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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 6275440" data-attributes="member: 83805">In spite of having a short attention span and very little self discipline, back in the day I use to like reading and attempting to play complicated tabletop rpg games with dense rulebooks (and/or numerous supplements).  Stuff like Rolemaster, GURPS, Twilight 2000, DragonQuest (SPI version), etc ...  At the time, I saw it as a personal challenge to decipher the mechanics and dense prose.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />Fast forward to the present, these days I don't have the patience anymore to go through dense thick rulebooks (except D&D).  As an example, awhile ago I borrowed the Exalted core book from a local friend and attempted to read and decipher it.  After a day or so, I lost all patience and didn't care anymore about deciphering Exalted and subsequently returned the book.  I also came across a Chivalry & Sorcery book, and had a similar impatient experience of deciphering its dense complicated ruleset.  (Ironically I attempted to decipher and play C&S back in the day).  In the case of D&D specifically, the only reason I was willing to read and decipher stuff like 3E/3.5E/d20/Pathfinder and 4E D&D, was that I was already familiar with TSR era D&D and there were established groups nearby that were looking for players.  (I only started playing D&D again shortly after 3.5E was released.  Previously I took a long hiatus away from tabletop rpg games, where I completely missed 2E AD&D and the 1990's rpg scene in its entirety).  Definitely.In areas completely unrelated to rpg games, I could spend hours and hours reading very densely written books on topics I am very interested in.When I was a kid, I spent many hours reading through the book "Calculus Made Easy" and various algebra textbooks (mostly my father's old college books).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy</a>Even with the pace of reading/deciphering being really slow, I could spend hours thinking about what was on two or three pages.  (ie. Figuring out and doing a particular calculation on paper, and seeing whether it makes any sense to me).Today I could still spend hours deciphering calculations from really dense mathematical books on topics like relativity, quantum theory, heat/radiation transfer, deformable bodies, etc ...</blockquote>

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