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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 17704" data-attributes="member: 11">First of all next session, before you start to play - tell your players how you are feeling about this and perhaps you can get them to make a concerted effort to focus. . .&nbsp; Perhaps there are tips THEY can give you to help . . .certain aspects of your DMing they like or examples of good or bad things. . . It helps to be prepared as DM - players can become very distracted if they have to wait for you to look things up or shuffle throuhg notes.Remove distractions: No non-players should be present and the defintely should not be allowed to talk with the players while the game is happening.&nbsp; I don't like having non-players present - but my general rule is - if you are here while we are playing - shut the hell up!This also means that the TV should be off.&nbsp; No playstation, no computer.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; EVen skip music if you have to.ALWAYS tell people when they are going OT or being too silly.&nbsp; Tell them straight.&nbsp; Tell them immediately and tell them to stop.I sometimes just say &quot;hey!&quot; and clap my hands loudly if the group talk devolves into being out of game and off-topic.If that fails.&nbsp; Let some one else try their hand at DMing and/or get another group of players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 17704, member: 11"] First of all next session, before you start to play - tell your players how you are feeling about this and perhaps you can get them to make a concerted effort to focus. . . Perhaps there are tips THEY can give you to help . . .certain aspects of your DMing they like or examples of good or bad things. . . It helps to be prepared as DM - players can become very distracted if they have to wait for you to look things up or shuffle throuhg notes. Remove distractions: No non-players should be present and the defintely should not be allowed to talk with the players while the game is happening. I don't like having non-players present - but my general rule is - [i]if you are here while we are playing - shut the hell up![/i] This also means that the TV should be off. No playstation, no computer. Nothing. EVen skip music if you have to. ALWAYS tell people when they are going OT or being too silly. Tell them straight. Tell them immediately and tell them to stop. I sometimes just say "hey!" and clap my hands loudly if the group talk devolves into being out of game and off-topic. If that fails. Let some one else try their hand at DMing and/or get another group of players. [/QUOTE]

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