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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 5752307" data-attributes="member: 12328">This approach worked for me.  Savage Worlds is such an easy system to run that I spend much, much less time on mechanical preparation.  Then, I am really freed to focus on the story development.  Conflict (combat) then feels more poignant as a function of the story.  Try it free.  <a href="http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/SWEX/TD06.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/SWEX/TD06.pdf</a>You might even try really embracing the "bad" style of play you are burned out on and run a game like ORK!.  Let the players play their orks and make the story about the hard choices they face along the path of slaughter & ruin.  I have a great little game idea called Ork of the Ring that pits the orkish PCs against a hobbit, a wizard, a ranger, an elf and a dwarf.  That way, it still feels like I am developing a story and they get to revel in an aspect of the game that is fun on a certain level.  <a href="http://www.greenronin.com/gallery.php?prodid=grr1001" target="_blank">Green Ronin Art Gallery</a>Similarly, you might try a game like Gamma World.  You can run the combats like a war game as you describe your players liking but thread together the actions sequences with the story.  It is super easy to run, too; being a streamlined edition of 4e.   <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/254600000" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Product (D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game)</a> Otherwise, get some DMing guide books like Robin's Laws of God Gamemastering for tips on how to keep play fun for different style of players.  <a href="http://www.sjgames.com/robinslaws/" target="_blank">Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering</a></blockquote>

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