Don't forget to play!

This week's post is both a plea for you reading this and a reminder for myself.

Lately, partly because of various personal reasons, I've been thinking less about TTRPGs, I was struggling to come up with ideas for adventures, to read some of the many rulebooks in my backlog, even the motivation to write in this blog seemed to be lacking. I was starting to get worried my passion for this hobby was fading away. I had so much on my mind at all times and TTRPGs, which recently occupied a good chunk of my thoughts, seemed to be relegated to a small corner.

The truth is that I just needed to play.

Because of those same reasons I mentioned before I didn't have time to set up any new game, either online or in person; the store I contacted to run in person games saids they'd start organizing that after the summer vacations, and online games with people from different timezones are at times a nightmare to schedule, so I had not run or played in games for almost a month. Then I finally ran a session.

The passion came back instantly. Actually, it never left; it just had to take the back seat for a while because life was crazy, but it was always there. I had fun, my players had fun and even praised me for my interpretation of an NPC. Everything felt right again.

So my plea and reminder, to you and to myself, is that while it is fun to theorize, create house rules, random tables and adventures, the most important part of this hobby is what happens at the table, when we immerse ourselves in those worlds and those characters.

Don't forget to run games, don't forget to play in them. I'll try to remember that from now on.

Has this ever happened to you? If so, how did you get out of it? I'd like to know, if you feel comfortable sharing it.

This is all for this week, see you next Sunday for my next post!

May your dice never betray you,
Kirhon

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