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Questions tagged [social]

For questions about the real-life social aspects of role-playing games.

This tag addresses all the real-life social aspects of RPGs.

This includes topics that impact the perception of the hobby by outsiders, such as the anti-D&D faction of the '80s, as well as social questions within the hobby, such as the subject matter of games and the interactions between members of a gaming group.

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What can I do to keep my cool at the table?

I've had some problems in the last couple of weeks with getting on tilt when things start to go a bit downhill in the game. In the first game, random effects converged in just such a fashion as to bloody my character with one random, unavoidable…
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How do you compensate your game master?

It's fairly common to see games (especially D&D) choose someone as the bullet-swallower - one player becomes the emulation engine on which the game runs. The bait is the ability to take charge of the game, and be the rule arbitrator, referee and…
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How do I politely decline to hear a gaming story?

Sometimes I'm just not in the mood to hear a story about a game that I wasn't in, especially if it's objectively a lot less interesting than the people who were in the game thought it was. Or, and this isn't true universally, of course, if the…
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How to handle plates and drinks on the game table?

We are a group of 5 plus a game master. We play around a table, that is roughly capable of fitting our inventory: character sheets, game world map, area map by the game master, dice. The first problem is that we all drink something — most of us…
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What career options are available for a role playing game addict?

What, if any, careers are there out there that are built around playing role-playing games for a living? That is, jobs which go beyond supporting the addiction ;)
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Is it rude to request multiple signatures at a gamebook signing event?

Later on this week I'll be attending a book signing event with the author of the Lone Wolf game book series Joe Dever. The event coincides with the publication (whether entirely new or simply refurbished I'm unsure) of the first book in the series…
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Can't find RPG Session, were can i look for one?

I can't find an RPG or table top session were I am, Are there any good resources to find one?
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