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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5119849" data-attributes="member: 25619">Yes.  I love DMing because I get to tinker -- and read new adventures, etc. -- whenever I want.  That and ENWorld keep me going during the months between our sessions.Plus, I run a PBEM campaign, which is great -- most of the fun of the real thing, but more room for detail and thought-through winging it for the DM.  And no need to schedule people.That was true in our 20's.  Our gaming group was living in two different states, plus I was living overseas.  The 1-2 times a year we could get together were 2 days fests of gaming until we were too tired to play on (sadly, about 11 pm).But now (I just turned 40, 3 of the players are in their 30s), my live group seems to be able to get together at most once every 2 months (I put 3 months, but it varies up to like 6 months), and then only for like 3 hours before someone has a kid-or-wife-related need to move along.  So 10 am - 1 pm, then lunch, once every 3 months on average.  Sigh.I've also just started PLAYING in 4e campaign, after a 2 year hiatus of that group while the DM had moved away, until he moved back.  As I said to my wife, playing 4e is like playing Uno when you're jonesing for poker, but at least we get to hang out together again . . . that group is also irregular, and likely will be once every month or two.</blockquote>