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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9281564" data-attributes="member: 6879661">What makes it harder is that in most cases it isn’t even whether we ourselves are up to trying something new. It’s whether we are able to to articulate that and convince up to half a dozen other people with variations in tastes and appeal to do the same.There are definitely circumstances that can make it easier.Unique IP - This is a lot easier to do when the alternative has some clear Unique Selling Points. I was able to convince one of my groups to play a campaign in WFRP 4e because they like the fee Warhammer Old World and they were familiar with it from novels and the wargame. Similarly I’m hoping to convince a group to try either Imperium Maledictum or the Alien RPG. Based on the strength of the IP I’m pretty confident.Great Campaign - I convinced another group to embark on a 2 year + WFRP campaign because the Enemy Within is a great campaign. Just like Curse of Strahd was the tipping point to try 5e and Rise of the Runelords to try Pathfinder. These campaigns guided and informed our early engagements with the new ruleset.DM Fiat - One of the advantages of being a long time DM playing with friends is that if I say I really want to do something trust me folks - I’m pretty likely to get a chance to do it for at least three or four sessions as a trial. When I started my Skull and Shackles game for a relatively new group that I played with on and off a few times - I just told them it was set in WFRP. Four sessions in and all is going well.I’m sure there are other great hooks that can make it easier to persuade people to switch/try new systems.On the flip side…<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not having VTT capability</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not having a published adventure to run</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being an only slightly modified version of a system I already know.</li> </ul>Means that it becomes harder to convince people - to the point where I probably wouldn’t even try.More than anything else - I think convincing a sceptical group of time-poor folks to switch requires a compelling vision of the campaign from the DM more than anything else. I’m not ashamed to say I expect to have at least part of that vision provided for me.</blockquote>

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