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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9708125" data-attributes="member: 6906980">I think if other games were as popular as D&D we would have just as many stories of bad GMs, or bad players who ruined the experience of others, with those games as well.  It's a simple numbers game.  Every time this comes up that other games somehow magically fix the perceived issue, how the GM is restricted comes back to social contract.  For example in DW if a player fails a Defy Danger check, the GM can respond with a Worse Outcome.  Is that provoking an opportunity attack or that you accidentally raise a dead god set on destruction of the world?  I'm only looking at the SRD (where it's not defined) but the answer always is that it follows from the fiction or it's controlled by the social contract.  That's a fine answer and I'm sure there are a couple other lines of advice, similar advice on how to make the game fun for everyone is also in the DMG. GMs of every game should want the game to be fun for everyone.  But there is no way for the game to enforce it, only the people at the table can.</blockquote>