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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 7633839" data-attributes="member: 30438">I generally prefer to run D&amp;D, but our group will occasionally try out different systems. With varying results – the last time I let someone else run a not-D&amp;D game, the gaming group mostly dissolved and I had to recruit new players by the time we went back to D&amp;D. Though I think it more a judgment on the particular game than it not being D&amp;D. After that experience, I’m feeling pretty leery of allowing anything more than a one- or two- session game of other games.My opinion is that if people get together to play D&amp;D, then that’s what they want to play. If they express an interest in trying something else, that’s great, but if not, then playing something else will likely just drive people away.As for the questions below, I’ve honestly been on both sides of it. I’ve quietly “not invited” players back, and I’ve also had people go off and start their own groups without me. I will point out that those splinter gaming groups have since folded while mine is stronger than it has been in years – keeping a gaming group going is no easy task. I’ve never been outright told I wasn’t welcome in a gaming group, but I have had to tell a friend that they weren’t welcome in mine. That sucked, but it was absolutely the right decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 7633839, member: 30438"] I generally prefer to run D&D, but our group will occasionally try out different systems. With varying results – the last time I let someone else run a not-D&D game, the gaming group mostly dissolved and I had to recruit new players by the time we went back to D&D. Though I think it more a judgment on the particular game than it not being D&D. After that experience, I’m feeling pretty leery of allowing anything more than a one- or two- session game of other games. My opinion is that if people get together to play D&D, then that’s what they want to play. If they express an interest in trying something else, that’s great, but if not, then playing something else will likely just drive people away. As for the questions below, I’ve honestly been on both sides of it. I’ve quietly “not invited” players back, and I’ve also had people go off and start their own groups without me. I will point out that those splinter gaming groups have since folded while mine is stronger than it has been in years – keeping a gaming group going is no easy task. I’ve never been outright told I wasn’t welcome in a gaming group, but I have had to tell a friend that they weren’t welcome in mine. That sucked, but it was absolutely the right decision. [/QUOTE]

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