I have the same quest and I've talked to every villager I can find and while some of them respond positively to the "want to play D&D?" prompt, none of us have been able to solve the scheduling minigame

Eh, this can be hit or miss in my experience. Last time I attacked the blacksmith he turned into a dragon and ate me whole. Definitely don't recommend that experience.

I know many furries that would pay extra for that.

There might be meetups near you doing games. There's one here in NYC that's very friendly I've been to.

I still buy maps and assets for my 0 campaigns. One day...

My group fell apart because of scheduling issues. I miss it.

Oh, so you moved to a GOOD system.

Hello Compression Artifacts, my old friend.

No im just lonely and dont like online games that much compared to in person.

There's some online services that connect people. It's really hit or miss, but could lead to a decent campaign for you.

I got roasted so hard by my last group when I tried to first time dm tyranny of dragons (to be fair, the first part of it is combat heavy and I didn't handle it as well as I could have) and it triggered my anxiety about it so hard that I dropped from the group and havent played in 5 years

I meant like, PBTA or Daggerheart

That actually sucks man, I'm sorry, that's not how a first time DM for any new system should be treated.

Who are you and why are you me?

GURPS also forgoes initiative for speed based turn order.

How do I report OP for posting my personal details?

Or even just a new DM in general. The whole thing is a group activity for mutual enjoyment. I ran a cyberpunk red campaign as the GM with 6 players for like a year, and it was my first time DM/GMing in general, and it was also a brand new system at the time. Everyone was very forgiving, lax and then serious in the story when it mattered. I certainly would have quit if people were assholes because my math wasn't there or I had to flip pages to figure out like fire damage calculations without having them bookmarked or whatever

In my 30 years experience playing, groups rarely fall apart due to scheduling. They fall apart because the game isn't compelling. People will make the time if they're enjoying it.

ehh we were pretty far into Avernus and then one of the players travelled for 3 months, and after that there were a bunch of scheduling conflicts and everyone started forgetting plot points and characters.

Fuck em' find another group. Anyone that wants to give a DM shit isn't worth having at the table anyway.