Jerthanis
2011-02-13, 10:20 AM
Having officially passed the "have been gaming half my life" point, I've been reflective lately. I started counting the games I remember, trying to guess the percentage of games I've been in which had anything memorable happen in them, and what they were, imagining being old someday and still talking about that one game in 2005 rather than that one game in 2025.
Then I got to thinking, if I live to the age of 85, and I continue playing weekly, and the average campaign lasts 12 to 15 sessions... I've got about 200 -250 campaigns left in my life. Obviously, I'm still rather young, but I never really thought about it in concrete terms like that. When I hear the number... 200 sounds rather small. Do I really want to run a... I dunno... 'darker and edgier Care Bears' game, knowing it's taking up the slot of a surprisingly limited roster?
I guess what I took out of this line of thought is, "Life is short, swing for the fences in your gaming." if not everything.
Then I got to thinking, if I live to the age of 85, and I continue playing weekly, and the average campaign lasts 12 to 15 sessions... I've got about 200 -250 campaigns left in my life. Obviously, I'm still rather young, but I never really thought about it in concrete terms like that. When I hear the number... 200 sounds rather small. Do I really want to run a... I dunno... 'darker and edgier Care Bears' game, knowing it's taking up the slot of a surprisingly limited roster?
I guess what I took out of this line of thought is, "Life is short, swing for the fences in your gaming." if not everything.