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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 1056944" data-attributes="member: 67">The problem with surveys, is that people inevitably read teh questions differently.  They really aren't a good barometer of the preferences of the gaming group, in my experience.On the other hand, it's a great idea to get fewedback after a game (ask specifically what you could improve and what you did well) and, of course, pay attention to the players' reactions during the game.  That is how you keep track of the groups preferences.On the comment about non-DMs lacking creativity, I can think of one outstanding example off the top of my head that stands in opposition to the statement.  My brother, an excellent role-player has DMed before, but does not DM.  For whatever reasons (lack of time, lack of confidence, lack of a desire to take a leadership position, all vital to DMing), he simply prefers not to run games.He has tons of great ideas and, in fact, regularly breaks rule #1 (never give the DM ideas) just to see what I'll do with it.  He's an excellent DM, in fact.  He just doesn't DM.As a side note (since Tacky mentioned that he told one of his players about his campaign ideas), I always think it's a bad idea to give away campaign secrets to even those who are good at seperating character knowledge from out-of-game knowledge.  It's really unfair to the player.My advice?Run the Fey Modern game anyway; just don't tell the players you're running it.  All they need to know is that it's a modern game.  If they have the opportunity to figure out what supernatural stuff is happening on their own, the idea will seem a lot fresher than a survey could make it sound.Also, when the guy who said it was too complicated figures out you ran it anyway, you get to say, "I told you so."</blockquote>

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