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<blockquote data-quote="Aramax" data-source="post: 5427030" data-attributes="member: 49002">I've learned Two very important rules for gamemastering a very long range ,epic game and wish to share.&nbsp;1)deeply develop the world then dont give the pcs any info about it.&nbsp;Pc's don't care about your list of the 20 greatest princes ever,so don't tell them.Make them sweat every tiny itsy bitsy piece of info that you have and then tell them even less.It will make them THIRSTY for what ever tiny wisdom or fact they can eke out.They will be much more involved than if you give them a 20 page handout&nbsp;2)(Most important)DM like you have a boss to answer to&nbsp;I have a fake Board of Directors that I &quot;answer&quot; to.Any major decision I take to the &quot;Board&quot; and make sure it meets with &quot;thier&quot; aproval.Sometimes the board will tell me no I can not do this because it hurts the player its too big of a treasure or it will make the game not enjoyable.Ive been doing this for so long that it has become 2nd nature to me and I rarly consult them but when a major decision comes my way I stop and think&quot;Would my bosses let me do that?&quot;&nbsp;It might seem like an alien concept but Ive found that in practice it is one of the things that has allowed me to make a 29 year campain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aramax, post: 5427030, member: 49002"] I've learned Two very important rules for gamemastering a very long range ,epic game and wish to share. 1)deeply develop the world then dont give the pcs any info about it. Pc's don't care about your list of the 20 greatest princes ever,so don't tell them.Make them sweat every tiny itsy bitsy piece of info that you have and then tell them even less.It will make them THIRSTY for what ever tiny wisdom or fact they can eke out.They will be much more involved than if you give them a 20 page handout 2)(Most important)DM like you have a boss to answer to I have a fake Board of Directors that I "answer" to.Any major decision I take to the "Board" and make sure it meets with "thier" aproval.Sometimes the board will tell me no I can not do this because it hurts the player its too big of a treasure or it will make the game not enjoyable.Ive been doing this for so long that it has become 2nd nature to me and I rarly consult them but when a major decision comes my way I stop and think"Would my bosses let me do that?" It might seem like an alien concept but Ive found that in practice it is one of the things that has allowed me to make a 29 year campain. [/QUOTE]

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