Me neither.


This sounds like bad GMing. No, what I think Boulet is getting at is when, through no fault of the GM (Ok, I’m maybe a tad too generous with GMs, such as when they feel they have to look something up while at the table and in the middle of a game, which doesn’t necessarily bother me but I know makes some folks think ‘He’s lazy; he should have checked that before’) there just is downtime and you as a player are not doing anything related to your character. I find I use that as an excuse to go take a pee, get a drink, leaf through the source book, if it’s on the table, plan some future move or strategy (I know a player who does this a lot, and it usually seems to pay off), chat to my neighbour OOC, or whatever. I don’t feel that I have to be doing stuff throughout the game.

I have to be honest, it has been rare that I have been part of a game where I was bored because the GM is not running the game well or there are too many players so it's not a big issue for me

I may have misunderstood the article too.

I have been bored at the table as a player before. It has happened more frequently the older I have gotten. This is particularly true if the GM isn't doing a good job of keeping things moving or if the GM is acting like a jackass. Not that I would last long in a game where the GM is acting like an ass.

Hobby time is precious. Hobbies are supposed to be enjoyable, not become a reason for your blood pressure to spike.