1. I let myself stray for a short while into the book I'm reading, and it resets my equilibrium.
2. 'I'll miss my goat curry,' says Nick cleaning out the pan, 'even though I've been eating it solidly for three days.'
3. The aim of role playing games is not to beat anyone, or to outwit them; but there are those moments when the games master hears your choice of action and says something like, 'Right... Well that's not a bad thing to do... But that's it for tonight.' And you feel as a player that you've maybe surprised them, and led them somewhere unexpected, which creatively, is sort of a win.
