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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 3696835" data-attributes="member: 5">You can trust that it helps me.Almost every Chicago gameday I try to play, as a player, a new system and have a blast being on unfamiliar ground, needing to rely on the character and not knowing how the numbers crunch.  Invariably I spend more time in character or describing some action or what I am trying to do with little reliance on system jargon and more of a focus on how it appears in my mind's eye as an actual person would make such an attempt.  It is a lot of fun.I think most people that have played in games I run know that I enjoy the NPC/PC interaction every bit as much as the combat and such.  If a group wants to fight their way through everything, I will roll with it, but there are almost always other options.  Last gameday I ran a game for 7th-level NPC class characters that need to uncover a murder mystery during a local faire.  I do not recall a weapon being drawn by a player character the whole game but everyone stayed on top of things and worked through the clues to success. From the DM side of things, I have found running a game like this a good way to stave off the meta-gameyness concerns.Both good methods for me, so I hope they might be helpful to others.</blockquote>