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<blockquote data-quote="Valiant" data-source="post: 3913782" data-attributes="member: 54792">No, once again, I claimed that the rules suggest the players do not read the DMG, only the DM does so.&nbsp; If our group had stopped playing in 2 years then we would have only had 1 DM.&nbsp; It just so happens we've been playing off and on for 25+ years, so all of us have been DM. &nbsp; I never made that claim and have no idea how your pole is supposed to apply to me.&nbsp; The only claim I made was when a group of players first starts playing AD&amp;D 1 person takes the role of DM the others take the role of characters, this is how you play. The information in the DMG and MM is supposed to be kept away from the players (for the many reasons stated above).&nbsp; One does not get the impression that the role of DM switches from game session to game session.&nbsp;&nbsp; You didn't need to take a pole to see if most groups eventually switch DMs,&nbsp; I think the vast majority have (players getting bored, DM burn out etc.) When did I claim that?&nbsp; You are putting words in my mouth.&nbsp; What I said was that the directions tell the DM not to share the information in the DMG or MM with the players.&nbsp; It also gives the DMs hat to one person to run a series of game sessions.&nbsp; It never addresses when the next person should take over as DM.&nbsp; PLease go back and reread my posts, I think your miss-reading what I said.&nbsp; In AD&amp;D (unlike 3E) the information about the rules is for teh DM only (whoever that is).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valiant, post: 3913782, member: 54792"] No, once again, I claimed that the rules suggest the players do not read the DMG, only the DM does so. If our group had stopped playing in 2 years then we would have only had 1 DM. It just so happens we've been playing off and on for 25+ years, so all of us have been DM. I never made that claim and have no idea how your pole is supposed to apply to me. The only claim I made was when a group of players first starts playing AD&D 1 person takes the role of DM the others take the role of characters, this is how you play. The information in the DMG and MM is supposed to be kept away from the players (for the many reasons stated above). One does not get the impression that the role of DM switches from game session to game session. You didn't need to take a pole to see if most groups eventually switch DMs, I think the vast majority have (players getting bored, DM burn out etc.) When did I claim that? You are putting words in my mouth. What I said was that the directions tell the DM not to share the information in the DMG or MM with the players. It also gives the DMs hat to one person to run a series of game sessions. It never addresses when the next person should take over as DM. PLease go back and reread my posts, I think your miss-reading what I said. In AD&D (unlike 3E) the information about the rules is for teh DM only (whoever that is). [/QUOTE]

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