>Has any gamemaster here (or former GM I should say) ever gotten *so* burnt 
>out that they never wish to GM again?

about every six months!


honestly, after "the last time" I never thought I would GM again.

it's not an addiction.
I had to really think about the problems.

1) I didn't like my players.
I liked them as friends but not the characters they ran,
not the little totem-pole conflicts,
not the feeling that as a GM I was
somehow in charge of their social life.

2) I didn't like the game I was playing.
It was a good idea,
it ran for a long time,
but I stopped feeling challenged by it.

3) I was trapped as GM.
There was no one to take the slack for me if I wasn't up to snuff.


my latest group is running better:
we really don't see each other except at the game
or game-related events.
we have multiple GMs and a flexible schedule.
I'm running something new and very challenging to my style,
but with the reward of enjoying it.




...sugar and spice And Everything Naughtie.




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