Well if you aren't having fun, then by al means don't do it. I would never
encourage some one to do some thing they don't; like, heck there have been
days in the last 5 years where I have not felt like playing, so I have
talked to my players and we have gone to a movie or us hung out, or one of
the other Dm in our circle would pick up my week.but if you hated it that
much, and you got no joy in it by all means don't; do it. Not everyone is
happy wearing the mantle of Gm, in our little circle of friends we have
maybe 2 or 3 other peel that might games master and we have that many that
are only happy being players. I wont quite go so far as to say it is a
calling, but there is a certain mentality that goes with being a GM and if
you aren't having fun being a gm, especially on a consistent basis like you
say, then take some time off and then see how you feel, we all can get a bit
bummed out, depending upon time and our life
ken
Gygax is to Gaming what Kirby was to comics.
Alas poor Elric I was a thousand times more evil then you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert A. Howard"
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:19 PM
Subject: GM: Never again...
> I'm finished!!! Done!!! Never again!!!
>
> The campaign I've been running (Night Below, AD&D) for the past 3-4 years,
> is DONE!!! Fini! And I swear... NEVER AGAIN do I want to run a game.
>
> Has any gamemaster here (or former GM I should say) ever gotten *so* burnt
> out that they never wish to GM again? I swear, I almost don't want to game
> again. It was like a job that I wasn't paid for. I enjoyed it when the
> people cancelled out on me! I took any opportunity to skip and not run a
> game but go elsewhere!
>
> I mean... I enjoyed being with my friends. But I would have been happier
> watching a movie or playing cards or something. Running the game... it
just
> was too much. Keeping track of HPs, doing die rolls, seeing if party
members
> got hit or not, calculating if the best fighter (who never could figure
out
> THAC0s after 10 years of gaming... thank the Goddess for 3rd edition which
> doesn't exactly have THAC0s nowadays) was hitting on a 2 or not...
>
> It was no fun. It was painful, just about.
>
> I'm glad it's finally over.
>
> Rob, a former GM
>
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