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<blockquote data-quote="Xaelvaen" data-source="post: 7634819" data-attributes="member: 6681906">I'm genuinely sorry to hear this, Danny - having an old, reliable group like that is probably the biggest reason I still play.&nbsp; I hope things work out for you, sincerely.---The only gap I've had in playing, I mean an honest gap, would be around '92 - '96.&nbsp; I began playing in '89 with my cousin, similar in age to me, but it was mostly just the two of us with an occasional family member being interested, trying a game, and just not really getting the hang of it (or not really being interested).&nbsp; We eventually stopped getting to hang out as much when his parents moved more than an hour away, so that meant only seeing each other a few times a year, and mostly at family reunions - so we just did other things that were more easily done spontaneously.Then I found a massive group of gamers (ended up being 12 or so of us, myself included) that played with one of the guys' father's being our DM.&nbsp; His last name started with a D, so he was named 'MR.D' (or Mr. D&amp;D) when we played.&nbsp; That group there lead to my group I met in '99, who I'll have been with for 20 years this November.D&amp;D on Wednesday, Paintball on Sunday - met my would-be wife in that group, so never really had a reason to stop playing since.&nbsp; Even when college was hell, we'd promise to get at least 1 day a month to play.Now , we even all conform our schedules to have exactly the same days off a week from work - so none of that pesky reality stuff comes bothering us.&nbsp; We just get food and entertainment for the kids, have a nice comfy living room set up for them so they can have fun.&nbsp; The game brought us together, and by God we're gonna keep it together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xaelvaen, post: 7634819, member: 6681906"] I'm genuinely sorry to hear this, Danny - having an old, reliable group like that is probably the biggest reason I still play. I hope things work out for you, sincerely. --- The only gap I've had in playing, I mean an honest gap, would be around '92 - '96. I began playing in '89 with my cousin, similar in age to me, but it was mostly just the two of us with an occasional family member being interested, trying a game, and just not really getting the hang of it (or not really being interested). We eventually stopped getting to hang out as much when his parents moved more than an hour away, so that meant only seeing each other a few times a year, and mostly at family reunions - so we just did other things that were more easily done spontaneously. Then I found a massive group of gamers (ended up being 12 or so of us, myself included) that played with one of the guys' father's being our DM. His last name started with a D, so he was named 'MR.D' (or Mr. D&D) when we played. That group there lead to my group I met in '99, who I'll have been with for 20 years this November. D&D on Wednesday, Paintball on Sunday - met my would-be wife in that group, so never really had a reason to stop playing since. Even when college was hell, we'd promise to get at least 1 day a month to play.Now , we even all conform our schedules to have exactly the same days off a week from work - so none of that pesky reality stuff comes bothering us. We just get food and entertainment for the kids, have a nice comfy living room set up for them so they can have fun. The game brought us together, and by God we're gonna keep it together. [/QUOTE]

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