Quote Originally Posted by bad_beat_bandit

That sounds like a rather odd blind structure, but that's beside the point.
We try and structure the blinds so everyone has 100BB to start off with (400 chips), and the blind raises often enough to keep things moving but slow enough so everyone gets to play at least a few hands (It's still a relatively social occasion). Do you have any suggestions for a different blind structure that may work a little better ?? BTW thanks for the advice, I'll try and bluff from position a little more and a little earlier in the game and work on stealing more blinds
The blind structure you have is doable. Just sounds odd to someone who's used to seeing 1500 starting chips (but then blinds start at 10/20, so it's similar). I think that doubling them every time will ultimately result in having fairly large blinds (which can limit effectiveness of skill, to some extent). Still, not a big thing - I'd change other things about your game before I mess with this. For the record, here's my homegame blind structure (based on PokerStars SnGs, but with a 5/10 level added):
5/10, 10/20, 15/30, 25/50, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400, 300/600, 400/800, 600/1200, 1000/2000, ... (never gotten nearly this far). That's with starting stacks of 1500 and blinds raising every 15 minutes.