My meandering thought process was lamenting the mental burden of playing RPGs and appreciating how sustainable the minis hobby is through solo activities and then that got me thinking about how vibrantly distinct factions are so essential to minis games and that leapt to “World of Darkness and L5R have such strong factions" and now we're here, where I want skirmish-level minis games for two of the most classic big narrative-focused RPGs.
I think the perverse paradox is part of the appeal.