Also, the people at those events usually have pretty bad B.O.

I hear ya. I think that may be part of the fear for me, too — I really, really love games (board and video) but there's always someone out there who knows more or at least THINKS they know more. At times, those people can spoil the experience if they act all superior, when I'm in it just to have fun.

I dunno.

Anyway, I shall bear your invitation in mind 😉

I don't have social anxiety per se; but I'm not comfortable talking about the things I enjoy with other people. I listen to you and my brother talk about board games and wish I had a group of buddies to partake in them with.

I'm fortunate that I have a pre-teen son who'd totally be into playing a lot of the games you talk of…but a party of two often isn't enough.

There's a couple of hobby shops here in Rapid City, but I've never had the gumption to go to any of their events. I hate to sound so ignorant but…the people who frequent them are a bit too…I don't know, nerdy for me. There's a maturity level that I feel like I've gotten past that they haven't. They dig pretty deep into the things they love whereas I don't. And I guess in a way that's a social hurdle that I'm just unfortunately not willing to jump.

Not sure where I was going with that.

But, if you ever find yourself haphazardly in the mid-west of the United States with a copy of Legend of Drizzt…I'd play it with you.