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4 games that i ran and played most are D&D, WoD, 7th sea and GURPS. Only thing i took away from runing long campaign in GURPS is that i don't wont to play or run GURPS ever. Haven't touched that system in 17 years. To be perfectly honest, i can barley remember any rules or how that game works...

Playing other games is cool. If you have time and will, go for it. It can be fun. My posts are from perspective of someone who has very limited time to play or learn new systems, unless they are really just few pages long. I ran couple and learned that my group doesn't particularly like them...

Perfect is enemy of good. Seriously, sometimes, good is good enough. Stop prepping, start running. Also, D&D is a game. If you are having fun, everyone at the table is having fun, and people are coming over and over, you are doing things right. If game stops being fun, walk away. Find new...

My objection is to statement that you can't be good D&D DM if you haven't tried other systems. And in general, that one can't be bad D&D DM even if one tried to run other systems. In more than one post, i clearly stated that there are benefits of playing other games. But also, i think that you...

Yes, can. Because, as i clearly stated, what makes DM good or bad, isn't tied to experience with different systems, at least in my personal opinion. You may use different metric for judging how good or bad someone is as a DM. I use can, because, there is no guarantee that you will be better DM (...

Runing multiple systems will give you different perspectives. You will learn how different mechanics solve same problems. It can be valuable if, and that's big if, you pick system that's good at something specific. To ilustrate point. You only ever ran 5e d&d. You like it, but tactical combat...

Yep, revert to main. You love what you love and have fun, so it's your go to. That's why my PF1 group for last 10 years plays PF1 in pretty much same style. All the campaigns are in essence combat heavy, role play light, tactical h&s. There are variations in story and characters, but bare bones...

As Bruce Lee said, fear not a man who practiced 1000 punches once. Fear the man who practiced one punch 1000 times. Same logic applies anywhere. You get better at D&D by running and playing D&D. DM who ran 1000 hours of D&D will probably have better understanding of game then one who spent 100...

Yes, but by the time of rebranding from nWoD to CoD, that game line was 10y old, and with rebrand, they did rules update. Not complete overhaul, more like errata, with new layout, editing and art. As someone who never cared for big metaplot in original WoD, i quite liked 2004 nWoD. What also...

Same. My primary decision making point is - do i want to spend 3-4 hours, week after week, hanging around with that person. He/she might be better DM than Mat Mercer, but if we don't vibe well on personal level, i won't play. Pretty much. I'm no pro dm, nor do i play with pro dms. I'm playing...

Best DM i had was DM who only ever ran or played D&D if we don't count LARP. Ok, it helped he finished School of applied arts, then Academy of dramatic arts (film/theater directing) and he is naturally artistic, creative and communicative extrovert. I was lucky in a way that i never played...

Well, "it's what my character would do" can be annoying sometimes. If behavior of character kill fun of the game for the other player, then it's not in character problem. It's player problem. Everyone in the group should have fun, but if one players fun is at the expense of the other ones...

And that's why session 0 is important. Stuff like that is discussed before game, so if you are not ok with some of the table expectations, you can say thank you and walk away. Even though i'm playing for years with same people, if i plan to include PvP option, i tell them in advance, so they can...

Thanks for reply. Sure, playing various systems gives you more insight into how different systems do things differently and by extension, why some systems do some types of games better than other. But it wont make you inherently better player or dm. More versatile for sure. If you consider that...

I have driven every type of car i can with B licence, from small city car with n/a engine and 45 bhp to M5 with V10 and V8 biturbo. It's same skillset, if we talk about normal everyday driving (city, open road, highway). What makes one good driver is spatial awareness, ability to predict moves...

@Hussar And i will politely disagree. I think that skills that make good player or DM are system agnostic and lot of them are basic interpersonal skills. Boiled down to bare bones, all ttrpgs do same thing. Dm presents situation or players try something, players or DM react, there is...

TTRPGs are probably only hobby in which people constantly talk about needing to branch out and try other games and it makes no sense at all. If someone is content with only playing one game, cool. Good for them. You can be good dm, good player, have fun, without ever trying another game. I...

I think that better analogy would be - how many football players also play handball/basketball/waterpolo? On the recreational level, maybe few. On amateur level - almost none. People usually pick one sport and stick with it. Why would it be any different with ttrpgs? D&D is like football, big...

To be honest, learning game system is something that everyone at the table needs to do, not just DM. Coming to a gaming, without doing basic, like learning at least basic rules of the game you are about to participate in, is plain rude. Improv is a challenge, some people just aren't good at it...

For that, they would need solid data why games die out. But, anecdotally, from personal experience and those around me, most games die out due to - life. At least when it comes to adults. In HS and Uni, it's mostly cause people get bored or someone has cool idea and then they try to run it, and...