When Do Limited Options Become Stifling?

[False God]

One limited option that's pretty stifling is game systems. Every couple years I'll run a 9-12 month campaign in a different system. But for the last 20 years as a player I haven't gotten to do anything but yet another damn version of D&D. Nobody around this town can get out of the rut of running yet another damn generic kitchen sink fantasy knockoff D&D game to save yet another world of generic mud farmers and generic snotty nobles from yet another generic world ending threat, except me.

That's stifling.

This, lots and lots of this.

[Easy e]

One limited option that's pretty stifling is game systems. Every couple years I'll run a 9-12 month campaign in a different system. But for the last 20 years as a player I haven't gotten to do anything but yet another damn version of D&D. Nobody around this town can get out of the rut of running yet another damn generic kitchen sink fantasy knockoff D&D game to save yet another world of generic mud farmers and generic snotty nobles from yet another generic world ending threat, except me.

That's stifling.

Preach it brother!

I am so excited I got one of my fellow DMs to run PbtA system after I am done with L5R.

I could not be happier!

[gbaji]

I *almost* got pulled into a long running Traveller game. Almost. Then I realized I really didn't have time for another regular game.

[Luccan]

I think it depends more on the choices available than the number of available choices. You could kick me down to a Feat-less, Human Totem Barbarians with the Outlander background only game in 5e and I'd still be interested because the choices between totems at each subclass level would matter even more than it normally does. But if everyone had to play the same subclass of Cleric that would be a lot less interesting to me, even if I could choose any race and background I wanted.

[Tanarii]

Is that because of impact of the choice on variation? (Given you're referencing D&D 5e, where subclass usually means a bigger deal than race of background for features variation.)