At home, at friend’s place, in a cottage at the seashore, in cafe, on the roof – these are the places where I had played various pen&paper role-playing games :)
No rulebooks have any instructions on where to play, really. So I’ll just talk a little about it in general and about my own experience. The most common way is to sit around a table with character sheets, maps, rulebooks and, of course, dices on it. I have to say that it’s not a bad idea, especially at winter or simply when it's snowing or raining. And it's sometimes useful to have a PC or a laptop to check something if needed, or to show players the map in Google Earth, for example (if their character’s adventures are on the Earth, of course:)
Players usually like to eat while playing, so ordering a pizza, buying some burgers or chips, or making a large plate of salad is always a great idea. Personally, I can’t remember any game session without having a break for meal. By the way, this is a nice reason to play in a café, but it must be quiet and not crowded there, cause off-topic noises are really annoying and can interrupt the game easily. And it's quite useful to have a place for smokers not far from the play-location if some players smoke. When it’s warm and sunny it’s really nice to play outside – maybe in a park or even in a forest, fresh air ftw :) Burning the campfire and laying on some cover or sitting on logs around it can be much better than playing in a room. And believe me, the table is not the most important thing, when we played on the roof we didn’t need any, actually the only problem we had there was wind which could blow away all your papers, so you gotta keep your eye on them and be ready to catch ;) I’m sure you can also play on a train while traveling somewhere together – I think it’s funny too, if anyone's tried you are welcome to leave your comment :) So, as you see, rpg are like sex – new places give new impressions, but doing it in bedroom is always good too.
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