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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Galfridus" data-source="post: 498724" data-attributes="member: 119">I run a weekly game at a game store and have had attendance problems -- my favorite was the player who completely vanished just as I introduced the major plotline (and multi-session adventure) centered around his character. Doh!You need to keep your players happy -- I've tried things that I love as a DM only to find out my players hate it. I changed, since the alternative was eventual loss of several players due to disinterest. Trust me, if you stick to "I'm the DM, I'll run what I want", you will go through a lot of players.I have a standing policy where anyone who misses three sessions in a row without making advance arrangements is out. Someone who skirts the edge of the policy (consistently skipping two then making one) can be booted as well. When someone approaches this line, I make sure to talk to them and let them know what's happening. It's forced some people in and some people out.Lastly, run a kickass game. People tend to show up for those. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>