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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 2733519" data-attributes="member: 12328">The amount of PCD I have is directly related to how the campaign ends and how much work I've put into it.  A player boycott is the worst ending--when the players just stop attending a game.  Thankfully, that's only happened to me once.  One other game suffered nearly the same fate, but we sort of stuck it out.  It was still unsatisfying (and a little depressing) because I put a lot into it.  My solution is to minimize my investment of time & effort when I run a game.  It feels much better to me to have a game succeed with minimal preparation than an even bigger success requiring more time & effort.  I've also noticed that mini-campaigns have better satisfaction for me.  One of the many books on GMing I've read suggested that a campaign needs to have a beginning and an end.  So, I have an end on mind for my currrent game.  I hope we're nowhere near it--maybe about 1/4 or 1/3 of the way after 6 sessions--but I will end once the heroes unravel the big mystery(ies?).  I would like for the heroes to go on to other campaigns set in the future, but that's really putting the cart before the horse.  I just need to address if & when we're playing next week.So, I wouldn't have much PCD for a game such as yours that lasted so long and ended so well.  I would miss the world of ERB, though.  The immediate cure for you, I suggest, is to take a break and enjoy some non-GMing time to read, ponder and plot for your next game.  Maybe enjoy playing for a spell.  Read a new game system.  These are things I enjoy between GMing.</blockquote>

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