other expats in Poland. The address to the blog is here: vecol.net/RPGPL

The ShadowThreads: 4 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 15, 10 ♂	Apr 28, 12, 11:38 #19
So... we're underground, in natural caverns that were reinforced by an Elven army with a pile of dead little lizard dog things and their large weasel pets around us. Up ahead is the cavern where all these thing came out of. What's next...?

The ShadowThreads: 4 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 15, 10 ♂	Apr 30, 12, 09:32 #20
This is the event of the week for our group in Warsaw. We don't dress up or anything like that in the game. Everything is imagined and verbally described. So this is a great opportunity to actually touch what we have been describing for the 2.5 years. We will be back to playing next weekend. "To the Battle!"

The ShadowThreads: 4 Posts: 79 Joined: Mar 15, 10 ♂	May 7, 12, 11:41 #21
Next game is 19 May. Continuing the adventures of a group of medieval adventurers who are in way over their heads. Players do not need to know rules, and no prior experience is required to enjoy the game. Just contact me if you want to try it out before the next game.

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