I'd kinda hoped that by now I'd have a few more pieces up, including one that I've been working on-- off and on-- for a little more than a couple weeks. But that hasn't yet happened. Soon, I hope.

There have actually been quite a few things pulling me away from my usual every-few-days posts and critiques here. Work has ramped up, as work is wont to do, and the past few days, I've been pulling a little more overtime to help out. And of course, spring brings around a bunch of house projects and time when I'm usually out-of-doors, when weekend time's at a premium. And of course, there is the usual bunch of "BS that shouldn't take my time but does" that has gone on the past couple weeks. But it's not all bad. I've managed to take some time to get some decent writing done and read a lot, and then too, on Saturdays, there is game.

See, it's been a long while for me, but I'd completely forgotten how unbelievably cool tabletop gaming could be. Sure, online Play By BBS/IRC/Mail/Chat is good, and it's cool that you can really get that extra time to create indepth storylines and scenes most people couldn't play out in person for one reason or another. But there's something just... more intense... about seeing the GM physically rolling the dice that could determine whether your character lives or dies. There's something extremely cool about the sort of camaradarie that a group shares when they're bunched in a room around a table, sharing two-hour old pizza, enjoying being there for five to six hours. There's something about it that's just... remarkably... cool. Especially when you're used to the same sterile computer environment of typing out responses, or talking on an earpiece while you're mouse-clicking, or having a computer decide if your sword-slash hits.

It actually kinda makes me remember why I loved RPG's in the first place. So I think I'll keep at it, thanks.



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