How long have you been a DM?

[Corbert]

I've been gaming for 11 years and DMing for 10 years. The first Whose game I played in did a really crappy job, and no one was happy with the things that happened and the way it ended, and I knew I could do better, so I just sort of took over.

Am I a good DM? Well, all I can say about that is my players keep coming back to my games.

 

[Orius]

About 11 years.

 

[Mercule]

I think your scale shouldn't have stopped at 15.

24 years, here, and I've gone through everything from straight-faced dungeon crawl in my pre-teens to highly interactive story-play.

Am I a good DM? Some people say I am, and compared to many of the other DM's here, I'm "decent" to their "awesome."

Ditto, ditto, and ditto. Except Henry has about two more years of experience than me.

 

[TGryph]

Starting my 27th year next month.

TGryph

 

[Mark CMG]

I guess I DM'd a little when the game first came out in `74, but just random encounters mostly using the old Outdoor Survival game board as a map and such. I don't think I really started DMing in earnest until a couple of years later after I had created my own trapped and creature-stocked dungeon with some encounter-laden wilderness and a populated town nearby. Lots of fun and still is.

 

[Laman Stahros]

26 years here.

Hey, you 30 year guys, what game did you start with?

 

[Mark CMG]

Hey, you 30 year guys, what game did you start with?

There was only the one RPG at that point, as far as I know. I had been playing Chainmail and some other regular board/wargames prior to RPGs becoming available.

 

[pogre]

30 years this December. That's frickin' ridiculous

 

[Mandos]

Started playing in 1979, 26 years ago. It was an early start, as the game was not easily available here in France. Started DMing a few months later, and my first attempts were a shame. Things went much better after that and some of my games are said to stay in my players' memories. After going through Basic, AD&D 1st and 2nd, our group stopped for two or three years. In 2000, I brought back most of my playing pals to the game by starting a new 3rd Edition game and then 2 campaigns.

As I now have finally and definitely stopped DMing 3rd Ed, I am planning on starting a new (and final?) campaign with an AD&D 1st-2nd Edition mix.

 

[Big Bucket]

Since 1982, off and on. I'm okay at it I guess, not the best, not the worst.