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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7634601" data-attributes="member: 6796661">The longer and more accurate question is:If you ever quit or stopped playing tabletop RPGs for an extended period of time, at what time in your life did that occur and why?&nbsp; And why did you pick them up again (which I'm assuming you did, if you are hanging out in these forums)?This thread is inspired by the conversation in <a href="https://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?660581-Portrayal-of-D-amp-D-in-Stranger-Things-3-some-spoilers/page5" target="_blank">the thread about D&amp;D's portrayal in Stranger Things, Season 3</a>. In that thread people speak about their D&amp;D groups breaking up when friends started dating, were old enough to drive, etc. For me, most of my friends and extended friends were gamers. For some it was all consuming and for others it was just one of many activities competing for their time. But most of us played regularly with several groups though high school. I think one reason for this is that many of our girl friends also played. Being able to drive just made it easier for groups to get together and play. What cause me to stop is going to college. I got together with some gamers maybe one or twice in my freshman year, but most of my new friends were not gamers and school, work, and other activities took focus and ended up selling all my gaming material. Then I moved on to marriage (to a non-gamer) and work, and spent a lot of time living abroad, and I didn't even think about gaming again until my 40s. I got back into gaming when I moved back to my hometown and started getting together with old friends from high school to play various board games. I bought 5e when it came out and fell in love again with the game and have been playing D&amp;D and several other TTRPGs at least monthly for the past six or so years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7634601, member: 6796661"] The longer and more accurate question is: If you ever quit or stopped playing tabletop RPGs for an extended period of time, at what time in your life did that occur and why? And why did you pick them up again (which I'm assuming you did, if you are hanging out in these forums)? This thread is inspired by the conversation in [URL="https://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?660581-Portrayal-of-D-amp-D-in-Stranger-Things-3-some-spoilers/page5"]the thread about D&D's portrayal in Stranger Things, Season 3[/URL]. In that thread people speak about their D&D groups breaking up when friends started dating, were old enough to drive, etc. For me, most of my friends and extended friends were gamers. For some it was all consuming and for others it was just one of many activities competing for their time. But most of us played regularly with several groups though high school. I think one reason for this is that many of our girl friends also played. Being able to drive just made it easier for groups to get together and play. What cause me to stop is going to college. I got together with some gamers maybe one or twice in my freshman year, but most of my new friends were not gamers and school, work, and other activities took focus and ended up selling all my gaming material. Then I moved on to marriage (to a non-gamer) and work, and spent a lot of time living abroad, and I didn't even think about gaming again until my 40s. I got back into gaming when I moved back to my hometown and started getting together with old friends from high school to play various board games. I bought 5e when it came out and fell in love again with the game and have been playing D&D and several other TTRPGs at least monthly for the past six or so years. [/QUOTE]

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