It's Finally Over.

[Trent]

4. Local gaming stores are either full of squeaky fanboys of the anime genre, or they seem to have a permanent population of FRPG and Warhammer players. Travellers need not apply.

Okay, end of rant. All of your suggestions, while interesting, have already been tried. Thank you.

Have you considered reaching out to the "squeaky fhanboys" instead of copping a dismissive 'tude towards them? Lots of traveller grognards started out as "fhanboys" of some sort and matured later.

Not to try selling another game here, but "Eclipse phase" which you can get for free but should pay for has a decent anime theme to it but also has some harder, more serious SF in it and you might be able to lure in some of the otaku with it. OK, it's not traveller but it might beat no gaming, and you might raise up a fewe of these 'squeaky fhanboys".

 

[Jeffr0]

My advice: go dancing.

If your nerd friends and your wife's chicky friends don't mingle, then figure out how to make them become *your* friends, too. This will increase your social contacts exponentially, build good will, and hone your social skills.

(Tabletop gaming is inherently a social activity.)

Find the nearest Euro-game group and attend regularly. There are folks there that would try something new and/or play the old games if they didn't have to put a lot of effort into running it.

Play solitaire. No, not that tinkering stuff people *call* solitaire when they talk about Traveller. Do what you'd do with a group... but run it by yourself as if it were for real. This will allow you to hit the ground running when you do meet someone that will play. Play two player games... lots of them... until you can get a bigger group together.

Promote your game by starting a blog and detailing your session photos.

See my most recent blog posts for the kind of retro-gaming that can result once you do all of the above:

http://jeffro.wordpress.com/

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

Have you considered reaching out to the "squeaky fhanboys" instead of copping a dismissive 'tude towards them? Lots of traveller grognards started out as "fhanboys" of some sort and matured later.

I have reached out to those people, as well. Of course, this means that they cop the dismissive attitude towards me.

Not to try selling another game here, but "Eclipse phase" which you can get for free but should pay for has a decent anime theme to it but also has some harder, more serious SF in it and you might be able to lure in some of the otaku with it. OK, it's not traveller but it might beat no gaming, and you might raise up a fewe of these 'squeaky fhanboys".

T R A V E L L E R ! ! ! I'm looking to play TRAVELLER! There is no game but Traveller, and Marc Miller is its creator! In the beginning was the word; and the word was Traveller! Give me Traveller or give me death! I regret that I have but one life to live for Traveller! In Traveller we trust! E Pluribus Traveller!

Understand?

 

[scrabble]

Most gamers that I know are interested in the act of gaming in general, and don't obsess over playing one game. But if you are one of the latter types then there's nothing to do. If you cannot find people to play Traveller with and you do not want to run a game of Traveller, and you are not interested in playing anything else then it looks like your gaming life is over.

That seems very close-minded to me, but it's your hobby time. I would suggest finding something else to do that you enjoy more.

 

[Madarin Dude]

I understand where you are coming from. Traveller scratches a particular itch. I imagine another hard sci fi setting or game will ok but no to fantasy or shadowrun kind of stuff. Take some time off the game maybe design a few vehicles to fill your need and get your creative juices flowing.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Trick them!

Start off playing D&D, and once they're hooked have them bump into a bunch of Scouts surveying the planet

 

[JAFARR]

I was once suposed to play in a Traveller vs AD&D one time event. But, I had also to choose between that and a bridge tournament and bridge won out. Reports from the T vs AD&D were interesting as all the Traveller players played AD&D while none of the AD&D players played Traveller.

 

[Trent]

Trick them!

Start off playing D&D, and once they're hooked have them bump into a bunch of Scouts surveying the planet

Ooooh, that's diabolically clever!

 

[Trent]

My advice: go dancing.

If your nerd friends and your wife's chicky friends don't mingle, then figure out how to make them become *your* friends, too. This will increase your social contacts exponentially, build good will, and hone your social skills.

(Tabletop gaming is inherently a social activity.)

Find the nearest Euro-game group and attend regularly. There are folks there that would try something new and/or play the old games if they didn't have to put a lot of effort into running it.

Play solitaire. No, not that tinkering stuff people *call* solitaire when they talk about Traveller. Do what you'd do with a group... but run it by yourself as if it were for real. This will allow you to hit the ground running when you do meet someone that will play. Play two player games... lots of them... until you can get a bigger group together.

Promote your game by starting a blog and detailing your session photos.

See my most recent blog posts for the kind of retro-gaming that can result once you do all of the above:

http://jeffro.wordpress.com/

Jeff, about your sig: While a low tech asteroid civilization may indeed require some fancy explanation, a high population world with a participatory democracy is now quite easy to believe in. Of course book 3 was written some years before the ninternet came into being...