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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5640917" data-attributes="member: 6668292">The thing is, every campaign I run, I consider it my game. And I'm not antagonistic (I may be arrogant <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). Three of my players have been playing with me since we got into it years ago, and I played with the fourth player before getting into any official RPG. The fifth player is new, and after four sessions with me, he quit his other game to devote his attention to mine.I know that the game is for the enjoyment of everyone, but the campaign is mine. The responsibility of whether or not it fails or succeeds rests on me, and I'm the one in charge. Now, I don't advocate abusing this power, but utilizing this power is an incredible tool for keeping the game fun for everyone (at my table).Like so many other issues, I think this boils down to the social contract at the table. If I went to your game as a player (I don't know if you play or run a game the majority of the time, but I'm assuming run, if only because this site has so many GM posters), and I found out that the game was everyone's, and not the GM's, I'd find it outside of my preference (and if there was some sort of player veto power, I'd never use it). I prefer to work with the GM, play to his standards, and enjoy his game. When I run a game, I expect the same.This leads back to, of course, the social contract. You may not like the way I run my game, or you might (I really try not to abuse my responsibilities, and not only do I work with character concepts players present, I developed an entire, respectable-sized RPG system that helps players craft their character concepts). I don't know if you would like it. But, I do know that my players keep coming back to me, and that according to them, they've never had a better experience than when I run the game for them.My advice, if you want to keep them coming back, is to find a group that shares your preferences, where people will agree to the social contract you prefer. There's really no substitute for (as always): play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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