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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1994620" data-attributes="member: 892">Some of it may come down to frustration after running or playing a certain game.  The frustration might be a conflict between personal play-style and the ruleset, or a problem with the ruleset itself, or a problem with the DM/players one gamed with.  The trick is not to confuse frustration with hatred.Personally, I don't hate games (I find it hard to hate pieces of paper) but there are some I would never play (FATAL, for example) and others that would not be my first choice (I put RIFTS here -- I will play it if I know the DM/GM is good with RIFTS, though) and others I would love to play but can't (C&C - but currently I am running one (for 9 year olds) and not playing it -- always a bridesmaid...).  And although I usually play D&D, I would have loved to play a character in Mage: The Ascension.  I was thinking of a private detective type (who really was a p.d. before being awakened), who basically ignored his magical heritage except as it was useful to his job, and used Time and Space to look for clues.  Nothing flashy.  But I never got a chance to.  If I were running a Mage game, I would ignore the metaplot (not to my taste) but I'd be cool with it.</blockquote>