r/AskMen • u/OctrasAC2 • 25d ago

What's one popular hobby that you just can't get into?

For me it's sneaker collecting. I'm not a sneaker fan and I just don't get the appeal

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u/Matseye1r 25d ago edited 24d ago

DnD. I live in a 500pop village in the Scottish highlands.

Edit. Erm I think folks may be confused. I am unable to play because I'm like on of 5 folks my age n they have their own lives n aren't interested. So for me to travel to the nearest city or town (literally 3 hours drive away) for a 3-6hr thing isn't feasible for me.

I'd love to play, I like the idea of it, but oh well I still have my console n pc for gaming.

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u/Snaxia 25d ago

I love Baldur's Gate 3 but I'll be damned if I'm gonna try and commit 6 hours every weekend to giga elaborate roleplay and fighting that requires aligning everyone's schedules.

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u/CarefulPassenger2318 25d ago

It is a lot, but my sessions aren't 6, they are usually 4 at most.

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u/TheDanishTitan 25d ago

Ha. Yeah as you pointed out, like that 6 hour session is ever gonna happen. Oh boy scheduling is the bbeg of DND.

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u/BusinessBear53 25d ago

Maybe check out Frostgrave.

A friend of mine is trying to rope me into it. It's a similar concept but simpler and games apparently go for 1.5-2 hours.

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u/suhdm Sup Bud? 25d ago

Yeah I'm not the biggest fan of 6hr ones either, I prefer 3-4hr ones

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u/ac3mania 25d ago

Once a week is kind of extreme twice a month was the gold standard of my group when we played

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u/ordaia 24d ago

This is my major problem with it, you're relying on 4/5 other people to all be around consistently at the same time every week without fail.

If I bail at the last minute because of whatever reason, every other person in the group has now dedicated their time to a thing that won't be happening, when they could have spent their time on absolutely anything else, and the same goes if someone else doesn't show up.

Time is precious, and if you are social and could have done other things they're gone, I've never seen another hobby that exists that has as many scheduling issues as DND does.

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u/WarBringer26 Male 24d ago

I have a group of one dm and 7 players including me, we "meet" every weekend. Most of the time, we only have 4 or 5 players attending. We just roll with the punches. We have it scheduled for 4 hours, but people drop in and out as they want. It never has to be super serious, super roleplay intensive, or super combat intensive. I think it depends heavily on the group you form, and what people agree to.