The post you've been expecting for a while now...
It's true - I have finally admitted to myself that after 16+ years of running my AD&D game here on RPOL, and years of running other systems as well, including a long-running Mazes and Minotaurs game here some years back, that it's time to declare my remaining play-by-post games dead. Flat-lined, with no chance of revival. To those of you who kept sending me positive vibes during this truly difficult period in my life, thank you, moreso than you might realize. Before these games crashed and burned, they were a much-needed part of my hobbies. But as I found out recently, no matter how much we might fight it, kicking and screaming, we do have to change our life as our life changes around us.
I regret not wrapping this adventure up with some sort of coherent finale, but I have too much going on in Real Life to drag this out any more. Let's face it, it wasn't very fair of me to tell you I wasn't ghosting the game, only to become one of those DMs I used to hate who did just that.
I wish each one of you all the best, and as always, thank you for playing this old game with me.
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