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<blockquote data-quote="GnomeWorks" data-source="post: 22249" data-attributes="member: 162">My (old) group often fades into non-game conversation quickly after only a few sessions.&nbsp; The first session we play of a new campaign, they were all pumped up about playing (remember, we are all 14-17 year olds with nothing better to do <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />).&nbsp; But then, the second or third one into the campaign, they'd all be off in never-never land.&nbsp; This happens in every single game we have ever played - with one exception.&nbsp; Even with my dad DMing, they got off track very easily.&nbsp; The one exception was at a boy scout camp (go figure - lots of distractions, and we actually manage to play a decent game), and we only got to play once for four hours, and it was with tiny 4d6.Often, I would try to draw them into the storyline, reusing old enemies to get them into it.&nbsp; DIdn't work, they didn't care - all a bunch of hack'n'slashers.&nbsp; So I've pretty much given up DMing in person.I decided to start DMing out here on the boards.&nbsp; Loads easier - you have all the time you need to consider what has been said, all the record keeping of what is going on is done for you, and you can play whenever you have the time.That's just my two coppers, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GnomeWorks, post: 22249, member: 162"] My (old) group often fades into non-game conversation quickly after only a few sessions. The first session we play of a new campaign, they were all pumped up about playing (remember, we are all 14-17 year olds with nothing better to do :rolleyes:). But then, the second or third one into the campaign, they'd all be off in never-never land. This happens in every single game we have ever played - with one exception. Even with my dad DMing, they got off track very easily. The one exception was at a boy scout camp (go figure - lots of distractions, and we actually manage to play a decent game), and we only got to play once for four hours, and it was with tiny 4d6. Often, I would try to draw them into the storyline, reusing old enemies to get them into it. DIdn't work, they didn't care - all a bunch of hack'n'slashers. So I've pretty much given up DMing in person. I decided to start DMing out here on the boards. Loads easier - you have all the time you need to consider what has been said, all the record keeping of what is going on is done for you, and you can play whenever you have the time. That's just my two coppers, though. [/QUOTE]

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