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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 5542712" data-attributes="member: 1129">A difficult bit. I've had similiar incidences when I was in high school due to so many people wanting to GM and so many people having difference preferences of who we played with, what game system we ran, and what was the new 'hawtness' at the store, ranging from new editions of Champions and Warhammer, to Rolemaster and D&D itself. I also made the mistake of trying to have an 'open group' where pretty much everyone was invited but just because A is friends with B doesn't mean X doesn't hate the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> out of A and won't come to the game.In addition, house ruling can be a very funny thing. Some people like official style games because they know exactly what to expect. Others like to game the house rules.Lastly, taste vary. They may like fantasy more than Star Wars. It might have little to do with the game system.Were I you, wondering what the players liked in that game, I would definately head on over, even if just to watch. Learning how other Game Masters run their games can give you a ton of pointers and ideas on what a particular set of players may enjoy. Even when you speak to the guys and ask them for feedback or what they like, they may not be able to articulate it.It could be like art. "I may not know art, but I know what I like." type of deal.As far as feeling betrayed... well, either these guys are your friends and gaming is one thing you do together and you'll get over it, or these guys are just people you game with and your preferences have changed. As I get older, I'm more willing to game with people who aren't my friends because my friends own time schedules are so out of whack with mine that if I only ever gamed with my friends, it'd be few and far between.Even with people you've game with a long time, they may not be your friends. It requires more than slinging some dice together to develop good bonds of friendship. Don't misunderstand me. Some of my oldest friends I've developed through gaming, but I don't expect everyone I game with to be my friends, nor am I out trying to expand my social circle through gaming. Between work and hell, life itself, there's never enough time to do everything I want as is.</blockquote>

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