How do you maintain "freshness" after so many years?

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Perhaps this question has been asked before, but this always fascinates me.

You've been playing for longer than most people on here, and obviously you started out as a war gamer, but does Roleplaying still intrigue and fascinate you the way that it once did when you were first starting out? And if so, how do you maintain the interest and passion after so many years?

Also, as an additional question : at Gary Con you were using what looked like a compilation of the OD&D rules with the "The Legend Lives On" art that was so prominent in the WOTC reprints of AD&D. Did you print that on Lulu, and are the 3 booklets in it, or do you have the supplements in there as well?

I only ask because that's a really neat idea instead of taking out the "collectables" every time I want to read through OD&D.

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One of my NYC players gave me the printed booklets as a present. I think they're the old PDFs printed through Lulu.

As far as keeping it interesting... I set up the world and stand back. If I think up a situation, and think that it has solutions 1 through 10, the players will proceed to come up with answers purple through broccoli. That's what keeps it interesting for me... players don't think the same way I do.

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Apr 5, 2017 16:22:31 GMT -6 @gronanofsimmerya said:

One of my NYC players gave me the printed booklets as a present. I think they're the old PDFs printed through Lulu.

As far as keeping it interesting... I set up the world and stand back. If I think up a situation, and think that it has solutions 1 through 10, the players will proceed to come up with answers purple through broccoli. That's what keeps it interesting for me... players don't think the same way I do.

With that being said, have you been running straight since you've been playing.. or have you taken breaks (ranging between 3+ months - 1+ years)?

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I've taken breaks, the longest being 15 years.