Roll them bones!

I am absolutely thrilled to say that, over the last few weeks, I’ve actually found not just moments but hours of time for gaming. I haven’t found the time to play much of anythign during a solid half year of heavy involvement in two demanding musical productions at the local community theater, and I’ve missed it, missed gaming of all sorts.

In the brief time since the curtain fell on our last performance of The Full Monty, I’ve managed to clock in quite a few hours of LotRO and at least four or five sessions of Arkham Horror, and already my brain has started ticking with observations about how the games work.

One form of play I did not give up during my sojourn on the stage was playtime with my now three-year-old daughter. Play with her is pretty much continuous, as she constantly insists we all assume roles in an extended narrative. This pretend play, which I hope she will continue to enjoy even as she adds dice and game mechanics as a resolution tactic (and she already does have her own dice and dice bag, though at present they’re merely toys to her), is obviously common among children. I remember hoping to “play magic” with my friends on the playground in elementary school, though sports gradually lured most of them away.

All of this is by way of saying: I finally have time to write about the many things that have been percolating in my head.

But I’ll get to that a little later . . . I’ve got games to play!

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