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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7506526" data-attributes="member: 16586">Here's how I see things: We all have a variety of desires for what we want to experience in a given game, particularly one as ill defined as modern D&D. We also have our own boundaries for what we will not tolerate in the game. The idea that expressing these desires or boundaries should be cause for ridicule does not sit right with me. It can only ever be a good thing to know what everyone is looking to get out of play so we can resolve conflicts and reach whatever compromises work for us. It might even be that there is no middle ground to reach, but knowing that instead of anyone silently suffering while they are not having fun can only ever be a good thing in my book.As an example: It's more than likely that me and Hussar should not game together. I tend to want to explore relationships and character in great detail, and am always curious to know more about the fiction. I never really got the desire most people seem to have to always get on with the next thing. The idea of 5 combats in one session seems exhausting to me. I would rather have one really good fight that involves an underlying social conflict where we get to engage the mechanisms of the game and the fiction all at once.Another example: I would be a bad fit as a player for anyone who runs games where they decide the course the players should take ahead of time and shape play to reach a desired outcome. I am also a bad fit as a GM for players that expect me to give them the answer as to which course they should take. I will frame scenes, create situation, and be generous with information. They need to play their characters.Here's The Thing: When I say I do not like hamburgers I am not claiming you make a bad hamburger or that I do not trust you as a cook. I am saying that hamburgers just are not for me. That does not mean that I need to wait for my taste buds to adjust. I just would prefer some tacos.</blockquote>

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