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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 5259369" data-attributes="member: 151">I and all of my players are now in our early forties.  Throughout middle school, high school and college, gaming was a constant.  In middle and high school, long after-school sessions were the norm, maybe several times a week.  In college, all day Saturday affairs or 8-hour sessions starting at midnight were not unheard of.  After school, weekend full-day games were still the norm for several years.But.  The years have gotten busier for everyone.  I'm married (16 years in two months).  Luckily, my wife games with me...but although our group is a mix of singles, married and married with kids, we all lead very busy lives.  Until 3e, gaming had faded from our lives.  3E brought it roaring back with a consistent weekly game on either Fridays or Saturdays.  But my kids are older now (one becomes a teenager in two weeks) and that means lots of things going on.  Sleepovers, vacations, family functions and on and on.  Games have decreased from 6 hours to 4 hour sessions, generally.  Most of my players travel a significant distance to get to the game, from 10 minutes to 40 minutes...and it's important to me that they enjoy what they came for.Our games have become less frequent (about twice monthly) and my emphasis on prep has decreased.  4e has become a god-send in that respect.  And as Mallus notes, our dedication to iron-clad verisimilitude or unnecessary fluff has been partially cast aside.  We have it when it's enjoyable, but we're not married to it.  Our games have a strong emphasis on FUN.  As one of my players says: "them orcs ain't gonna kill themselves!"Of course, the game is also just about getting together and seeing friends.  It's our major social outlet.  As such, some games we have a hard time staying on target; other games we may be laser-focused.  It all about having fun, more than anything else.  Our goal is to maximize fun time for minimal prep and travel time.</blockquote>

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