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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1687412" data-attributes="member: 8835">Here's some more tips:never randomly accept players.&nbsp; Get to know them.&nbsp; Only invite players you'd enjoy doing other fun activities.&nbsp; Basically people you'd be friends with.&nbsp; Also, do try-ou games.&nbsp; That's a good way to spot players who aren't fun to play with.&nbsp; Scene hogs, rules lawyers, and anti-socials who try to go off and ruin the game.Use a battle mat and miniatures.&nbsp; Or counters if you can't afford miniatures.&nbsp; The reason isn't because the D&amp;D rules encourage them.&nbsp; It's because it makes it easier for a large group to see what's going on, and to pay attention to.&nbsp; This means, that after a long wait for your turn, you can glance at the table, see the situation, and quickly catch up, if you've dazed off.Never follow the shorter branch.&nbsp; If a player says, I go off the tunnel while the rest of the party fights the beholder, then keep the focus on the main party.&nbsp; You can get back to the forking loner in a summary of what happens.&nbsp; This keeps the game going, and teaches the player to avoid forking for no purpose.&nbsp; Too many GM's make the mistake of moving the camera to the loner and leaving the majority of the players stuck waiting.Janx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 1687412, member: 8835"] Here's some more tips: never randomly accept players. Get to know them. Only invite players you'd enjoy doing other fun activities. Basically people you'd be friends with. Also, do try-ou games. That's a good way to spot players who aren't fun to play with. Scene hogs, rules lawyers, and anti-socials who try to go off and ruin the game. Use a battle mat and miniatures. Or counters if you can't afford miniatures. The reason isn't because the D&D rules encourage them. It's because it makes it easier for a large group to see what's going on, and to pay attention to. This means, that after a long wait for your turn, you can glance at the table, see the situation, and quickly catch up, if you've dazed off. Never follow the shorter branch. If a player says, I go off the tunnel while the rest of the party fights the beholder, then keep the focus on the main party. You can get back to the forking loner in a summary of what happens. This keeps the game going, and teaches the player to avoid forking for no purpose. Too many GM's make the mistake of moving the camera to the loner and leaving the majority of the players stuck waiting. Janx [/QUOTE]

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