Role-playing games have been a huge part of my life and a huge part of my training as a performer - learning social skills, meeting friends, and being a generally competent person - so I owe a lot to role-playing games.

Society, in general, has taught for many generations that when you reach a certain age, you have to learn to stop playing.

Society, in general, has taught for many generations that when you reach a certain age, you have to learn to stop playing.

Time and time again, the players constantly surprise you and often not do at all what you expect and completely muck up your preparation, and that's kind of the beauty of the game. It wouldn't be as fun to the DM if everything worked out exactly how you thought it would.