We Don’t Have Play RPGs, To Have a Good Time, Oh No
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I was begining to think gaming had lost it’s appeal to me. I’d go to games, and I wouldn’t have much fun. Turns out that it wasn’t what I was playing, but with who. Sometimes we have friends we enjoy hanging out with, but when it comes to that one activity, hanging out becomes something of a chore.
It wasn’t until I got into this one group, and the one trouble making player left, that I realized it wasn’t what I was playing but who I was playing with. Suddenly, the magic was back, things clicked, and all was good. I had got my groove back.
Fast forward to today, suddenly I found myself back in a familiar scenario. Through a chain of friendships, one player who I really didn’t enjoy playing with, was about to join my group. I tried to be okay with it, but in the end, I was only stressing out my self. I should have been honest from the start, and put my foot down and said “No.” My attempts to not hurt anyone’s feelings ended up blowing up in my face.
Sometimes we need to remember, just because we enjoy hanging out with someone doesn’t mean that we’ll have a great time gaming. I have a great time hanging out with my mom, but I really don’t think a game of GURPS would as fun with her. And because we don’t want to game with someone doesn’t mean that we hate them. Just means we want different things from a game.