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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 2849846" data-attributes="member: 9723">Realize that you've got to enjoy running the game. Do it because you want to. So, if none of the ideas appeal to you, put together ones of your own. Develop it how you want. Ultimately if they're interested in playing, people will play. if they're not interested they won't. It isn't really your responsibility to run something for them if you don't want to.My advice is to pick a theme, flesh it out a little, and run with it. If you can fit what they want, add that too. For example, bring them in as hingly powered--well trained or magically adept-- investigators in a world of mystery and intrigue, and possibly some zombies. It's going to feature some exploration, some mystery-solving, a lot of breaking into well guarded secrets and tons of explosions!Perhaps I'm lucky in that, if I run something, i've got at least four people who are guarenteed to play if I ask. But, as it stands now, there are several game types, genres, and styles that I'd only DM if someone paid me. So I avoid those ones.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Another fun thing to do may be seeing about getting them to do the work for you. &quot;College zombies huh? How's that work? Where'd they show up?&quot;One other thing. When dealing with survey groups, the general technique is to ask specific questions &quot;Is X too big? Was there too much cowbell? Was it red enough?&quot; and get answers to that question. Asking people what they think will generally get you a disconnected answer.And finally, don't take it badly if it seems like no one is interested. The game is a thing that exsists in the imagination. And, right now, it's only in yours. Once it grows out, once it gets in their imaginations too, then they'll be looking forward to playing</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 2849846, member: 9723"] Realize that you've got to enjoy running the game. Do it because you want to. So, if none of the ideas appeal to you, put together ones of your own. Develop it how you want. Ultimately if they're interested in playing, people will play. if they're not interested they won't. It isn't really your responsibility to run something for them if you don't want to. My advice is to pick a theme, flesh it out a little, and run with it. If you can fit what they want, add that too. For example, bring them in as hingly powered--well trained or magically adept-- investigators in a world of mystery and intrigue, and possibly some zombies. It's going to feature some exploration, some mystery-solving, a lot of breaking into well guarded secrets and tons of explosions! Perhaps I'm lucky in that, if I run something, i've got at least four people who are guarenteed to play if I ask. But, as it stands now, there are several game types, genres, and styles that I'd only DM if someone paid me. So I avoid those ones. :D Another fun thing to do may be seeing about getting them to do the work for you. "College zombies huh? How's that work? Where'd they show up?" One other thing. When dealing with survey groups, the general technique is to ask specific questions "Is X too big? Was there too much cowbell? Was it red enough?" and get answers to that question. Asking people what they think will generally get you a disconnected answer. And finally, don't take it badly if it seems like no one is interested. The game is a thing that exsists in the imagination. And, right now, it's only in yours. Once it grows out, once it gets in their imaginations too, then they'll be looking forward to playing [/QUOTE]

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