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I wonder if it's more that existing players are less tolerant of new DMs. If everyone at the table is new, including the DM, then they...

Exactly. And if the prevailing attitude is “no gaming is better than bad gaming,” then new referees never get the time they need to suck...

You are free to disagree, of course, I just wanted to clarify my statement.

That's not what I said. I said the existence of paid GMs exacerbates the perception that GMing is hard and only pros can do it well.

The fact people have bad sessions--as players or as GMs--doesn't mean GMing isn't easier than a lot of people say it is. As someone said...

In order to be good at something, you have to be ok with being bad at it for a while. I usually make this comment in the context of art...

Yep. The mantra of “no gaming is better than bad gaming” utterly kneecaps new referees. A lot of players expect Mulligan, Mercer, and...

There are at least 4 starter sets.

Existing groups that have a member who wants to get behind the screen should absolutely give that person a chance.

I love the PA genre, but I have exactly no interest in playing through the Apocalypse. Misery-porn is no fun for me.

I also think people generally over emphasize scheduling difficulties. Not that they don't exist, but in my experience it is easier to...

I am not sure why anyone thinks that the metric for being able to do a thing should be measured against perfection.

What about being an average DM is difficult? Understand enough of the rules, understand enough of the adventure, have enough social...

No, it isn't. It just takes practice. It takes being allowed to fail.

Grifters gonna grift and "you can't do this thing without giving me money" is a core precept of grifting. But the ratio of players to...