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Message no. 1
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: Getting people to play (was Re: Why I Don't Play Shadowrun Anymore)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:32:15 +0200
According to Joanna Hurley, on Thursday 16 September 2004 20:55 the word on
the street was...

> -who's real challenge is getting players to make time IRL

The best way I've found to do this is to make sure the game is at the same
day and time every week. My group plays on Sunday afternoon, starting at
13:00, and everyone knows that this is game time so they don't plan
anything else there that can also be done on another day. Sure, it happens
all the time that someone isn't there because of a birthday, a football
match, or whatever, but none of the players plans another recurring event
on Sunday afternoons.

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