Yep, I started playing D&D last year. Except my attendance has sucked as my mental health waxes and wanes more than the moon. 2025 was rough for me both physically and mentally, and some Tuesday nights, I just couldn’t suck it up to play.

My coworker Devin set up a group, and my friend Stephan joined in. We’ve added another friend of Devin’s, Owen, and recently another friend of Stephan’s, Jeff.

We started off with a traditional style game in D&D land, in person, at Devin’s place. That didn’t work out as well as we had hoped for attendance and everything, so now we’re playing a Savage World game on Foundry where we play by remote. The first few nights were rough for the tech side of things, but we added Teams to handle our voice comms, and just use Foundry for the game without video or sound, so it works a little more stable-ish.

But the “night” isn’t really about the RPG, it’s about me doing something social with people. And as a single investment, it’s pretty good. I just have to commit to it more.

That’s it, that’s all. I need to put butt in seat and connect more regularly. I enjoy it, but some nights, I just don’t have the mental energy. 🙁