Man I wish.
Getting everyone to agree on a date and time for D&D is harder than any encounter you could face in-game
I swear, planning any sort of group activity with adults is an absolute nightmare
I have two small friend groups of four and in both is someone who often works weekend, so that’s always fun trying to plan something, let alone if I want to have both groups somewhere. It was honestly a miracle I could get all 6 of them in one place at the same time somewhat close to my birthday.
The way myself and my party does it is we play every other week on Saturday from 6pm to 10pm. This way everyone knows the schedule and can plan around it. If people can’t clear their schedule to play then we replace them. It’s harsh but it’s the only way I found to play D&D consistently.
And I myself have excused myself from a game because my life schedule changed and couldn’t keep the commitment I had previously and it would be too much work for the rest of the party to change their schedules.
Harsh but fair. It ensures that everyone can work their schedule out in advance, while also presenting clear expectations for participating in a voluntary hobby. Is there a consecutive number of missing sessions before being replaced? If not, how does the DM work it out in the campaign?
You have to be harsh, otherwise nobody gets to play. When we started our new group we made sure to inform everyone that playing DnD is not to be treated as a secondary hobby that can just be canceled for other stuff all the time. Make it your priority, plan other things around the sessions if you want to play with that group. Of course, any emergencies excluded but otherwise treat it as if it is your sport club training. If you miss too many sessions, you’re out.
I know this sounds super arrogant and mean, but it’s the only thing that works consistently. Also filters out friends who are not ready or able to commit that much time for playing.
I can’t even get more than 3 people to join in a multiplayer session on steam and you don’t even have be physically there.
Or even just a board game night.
Maybe it just means boring guys. Drinking is a secondary activity, not a primary one.
When I was a student, a friend texted me one evening:
“Tequila. Name of our usual bar. Now.”
I replied “OK” and was there 20 minutes later. She was a little surprised, but learned exactly the lesson of this post that evening.
This is literally how we taught English to the Russian exchange student in our dorm back in uni
When I was a lad, it was two words, the first with a question mark, the second with a full stop
Pint?
Pint.
I don’t see the connection?
I mean, the answer is actually yes (if I understand correctly that once a single question mark led to me being laid) , but I don’t understand how you come up with the question
when I drink you drink we drink
