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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8387566" data-attributes="member: 2629">I disagree with some of this advice.&nbsp; And I do so based upon the wise advice of Dr. Suess in Green Eggs and Ham.“Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.”As a DM, my game has only improved by listening to others, trying their advice and evaluating 1.) what I wanted to steal for myself, 2.) what I wanted to twist in other ways, and 2.) what I definitely do not enjoy.&nbsp; The games I ran as a 8 year old, 16 year old, 20 year old, 30 year old, 40 year old and cough cough year old are all very different.&nbsp; I enjoyed all of them, but I've become a better DM by being open to what others suggest, by experimenting, and by outright stealing from the best of the DMs I have seen/enjoyed.I am often very firm in telling people that their game will improve if they watch Critical Role and try to emulate it in their games for a bit.&nbsp; This is not to say that copying that style of game is possible for everyone, or the style is exactly what you'll enjoy - but putting on those shoes as well as you can for a bit can open your eyes to a variety of elements that you do not see in the same way as you will after you try them.There are plenty of things someone recommended to me that I thought were rubbish ... and proved to be horrible when I tried them myself.&nbsp; There are a small number of things I thought were rubbish that I tried - and found to be Green and Eggy with a side of Ham.&nbsp; Trying them is not committing to them - it is just learning what you can from them and giving yourself a chance to evaluate them for yourself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8387566, member: 2629"] I disagree with some of this advice. And I do so based upon the wise advice of Dr. Suess in Green Eggs and Ham. “Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.” As a DM, my game has only improved by listening to others, trying their advice and evaluating 1.) what I wanted to steal for myself, 2.) what I wanted to twist in other ways, and 2.) what I definitely do not enjoy. The games I ran as a 8 year old, 16 year old, 20 year old, 30 year old, 40 year old and [I]cough cough[/I] year old are all very different. I enjoyed all of them, but I've become a better DM by being open to what others suggest, by experimenting, and by outright stealing from the best of the DMs I have seen/enjoyed. I am often very firm in telling people that their game will improve if they watch Critical Role and try to emulate it in their games for a bit. This is not to say that copying that style of game is possible for everyone, or the style is exactly what you'll enjoy - but putting on those shoes as well as you can for a bit can open your eyes to a variety of elements that you do not see in the same way as you will after you try them. There are plenty of things someone recommended to me that I thought were rubbish ... and proved to be horrible when I tried them myself. There are a small number of things I thought were rubbish that I tried - and found to be Green and Eggy with a side of Ham. Trying them is not committing to them - it is just learning what you can from them and giving yourself a chance to evaluate them for yourself. [/QUOTE]

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