# Looking to find an RPG group **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212 "2005-11-03T00:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/1 "2005-11-03T00:51:43Z")
Uhm…title says it all, really. How do I go about finding one? I’ve tried searching via Google for groups in my area, but this seems to be the one case where geeks _aren’t_ on the internet 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/2 "2005-11-03T00:55:22Z")
Check with your local gaming stores & university student unions. Most will have a gaming registry or gaming night; also, depending on what kind of games you want to play, you can check the websites of the game publishers to see if they have a forum, or links to one, where you can hook up. Where are you located, and what are you looking to play? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/3 "2005-11-03T01:10:00Z")
Coventry, UK. And preferably something i’d have a clue as to what’s going on to start with, so something Forgotten Realms based or the Star Wars RPG. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/4 "2005-11-03T13:58:06Z")
Back when I had enough friends to regularly game, I’d just shanghai them into it. That way, at least, you have quality control. Just randomly dropping into a game is a good way to run across [stuff like this](http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=133489&page=1&pp=10), if you’re not careful.\* - Okay, just a shameless pimp for what is, possibly, the most awesome rpg thread EVER. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/5 "2005-11-03T14:24:49Z")
I suggest that you find your Friendly Local Gaming Store[sup]TM[/sup]. Our FLGS is run by an absolutely fantastic guy, who is very knowledgable about games and totally plugged in to the local gaming community, and an all-around genius[sup]\*[/sup]. He can tell you who’s running what, what e-mail mailing lists you want to be on, and where to go for whatever you want to play. [sup]\*[/sup]Okay, okay, I admit it’s my husband. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shy\_kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@shy\_kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_kat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-an-rpg-group/329212/6 "2005-11-03T15:23:21Z")
I’ve had luck with the forums on [rpg.net](http://rpg.net).