New Posts For Thread: Difficulty staying interested and focused...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...First, some context. I've been playing D&D since AD&D 2nd edition. I've been DMing on and off since that time and almost always create my own campaign world or towns in existing worlds (Forgotten Realms or other). I've always tried to make my gameYou can also try reading some Grant Morrison stuff like the Invisibles or Doom Patrol or the like. I've found it's often useful for crashing your entire imagination and forcing a hard-reboot. It can clear stuff out and defrag your brain quite well!http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...?post_id=525041637#525041637You can also try reading some Grant Morrison stuff like the Invisibles or Doom Patrol or the like. I've found it's often useful for crashing your entire imagination and forcing a hard-reboot. It can clear stuff out and defrag your brain quite well!Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:45:33 -0500What may be so obvious that it gets overlooked... try UNusual fantasy tropes.(Says the guy who played Rapunzel in a series of James Bond-derived D&D adventures a while back...)[/quote]I can't argue with this idea, considering the proportion of charachttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...?post_id=525041449#525041449What may be so obvious that it gets overlooked... try UNusual fantasy tropes.(Says the guy who played Rapunzel in a series of James Bond-derived D&D adventures a while back...)[/quote]I can't argue with this idea, considering the proportion of characFri, 12 Oct 2012 22:30:48 -0500What may be so obvious that it gets overlooked... try UNusual fantasy tropes.(Says the guy who played Rapunzel in a series of James Bond-derived D&D adventures a while back...)Or reverse the usual fantasy tropes. You can even do Tolkien from the othehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...?post_id=525038767#525038767What may be so obvious that it gets overlooked... try UNusual fantasy tropes.(Says the guy who played Rapunzel in a series of James Bond-derived D&D adventures a while back...)Or reverse the usual fantasy tropes. You can even do Tolkien from the otheFri, 12 Oct 2012 20:15:38 -0500I'll echo all the other advice in this thread and throw in the following:Find some new players and DM for them.Nothing invigorates me more than seeing new players engage with the game. Hearing the crazy ideas they come up with, and helping them turnhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...?post_id=524985719#524985719I'll echo all the other advice in this thread and throw in the following:Find some new players and DM for them.Nothing invigorates me more than seeing new players engage with the game. Hearing the crazy ideas they come up with, and helping them turnThu, 11 Oct 2012 12:11:42 -0500Why not try something radically different? Ever run an evil campaign? Instead of going for a tale of heroism, fear, or peril, let the players be massively evil. See how badly they can screw up the world, defeat heroes who would take them down, and pihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29425371/Difficulty_staying_interested_and_focused...?post_id=524983617#524983617Why not try something radically different? Ever run an evil campaign? Instead of going for a tale of heroism, fear, or peril, let the players be massively evil. See how badly they can screw up the world, defeat heroes who would take them down, and piThu, 11 Oct 2012 11:03:59 -0500