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<blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 4751165" data-attributes="member: 44797">Tav_Behemoth's post is great because he talks about real people who actually do GM for money.&nbsp; However, I don't think a guy who flubs a Burger King interview can pull together anything close to what Tav_Behemoth outlined.&nbsp; So...That is a great &quot;fourth type of professional gamer&quot; to add to Tav_Behemoth's list.&nbsp; And importantly, this is something I suspect the OP can do.&nbsp; Head to every gaming store in the region that has a table for gamers, and vow to fill seats around the table, constantly.&nbsp; Have the game store owner pay you as a normal employee, but your job is to get butts in the seats, get gamers walking around the store, get gamers buying sodas &amp; candy bars from the vending machines, get gamers feeling enthusiastic about hanging out there, etc.It's not only possible, it's plausible for an enthusiastic, charismatic GM who hasn't been able to land &quot;normal&quot; work.EDIT: everything that you do at that table should be for sale.&nbsp; If you use a Battlemat, at the end of the game you should say, &quot;We sell these, $30 each.&quot;&nbsp; If you're running a module, you should say at the outset, &quot;We're running this module, we have 6 copies if any of you enjoy it.&quot;&nbsp; You know?And be prepared to suck it up a little bit.&nbsp; Owners of real small stores are going to expect you to do a bit of everything.&nbsp; You may spend some days standing at the register, looking at the gaming table longingly.&nbsp; There are ways around that, though.&nbsp; For example, if you get a confirmed 6 players for a 4 hour game, the store owner is going to have a real hard time sending 6 people away so you can audit the inventory or something.Also, probably best to keep games short or have intermissions, so you can rotate people in &amp; out, get them up and walking around the store.&nbsp; I'm thinking 3 or 4 hour games straight through, or 5 or 6 hour games with a good 20 minute break in the middle.&nbsp; Never end a game as the store is closing.&nbsp; Always end at least 30 minutes before closing, so the group has time to mill about and flip through some books (or whatever might perk up their wallets).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aboyd, post: 4751165, member: 44797"] Tav_Behemoth's post is great because he talks about real people who actually [i]do[/i] GM for money. However, I don't think a guy who flubs a Burger King interview can pull together anything close to what Tav_Behemoth outlined. So... [i]That[/i] is a great "fourth type of professional gamer" to add to Tav_Behemoth's list. And importantly, [i]this[/i] is something I suspect the OP can do. Head to every gaming store in the region that has a table for gamers, and vow to fill seats around the table, constantly. Have the game store owner pay you as a normal employee, but your job is to get butts in the seats, get gamers walking around the store, get gamers buying sodas & candy bars from the vending machines, get gamers feeling enthusiastic about hanging out there, etc. It's not only possible, it's [i]plausible[/i] for an enthusiastic, charismatic GM who hasn't been able to land "normal" work. EDIT: [i]everything[/i] that you do at that table should be for sale. If you use a Battlemat, at the end of the game you should say, "We sell these, $30 each." If you're running a module, you should say at the outset, "We're running this module, we have 6 copies if any of you enjoy it." You know? And be prepared to suck it up a little bit. Owners of real small stores are going to expect you to do a bit of everything. You may spend some days standing at the register, looking at the gaming table longingly. There are ways around that, though. For example, if you get a confirmed 6 players for a 4 hour game, the store owner is going to have a real hard time sending 6 people away so you can audit the inventory or something. Also, probably best to keep games short or have intermissions, so you can rotate people in & out, get them up and walking around the store. I'm thinking 3 or 4 hour games straight through, or 5 or 6 hour games with a good 20 minute break in the middle. Never end a game as the store is closing. [i]Always[/i] end at least 30 minutes before closing, so the group has time to mill about and flip through some books (or whatever might perk up their wallets). [/QUOTE]

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