This may or may not be a serious writing prompt.

I’m still pretty bummed out about my failures in the TTRPG space as of late. Not being accepted for Round 2 judging in RPG Superstar really has me down. I’m at a point where I’ve even thought about setting the blog aside for a while and coming back or maybe coming back with something new entirely.

Don’t abandon ship just yet though. I still enjoy TTRPGs and being a GM. I have a lot of games I’d like to discuss here. I have a lot of things I’d like to write about in the space and all kinds of design work I could potentially do. But, I’m also having a huge battle with imposter syndrome.

Do I belong here? (*In the TTRPG community.) It’s a bit discouraging at present. I feel like it’s all been done. Am I just another shmuck that can’t hack it at life? I’m really struggling today.

I talked to my therapist this morning and came to the conclusion that my blog here is the only place I feel comfortable talking about some of this stuff. Otherwise, people get tired of listening to me drone on about my hobby or their eyes glaze over because they have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. I’m at home here, depressed or not. At least I can express some of my feelings.

We always know when it’s naptime.

My days of solo roleplaying are upon me. Maybe Solo RP September?

“Daddy, I blame you for this predicament.

My 5E game is on hold currently because school has started. My oldest works, my wife (teacher) has work to do on the weekends, and practically all of our kids have band, orchestra, swimming, etc. Solo RPG action is starting so look mighty appealing.

Solo gaming is probably better that watching endless hours of horror movies and playing Fortnite nonstop for hours. (One week into the season and I’m level 41. One of my kids just hit 57 mo9stly by himself.) I figure if I’m sitting in my man cave giggling, rolling dice, and taking notes like a mad man. It’s like my high school years all over again.

I don’t thing a lot of people realize some of the added benefits of solo RPGs. They’re a great writing exercise, thinking creatively about the random results from an oracle and interpretive gameplay are all benefits. It gives me an excuse to break out the dice, maybe write some adventures, too.

I’ll keep you posted on the plan. Here’s Snoopy in the meantime. He’s my co-editor, constant companion, and snuggle buddy. We call him our Snoopervisor. He’s also a really good listener.

I promise he really is happy here. I had to snuggle up a bit closer to get the selfie.

Thanks for being here. Snoopy and I appreciate you. See you tomorrow with… something-Tember.