Climbing at a gym has been a really easy way to meet people in my experience, it’s such an easy place to start talking to people because you’re often working on the same climb as someone else. If you chat for a bit longer and enjoy it, it’s pretty natural to ask if they want to climb together another time. Boston Bouldering Project in Somerville is filled with grad students, there’s also a Central Rock Gym in Harvard Square that’d be easy to get to as well. I’d only suggest this route if you actually enjoy climbing and want to do it frequently, membership is around $120 a month!

Volo adult sports league

I don’t do it but I have friends who did and loved it. I know they did kickball in Danehy park durning the summer, rn they they are doing Soccer, Bball and Volleyball at the high school https://www.volosports.com/Boston

I am part of two local communities: Roller Blading and Wargaming

If you are interested in Rollerblading, there are several beginner (intermediate and advanced) groups in the Cambridge/Boston area. I’d be happy to send you a calendar or a discord invite. We do monthly activities in the winter and weekly activities locally spring/summer/fall

Im also part of the Cambridge Wargaming scene, if you are interested in playing InfiNity or Warhammer or whatever I have another discord I could send you a link to.

Delicious, consistent and reasonably priced. Couldn’t beat it with a stick.

(Check their Instagram for details - they post about each ride)

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For any outdoors activity (hiking, climbing, biking, skiing, etc), check out MITOC (mit outdoor club), which is open to the greater Camberville community (not just mit) They run trips for pretty much every skill level and are generally very welcoming and friendly.

If you want to ride at a party pace and meet folks, Cambridge Bikes does Sunday “coffee outside” rides.

Random collection of thoughts, there is a pretty active FB group/Discord server that have a bunch of random activities

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3109143809154886

https://discord.gg/TSWJvEcA
Bike-specific groups that host rides in the warmer months

https://www.facebook.com/groups/500325783405970/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/325402935531296/

Meetup is also great for that

https://meetup.com/

Lastly there is a Boston specific subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/BostonSocialClub/

I would go to Pandemonium Books & Games in Central Square, they will probably help you out

I hear he also brushed his teeth every morning Idiot

Oh neat, thanks. I've been lurking r/adnd for a bit but hadn't found r/osr.

Check out the OSR subreddit for old school play style resurgence. It’s actually been going on for close to 20 years at this point! I started playing 2e again around 2008, and have been playing some version of the BX retro-clones since 2010.

Also not a fan of High Fantasy, my usual games have been influenced by the late Tudor thru Stuart era, fairy tales & folklore, and Fritz Leiber.

Edit: free rule sets!

https://the-black-hack.jehaisleprintemps.net/english/

https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-basic-rules

https://paulgorman.org/roleplaying/dnd/misc/LotFP_Rules_and_Magic_Free_Version_without_Art.pdf

Interesting. I haven't actually played since the early 90s. Beyond not liking the rule changes in later iterations, the shift towards more of a high fantasy model and more performative/acting playstyles doesn't appeal to me.

I recently read a book that did a dive into the material in the old Appendix N, appropriately called Appendix N. It rekindled my interest a bit & I've read that there's a bit of a resurgence of the old rulesets, have been curious how true that is. I guess I'm also curious if the interest is just in the old rulesets or also play styles.

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I’ll be running a BX/1e style of game up on the North Shore hopefully starting in April

It was the second birth of that person. Will be a story to tell their children.

Currently no, there aren't any sessions that are catered towards kids/teens, but that doesn't mean we're not able to! There has been a couple of instances where a group wanted to set something up at the store (like a one off event/private event) and that was something we were able to accommodate. I'd recommend emailing the events manager, they'll be able to give you more info about it!

This needs to be protested, transit riders are not being valued as human.

Are there any groups aimed toward newish middle schoolers? I know a couple kids who love all things dnd but need to level up on rules and The Way Things work.

Human services agencies are always snapping up folks. in Cambridge, Bay Cove Human Services has a lot of positions.

I know I’m honestly surprised. I thought it was worse than frozen options from the grocery store lmao

For good guju food I’d say edison NJ for closest but there may be some options in CT

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I'd say its a shock more than anything