Always loved games. Scrabble and Boggle were big in my house and are part of developing my live of vocabulary and reading.
Excellent! I can relate. In 80’ age 12, I remember being with friends (all male) at the arcade in the mall. I was throwing my $ away (I was not that good either), when a group of cute girls walked by. I left the arcade and hung out with them.
I had also just started playing D&D at that time. I was and still am a big fan. It inspired me to learn about everything.
Eventually D&D inspired video games. None of these had the social, creative, problem solving features that make an RPG fun.
Gradually new players more and more came from a fantasy “rpg” video game background and were more and more disappointed that TTRPGs were a slow burn that required deep interaction.
Never went back to video games until a few years ago. My kids received a pac man/galaga mini arcade style unit.
We had a lot of fun with it until, after a few months, the joy stick quit working. We went on with life never missing it.
Always loved games. Scrabble and Boggle were big in my house and are part of developing my live of vocabulary and reading.
Excellent! I can relate. In 80’ age 12, I remember being with friends (all male) at the arcade in the mall. I was throwing my $ away (I was not that good either), when a group of cute girls walked by. I left the arcade and hung out with them.
I had also just started playing D&D at that time. I was and still am a big fan. It inspired me to learn about everything.
Eventually D&D inspired video games. None of these had the social, creative, problem solving features that make an RPG fun.
Gradually new players more and more came from a fantasy “rpg” video game background and were more and more disappointed that TTRPGs were a slow burn that required deep interaction.
Never went back to video games until a few years ago. My kids received a pac man/galaga mini arcade style unit.
We had a lot of fun with it until, after a few months, the joy stick quit working. We went on with life never missing it.
Thank you for your comment We must be close in age.
Life certainly seemed less complex back then. Maybe it was or perhaps we didn't notice it's complexity because we got to be kids.😊
It's so good it wasn't missed! Sounds like you are raising them right!
Not sure if it was less complicated or just more real. Ignorance/naivety can become bliss.
Doing my best to raise these kids right. We will see when they are adults.