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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 3277516" data-attributes="member: 7240">It sounds to me like what you really need is a little more information about why your players are dissatisfied. The great thing about GMing is that one can be a great GM with very different skills. Some GMs are weak on mechanics and fairness but make incredibly alive NPCs so that players don't mind picking up the slack for the mechanical errors and incorrect calculations. Some GMs are strong on narrative but have trouble with the details and local texture. What you need to do is play to your strengths, first and foremost.  What works for you is going to be based on how your skills and personality mesh with this particular gaming group. You can still suck at pacing and be a good GM. You can still suck at NPC dialogue and be a good GM. You can still not really know the rules and be a good GM.So, stop worrying about what you are weak at and start focusing on what aspects of GMing you have the most fun doing and what aspects of GMing you are good at. Build your campaign around that. If you are an awesome tactics and combat GM, have stories with big sprawling combat scenes that take more than an episode to finish. Thinking about what you are bad at and focusing your consciousness on compensating for it is not what gets you through a date, a job interview, a public speech or a D&D game. Focusing on what you love and what you have a knack for is what gets you through.Now, of course, this has to be placed in dialogue with what your players want. Be frank about your anxieties and ask what they want. What you need to do is come to an agreement with your players on the kind of game that will play to your strengths while also being about things that interest and engage them. Any good gaming social contract is about finding that meeting point between your talents and passions and your players interests and desires.</blockquote>

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