I have experience GMing. It’s not particularly difficult but I found it was exhausting, it was almost impossible to get my group to do ANYTHING. Granted they did thoroughly investigate some random coins they found, which I invented a backstory for between sessions. But they immediately forgot about that when it was a new session.
I don’t know if I have the patience to go through that again.
I hear you! I’ve had some frustrating groups over the years as well. I mostly came to peace with it when I realized that sitting around a table and chit-chatting idly was a victory, and not a defeat, and that my game is mostly to have something to fill the gap when there’s an awkward silence. If you have some burning story to tell, it’s often not the best format.
I have experience GMing. It’s not particularly difficult but I found it was exhausting, it was almost impossible to get my group to do ANYTHING. Granted they did thoroughly investigate some random coins they found, which I invented a backstory for between sessions. But they immediately forgot about that when it was a new session.
I don’t know if I have the patience to go through that again.
I hear you! I’ve had some frustrating groups over the years as well. I mostly came to peace with it when I realized that sitting around a table and chit-chatting idly was a victory, and not a defeat, and that my game is mostly to have something to fill the gap when there’s an awkward silence. If you have some burning story to tell, it’s often not the best format.