I had an old paintball gun I bought off someone in highschool but never got the chance to play, until after college on a weekend out of town trip so I had to borrow everything. About 8 years later a friend decides to get back into it after his divorce so we played a couple times and I swore I’d wait until we played a few times before investing money into newer, better gear. Then I got a new marker, hopper, mask, tanks, and all the trimmings. We played once (1 on 1) then he vanished forever when he started dating his would-be wife. I never touched any of it again.
I didn’t get into DnD until COVID, and know how I am with things, I decided to get 1 set of cheap dice, borrow a PHB and start small. After several sessions and a solid group my dice addiction hits, I buy PHB, DMG and MM off eBay, custom mini and make my own dice box. Then I start getting into DMing, buy tons of minis, DM gear, paints, more dice etc etc. Me and my gf break up, the DM (a coworker of mine) went turncoat and I was gone from the group. I tried finding a couple new games after I moved but no luck.
So now I got all this shit sitting on shelves in my basement
If you’re still interested in playing, see if there’s a local game store by you. People around me are always looking for groups and many would kill for a reliable GM. Though I do understand the money sink, I think there’s 8 totes of figures in my office that I’m too lazy to get at game time and we just end up using dice instead of the minis.
Same here.
I had an old paintball gun I bought off someone in highschool but never got the chance to play, until after college on a weekend out of town trip so I had to borrow everything. About 8 years later a friend decides to get back into it after his divorce so we played a couple times and I swore I’d wait until we played a few times before investing money into newer, better gear. Then I got a new marker, hopper, mask, tanks, and all the trimmings. We played once (1 on 1) then he vanished forever when he started dating his would-be wife. I never touched any of it again.
I didn’t get into DnD until COVID, and know how I am with things, I decided to get 1 set of cheap dice, borrow a PHB and start small. After several sessions and a solid group my dice addiction hits, I buy PHB, DMG and MM off eBay, custom mini and make my own dice box. Then I start getting into DMing, buy tons of minis, DM gear, paints, more dice etc etc. Me and my gf break up, the DM (a coworker of mine) went turncoat and I was gone from the group. I tried finding a couple new games after I moved but no luck.
So now I got all this shit sitting on shelves in my basement
If you’re still interested in playing, see if there’s a local game store by you. People around me are always looking for groups and many would kill for a reliable GM. Though I do understand the money sink, I think there’s 8 totes of figures in my office that I’m too lazy to get at game time and we just end up using dice instead of the minis.