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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hex08" data-source="post: 8932787" data-attributes="member: 7029595">Maybe I'm lucky because my group are all good friends but when I feel like switching it up I tell them I need to try something new out to keep my interest up and no one disagrees. I used to present them with a few different games to get their feedback but it always came down to "whatever you want to run" so now I just tell then way in advance what game I am moving to and give them a chance to say if they don't like the sound of it. Occasionally (rarely, actually) I have had a player say they don't like the game once we have started and when I that happens I poll everyone about how they feel about the current game without giving up the dissenter. If all or most were to have the same opinion I would drop the game then (this has never happened). If it's only the one player I will finish the campaign but trim off as much fat as possible to complete the story as quickly as possible to move onto something else, this gets the player not having fun out of the game as soon as possible without ruining the story for everyone else. Once, when I was finally burned out on Pathfinder 1E one of my better players stepped up to DM for the first time and he took over that game and we switch off GM duties.As for the ideological dispute, if they don't follow the hobby that closely (my players don't either) then I wouldn't bring it up. Just tell them you are burnt out and need a change or if you want to avoid the topic of burn out them just start talking up some other games that caught your interest to gauge their response it and if they seem interested in any you have your "in" to switch games after the current story is done. With the wide variety of games available you would have to have some really stubborn players to not be able to find a different game that everyone can enjoy.Also, personally, I would ignore the "get over it" advise being presented, it just doesn't seem helpful to your situation. If you aren't enjoying the game anymore it's a safe bet that your players will eventually pick up on that. Maybe it will come to that if no one is willing to change and you want to keep the neighborhood group together but there is no harm in slowly broaching the subject as I mentioned above to gage response.</blockquote>

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