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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Atavax" data-source="post: 4457358" data-attributes="member: 59171">Is anyone else out there frustrated, discouraged, even downright bummed out by the fact that their real life is currently so busy and hectic that they can only dream of their first 4e campaign? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry&nbsp; &nbsp; :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />&nbsp;Take me, for instance.&nbsp; I love my life. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have a wonderful wife, <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> a beautiful five-year-old daughter,<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> and a great job <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses&nbsp; &nbsp; B-)" data-shortname="B-)" />(teacher).&nbsp; But at the end of the day, after reading my little girl to sleep, I collapse in exhaustion. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/yawn.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yawn:" title="Yawn&nbsp; &nbsp; :yawn:" data-shortname=":yawn:" /> If I'm lucky, I may get in a few rounds of BIOSHOCK (my current XBOX 360 darling), or some television with my lovely wife, or some time to read, or whatever.&nbsp; Usually I'm out cold by 9 pm at night (my little girl is asleep by 8 or so).&nbsp;Weekends? Usually a similar routine.&nbsp; Hanging out with family, trying to get the house tidied up, maybe a little time here or there for myself.&nbsp; The idea of a long, in-depth 4e campaign (or any other kind of RPGing) just doesn't enter into it.&nbsp; My wife is working on her master's degree, BTW, so she needs as much time as humanly possible to work on that.&nbsp;I'm also a passionate boardgamer, and the same problem, obviously, exists there.&nbsp; No time for my beloved Arkham Horror, Settlers of Catan, Risk 2210 A.D., etc.&nbsp;Anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone else in a similar boat as me.&nbsp; You've been a gamer a long time, and you're deeply excited about 4e (or whatever version you're in love with).&nbsp; But the prospect of ever having enough time to play the dang thing is rather bleak. &nbsp;Without irony I say that I'm planning to run a campaign when my little girl is nine or ten or so.&nbsp; It may take that long for things to come together.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry&nbsp; &nbsp; :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Atavax, post: 4457358, member: 59171"] Is anyone else out there frustrated, discouraged, even downright bummed out by the fact that their real life is currently so busy and hectic that they can only dream of their first 4e campaign? :.-( Take me, for instance. I love my life. :) I have a wonderful wife, ;) a beautiful five-year-old daughter,:D and a great job B-)(teacher). But at the end of the day, after reading my little girl to sleep, I collapse in exhaustion. :yawn: If I'm lucky, I may get in a few rounds of BIOSHOCK (my current XBOX 360 darling), or some television with my lovely wife, or some time to read, or whatever. Usually I'm out cold by 9 pm at night (my little girl is asleep by 8 or so). Weekends? Usually a similar routine. Hanging out with family, trying to get the house tidied up, maybe a little time here or there for myself. The idea of a long, in-depth 4e campaign (or any other kind of RPGing) just doesn't enter into it. My wife is working on her master's degree, BTW, so she needs as much time as humanly possible to work on that. I'm also a passionate boardgamer, and the same problem, obviously, exists there. No time for my beloved Arkham Horror, Settlers of Catan, Risk 2210 A.D., etc. Anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone else in a similar boat as me. You've been a gamer a long time, and you're deeply excited about 4e (or whatever version you're in love with). But the prospect of ever having enough time to play the dang thing is rather bleak. Without irony I say that I'm planning to run a campaign when my little girl is nine or ten or so. It may take that long for things to come together. :.-( [/QUOTE]

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