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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 1932091" data-attributes="member: 1129"><p>You have several options.</p><p></p><p>1. Go with something different but the same engine. d20 Modern or Grim Tales.</p><p></p><p>2. Go with something similiar but different like Conan or Black Company.</p><p></p><p>3. Go with something different with OGL and similiar engine like Mutants & Masterminds.</p><p></p><p>4. Take a break and refresh yourself on some good fantasy fiction and movies. The game will still be there afterwards.</p><p></p><p>5. Game with new people. New gamers are a boon. I love it when a person shows me something fun about the game that I've missed.</p><p></p><p>6. Start a new campiagn. Find all the old elements you enjoyed from the previous one and put them into a new context. Perhaps the end of the world merely shattered the old world into different factions across the plane that have to be restored, or someone from Sigil needs a group of adventuerers to tamper with temporal magic, etc...</p><p></p><p>7. Let someone else GM. You may feel the part of storyteller is yours but if you're burnt out, there's few joys equal to seeing how someone else handles the game.</p><p></p><p>8. Co-GM. Pick some plot elements you want to handle and go over them with your fellow GM and see how it works.</p><p></p><p>The truth is you have to figure out why you enjoy playing and what made you stop. Burn out for me is usually because I'm bored of the current situation and don't want to hurt my player's feelings as many of them are friends and it's often easier to move onto a differetn game or let someone else GM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 1932091, member: 1129"] You have several options. 1. Go with something different but the same engine. d20 Modern or Grim Tales. 2. Go with something similiar but different like Conan or Black Company. 3. Go with something different with OGL and similiar engine like Mutants & Masterminds. 4. Take a break and refresh yourself on some good fantasy fiction and movies. The game will still be there afterwards. 5. Game with new people. New gamers are a boon. I love it when a person shows me something fun about the game that I've missed. 6. Start a new campiagn. Find all the old elements you enjoyed from the previous one and put them into a new context. Perhaps the end of the world merely shattered the old world into different factions across the plane that have to be restored, or someone from Sigil needs a group of adventuerers to tamper with temporal magic, etc... 7. Let someone else GM. You may feel the part of storyteller is yours but if you're burnt out, there's few joys equal to seeing how someone else handles the game. 8. Co-GM. Pick some plot elements you want to handle and go over them with your fellow GM and see how it works. The truth is you have to figure out why you enjoy playing and what made you stop. Burn out for me is usually because I'm bored of the current situation and don't want to hurt my player's feelings as many of them are friends and it's often easier to move onto a differetn game or let someone else GM. [/QUOTE]
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