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<blockquote data-quote="boar" data-source="post: 4859865" data-attributes="member: 81932">Man, the people on ENWorld are awesome.&nbsp; You've got a lot of great advice here.While there's been a lot of talk about burnout, my own take on it is that you're suffering more from poor players than from burning out.&nbsp; That is, it seems to me that if the two players you described were more like the other three, there wouldn't be a problem at all.If that's the case, then I would question your assumption that &quot;I can't kick them out because they're friends.&quot;&nbsp; I love dnd, and one of my best friends is in a dnd game.&nbsp; That game is very heavy on roleplaying, and I'm more into combat, so I never received an invitation.&nbsp; I wasn't hurt, the friendship wasn't hurt -- it just makes sense.&nbsp; When you talk to these two guys, say, &quot;Look, it's obvious that I'm not running the game you want to play and you're not playing the game I want to run.&nbsp; I'd love to play in some of your games if you want to take a shot at DM-ing, but as for the main campaign, I think everybody would be a lot happier if it continued without you.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="boar, post: 4859865, member: 81932"] Man, the people on ENWorld are awesome. You've got a lot of great advice here. While there's been a lot of talk about burnout, my own take on it is that you're suffering more from poor players than from burning out. That is, it seems to me that if the two players you described were more like the other three, there wouldn't be a problem at all. If that's the case, then I would question your assumption that "I can't kick them out because they're friends." I love dnd, and one of my best friends is in a dnd game. That game is very heavy on roleplaying, and I'm more into combat, so I never received an invitation. I wasn't hurt, the friendship wasn't hurt -- it just makes sense. When you talk to these two guys, say, "Look, it's obvious that I'm not running the game you want to play and you're not playing the game I want to run. I'd love to play in some of your games if you want to take a shot at DM-ing, but as for the main campaign, I think everybody would be a lot happier if it continued without you." [/QUOTE]

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