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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal" data-source="post: 3858074" data-attributes="member: 10433">How the hell do I run a table of 10?Criminy. I've ended up with a table of 10 players. There has been a slow accretion over time and now I don't know how to run the game. Any game. Anything really challenging becomes a giant cluster as it takes a half hour to run around the table.I tried to trim the players on a last-in / first-out basis, but I've gotten several emails asking me to reconsider or other deal-making. The upshot is, it has become a social endevour. Everyone gets together, we visit for a few, game an hour, eat a big meal together, game for three more hours, and then we go home.And everyone tells me what a great time they had.Holy Christmas, we barely did anything!The game before last we had four people show up. I knew this ahead of time, so it wasn't people being flakey. And the game cooked. A lot was accomplished and it was rewarding to me too. I do enjoy the games when everyone is there, but I am becoming increasingly frustrated because I have to give 5-10 minutes of exposition to remind most people what happened two weeks ago.I even offered to run an extra time each week, splitting the player base in two. Nope. Not the same without everyone. A couple people did offer to fade into the background when it was their turn to host, but that lessens the load by one.Arg. Blessed with a bounty of riches, I am. And I don't know what to do with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Baron Opal, post: 3858074, member: 10433"] How the hell do I run a table of 10? Criminy. I've ended up with a table of 10 players. There has been a slow accretion over time and now I don't know how to run the game. Any game. Anything really challenging becomes a giant cluster as it takes a half hour to run around the table. I tried to trim the players on a last-in / first-out basis, but I've gotten several emails asking me to reconsider or other deal-making. The upshot is, it has become a social endevour. Everyone gets together, we visit for a few, game an hour, eat a big meal together, game for three more hours, and then we go home. And everyone tells me what a great time they had. Holy Christmas, we barely [I]did[/I] anything! The game before last we had four people show up. I knew this ahead of time, so it wasn't people being flakey. And the game [I]cooked[/I]. A lot was accomplished and it was rewarding to me too. I do enjoy the games when everyone is there, but I am becoming increasingly frustrated because I have to give 5-10 minutes of exposition to remind most people what happened two weeks ago. I even offered to run an extra time each week, splitting the player base in two. Nope. Not the same without everyone. A couple people did offer to fade into the background when it was their turn to host, but that lessens the load by one. Arg. Blessed with a bounty of riches, I am. And I don't know what to do with it. [/QUOTE]

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