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local stores frequently have bulliten Boards (the cork kind, you internet addicted wisecrackers!) where notes can be posted for people seeking Groups and Groups seeking people.

Try experiencing different games besides D&D. the new rules are not horible as rules go, and are probably better than the old ones, but the system its self suffers from feat-creep with magazines and new supliments much the same way warhammer forces you to buy all the latest White Dwarf's and Codexes (codicies?) to keep up to date. plus, theres no bell curve on 1D20.

but this isnt the place for me to be a gaming nazi. the important thing is to have fun, and to do so face to face with real people. find a local store, try the yellow pages. as them about local Groups and players.