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<blockquote data-quote="TGryph" data-source="post: 9201857" data-attributes="member: 19651">Don't know if I am to late to the party, but perhaps I can offer some insight as a 40+ year GM. Pick something...anything...and tell them this is it. It seems like you are spending too much time trying to please everyone, but making yourself miserable. Face it...not everyone wants the same thing. I believe if YOU are happy, your enthusiasm will catch on. Plus...anyone who really wants to game with you with stick around and compromise.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I don't mean to sound harsh, but I ran into the same problem some time ago. Everyone wanted something different, and I was moving from system to system, spending too much money and time trying to please everyone, but making my gaming, which was supposed to be fun, into a chore. Finally decided to do what made ME happy, and picked something (in my case, Castles &amp; Crusades). It was simple and fast, easy to modify so that instead of changing systems I just altered the one or two little things I didn't like and used all the spare time I now had into developing stories and my game world. And guess what..I lost one player who basically could not accept that he didn't get his way. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I then sold/traded all my other systems...didn't need them distracting me, and used that cash to buy core rulebooks for those that stayed, and bought everything I would need for C&amp;C. When the strong urge came up to get something new, I just bought more C&amp;C books. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; This is my suggestion to you. What system makes YOU happy...what do YOU enjoy and think you can sink into hard enough to stcik with and tinker with? THAT is your perfect system.&nbsp; &nbsp; My 2 cents, and good luck. Let us know what you decide.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TGryph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TGryph, post: 9201857, member: 19651"] Don't know if I am to late to the party, but perhaps I can offer some insight as a 40+ year GM. Pick something...anything...and tell them this is it. It seems like you are spending too much time trying to please everyone, but making yourself miserable. Face it...not everyone wants the same thing. I believe if YOU are happy, your enthusiasm will catch on. Plus...anyone who really wants to game with you with stick around and compromise. I don't mean to sound harsh, but I ran into the same problem some time ago. Everyone wanted something different, and I was moving from system to system, spending too much money and time trying to please everyone, but making my gaming, which was supposed to be fun, into a chore. Finally decided to do what made ME happy, and picked something (in my case, Castles & Crusades). It was simple and fast, easy to modify so that instead of changing systems I just altered the one or two little things I didn't like and used all the spare time I now had into developing stories and my game world. And guess what..I lost one player who basically could not accept that he didn't get his way. I then sold/traded all my other systems...didn't need them distracting me, and used that cash to buy core rulebooks for those that stayed, and bought everything I would need for C&C. When the strong urge came up to get something new, I just bought more C&C books. This is my suggestion to you. What system makes YOU happy...what do YOU enjoy and think you can sink into hard enough to stcik with and tinker with? THAT is your perfect system. My 2 cents, and good luck. Let us know what you decide. TGryph [/QUOTE]

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