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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5129365" data-attributes="member: 463">Major family emergency - eg a loved one is in hospital, or they're suddenly ill and you had to go with them to casualty/ER right before the game.&nbsp; Obviously if your wife says &quot;It's me or the game&quot; you may need to cancel, but if it happens often don't be surprised if you lose players.Serious illness - something that leaves you physically unable to GM (bad swine flu on up), or something both serious (not a cold) &amp; infectious. A hurricane, bridge washed out etc might also be a reasonable excuse - extreme weather that makes getting to the game siginificantly dangerous.Not a good excuse, IMO:&nbsp; &quot;I have an exam tomorrow&quot;, &quot;My friend is visiting&quot;, &quot;The Northern Line is closed and it'll take me an extra 2 hours round trip&quot; - the last happened to me, I sucked it up and got on the bus.&nbsp; Edit:&nbsp; This is the standard I hold GMs to, including me.&nbsp; If I'm GMing and players want to blow off the game to revise or spend time with their friends/family etc, it can be mildly annoying, but whatever.&nbsp; I won't chuck them out of my game, I'll just run without them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5129365, member: 463"] Major family emergency - eg a loved one is in hospital, or they're suddenly ill and you had to go with them to casualty/ER right before the game. Obviously if your wife says "It's me or the game" you may need to cancel, but if it happens often don't be surprised if you lose players. Serious illness - something that leaves you physically unable to GM (bad swine flu on up), or something both serious (not a cold) & infectious. A hurricane, bridge washed out etc might also be a reasonable excuse - extreme weather that makes getting to the game siginificantly dangerous. Not a good excuse, IMO: "I have an exam tomorrow", "My friend is visiting", "The Northern Line is closed and it'll take me an extra 2 hours round trip" - the last happened to me, I sucked it up and got on the bus. Edit: This is the standard I hold GMs to, including me. If I'm GMing and players want to blow off the game to revise or spend time with their friends/family etc, it can be mildly annoying, but whatever. I won't chuck them out of my game, I'll just run without them. [/QUOTE]

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