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dragonatthedinnertable · 1 year

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I've been thinking/ruminating a lot lately about D&D: especially old-school games, and long form campaign play. Partly because I'm feeling very autistic about it, and also out of nostalgia for my university campaign that just kinda fizzled...

And what with our current 5e campaign going, and my space opera campaign on pause & waiting in the wings, AND the fact that I have chronic fatigue plus a job, I really don't see any of the above getting outside my brain for 2+ years.

So I'm feeling a lot of emotions about it 😢

#personal #D&D #long form play is just more interesting to me than oneshots & short campaigns #i like the way the world and the party's relationship network grows organically over time #being a player is fine #but I desperately want to GM again and the fatigue just makes that so hard #i want to take the novice enthusiasm of my uni campaign #and pair it with a decade of experience #and a better system than a retroclone of B/X #(no disrespect to B/X enthusiasts but it's just unpolished & uninteresting to me)#(but I do miss the barebones simplicity and focus away from hours-long combats)#it's past my bedtime and I should be trying to sleep #but instead I'm feeling sad & angry about my chronic illness #tireeblogging

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