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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schneeland" data-source="post: 9612517" data-attributes="member: 6900337">A mixture of things. I think the starting point was that I moved twice for the job after graduating from university, and that meant the end of my regular F2F D&D game (and also of the occasional second group that played other systems). And the people in my new surrounding were notably less nerdy that at university, with the number of active TTRPG players being exactly zero. So no new group happened naturally.And then two major things happened:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I spent a lot of time reading new rule sets and also more time discussing them online and that shaped my tastes in a way that I'm now much more picky about the games I play and the play styles of the people I play with.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The pandemic happened and remote communication and collaboration tools surged and matured - I tried online play with my old group via Skype in 2017 or 2018 and the experience really wasn't that great. So we never tried again. If I compare this to playing with Discord, potentially accompanied by either Owlbear Rodeo or Foundry, that's a completely different experience. In fact, I actually find it more immersive than playing at the table.</li> </ol>Now if the people in my current groups lived closer, we might still play at the table from time to time. But I also have to say, I really appreciate how much easier it is to schedule a regular game when we can all meet online after work and/or when the kids have been put to bed.</blockquote>

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