Having a group is only half the battle, the other half is getting that group together when one person works odd hours, another has chronic illness with lots of medical appointments, and a third has a bitch of a commute during the week so often can't get home in time.

For years we had games every Friday and Sunday, all it takes is a couple of people changing jobs to completely disrupt that setup.

My experience is that you're much more likely to succeed if you find people that want to play and make friends with them than you are making your friends play.

If you pitch to your existing friends, they're more likely to say yes because they're your friends. They want to hang out. But they might just be saying that to be nice or because they're afraid of confrontation. They might not realize you're looking for a commitment on par with joining a sports team. If they don't already play RPGs, they might not know they're going to have to do some reading and writing. A lot of people just don't read and creatively write. That can be difficult and embarrassing.

On the other hand, if you post online or in a local game store, you can find people who are ready to go. People who can already do your schedule and also know the game you want to play. There's a small risk of getting a weirdo, but a quick screening catches a lot of that.

Yeah I've been part of a group of 5-6 players a d we played almost every week until recently it started being much more infrequent.

I think we're all just burned out on DnD, everyone is going off the rails with their characters and we completely lost sight of our actual objectives and end up in pointless encounters because someone wants a magic item and I sit there twiddling my thumbs while the DM lets the interactions go on way too long.

I wanna play some fun strategy games or something.

Even Traveler beats DnD.

This. My friends and I have sustained an every other Saturday commitment since 2008.

It's only a hard sell if you want it to be a hard sell. The fact my table plays once a week was a big plus for me.

In high school, Mom was always pre-empting game nights with visits to Aunt So-and-so or whatever. "You can play your game any time."

These days I play 2 or 3 times a week. But I can stop any time I want.