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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1764189" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>You know, i hear this all the time. I gotta wonder why my experiences are so different--i've never had a problem finding people to play any RPG that was in a genre they enjoyed. Yes, occaissionally a particular player would be system-partisan, but not very often, and never enough to stop me putting a group together. And there's always beginners: instead of posting at the game store, invite your friends or coworkers. If you tell a non-gamer that you'd like to run X, and it's about such-n-such, and it'll be fun, they're not gonna say &quot;but it's not popular&quot; or &quot;it's not in print&quot; or &quot;it's not D20 System&quot;. This applies, to a lesser extent, to existing gamers, but is one of the reasons i &quot;roll my own&quot; when it comes to creating RPG groups--i don't have to deal with all the brainwashing and preconceptions from the general gaming populace (like &quot;learning a new system is hard&quot;). Yes, finding an existing SkyRealms of Jorune group may be tricky. But i just haven't found that it's that hard to put together a SkyRealms of Jorune group. Have any of you who can't find such a group actually tried telling your D&amp;D group &quot;ok, i need a break from D&amp;D. I'm going to be running Blue Planet for the next 4 weeks, and then we'll get back to the D&amp;D&quot; and had your players actually not show? Actually choose to not RP over trying a new system? I suspect part of it is bluffing and peer pressure: they say they won't play it, hoping you'll back down. Not saying you should make unilateral decisions, or completely ignore the others' interests, but surely the GM should have some say in the matter, too? Shouldn't the whole group want everybody in the group to be happy? And is it really such a horrible price to pay to play a good game that you don't like with good friends for a few weeks, before returning to a game you do like? I play all sorts of non-RPGs with friends, despite having no real interest in the games, because that's what they all want to do, and i want to hang with my friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1764189, member: 10201"] You know, i hear this all the time. I gotta wonder why my experiences are so different--i've never had a problem finding people to play any RPG that was in a genre they enjoyed. Yes, occaissionally a particular player would be system-partisan, but not very often, and never enough to stop me putting a group together. And there's always beginners: instead of posting at the game store, invite your friends or coworkers. If you tell a non-gamer that you'd like to run X, and it's about such-n-such, and it'll be fun, they're not gonna say "but it's not popular" or "it's not in print" or "it's not D20 System". This applies, to a lesser extent, to existing gamers, but is one of the reasons i "roll my own" when it comes to creating RPG groups--i don't have to deal with all the brainwashing and preconceptions from the general gaming populace (like "learning a new system is hard"). Yes, finding an existing SkyRealms of Jorune group may be tricky. But i just haven't found that it's that hard to put together a SkyRealms of Jorune group. Have any of you who can't find such a group actually tried telling your D&D group "ok, i need a break from D&D. I'm going to be running Blue Planet for the next 4 weeks, and then we'll get back to the D&D" and had your players actually not show? Actually choose to not RP over trying a new system? I suspect part of it is bluffing and peer pressure: they say they won't play it, hoping you'll back down. Not saying you should make unilateral decisions, or completely ignore the others' interests, but surely the GM should have some say in the matter, too? Shouldn't the whole group want everybody in the group to be happy? And is it really such a horrible price to pay to play a good game that you don't like with good friends for a few weeks, before returning to a game you do like? I play all sorts of non-RPGs with friends, despite having no real interest in the games, because that's what they all want to do, and i want to hang with my friends. [/QUOTE]

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