darjr
I crit!
One thing I do is after i'm done with a campaign I tell the players they can't be in the next one, one or more of them should pick up a table and run a campaign. So far it's always worked, sometimes two or three people pick up a table. Yes, many times they don't last, but enough do, and some of them become regular DM's.I feel bad about myself. I could do more to encourage the local game scene. I used to run games at the FLGS, but no one picked up the slack and I got burned out. I was about to start again when real life responsibilities with job and family came up.
I am doing what I can. I'm getting more RPGs in our local library. That's probably not helping the game stores though...
Then my next table I'll announce on the socials as for brand new players first and others who weren't on the previous table.