If you are a player of tabletop RPGs, you may be wondering what I'm worrying about. It isn't unhealthy. There is a nice helping of social interaction, a healthy amount of creativity, and a generally enjoyable time. All of these things are good for you, being addicted to RPGs is about as dangerous as being addicted to dietary fiber or smiling.
My problem is actually a little different. I love gaming and I could handle ten times as much gaming as I do presently, and it wouldn't hurt me one bit. I have been calling my condition RPG addiction but in truth it runs a little nearer to ADD.
It isn't that I play too often. In fact, I can and have complained that the games my group and I play are woefully infrequent. The problem is that, with as many RPGs as there are on the market, and more coming out all the time, I can't stay glue to one for any span of time. I will stay obsessed with one shiny new gaming product for about three days and then.... wait, what.... new shiny product? Lemme see.
Where was I. My newest project, and I think my group is pliant, will be to run as many of these as I can as often as I can until something really resonates and becomes a genuine obsession.
What's the worst that could happen? Fun?
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