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<blockquote data-quote="MadLordOfMilk" data-source="post: 4965900" data-attributes="member: 77691">OK, I'm exaggerating, but time and time again I've heard the following: someone volunteers to be the GM for an RPG, and every single time they play with their friends in the future, they're &quot;stuck&quot; GMing.Now, certainly, this is painting it grimly; after all, GMing is a blast! However, it seems like once players have a set person to run their games, it's &quot;game over&quot; for that player, he's now the GM 'til death. Whenever friends get together to play a game of D&amp;D (or whatever other RPG you play), it usually ends up starting off, &quot;OK, we need a DM... Sam! You're always DM, you know how to do it and none of us really do! Wanna run this game?&quot;Though I've had friends eventually get the GMing itch after a long time playing, it seems very rare, and the runs are usually short-lived. I love DMing, but I like playing too! Once I start running games, people never want me to stop. Sure, in one way it's an awesome compliment, but I never get to try out that cool new character I just made up. I've tried encouraging friends to run a few games, but they're nervous, have had bad experiences with it, or one of a million other reasons.Does anyone else share this experience? Does anyone know some ways to help curb its effects (i.e. get more playtime within the same group)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MadLordOfMilk, post: 4965900, member: 77691"] OK, I'm exaggerating, but time and time again I've heard the following: someone volunteers to be the GM for an RPG, and every single time they play with their friends in the future, they're "stuck" GMing. Now, certainly, this is painting it grimly; after all, GMing is a blast! However, it seems like once players have a set person to run their games, it's "game over" for that player, he's now the GM 'til death. Whenever friends get together to play a game of D&D (or whatever other RPG you play), it usually ends up starting off, "OK, we need a DM... Sam! You're always DM, you know how to do it and none of us really do! Wanna run this game?" Though I've had friends [I]eventually [/I]get the GMing itch after a long time playing, it seems very rare, and the runs are usually short-lived. I [I]love [/I]DMing, but I like playing too! Once I start running games, people never want me to stop. Sure, in one way it's an awesome compliment, but [U]I never get to try out that cool new character I just made up.[/U] I've tried encouraging friends to run a few games, but they're nervous, have had bad experiences with it, or one of a million other reasons. Does anyone else share this experience? Does anyone know some ways to help curb its effects (i.e. get more playtime within the same group)? [/QUOTE]

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