It's Not What, But Rather Who.

Most of my posts here have been about specific games, game mechanics, and other topics along those lines. Today I'm going to deviate a little and instead talk about the players. A key component to good gaming, is a good gaming group. I have a few sets of players I get together with regularly, and they all have wildly different levels of geek cred, dedication to gaming, and styles of game they like. But I love playing with all of them. The interaction is different in each case, but it is always good. So what makes a good gaming group? Yup, looks about right. The first key is people who are willing to be social. I am generally quite introverted. It's something I've been working on changing over the last 10 years, and I've made some progress, but still if you take me to a party where I don't know anyone, I'll be the person sitting alone in the corner, or constantly on the hip of the person who brought me. I don't choose this, its just the way it i