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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 494236" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>There are as far as I can tell, two approaches to determining rate of pay.  The most basic is to charge your players by the hour.  If doing this, you must calculate how much time you invest into planning a session, whether or not you are providing the snacks, and how much you think the players can afford.  Or alternatively you can simply charge an annual fee for a preset gaming schedule.  Personally I think the by the hour plan works out better for most players as that way they do not feel cheated if they miss a session.  Also the DM, if he is good can make that time fly and thereby earn more through longer sessions.  I think that $3 - $5 an hour per player is a fairly low rate but in some areas where the players are older and have better incomes themselves, $5-10 would not be outrageous.</p></blockquote><p></p>