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<blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 4770008" data-attributes="member: 775"><p>I just turned 30 about a month ago and it hit me: </p><p></p><p><em>I've been playing D&D and other RPGs regularly for TWENTY YEARS!</em></p><p></p><p>I started at the tail-end of AD&D before moving on to 2e and later 3.5. Like Joethelawyer, I've rejected 4e. In those twenty years I've accumulated thousands of dollars of RPG books and wargaming "stuff" (I don't even want to know the $ amount!). I've spent hours pouring over books and painting miniatures so my players can have a great experience. I love this hobby. Maybe I love it too much. </p><p></p><p>Now I look at all this stuff and think to myself: </p><p>1. Was/is it all worth it? </p><p>I have many published adventures that I've owned for 10+ years that wanted to run but never have. I've spent countless hours playing and preparing for games when I could have been doing more productive things. </p><p>I even have minis from the early 1990s that I've yet to paint. </p><p></p><p>2. All this stuff is pain to move. In the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden says: "The more stuff you own the more it ends up owning you." It's so true. I move about every 2 years or so. And it really is a pain. I also have to maintain all this stuff. I hate selling it. When I had to "downsize" my 3e books because of financial problems it hurt. But once those books were gone, I actually felt relieved. </p><p></p><p>3. 4th Edition seemed to make much of this stuff obsolete. I know now that's one of the main reasons I gave up on 4e (aside from my 3 quibbles and other reasons). I have all this cool stuff that I don't want to convert and I don't want to buy anymore new stuff either. </p><p></p><p>4. The elusive perfect game. Perhaps this is what I've been chasing. I want that perfect gaming session where everybody has fun and the rules are "just right." Maybe somewhere in all this "stuff" and the "stuff to be" there is a bit of crunch or some fluff that will make the perfect game. It is the Holy Grail. </p><p></p><p>And you know what? I think the perfect game session happened 20 years ago when I my older brother introduced me to AD&D. I played a 1st level dwarven fighter named Havoc. He was hired by a town to hunt down orcs in the nearby forest. I had no idea what was going on or how the rules worked. Orcs and Dwarves were just monsters out of Tolkien, and I thought that was so cool. I fought an ogre. I had only some idea what an ogre was. I held up one of my old M.U.S.C.L.E. figures to my brother and said: "Does this look like an ogre, even though he has a third eye?"</p><p>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.S.C.L.E" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.S.C.L.E</a>.)</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure that I haven't experienced that sense of wonder since. I've come close. Maybe its because I'm almost always the one DMing. 4e seemed to get back to the sense wonder until I realized didn't like it for various reasons.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong. I love gaming. Some of my fondest memories are around the gaming table are with friends. D&D has been a great outlet for my creativity and has actually gotten me through some tough times in my life.</p><p></p><p>Still, at this juncture, I can't help but think: Should I start doing something else? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ulrick, post: 4770008, member: 775"] I just turned 30 about a month ago and it hit me: [I]I've been playing D&D and other RPGs regularly for TWENTY YEARS![/I] I started at the tail-end of AD&D before moving on to 2e and later 3.5. Like Joethelawyer, I've rejected 4e. In those twenty years I've accumulated thousands of dollars of RPG books and wargaming "stuff" (I don't even want to know the $ amount!). I've spent hours pouring over books and painting miniatures so my players can have a great experience. I love this hobby. Maybe I love it too much. Now I look at all this stuff and think to myself: 1. Was/is it all worth it? I have many published adventures that I've owned for 10+ years that wanted to run but never have. I've spent countless hours playing and preparing for games when I could have been doing more productive things. I even have minis from the early 1990s that I've yet to paint. 2. All this stuff is pain to move. In the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden says: "The more stuff you own the more it ends up owning you." It's so true. I move about every 2 years or so. And it really is a pain. I also have to maintain all this stuff. I hate selling it. When I had to "downsize" my 3e books because of financial problems it hurt. But once those books were gone, I actually felt relieved. 3. 4th Edition seemed to make much of this stuff obsolete. I know now that's one of the main reasons I gave up on 4e (aside from my 3 quibbles and other reasons). I have all this cool stuff that I don't want to convert and I don't want to buy anymore new stuff either. 4. The elusive perfect game. Perhaps this is what I've been chasing. I want that perfect gaming session where everybody has fun and the rules are "just right." Maybe somewhere in all this "stuff" and the "stuff to be" there is a bit of crunch or some fluff that will make the perfect game. It is the Holy Grail. And you know what? I think the perfect game session happened 20 years ago when I my older brother introduced me to AD&D. I played a 1st level dwarven fighter named Havoc. He was hired by a town to hunt down orcs in the nearby forest. I had no idea what was going on or how the rules worked. Orcs and Dwarves were just monsters out of Tolkien, and I thought that was so cool. I fought an ogre. I had only some idea what an ogre was. I held up one of my old M.U.S.C.L.E. figures to my brother and said: "Does this look like an ogre, even though he has a third eye?" ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.S.C.L.E[/url].) I'm pretty sure that I haven't experienced that sense of wonder since. I've come close. Maybe its because I'm almost always the one DMing. 4e seemed to get back to the sense wonder until I realized didn't like it for various reasons. Don't get me wrong. I love gaming. Some of my fondest memories are around the gaming table are with friends. D&D has been a great outlet for my creativity and has actually gotten me through some tough times in my life. Still, at this juncture, I can't help but think: Should I start doing something else? :hmm: [/QUOTE]
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