Bath Imaginable

You know what’s cringe? Falling in love. Telling your friends that you value them. Getting earnestly excited about your hobbies. Being vulnerable with others.

You know what else is cringe? Asking acquaintances in your life to play ttrpgs with you, and getting over the fear of mixing different groups of people in your life over a shared hobby.

It’s pretty cringe to go up to someone and ask them what kind of fiction they like, to talk to them about their favourite books and music and movies in an earnest, curious way and then invite them to try a social, collaborative storytelling game. You might have to explain that these games often lean into pulpy, action-movie stakes. It’s just an excuse to solve wild problems we’d never encounter at our day jobs. Plus, you get to do funny voices–you don’t have to, but you can if you want to (I do when I’m inspired to).

You get to practice being a hero, it’s pretty cringe.

If you’re looking for players, you need to ask the people that you know and meet them where they’re at. A lot of them might surprise you. I play regularly thanks to advice from articles like the open table manifest by the Alexandrian.

It’s pretty cringe to be worried about how you look if you’re doing what you love.