So, I've become sort of a Convert

I play a lot of different types of games. Well, I run a lot of different kinds of games. I mean, I barely ever get to actually play, but that is another story (which looks like its going to change soon, yay).



I had ventured more into the narrative style, but played mostly hybrids.



But I had an epiphany running 5e D&D. About what it was I missed from running 2e AD&D, or Cyberpunk 2020, or L5R, or any of the other traditional RPGs that I hadn't played in a while.



I MISSED not having to think about meta-stuff. Not because it dragged me out of the immersion (because it never did), but because I would regularly forget to do it at all. I had run Fate the campaign before doing 5e, and I found I was a bit dissatisfied with how the game went. I felt like I was forgetting to compel, I was forgetting to award fate points, etc. And that is so much of that game.



But when I ran 5e, it just didn't matter. I didn't have to think about those things, it was just "what is happening right now". It let me focus on the game, and my brain didn't have to keep on two tracks at once.



I'm not saying I don't still like narrative style games. I still like Fate, even if I don't want to run it now, I still like FFG Star Wars, even if thinking up the advantage/threat can be a pain. And I doubt I will get into any of the OSR style games, I'm still a bit for more universal mechanics (I love 5e proficiency mechanic).



I just find that with my busy schedule, my brain being half fried most of the time from my work, a traditional game lets me be lazier while still providing a good game for my players.



Anyone else feel this way, rather than the immersion ruining, it just makes you have to do more mental paperwork than you would like?

So, I've become sort of a Convert