Paul, I was saddened by your cri de coeur. In part because it’s hard to watch such an avid fan of RPGs lose inspiration and heart for the hobby; in part because of your assessment of the state of the hobby. Like the other commenter, I care less about mechanics than the worlds we get to play in, but I agree that stultification in mechanics isn’t good. But what really bums me out is that I devour your posts eagerly, and I hate that you simply don’t feel like there are any out there right now to write about. You are a vastly more experienced player and GM than I, so I always learn something from your posts; I’m always jazzed when a new post ends up in my email box. Of course you shouldn’t force it, but I hope you’ll be back at it soon.