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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Socrates" data-source="post: 1774135" data-attributes="member: 10714">I run games because I love creating. I like to pretend I'm a writer every now and then, since I'm decent at writing but really bad at actually sitting down and doing it; yet I can find myself writing pages and pages of notes. For one game of mine, including the system stuff and world writeups and character notes and NPCs and sessions, I've written 45,000 words, and since I'm starting a second game in that same world at the same time, that's going to really go up.I run games because I love laying a framework down, a setting and a series of events, and seeing what happens. I game because I get equal amounts of pleasure from droppng a really clever plot twist as I do unveiling a villain's strange unique ability. I game because for some reason, I love designing d20 mechanics and customizing every aspect of my world and supporting cast. I love running games more than I do playing in them, which I wouldn't have said a few years ago.Also, everyone else's reasons -- it's fun, it's my friends, and it's a good creative and social outlet. Plus, it makes for some good memories -- I don't think there's a single person here who doesn't like relating stories from old gaming tables.</blockquote>