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I tried to get perspective Player #4 on board with the concept I had envisioned and the other 3 players were interested in playing. Player #4 insisted that they be allowed to play something I didn't want to have in the game. So, Player #4 now has the wonderful open schedule that will allow them...

Well, the RL negotiation happened pretty much the way I laid it out in my OP.

This is the essence of it isn't it. The disconnect is that some players are of a mindset that there must always be a compromise. That is simply an unrealistic view of, well, how the world works. Especially with something like someones hobby and personal entertainment.

That path leads to the GM being forced to run a game they don't want to run. And how can that be even remotely fair? I think the disconnect is that certain players think the GM is obligated to run what they want only. Like the GM is supposed to be a "dancing bear" there only for the players...

And the opposite of this scenario, where the GM says... GM "Hey players, what do you want to play in the next campaign?" Player #1 "A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!" Player #2 "A Klingon!" Player #3 "A Krogan!" Player #4 "A Purple Catfish that can fly and poop fire!" Pondering for a moment...

Wow, this moved fast so a couple things I noticed. From memory so forgive me if I got the ideas a little wrong. No Sneak?!?!? In GoT?!?!? What was Arya then? Cause from my viewing she was in no way a Knight or Noble. Sansa Stark sure don't need "domain control" or "mass combat" rules. Maybe...

Edited for clarity NOTE: As no system was mentioned assuming D&D 5e is being used is a false assumption. Other systems that include both Humans and Elfs as playable characters include, Burning Wheel, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying, Desolation, Dragon Age, The One Ring, Pathfinder, and most OSR...

In a way they have. Raising the dead is a thing, in D&D at least.

I'm not sure how this video is relevant to a player rejecting the premise of a campaign. Also, after 30+ years of DMing, I promise you I don't ever under any circumstances use plots, or planned scenes of any kind. I am all improv all the time, and run as much of a player driven narrative as I can.

What games do you recommend I play? Seriously! I just started Mass Effect Andromeda. So recommends of better CRPGs is more than welcome. Seriously! Help!

Perhaps if one were to assume that the participants in the example are not friends the example would make more sense? Say, maybe it was a bunch of random people that met over MeetUp, or that met via Facebook, or even met on an online gaming website. Would that help? Also, what happens if the...

That's what I think. It uses all the same mechanics that D&D does, and while I've never run it, it reads like a D&D game with LotR window dressing. It sure ain't The One Ring or Burning Wheel, two systems that do a decent job emulating the source material. Adventures in Middle Earth reminds me...

Mouse Guard! So, not D&D. Super fun couple of short campaigns though, and who doesn't like cute little mouse knights? Mean people, that's who! Of course, one of the central aspects of the game is how the mice are acting against their mouse nature because they are acting the way a human would...

2000BC(BCE)? The Forgotten Realms is Late Middle Ages, not the Bronze Age.

In my opinion after 30+ years with various campaigns and systems and mechanics and player personalities...absolutely nothing, except how to run a fantastically restricted railroad where the only thing you get after a lengthy campaign is changing the color of the explosion at the end of the game. 🤔🙄😝

Agreed!

Far Trek essentially has Save vs. Death or take a Wound with Wounds giving a penalty to the next Save vs. Death. The caveat is that the PCs don't die if they fail the save they just fall unconscious cause they are the main characters and main characters in Star Trek have plot immunity.

I have a question regarding the extent of GM authority. I would like people to answer this poll to see what the gaming community thinks should happen in a particular situation. The group gathers to play a new campaign... The GM "I would like to play a campaign influenced by Game of Thrones. It...

Oh absolutely please!!! I've never had the chance to run a Changeling: The Lost game, if makes me so very very sad. 😭 It seems like it would be so much fun but my old group is back in my old place of residence. My new group in my new city is solely fantasy at the moment as they are all rescues...

I can't give advice for 5e specifically but I have run older (deadlier) editions of D&D with only two players. In fact one of my favorite campaigns of all time was with a single PC. My advice, don't give them two PCs, let them concentrate on their single PC as normal. Running multiple...