We're one seat down...

[caramida]

...in my local gaming group. We meet Sundays. Below is the ad we're posting at local gaming stores. If you are interested, feel free to comment or follow instructions below. Even if you aren't interested, I'm interested to know what you think about our recruitment strategies, as evidenced by the ad below:

MATURE ROLEPLAYER WANTED
Five college-educated professionals, mid-20s-to-late-30s, w/backgrounds in humanities and non-gaming interests & commitments (i.e. lives), looking for 1 mature roleplayer to round out our weekly RPG group.

Current games include: Delta Green (modern Call of Cthulhu, run with GURPS), Earthdawn, L5R

We've also played: Ars Magica, GURPS Traveller, Pendragon, Star Wars (d6), TORG

Also interested in: Castle Falkenstein, Space 1889, 7th Sea

We do NOT play: D&D/d20, Palladium, World of Darkness, homebrews

We play Sundays, ~3-8PM, in SF or Oakland. We GM in rotation for ~2-3 months. Experience is not as important as attitude. We want people who:

• Can describe their character w/o referring to a statistic or goodie on their character sheet, but don't try to "be" their character.
• Learn & follow rules, w/o abusing them.
• Do not dress up and pretend they're vampires.
• Are looking for a creative outlet, but aren't "artistes."
• Enjoy politics, drama, literature, art, and history for their own sake.
• Don't take gaming (or themselves) too seriously, but aren't goofy.
• Will commit to regular attendance.

More info: http://home.covad.net/~spankyg/Gaming/MrGamesAd.html

Contact:

* screened comments will get you an email address or contact info *

We'll want to meet with you at least once in person before we invite you to play, to get to know you and make sure our styles are compatible. If you're the kind of person we want, you'll probably want the same.

Comments

[dicedork.livejournal.com]

My reply to Brian succinctly answers your thoughts as well, I think. If you want it to be a ruthless hazing, then you've probably achieved your goal.

[caramida.livejournal.com]

I responded to an ad that was almost the same as this, when I joined the group. I was relieved to know that someone wanted to get a feel for me as a person before they invited me into their gaming group, that they took their fun seriously enough to be careful about ensuring a decent match before bringing someone aboard.