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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1405077" data-attributes="member: 5868">Ab3 makes for great reading.&nbsp; Where's diaglo, BTW?&nbsp; He's got some good horror stories.I don't have any &quot;worst game ever&quot; stories, but I can contribute some of the elements that have been in common from some of the bad games I've played in in the past:- DM PC's, especially those more powerful than the party, and particularly when they're the only ones who seem to be able to solve things.- DM's who act like rules layers, but obviously haven't spent much time reading the rulebook (DM: &quot;You can't do that!&nbsp; The PHB says [something ridiculous]&quot;.&nbsp; Me: &quot;But ... [show page] ... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />&quot;)- Plot nazis.&nbsp; &quot;I don't care that the entire party finds this plot hook here extremely interesting; you're supposed to do XYZ ...&quot;.&nbsp; - Random house rules.&nbsp; Mid-session: &quot;XXX works like YYY in my game.&quot; Players: &quot;OK.&quot;&nbsp; Later: &quot;XXX works like ZZZ in my game.&quot;&nbsp; Players: &quot;But you just said???&quot;- Unpublished house rules.&nbsp; Midsession: &quot;You can't do that, that mechanic doesn't work that way in this game.&quot;&nbsp; Me: &quot;How was I supposed to know that?&nbsp; You approved the character concept!&quot;&nbsp; DM: &quot;Well, now you know ...&quot;- DM's pet players ... the one who gets all the best stuff, and is clearly markedly better than everyone else at the table, and gets &quot;special hosue rules&quot; applied.- Cheaters.&nbsp; 'Nuff said.Luckily, I've never had all of these in one group/session at the same time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 1405077, member: 5868"] Ab3 makes for great reading. Where's diaglo, BTW? He's got some good horror stories. I don't have any "worst game ever" stories, but I can contribute some of the elements that have been in common from some of the bad games I've played in in the past: - DM PC's, especially those more powerful than the party, and particularly when they're the only ones who seem to be able to solve things. - DM's who act like rules layers, but obviously haven't spent much time reading the rulebook (DM: "You can't do that! The PHB says [something ridiculous]". Me: "But ... [show page] ... :rolleyes:") - Plot nazis. "I don't care that the entire party finds this plot hook here extremely interesting; you're supposed to do XYZ ...". - Random house rules. Mid-session: "XXX works like YYY in my game." Players: "OK." Later: "XXX works like ZZZ in my game." Players: "But you just said???" - Unpublished house rules. Midsession: "You can't do that, that mechanic doesn't work that way in this game." Me: "How was I supposed to know that? You approved the character concept!" DM: "Well, now you know ..." - DM's pet players ... the one who gets all the best stuff, and is clearly markedly better than everyone else at the table, and gets "special hosue rules" applied. - Cheaters. 'Nuff said. Luckily, I've never had all of these in one group/session at the same time. [/QUOTE]

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