Good question.
It’s a combination of 2 new jobs, new income streams coming online (and preparation for those) and a vague ennui with games.
I decided I wouldn’t play games just for the sake of playing them, just for the sake of pursuing a habit because it was/is a comfortable habit and a part of my self identity.
Instead i’d just play games because they were, well, fun, and grabbed me.
That does mean my selection criteria have gotten far stricter and I am missing out on a huge number of potentially very fun games.
sadly, recently, other than Planetfall, games are holding more of an academic interest for me.
The upside to this is that when I do eventually start playing again, it’ll be like discovering the hobby anew all over again.
Yeah I’ve been here before, i’m sure you all have too, when games become more work than fun, where the hobby just isn’t fun.
I haven’t played a boardgame in many months, and boardgames are a great great deal of fun, very focussed mechanics many of them.
And then ontop of that you have the simmering, continuing idiocy of certain groups complaining about x, y and z and generally being very whiney and offputting, so much so that I just get a general fatigue, like when people complained about BF5 having women fighters…or the more recent TW mini controversy.
Bah, I just come here now for the mostly interesting discussions. Even when I disagree (often) I still learn something (therefore also often.)
