Yeah. Literally just caught that. Have you considered a new hobby? Maybe Boggle?
Nah. Chess is great. It's just the right combination of cunning, strategy and imagination that I don't get in most other (competitive) hobbies, especially now when my RPG group's schedules can't seem to line up for another month in a row. Maybe I'll give Shogi one more try, but I'm likely too far-gone to switch gears between those games. Never tried, or heard much of, Boggle. Speed-based Scrabble where everyone gets the same letters sounds better than most other word games I tried so far.
shogi is lots of fun and very different feeling from chess from a mental perspective - i almost find it easier to forget what i know about chess when playing shogi because the drop/promotion mechanics make things so different plus it's a lot more defensive at the start which i enjoy more - i feel so rushed at the beginning of a chess game