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Lunchtime Poll #19: My So-Called Life

Gaming (both roleplaying and boardgames) provide me with “fun things” to do with friends. They are a good way to do something while friendship grows… though they’re also subject to taking the place of real friendships if you let them. Mostly, they’re like most hobbies– something to do with likeminded people.

Lunchtime Poll #19: My So-Called Life

What does gaming bring to your real life?

Gaming (both roleplaying and boardgames) provide me with “fun things” to do with friends. They are a good way to do something while friendship grows… though they’re also subject to taking the place of real friendships if you let them. Mostly, they’re like most hobbies– something to do with likeminded people.


Beyond that– I don’t know. I enjoy the stories we tell (in roleplaying) and the challenge of balancing limited resources (in board games), enough that I’ll play with strangers.

They also provide a steady outlet of creative energy; if I want to do something imaginative, I’ll usually do it in a roleplaying game. Doubtless that has saved the world from one more mediocre novelist…

I believe that there’s also value to examining the world from different points of view. The mental flexibility encouraged by roleplaying can provide a pattern for seeing the world from other points of view; allowing feminism and racism to be personal in a way that birth doesn’t allow.