Perhaps this sounds familiar. You want.to work out so you buy expensive exercise equipment but it doesn't affect your habits.
You want to make art so you buy art supplies but they pile up. You become a collector of fancy pens and quality paper.
I buy books and read them, especially everything for dungeon generation and solo play. Sometimes I actually achieve a moment of play.
I'm encouraged and inspired to see people slap some dice around and make a game happen.
Use it or lose it.
Yeah, I understand it. That's why i create a "Schedule" for my solo plays. When we are on a group, we need to decide in advantage the day and the time of our next session. I try to play every tuesday and Thursday, late at night, even if it is just 5 or 10 minutes. It helps me keep playing more than reading and collecting.
ReplyDeleteI just downloaded a book called Frustration to Freedom. A 30 day program for solo players.
ReplyDeleteYou are introduced to behaviors like making characters, running combat, brainstorming, making random tables... A little more each day.
It should be a habit and you'll be gaining the benefits of the first lessons applying them to the later ones.
I like it.
This is me, as I go off and download the book Chad Robb mentions and file it into my “2018 August RPG” reading pile...
ReplyDeleteMaybe move it up the que. It has exercises to get you moving, not just theory. Try to use that equipment.
ReplyDeleteI counter this by having everything stored to my tablet: rule pdfs, campaign notes, character sheets, everything. I play anywhere, every time I can. It's kinda like how lots of people kill time with game apps.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem is that immersion can sometimes be hard to achieve, so I usually save the more intensive moments for when I'm settled.