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<blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 6034094" data-attributes="member: 10638"><p>I know the feeling. Ive got kids - kids that I want to continue to roleplay with. Currently we play some pathfinder..occasionally..but there are so many other options.</p><p></p><p>I spent money on Mouseguard, thinking I'd play it. I don't.</p><p>I spent time converting Star Frontiers so we could play it. They didn't want to play it.</p><p></p><p>I've now done the characters for indiana jones..and it's a lukewarm reception at best for interest.</p><p></p><p>If they're only interested in playing the occasional 2-hour, monthly game of pathfinder, I look at my shelves crammed full of rpgs from the past 32 years..that are completely dead to me. They serve zero purpose at this point. Most of them i don't even have memories with..they were just something I bought..and am still paying off student loans <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Now that the production of WFRP3 has ground down to a virtual halt, I'm actually ecstatic that I don't feel anything about it. My regular group could care less. They only had to buy the players guide anyways (and some didn't even do that because they're cheapasses and leech off of me, the GM).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm to the point where "PRODUCT" doesn't do it for me anymore. EXPERIENCES do. I think I've been coming to this realization for a few years as I started griping about why I didn't care for splatbooks anymore and would prefer more scenarios and adventure paths instead (which are unfortunately less profitable for a game company..but what we ACTUALLY remember after 30 years and what we ACTUALLY get enjoyment with our kids). </p><p></p><p>Playtime is now a precious commodity now that I'm a family man, and when I think about my parents asking me about why I spent so much time in the 80's obsessing over this stupid game (blame Satan), I realize how much of my time then could have been better spent doing more diverse things with my life.</p><p></p><p>I do not want the life of an obsessed RPG'er for my children. I do not want to go to their apartment when they move out and see stacks and stacks of RPGs from their hard earned, low-paying wages. The same goes for collectable card games or any other pleasurable pursuit that shouldn't be performed at the expense of all other life experiences.</p><p></p><p>That part of my life was too short..and I wasted my limited resources and endless time on it. Now that I'm 40, I have endless resources and very, very little time..and only memories of dry, stinky boxes filled with cardboard cutouts and the poor quality stuff of the 80's and 90's. Oh, if we would have only had adventure Path's back then...</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your convention experiences with your family. They are worth more than $1000 in books in pure life experience, getting out of the house, and spending time with the people that will be the last things you'll see on this earth.</p><p></p><p>jh</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emirikol, post: 6034094, member: 10638"] I know the feeling. Ive got kids - kids that I want to continue to roleplay with. Currently we play some pathfinder..occasionally..but there are so many other options. I spent money on Mouseguard, thinking I'd play it. I don't. I spent time converting Star Frontiers so we could play it. They didn't want to play it. I've now done the characters for indiana jones..and it's a lukewarm reception at best for interest. If they're only interested in playing the occasional 2-hour, monthly game of pathfinder, I look at my shelves crammed full of rpgs from the past 32 years..that are completely dead to me. They serve zero purpose at this point. Most of them i don't even have memories with..they were just something I bought..and am still paying off student loans ;) Now that the production of WFRP3 has ground down to a virtual halt, I'm actually ecstatic that I don't feel anything about it. My regular group could care less. They only had to buy the players guide anyways (and some didn't even do that because they're cheapasses and leech off of me, the GM). I'm to the point where "PRODUCT" doesn't do it for me anymore. EXPERIENCES do. I think I've been coming to this realization for a few years as I started griping about why I didn't care for splatbooks anymore and would prefer more scenarios and adventure paths instead (which are unfortunately less profitable for a game company..but what we ACTUALLY remember after 30 years and what we ACTUALLY get enjoyment with our kids). Playtime is now a precious commodity now that I'm a family man, and when I think about my parents asking me about why I spent so much time in the 80's obsessing over this stupid game (blame Satan), I realize how much of my time then could have been better spent doing more diverse things with my life. I do not want the life of an obsessed RPG'er for my children. I do not want to go to their apartment when they move out and see stacks and stacks of RPGs from their hard earned, low-paying wages. The same goes for collectable card games or any other pleasurable pursuit that shouldn't be performed at the expense of all other life experiences. That part of my life was too short..and I wasted my limited resources and endless time on it. Now that I'm 40, I have endless resources and very, very little time..and only memories of dry, stinky boxes filled with cardboard cutouts and the poor quality stuff of the 80's and 90's. Oh, if we would have only had adventure Path's back then... Enjoy your convention experiences with your family. They are worth more than $1000 in books in pure life experience, getting out of the house, and spending time with the people that will be the last things you'll see on this earth. jh . [/QUOTE]
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