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Message: <blockquote data-quote="uzirath" data-source="post: 7634854" data-attributes="member: 8495">I played pretty intensively from 1981ish to 2005. In 2005 I switched careers from IT work to being a 6-12th grade teacher (English, social studies, and computer science). I found that teaching was far more demanding (and rewarding, if not financially) than my prior career and I had precious little free time. Moreover, I was surprised to discover that crafting great lesson plans seemed to tap the same pool of creativity that I had previously reserved for GMing. After a week of teaching, which is sort of like guiding students through worlds that they haven't imagined, I just didn't feel the draw to build other new worlds. I did still enjoy occasional D&D, CoC, and GURPS games as a player, but I hung up my GMing spurs.Then I started a family, moved to Minnesota, started teaching at a new school, and gaming slipped away for a while. After a couple of years at the new school, however, someone discovered that I was a former gamer and suggested that I sponsor a gaming activity for the middle school (unbeknownst to me, students had been clamoring for it). Pretty soon we had 50+ students signing up every trimester. I was generally just a facilitator, but did occasionally run games for groups that didn't have anyone interested in GMing. At this point, I had enough years under my belt as a teacher that I didn't mind the creative overlap. I learned D&D 4e and then 5e and GURPS 4e. I started running games for my own children and some of their friends. When the <a href="http://www.sjgames.com/dungeonfantasy/" target="_blank">Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game</a> came out, I started an adult group again. One thing led to another and now I'm regularly running and playing in games, both with adults and young folks. The gaming activity for students remains incredibly popular and I've got a waiting list of adults who want to jump in. It's a blast.</blockquote>

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