I think A LOT of people i play with end up having jobs that don't engage their creativity at all. The end up playing games and building gorgeous bases and inter

I think A LOT of people i play with end up having jobs that don't engage their creativity at all. The end up playing games and building gorgeous bases and interesting complex setups. Does D&D do the same? The amount of time spent on thinking about games, writing the story, etc is non-trivial. The thing that all games share is that "losing" isn't gonna hurt your life. I'm not gonna lose my house because I blew up my factorio factory. I don't have to finish it. I don't have to play it every day. Personally I hate games that make me build and design, I already overload on that at work, so for me a lot of my game time is more action-based games. Things I don't get to do during my work time. Does that mean I want to go learn how to shoot an arrow off a running horse? No. Does it mean I want to learn how to fly a helicopter? Nooooot that much. But I sure as hell enjoy flying a helicopter without the fear of death in a game.