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I'm working from a sample size of several dozen DMs and hundreds of players and I've not seen the tyrannical DM, either. But maybe Los...

Who says only one side gets to modify the social contract?

I feel that in some ways the tightness of a little of rules in many traditional games both restricts the GM heavily (and the players of...

I've never seen that happen. As I said, they are stronger than written rules. If someone is willing to break the social contract, no...

It was a good outcome but if nothing had changed would you have continued to play with them as DM? Because if the answer was no (which I...

But you corrected the situation, correct? Everybody makes mistakes, if we're lucky we learn from them.

And I've said what you are questioning in each and every one of those conversations, because folks like to Strawman that into meaning...

It's as strong a preventative as the DM just standing up and punching you for no reason. Neither are going to happen, so why worry...

Really makes you wonder just how all those trad-leaning tables are managing to have any fun at all with all these terrible, social...

I've never seen that. I may have stated that I don't want extended arguments during the game, we'll discuss it for a minute or two...

Did you continue to play those characters in that DM's campaign? I assume the answer is no - either you confronted them and they...

I'm not too concerned about a 13 year old's first time running a game, I'm sure we all screwed up pretty badly at one point or another...

A lot of my experiences and discussions have been at gaming conventions or game days in cities where I don't DM. Again, it's not that I...

In order to have enough data to accept it as a prevailing trend, I'd need to hear from more than just one person plus friend group's...

I've been very active in public games, bother game days and conventions. I've had the occasional poor-to-middlling DM because I've...