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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8127033" data-attributes="member: 18182">Like many RPG geeks, I've dreamed of a dedicated gaming room with a specialized gaming table, shelves of miniatures and terrain, medieval(ish) weapons hanging from the walls . . .But as I get older, I'm moving in the opposite direction. I'm not sure I want a special gaming table anymore and I'm thinking about getting rid of the miniatures and terrain I already have. I'm even getting rid of most of my physical game books in favor of digital.Now I dream of just meeting with a group of friends all sitting in comfortable chairs (once this covid nonsense is over) with nothing but a few PHBs and dice sets, maybe some dice trays to keep the things from rolling around the floor. Total theatre-of-the-mind style without any minis or terrain.Gaming can be too materialistic, too easy to fall into the always needing more stuff trap that fills our homes with crap we rarely use. I've got boxes of minis and terrain that are super cool . . . but rarely come out of the boxes anymore. Pain to set up and tear down too when they do get used.This more minimalist mindset works rather well for RPGS, unfortunately less well for board games and tabletop wargames. But even in those related hobbies I'm beginning to winnow down my collection.</blockquote>