From Newsgroup: rec.games.frp.dnd
On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 19:32:33 -0400, The True Melissa <
thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> said this thing:
I love my OSRIC/1e D&D group. They're creative players who constantly
come up with out-of-the-box approaches to problems.
Not only do we have a blast throughout every session, we've started
doing a cooperative dinner each week. We're planning to do some themed
meals and some that are just food.
Hooray for D&D players, the best people in the world.
I wouldn't go quite that far, because in my experience some D&D
players can be quite awful... but generally I do find them to be
slightly above average when it comes to being 'less terrible' than the
norm. Then again, I might be biased. ;-)
But it's great when you find a group with which you click; a team of
players who view the goal of the game the same way you do. It doesn't
matter if you're all a bunch of min-maxers or if you're all
theater-studies rejects; finding a group that matches your playstyle
is the number one thing to making your D&D experience fun. While I
encourage some heterogenity in playstyles (because players need ideas
to work against), neither should groups be too cautious in (politely)
expelling players whose viewpoint works against the overall
experience. It's not that player is /wrong/... but different players
have different goals and expectations from the game, and if those
differences are too extreme and working at cross-purposes, it can be
extremely detrimental to the game. People stop having fun, they burn
out faster, drop out, etc.
But when you find a group that works... man, do everything you can to
hang onto them. It's magic.
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