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The Show Must Go On

I spent around 3 hours on Saturday driving all over checking out possible options for a gaming venue.  I was amazed how many people were really excited that we might want to use their space.  I checked out two library branches and both had meeting rooms available free of charge with free wifi for similar timeslots as two of our planned game times.  We also stopped at a couple of game stores and the story was what I expected -- we have lots of tables open and available any time except Friday.  That doesn't surprise me -- Friday Night Magic is big business and at least they were up front about it.  So I guess finding new places to play was easier than expected.  There is also Roll20.net for doing an online game.  The only snag is that the Friday Night Pathfinder game is going to have to move online or change days.

Of course, the real test is to see how many players will follow the games.  We've lost one person on Friday, but that was somewhat expected, since he hadn't really been in to it lately.  I know other players will have issues to figure out.  Some were pretty attached to our old place.  Some will have to figure out transportation.  The show must go on though.  I feel like finding new players won't be a problem now.  I've seen lots of places where I can put up flyers or post openings online.  A good portion of the players will probably go off to college soon too.

I'm gonna miss our old place.  I considered the store manager a friend and he was good to us.
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