Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 3377600" data-attributes="member: 12460">I disagree. It's a two-way street. I don't spend hours upon hours planning a campaign simply to entertain other people. I spend time on my campaigns because I enjoy seeing them play out and I like watching people come up with creative solutions to puzzles and challenges. If I am going to spend that much time on something, I would like it to play out according to the rules that I choose. The players are there to ensure the DM has a good time as much as the DM must do so for the players.I am a pretty old school DM. Entertaining the players is not my #1 priority. If I wanted to simply entertain them, I would invite them over to watch movies and serve them drinks. My job is not to entertain the players, it is to design a game world that challenges them and enforce the rules of the game as the players explore. This is a personal preference though and I know well from experience that not everyone likes that kind of game. But it is the kind of game I enjoy running most. I am all about choice. If a player does not feel like he will enjoy my DMing style, I encourage him to look for another game. On the other hand, I have never had a player leave one of my campaigns because he or she was not having fun. Most of them keep coming back for the next campaign.</blockquote>