I think most people played both variants and regular games. It was a period when variants were very popular and there were a lot more variants being played at that time. Every week practically, it seemed someone would publish a new variant in a zine.
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.