Looking for a gm?

You have friends, you even have books, you may have already learned to put together characters, but no one wants to adjudicate the game (be the Game or Dungeon Master). It can be tough to find someone who is both willing and…qualified?

Let’s stop there! Everyone starts somewhere. I started running games because no one else wanted to. I definitely didn’t feel like I knew the rules well enough. Sure, I’d played several games, but nothing serious, and none of them lasted any real length of time. Long campaigns were foreign to me, and the one-shot….don’t think we ever finished a plot. But there I was, friends and family in front of me waiting for the story to open up. They were eager to play and I was worried I’d forget which die to roll.

I admit, it’s not easy to run a role playing game when you barely even understand the basics, but don’t turn your back on it too quickly. Draw straws, rock-paper-scissors, roll a die, doesn’t matter how you do it, just pick one of you to start. Encourage them to work up a session and run it. If they don’t like it, start the process over and pick someone else. There is a good possibility that one of you is going to enjoy this.