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<blockquote data-quote="Burnside" data-source="post: 9354003" data-attributes="member: 6910340">I left D&amp;D when I left for college in 1994, not because I didn't like it but simply because my priorities and commitments changed. If online play was more of a thing during my college years (mid-late 90s) then I might have kept playing to an extent, but I'm not sure. In my post-college years my career was very demanding/unpredictable with the need for constant&nbsp; hustling and long/irregular hours, such that I couldn't have been part of a regular group. I also wasn't in a great financial position until my early 30s (even though D&amp;D can be a very inexpensive hobby) and couldn't have afforded to keep up much with the physical products.After not playing at all for 23 years, barring 2-3 abortive attempts to play 3E in the early 2000s, I got back into it in 2017 (when I was 41) due to a few factors:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Friends got interested in it &amp; asked me if I could DM</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many younger actors in my theater company were playing it</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">My life and financial situation had stabilized such that it was much easier to both make time to play and to buy the stuff</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Actual play shows reminded me how fun the game is (I believe Force Grey, WotC's collaboration with Geek &amp; Sundry &amp; Nerdist, was the first one I watched - my wife got me to watch it because she was into a lot of G&amp;S/Nerdist content at that time)</li>
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[QUOTE="Burnside, post: 9354003, member: 6910340"] I left D&D when I left for college in 1994, not because I didn't like it but simply because my priorities and commitments changed. If online play was more of a thing during my college years (mid-late 90s) then I might have kept playing to an extent, but I'm not sure. In my post-college years my career was very demanding/unpredictable with the need for constant hustling and long/irregular hours, such that I couldn't have been part of a regular group. I also wasn't in a great financial position until my early 30s (even though D&D can be a very inexpensive hobby) and couldn't have afforded to keep up much with the physical products. After not playing at all for 23 years, barring 2-3 abortive attempts to play 3E in the early 2000s, I got back into it in 2017 (when I was 41) due to a few factors: [LIST] [*]Friends got interested in it & asked me if I could DM [*]Many younger actors in my theater company were playing it [*]My life and financial situation had stabilized such that it was much easier to both make time to play and to buy the stuff [*]Actual play shows reminded me how fun the game is (I believe Force Grey, WotC's collaboration with Geek & Sundry & Nerdist, was the first one I watched - my wife got me to watch it because she was into a lot of G&S/Nerdist content at that time) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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