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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7715108" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>I was going to make a snarky reply, but it is an interesting question. </p><p></p><p>I pay a lot to have players in the sense that I am covering the cost of the most of the games I GM. Besides all of the rules and adventure material, there is software, terrain, minis, and the game is at my house. Not sure how to probably what the total cost is and how much of that is "necessary" versus I bought another map-making program because I have a mental illness that makes me impulsively buy map-making software. My wife, a non-gamer, has, however, commented on this. To her it seems strange to be in a hobby where one person does nearly all of the work and pays most of the cost. </p><p></p><p>I know that there are some RPG clubs where they have a point system that determines scheduling or even table fees. You only get points if you DM. If you never DM you either eventually can't play because those with points take all the available slots or you end up having to pay to play. This encourages rotating DMs and givens everyone a chance to play as well as DM. Seem like it would work best for one-offs rather than ongoing campaigns. Should work for AL games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7715108, member: 6796661"] I was going to make a snarky reply, but it is an interesting question. I pay a lot to have players in the sense that I am covering the cost of the most of the games I GM. Besides all of the rules and adventure material, there is software, terrain, minis, and the game is at my house. Not sure how to probably what the total cost is and how much of that is "necessary" versus I bought another map-making program because I have a mental illness that makes me impulsively buy map-making software. My wife, a non-gamer, has, however, commented on this. To her it seems strange to be in a hobby where one person does nearly all of the work and pays most of the cost. I know that there are some RPG clubs where they have a point system that determines scheduling or even table fees. You only get points if you DM. If you never DM you either eventually can't play because those with points take all the available slots or you end up having to pay to play. This encourages rotating DMs and givens everyone a chance to play as well as DM. Seem like it would work best for one-offs rather than ongoing campaigns. Should work for AL games. [/QUOTE]
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