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<blockquote data-quote="Longspeak" data-source="post: 7951677" data-attributes="member: 7019284">Yeah...Don't game with problem people. And... this might not translate 100%, but in my work I have written a lot of policy and procedure documents. A good P&amp;P is written with the expectation of good faith on the part of the people who will implement the procedure. It's &quot;here is how to do the thing you're here to do.&quot; It's not written with the assumption of bad faith, that the people will seek ways around every rule.An old boss advised me once... when you're writing a procedure to address problems with a specific person, the issue is almost never with the existing procedure.Write your table rules as if you expect everyone to make good faith efforts to enjoy the evening and help others to do so. If I were to codify my own table rules...Rule 0 would be &quot;I assume you're all here in good faith, and these rules are meant as guideposts to help us all have fun.&quot; Corollary 0 would be &quot;If you're not here in good faith, then you're not invited to be here.&quot;Rule 1 would be &quot;Every player is in part responsible for the enjoyment of every other player. No player's enjoyment is more important than the enjoyment of the group as a whole.&quot;Corollary 1 would be &quot;The GM is also a Player, with the same responsibilities and expectations.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Longspeak, post: 7951677, member: 7019284"] Yeah... Don't game with problem people. And... this might not translate 100%, but in my work I have written a lot of policy and procedure documents. A good P&P is written with the expectation of good faith on the part of the people who will implement the procedure. It's "here is how to do the thing you're here to do." It's not written with the assumption of bad faith, that the people will seek ways around every rule. An old boss advised me once... when you're writing a procedure to address problems with a specific person, the issue is almost never with the existing procedure. Write your table rules as if you expect everyone to make good faith efforts to enjoy the evening and help others to do so. If I were to codify my own table rules... Rule 0 would be "I assume you're all here in good faith, and these rules are meant as guideposts to help us all have fun." Corollary 0 would be "If you're not here in good faith, then you're not invited to be here." Rule 1 would be "Every player is in part responsible for the enjoyment of every other player. No player's enjoyment is more important than the enjoyment of the group as a whole." Corollary 1 would be "The GM is also a Player, with the same responsibilities and expectations." [/QUOTE]

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