Getting Hot

I think I'm getting burnt out on D&D. For many reasons.

Here's how I usually play:

 I do a weekly game at the Awesome Game/Cafe shop with my Brother near his house. It's a 2 hour session that is ostensibly the D&D Adventures League. I don't think it is that anymore, but I really don't know fully what the official D&D Adventures League is. We are currently mired in the Princes of the Apocalypse campaign.

I also play once or twice a month with friends. I was DM for a few years but I was getting writer's block and was all but done with my campaign. Now we have a new DM and a new campaign. We also finally seemed to nail down a regular group. These sessions usually go well into Saturday nights.

Here's why I am getting burnt out in both groups:

Princes of the Apocalypse is a mess of a book. It's sandbox nature is too sandboxy. We have been at it for nearly a year and we have no idea what we are doing or why plot wise. Basically we show up and run around and fight things wherever we are. I think the DM could do a little better in guiding us, but, I've looked through the book and did some emergency DM sessions here and there and can confirm that this module is a mess.

If that wasn't bad enough, one of the regulars in our group is very annoying. His character name is stolen from Lord of the Rings. One of the main characters from Lord of the Rings. That should tell you enough about him, but there's more. He's loud, insulting, doesn't seem to know the most basic of rules (i.e. Need to roll a 20 to hit before rolling damage) and rarely is paying attention. He was gone most of the Summer and things were decent. We still had no real plot and were aimlessly walking around, but at least the group was fairly happy. But, he has come back in the last few weeks and is slowly but surely getting back to his annoying ways.

If it were me, I'd send him packing. But it's not up to me. Where we play is an establishment and he is a paying customer. Ultimately it is up to either the DM or management to give him the boot. I think they have had a talk with him about paying attention, but how do you have a conversation with someone that goes "Hey buddy, you're annoying?"

Last week I took the night off to watch the World Series. It was refreshing. (Not so much the Outcome)

For my friends group the problem is more time oriented. Usually we will play from 8pm until 2am. I do not want to be up at 2am. I do not really want to spend every other Saturday evening locked into this game. My friends meanwhile do. I have mentioned in the past my reluctance to play until late hours. This has been ignored or been passive-aggressively commented on. I want to play with the gang but I'd much rather have it be at a more decent and manageable time. 2-4 hours is nice. Beyond that I get frustrated and tired.

Not to mention the guilt I sometimes feel and sometime receive from my Wife. I go out to play games and she sits home alone on Saturday nights. She won't join me. I have offered. We can't play at my house, due to the married couple we play with being hosts as they have family too. Well what about me?

I'm also going through a bit of a personal funk. Nothing seems to interest me right now. Socializing in particular is not something I want to do. Thus, D&D burnout.