History Main / YouAllMeetInAnInn

* Luke Skywalker and company met Han Solo and Chewbacca at the Mos Eisley Cantina in ''StarWars Film/ANewHope'', which is basically a space tavern. (The expanded versions and the novelization suggest that Obi-Wan took them to the Cantina [[InvokedTrope specifically for this purpose]].) ''Star Wars'' is pretty much a fantasy story [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace in space]]]], so it runs into a lot of other fantasy tropes also.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has this built into certain locations for ease -- like in [[WretchedHive Nexus]], where no-one is allowed to eat alone after dark, so it's easy to just say, "You're all in Nexus, it's nighttime, so you all had to sit at a table together." Although it still strains WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief when you're one of, at best'', 700 Chosen in a world of billions. The answer to that is usually BecauseDestinySaysSo and/or Sidereals (which are often the same as the former and becomes extra convenient if you have one in the party.)

So two Tropers walk into a bar...

* 'WebVideo/WalkingInCircles'': It's revealed that the group leader, Krag, invoked this trope. Krag theorises that this is why he's SurroundedByIdiots:

* WalkingInCircles: It's revealed that the group leader, Krag, invoked this trope. Krag theorises that this is why he's SurroundedByIdiots:

* Spoofed in ''{{Exiern}}'' in an [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=43 entire arc]] where Tiffany (and several background characters) are just trying to have a quiet drink without being bothered by the stereotypical adventure seekers, fortune tellers, and quest-givers (they fail).

This trope is OlderThanPrint -- no less an author than [[Creator/GeoffreyChaucer Chaucer]] had his adventuring party meet in an inn -- but it later began to be considered a DiscreditedTrope through overuse. Actually starting an adventure with the words "So, you all meet in an inn..." may be seen as roleplaying's equivalent to "ItWasADarkAndStormyNight..." Thus, a lot of sources advise against using it, and give pointers on how to avoid it. The 3rd Edition Dungeonmaster's Guide for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', in a list of ways to bring a party together, dubs this "The Cliche". David Morgan-Mar, of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' and ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' fame, provides a list of [[http://www.dangermouse.net/gurps/reject/tavern.html less overused ways]] to start an adventure, as do the folks at the [[http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/02/8-ways-to-start-a-campaign-thats-not-in-a-tavern/ dice of doom blog.]]

** An alternate strip where the game they're playing is based on ''{{Casablanca}}'' has the GM resentful that he planned a globe-trotting adventure, while his players hardly left the bar they met in.

* ''NewYorkMagician'': Most of Michel's escapades start in bars.

** The Raleigh Tavern was the spot of several noteworthy (minor but crucial) events in the lead-up to the American revolution and was a spot where many leading Virginians, including GeorgeWashington, were known to dine. The United States started at an inn. Okay, that's stretching it a bit but it's a historical location you wouldn't want to overlook as concerns this trope....

RealLife group meetings at an Inn are usually a convention of some description. The "adventuring" usually takes place entirely within the building, and does not normally involve bloodshed, swordplay or dragons. ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Normally]]''.

* Selune's Smile (shown as more of a bar than an inn, but definitely with the occasional paying guest as well) in the city of [[ForgottenRealms Waterdeep]] in DC's old ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]'' comic justified the trope by having one of the protagonists work there as a bouncer in her spare time and at least some of her friends adopt it as a favorite hangout spot as well...thus making it often more a case of "you all are at your usual inn when trouble shows up on the doorstep".

* In the ''DungeonsAndDragons'' movie, ''[[Film/{{DungeonsAndDragonsTheBookOfVileDarkness}} The Book Of Vile Darkness]]'', after the main hero's order is slaughtered, this is how he meets up with the unsavory band he's infiltrating to get closer to the ones that killed his companions and kidnapped his father. A blatant and unapologetic ShoutOut to many a classic D&D campaign start, as stated in the trope description.

This trope is OlderThanPrint -- no less an author than [[Creator/GeoffreyChaucer Chaucer]] had his adventuring party meet in an inn -- but it later began to be considered a DiscreditedTrope through overuse. Actually starting an adventure with the words "So, you all meet in an inn..." may be seen as roleplaying's equivalent to "ItWasADarkAndStormyNight..." Thus, a lot of sources advise against using it, and give pointers on how to avoid it. The 3rd Edition Dungeonmaster's Guide for ''DungeonsAndDragons'', in a list of ways to bring a party together, dubs this "The Cliche". David Morgan-Mar, of ''IrregularWebcomic'' and ''DarthsAndDroids'' fame, provides a list of [[http://www.dangermouse.net/gurps/reject/tavern.html less overused ways]] to start an adventure, as do the folks at the [[http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/02/8-ways-to-start-a-campaign-thats-not-in-a-tavern/ dice of doom blog.]]

'''Roy:''' Why? I need adventurers, not a drink. Well, [[INeedAFreakingDrink not JUST a drink]].\\

* Then there's the Pixar Lunch, where after finishing ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', several key members of the Pixar team got together to discuss future films, which would later become ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}''. [[PowerUpFood You have to wonder just WHAT was in the food there.]]

* The short story "TheMostPreciousOfTreasures" by Creator/DesmondWarzel. It's only two people meeting there, and it occurs because one has left a note for the other, but it's still an example.

* ''ComicBook/LegendsFromDarkwood'' involves several scenes with characters posting jobs or looking for jobs in "adventuring" posting to a bulletin board in an inn.

* ''Roleplay/YouHaveBecomeYourAvatar'': The transformed users all met in an unspecified hotel in the middle of nowhere.