Seeking a subject

 I've been seeking a subject for a while now, to put in a post here.

I have finished the First Responder course, now only need the government to finish their end of things and issue my license number.  So there's that.

I'm not immune to the news going on about the zany tariffs being banty'd about by Our American Cousins and their <ahem> current president.

It is from this news I found this item which brought me to writing here.

The 'business' of the games is ever-present, and factors into many decisions we all make in our hobby activities.

I have found the benefit of making my own miniatures, and having read the "Game Design" book by Steve Jackson, I have less resistance to making up my own games and systems.  Meaning I am less bound by the whims of a marketplace, as I have sold my minis (fully painted) in the past to pay for the ones I have kept and feel no compunction to running my own games - or even games conventions - without reference to other 'rules' or printed materials.

Still it remains that without ongoing success from commercial games makers, the future of our hobby becomes uncertain.

I'm hopeful that we shall all be able to weather the uncertain times ahead, while at the same time recognizing that time and focus for such things as tabletop games will be pulled away or even pulled apart.

May we find the time and focus to have some shared fun even with the other chaos continuing.