I'm not tagging this post, as Im sure it encompasses pretty much every tag I've got.
Life's pretty fucked up and weird for me right now. I nearly got divorced and lost the only woman who really loved/loves me. This has now been resolved, and we are stronger because of it. Mid-life crisis maybe?
The RPG group is fragmenting almost as bad. I lost 2 players to personal reasons, 1 additional player because he met an untimely death, and now being faced with 50% of the group wanting to kick out a player as he doesnt seem to fit in with their style. This year I've gained 2 players, and lost 5. There was only 5 of us at the beginning of the year!
Ive been made redundant twice in 6 months, realised working for myself doesnt work, and am now acting finance director to a young energetic printing company.
What makes it worthwhile though are my 2 daughters, and little comments from my wife... If your married you know what they are.
As for RPG, well I started a CoC campaign, Masks of Nyarlahotep, but has floundered because of player dropout, death and a player being removed. Im lost, in more ways than one. I adore RPG, but right now its not fun, and Im on the border of giving it an indefinite rest. I was 40 this year, and been gaming since I was 14...
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Showing posts with label RPG. Show all posts
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Pregnancy No. 2
Saturday, January 14, 2006
I've heard of gamers retiring, or hanging up their dice bags and passing them on to the next generation, but role-playing is such a part of my life, that I will not go gently into the dark light. So what other gaming possibilities are there?
Lets do a little review, but not in a scientific way, just anecdotal or rubbish one.
(a) online games, replacement table-top gaming - well apparently none of these work well enough, plus you still have to get the group together (problems with transatlantic players etc) plus the amount of work required just isnt fun
(b) play close-enough PC games e.g. Dungeon Siege or World of Warcraft etc..., well these work, but only for a short time. Not really suitable for the casual gamer because of the power levels of the other players.
(c) other forms of postal gaming using a forum, IRC or email. again these just dont work due to lack of discipline, plus they tend to wander into storytelling and might as well be fan-fic based on you current game. The adventures tend to be about games you could never run in a group session.
Im sure there are other forms of gaming, role-playing that is, but I'll just have to read about other peoples games before one day coming back. Be interesting to see what games arrive when I do!
Pregnancy No. 2
Right, the wife has announced that she is pregnant, well, I kinda guessed as much too, but then it hit me. That means when sprog no. 2 turns up (a) no gaming for quite some time (last kid was almost 2 years!) and (b) the snip.I've heard of gamers retiring, or hanging up their dice bags and passing them on to the next generation, but role-playing is such a part of my life, that I will not go gently into the dark light. So what other gaming possibilities are there?
Lets do a little review, but not in a scientific way, just anecdotal or rubbish one.
(a) online games, replacement table-top gaming - well apparently none of these work well enough, plus you still have to get the group together (problems with transatlantic players etc) plus the amount of work required just isnt fun
(b) play close-enough PC games e.g. Dungeon Siege or World of Warcraft etc..., well these work, but only for a short time. Not really suitable for the casual gamer because of the power levels of the other players.
(c) other forms of postal gaming using a forum, IRC or email. again these just dont work due to lack of discipline, plus they tend to wander into storytelling and might as well be fan-fic based on you current game. The adventures tend to be about games you could never run in a group session.
Im sure there are other forms of gaming, role-playing that is, but I'll just have to read about other peoples games before one day coming back. Be interesting to see what games arrive when I do!
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