>uut of our group only me and one other person are willing to GM
>both worn out from GMing
>tired of d20 systems
>Group has significant issues with crunchier systems
I just want to enjoy a game again and right now I don't get any satisfaction from being a GM. I'm so bored with generic fantasy adventures but my group doesn't seem willing to try something else.
What do I do? How do I get my enthusiasm for this hobby back?
Try something less crunchy, like Savage Worlds.
1) Get a new group
2) Play a non fantasy but non complex game system
>>53064128
Do you have any recommendations?
I've been interested in doing a sword & planet game bu Starfinder doesn't come out until August.
>>53064112
I've never really looked into the system, doe sit support scifi or modern?
>>53064197
>>53064112
The system seems pretty interesting. Do you have any recommendations for settings?
Deadlands seems life it'd be fun.
>>53064097
>tired of d20 systems
>Group has significant issues with crunchier systems
>implying there are any popular games that are crunchier than d20
>>53064454
>big dice scare them
>lots of dice scare them
>military campaigns feel too rigid for them
kill me
>>53064446
Deadlands is a lot of fun, yeah. You might also want to look at Shattered Skies or Hellfrost if you feel like weaning yourself out of fantasy lightly, or Slipstream for some raygun gothic scifi, or perhaps Weird Wars if WW2 is your thing.
Savage Worlds can do mostly any genre, so long as it's based around fast-paced pulp adventure. You oughta like it fine.
Play GUMSHOE, horror/investigation themed, and iirc it only uses a d6
>>53064097
>2 solid years of weekly or every other week games
>2 solid years of being DM every fucking game
>4 players, and me as forever DM
>I bitch about it, and tell them they need to step it up and someone else should DM
>Not because I'm bored with it, but because I WANT TO FUCKING PLAY TOO YOU FUCKS
>1 guy offers to DM for a while
>Kills the entire party by throwing a troll at us the first night we set up camp. TPK 1
>DM says "ok, maybe that was a bit tough", I'll try again, we'll redo it.
>Throws 1 koblod at us....
>Then throws 5 wolves at us
> TPK again
>Next guy tries to DM
>Says "Um......you guys all wake up in a forest, you've never met before"
>We ask questions like "What is that guy wearing? do they look well armed? " etc
>dm says "I dunno."
>We head out......not knowing where we are, and a random encounter with a pissed off unicorn kills all our lv 1's
>Third guy says "I'll try", runs a one shot game he'd downloaded.
>Literally read each paragraph word for word, including parts like "If the PC's try to do (x), then you should tell them (x). Oh, shit. Ignore that part guys."
MFW.......I'm forever DM and will never play with my group of friends because they're decent players, but SUCK smegma at DM'ing.
>>53064570
sorry but that's hilarious
i feel for you bruv
>>53064682
I know. It's ok I guess cause we are all friends. And they're good players.....they just freak out and go dumb when they try to DM.
Hey, at least the TRIED right?
Any suggestions for a narrative system?
>>53065539
Burning Wheel.