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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9707682" data-attributes="member: 6785785">So why would you expect the GM of an Apocalypse World game to be different in this regard? And do you think players may be responsible, as well? Oh... okay, so it's not the GM it's the social contract? Or are you saying it's both?And if it's both... isn't that really just saying that it's the GM and players? I mean, they're the ones that agree to the social contract. Okay, sure! So the terms of this agreement, are they explicitly defined? Implicit? Both? Talk it out like adults. I would think that'd be part of any social contract. I find this bit of advice highly questionable. It assumes a lot of the GM, and of the players. This would never be my advice to anyone for just about anything. Communicate. Don't hope that someone can read your mood from body language or other cues. You can simply voice how you feel, or what your concern may be, and then talk it out. As a GM, I regularly check in with my players... and these are people I've known somewhere between 30 and 43 years. I can't and don't always pick up on dissatisfaction they may have. I'd recommend this of other GMs... check in with your players regularly. Every session is ideal, but not always necessary... but it never hurts, so I'd err on the side of the more frequent the better.</blockquote>