[] Real RPGs

I tried joining an already-in-progress game of D&D once, but I stopped showing up because I was too intimidated by being the new guy. I got the sense that the current players were annoyed by having to wait for everyone to show up, go through manuals for whatever idea they had that week, work out the calculus on their character sheets, and all the other stuff that went into just getting the game started. So none of them seemed very thrilled at the idea of helping a newbie along on top of all that. I sat in for three meetings and all that happened was I felt increasingly left out as I failed to penetrate the barrier of geek jargon being tossed around. It was a little amusing seeing some real geek trivia debates between a bunch of clones of that comic shop guy from The Simpsons, though.

Now I just play Werewolf. I'd like to try something like D&D again, because I need help with the whole "interacting with people face-to-face" deal, but only if the others in the group were also newbies or, you know, somewhat inviting.

Jam it back in, in the dark.