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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9776603" data-attributes="member: 4937">I learned a ton spending a summer running games weekly for an open table.  I started with like three players, but by the end of the summer I was running over a dozen with people driving up to 90 miles for the game.  It gets very overwhelming.I learned that the game you run depends on how many players you have.  I also learned that the 1e AD&D DMG only makes sense in the context of expecting to have a dozen strangers show up at the table.Keep things simple.  The work load of running a game weekly is insane.  I started out running simple scenarios that I knew could finish in 3-4 hours, with 6-12 encounter areas.  However, that was too much work, so I switched to a more West Marches format with delves into a Mega dungeon where everyone left at the end of the session.</blockquote>