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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 6457788" data-attributes="member: 48965">Maybe because you didn't read my original post that was specifically addressed to a statement made by [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]? I think it was pretty clear what I was saying but just to reiterate... My point was that I don't believe a group full of DM's (or even one with 2 regular DM's) is the norm... I then used market purchases of DM vs. player materials as a data point to support that assertion.&nbsp; I would say this is highly dependent upon campaign style, number of games run, and other factors.&nbsp; A single DM could have a group of 5 in-person players on Saturday and another group of 5 that he runs games for online Sunday... that DM is running for 10 players at that point... and the games still workUnless you have some real data to back any of this up, what your experiences are don't really help in determining whether there are more DM's vs. players and what that ratio might be...So again do you have any type of data that isn't your experience or guesses?&nbsp; That was why I included the player materials vs. DM materials because it was a data point outside of anecdotal evidence.&nbsp; We all have anecdotal evidence what I'm asking is do you have any other data to support a table full of DM's being the norm?&nbsp; Or even a table having an equal number of DM's vs. players being the norm?&nbsp; Just for the record my experiences hew much closer to [MENTION=29398]Lanefan[/MENTION] than they do [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]'s or yours.&nbsp; In my regular group of 10 players (They don't all play at the same time) there is 1 DM other than myself who only DM's occasionally.&nbsp; Everyone else is a player with no desire to DM (and yes some have given it a go and weren't bad at it but enjoy the experience of being a player much more than the DM side).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 6457788, member: 48965"] Maybe because you didn't read my original post that was specifically addressed to a statement made by [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]? I think it was pretty clear what I was saying but just to reiterate... My point was that I don't believe a group full of DM's (or even one with 2 regular DM's) is the norm... I then used market purchases of DM vs. player materials as a data point to support that assertion. I would say this is highly dependent upon campaign style, number of games run, and other factors. A single DM could have a group of 5 in-person players on Saturday and another group of 5 that he runs games for online Sunday... that DM is running for 10 players at that point... and the games still work Unless you have some real data to back any of this up, what your experiences are don't really help in determining whether there are more DM's vs. players and what that ratio might be... So again do you have any type of data that isn't your experience or guesses? That was why I included the player materials vs. DM materials because it was a data point outside of anecdotal evidence. We all have anecdotal evidence what I'm asking is do you have any other data to support a table full of DM's being the norm? Or even a table having an equal number of DM's vs. players being the norm? Just for the record my experiences hew much closer to [MENTION=29398]Lanefan[/MENTION] than they do [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]'s or yours. In my regular group of 10 players (They don't all play at the same time) there is 1 DM other than myself who only DM's occasionally. Everyone else is a player with no desire to DM (and yes some have given it a go and weren't bad at it but enjoy the experience of being a player much more than the DM side). [/QUOTE]

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