It was about two years ago that our D&D group had its first serious problem. I mean, truly serious, not "oh no, I forgot my dice" or "who drank the last Mountain Dew?" The group nearly dissolved, and it actually did splinter.
I guess things began a few months prior to the "event". Ever since Kevin's live-in girlfriend moved out of his place while he was on vacation in Ohio with
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stormwind50 and me in July, the game was spiralling downward. Kevin seemed to be losing interest in the game, but the fool wouldn't quit. He'd go through the motions weekly, never saying anything. Charles, my good buddy Charles, never read the rules for 3rd edition, and his queries like "What kind of hit dice does a human get?" and "I cast Melf's Acid Arrow. What does it do?" only aggravated things.
( Click here for the full story. )I don't really know. I know that I don't want to quit playing, but some part of me really likes the idea of not having to go to the games on Sunday. I would love to go to Charles' place, and watch a movie with him and Melissa, his fiancee. One of my funnest Sundays recently had to be the Sunday in which we all went to Hooter's after seeing Return of the King, and just had fun.
Will I quit, or even take a hiatus? Doubtful, since I am enjoying things. What exactly is my plan, then? I think I'm going to see if I can round up a completely different group for the Dragonlance game. I think my game needs some fresh blood, and a fresh perspective. I want a smaller group to run than the seven players we have now (not counting GM). I'm probably going to run it on Friday nights, since I don't want to stop Stephen's game, which is immensely fun to play.
Who will I invite to my game? I'm not totally sure. I do know that I want to play with Charles, who couldn't and wouldn't do it on Sundays anyway. That means that 1-2 of the 5 spots are already filled, since Charles is fully up for it, and he's almost 100% positive that his fiancee will want to play too. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by choosing, but I'm sure everyone understands what I'm talking about when I say that the game needs new viewpoints and methodoligies.
I've asked Kevin, but he didn't seem too into it. I fear I permanently harmed his ability to game with my outburst, and it bothers me, at least a little. Well, I've got plenty of time to think about who to invite, right? It's not like it's ready to run now.
* - I really don't, folks. We have a rule in our gaming group: "If you have to choose between the game and a girl, pick the girl." This, of course, is referring to a significant other type of girl. :)![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
