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<blockquote data-quote="Switchblade" data-source="post: 3865014" data-attributes="member: 56246">There really is no point pushing it.&nbsp; When I find I'm on the verge of burnout I start to get appathetic about games, the game suffers and no one has fun (well, I don't and that's all that matters to me).&nbsp; Sometimes it is the system or campaign which is the problem, which can be remedied by changing to whatever new fad catches my eye but sometimes I just have to take a break and become a player for a while.GMing should never be a chore, if you aren't enjoying it quit, sooner rather than later.&nbsp; At least that way you don't have all your enthusiasm burnt out of you and will be itching to get back behind a screen sooner rather than later.One trick a group I've belonged to tried was 2 GMs running alternate weeks so we both got to run a campaign and play and if one of us wasn't feeling enthusiastic the other could run their campaign that week.&nbsp; Not so much pressure to run a game and alternating styles each week helped keep both the GMs and campaigns fresh.&nbsp; (Until the larp season started and we all got distracted <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Switchblade, post: 3865014, member: 56246"] There really is no point pushing it. When I find I'm on the verge of burnout I start to get appathetic about games, the game suffers and no one has fun (well, I don't and that's all that matters to me). Sometimes it is the system or campaign which is the problem, which can be remedied by changing to whatever new fad catches my eye but sometimes I just have to take a break and become a player for a while. GMing should never be a chore, if you aren't enjoying it quit, sooner rather than later. At least that way you don't have all your enthusiasm burnt out of you and will be itching to get back behind a screen sooner rather than later. One trick a group I've belonged to tried was 2 GMs running alternate weeks so we both got to run a campaign and play and if one of us wasn't feeling enthusiastic the other could run their campaign that week. Not so much pressure to run a game and alternating styles each week helped keep both the GMs and campaigns fresh. (Until the larp season started and we all got distracted :-) ) [/QUOTE]

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