It's RPGaDay season again. Here's a link to the blog post with the current year's prompts.
Today's prompt is Tavern.
Tavern's don't immediately spring to mind when I think of gaming, but I do have to admit that my recent foray into Bree and The Prancing Pony during LongCon was a delight (but real ale lovers should also check out The Lamplighter Inn at Straddle, which had a much more relaxed feel). The gaming purpose that they've traditionally served was covered by Patrons for me. The venue didn't matter, and if I needed one quickly then there was always 101 Rendezvous to find somewhere to meet.
The Tavern that I associate with gaming is the Gaming Tavern. This is an old-style Bulletin Board Forum that's mostly focused on roleplaying games but with space to discuss most things. It's lightly moderated (I'm part of that group now) and tends to be slower than the conversation in spaces like Bluesky and Mastodon. Mostly, I prefer it to the more social media as I can engage with it at my own pace and I never get that anxiety that I'm missing stuff when I get behind on my feed. Then again, I prefer blogs to YouTube videos so perhaps it's just a generation thing.
The saddest thing was when we had to close to new memberships because of the UK Online Safety Act. That requires age verification to be carried out but didn't put in place anything to do this pragmatically. If you're running a free service, then it's not easy to make that viable. We do still admit new folks, but generally that's because we've met them at conventions and have verified the individual's age.
Anyway, that's my favourite Tavern.
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