Mercurius
Legend
My story is vaguely similar to @Dannyalcatraz. For me, though, gaming has always been a fluctuation in interest and whether I'm actively playing or not. Since I started playing in the early 80s, I would go through a few years of an active campaign, then a few years where I wasn't playing, but vaguely paying attention to what's coming out and occasionally buying a book or two.
Currently, I haven't actively played for 7 years or so. The last campaign I was in was fun, was very well run (by a member of ENWorld), but I found the time commitment challenging, my creative juices were focused elsewhere, and I was recovering from divorce. I haven't played since, but have probably bought a couple dozen game books in that span for reading pleasure.
7+ years is less of a break and more of a retirement. But I don't see it as either, because I neither have plans to play again nor would I automatically say no to playing again. But it would have to be the right situation, and I'm probably a bit too finicky to just play whatever.
That said, I've been dabbling with the idea of trying out one of the many solo games that seem to be flooding the market. I have very fond memories of staying up late nights in the middle and high school, and running myself through the Random Dungeon Generator in the 1E DMG. But even then, the solo game would have to be really easy to pick up and run for a few here and there, and I haven't looked into it enough to know what the possibilities are. Maybe a thread for General...
Currently, I haven't actively played for 7 years or so. The last campaign I was in was fun, was very well run (by a member of ENWorld), but I found the time commitment challenging, my creative juices were focused elsewhere, and I was recovering from divorce. I haven't played since, but have probably bought a couple dozen game books in that span for reading pleasure.
7+ years is less of a break and more of a retirement. But I don't see it as either, because I neither have plans to play again nor would I automatically say no to playing again. But it would have to be the right situation, and I'm probably a bit too finicky to just play whatever.
That said, I've been dabbling with the idea of trying out one of the many solo games that seem to be flooding the market. I have very fond memories of staying up late nights in the middle and high school, and running myself through the Random Dungeon Generator in the 1E DMG. But even then, the solo game would have to be really easy to pick up and run for a few here and there, and I haven't looked into it enough to know what the possibilities are. Maybe a thread for General...
