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<blockquote data-quote="+5 Keyboard!" data-source="post: 3823004" data-attributes="member: 48586">I absolutely hate this idea and so will the players. Trust me. It screams, &quot;I have a huge EGO! Pay me money because I am the greatest!&quot;Now, this is a public place you're running this game in right? For players that sign up or contact you because you advertise that you're going to run such and such games at such and such times at your FLGS? Well, that sounds similar to convention games and people pay to play at those games (most conventions, at least). If you want to set up a system where people pay a couple bucks to the store owner that he then turns over to you with maybe a small part paid to him/her then that sounds completely feasible.Another option is if you need a certain book to run your games, which you do not have, see if the players will pitch in to &quot;help&quot; you buy it. I say &quot;help&quot; because the book is to your benefit, too, and you shouldn't expect them to pay the entire cost.One last thing, if you are providing snacks then you are well within your right to ask the players to pitch in to the snack fund if they want you to continue providing them. Otherwise, let them know they are responsible for their own goodies (actually the better way to go).But DO NOT put out a tip jar at your games. That's just awful!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="+5 Keyboard!, post: 3823004, member: 48586"] I absolutely hate this idea and so will the players. Trust me. It screams, "I have a huge EGO! Pay me money because I am the greatest!" Now, this is a public place you're running this game in right? For players that sign up or contact you because you advertise that you're going to run such and such games at such and such times at your FLGS? Well, that sounds similar to convention games and people pay to play at those games (most conventions, at least). If you want to set up a system where people pay a couple bucks to the store owner that he then turns over to you with maybe a small part paid to him/her then that sounds completely feasible. Another option is if you need a certain book to run your games, which you do not have, see if the players will pitch in to "help" you buy it. I say "help" because the book is to your benefit, too, and you shouldn't expect them to pay the entire cost. One last thing, if you are providing snacks then you are well within your right to ask the players to pitch in to the snack fund if they want you to continue providing them. Otherwise, let them know they are responsible for their own goodies (actually the better way to go). But DO NOT put out a tip jar at your games. That's just awful! [/QUOTE]

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