with Sean (aka MrShickadance)
🎲 Want to find love but hate loud bars and clubs? Tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) could be your perfect anti-social social quest. But here’s the catch: you can’t just show up, roll a charisma check, and expect to find your Player 2. You need to actually make friends with the people behind the characters! 🧙♂️
🎮 In this episode, Sean (aka Mr. Shickadance), a Dungeon Master and content creator, breaks down exactly where to find TTRPG groups and how to use them to unlock your social tree. Whether you’re brand new to DnD or a veteran player stuck in the same campaign for years, you’ll discover how to expand your social network beyond that small party. 🗺️
🎲 Because if you only ever meet for game nights, you’ll never get to meet the players behind the characters. After all, what you do outside of the table is what turns your party members into real friends. And from there, you never know who you could meet. That’s where the real magic happens. 📝
📜 You’ll also learn the rules of etiquette before you even show up to your first session, so that you can maximize your chances of people looking forward to seeing you again. But what if you don’t want to see some of those new party members again? 🧟 You don’t have to make friends with anyone you don’t want. We explain the strategies you can use to make sure you surround yourself with people you like and who like you 🙂↕️
🔓 That’s what unlocking your social tree is all about: finding out those you get along with and then meeting their friends. No cold approaches. No loud bars or clubs. And no endless swiping only to get ghosted 👻
🎧 Ready to roll for initiative on your social life? Press Start now and start building your IRL party! 🗡️
I asked hundreds of nerds and made a guide based on those results.
Are you going to keep grinding without finding out the truth?
Sean’s Links:
- https://linktr.ee/mrshickadance
- https://www.instagram.com/mr_shickadance_/
- https://tiktok.com/@mrshickadance
- https://www.youtube.com/@mr_shickadance_
- https://x.com/MrShickadance_
- https://www.threads.com/@mr_shickadance_
- https://www.twitch.tv/mr_shickadance_
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- How to Leave the Friend Zone: The Master Plan, the Nerd Love Story of Nicole & David
- The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir
- Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose
- Dating In The Tolkien Association, with Jose
- Hobbit Hike: Where to Meet Nerds, with Sompi Harmetz
- Animé Los Angeles: Where to Meet Nerds, with Matt
- Find Love Through Online Games, with Kaylee Lopez
- How to Make Nerd Friends, with Pete “Belmont”
Timestamps for lazy nerds:
- 00:00:00 Intro
- 00:01:01 What are TTRPGs
- 00:03:35 Joining A New Group
- 00:07:45 Choosing Your Friends
- 00:13:01 Taking Your Friends Out Of The Container
- 00:15:57 TTRPGs Are Social Games
- 00:20:19 Dating Between Players
- 00:23:19 Be Open to Trying New Things
- 00:27:08 Your First Character
- 00:28:22 Where to Find A D&D Group
- 00:35:41 Where to Find Sean
