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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 9759239" data-attributes="member: 6667921">I can relate to this a lot. I turn 55 next month, and I’ve noticed the same thing happening to me. I own both Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous, and I’ve sunk over a hundred hours into each—but I’ve never even made it halfway through either game. Same with Baldur’s Gate 3: multiple playthroughs started, never past Act 1. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy them—it’s that I just get too mentally tired keeping track of all the systems, choices, and branching possibilities.These days I mostly stick to XCOM. It scratches the tactical itch without overwhelming me with endless character options, sprawling plots, or hidden interactions.That shift has carried over into tabletop as well. After decades of bouncing through D&D editions (and other systems), I’ve reached the point where I can’t keep the rules straight anymore. Even “new but similar” systems feel like too much work. Learning them just isn’t fun; it’s exhausting. Eventually I stopped running games altogether, which pretty much meant I stepped back from the hobby. I don’t chase new systems or settings anymore.So no—you’re not alone in finding the old mastery has slipped away. For me, it isn’t about memory loss so much as bandwidth. Some games demand more than I’m willing (or able) to give these days, and I’ve had to be honest about that.</blockquote>