I know all about those Magic stores and their clientele, but sometimes if you sit down and pull out something more meaty (but not too meaty, you don’t want to scare anyone off by unloading Case Blueon them) folks will become curious.

It doesn’t hurt to also throw something out there on the Geek in the forums. Who knows, maybe you have a hardcore gamer living right down the street.

My big problem is that my nerdly social circles have been left behind as I moved around the continent and my current social circle is more the “dinner with wine” socializing type. Maybe a ballgame.

It’s all well and good to say “find people” when that doesn’t mean your local group is full of students. And I think that this year will mean more in person board gaming. I love the tactile.

But don’t diss Vassal. It’s a great system for people like me whose friends don’t live within a ten mile radius and who have no desire to drive an hour to Rockville to sit in a gaming store devoted to Magic.

And Troy man, you need to ditch the Vassal (or at least slow down on it) and get some face to face time in. I mean c’mon, you’re spending all that time attaching stickers to blocks, it would be a shame if they then sit in a box unused.