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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 3575337" data-attributes="member: 2">For years we used The Pig.The Pig is a piggy bank (which later became a rubber Jabba the Hutt, which became a nazghul bank, which became a coffee can, which returned to a piggy bank.) Everyone could talk until the DM declared the game to have started. Once it did, everyone agreed to the following fines:$.05 -- out of character pun$.10 -- non-game-related chatter$.25 -- Monte Python quotes or out-of-game war stories ("I once had this character who...")For really bad puns, we'd give a refund!The fines are minor, of course, and they'd go towards soda. But they did a great job of reminding the players that the game had started, and they needed to focus. When we broke for food, The Pig went out of effect until we were ready to start back up.  Worked wonderfully, but it will only help if your players think there's a problem, too.I'd ask them to try it for four game sessions. By then, you'll know if it helps or not.</blockquote>