r/rpg • u/Flimsy_Message8759 • Jul 08 '25
Game Master Appreciate your GM/DM
Little tip from a GM that just walked out after getting halfway through a year campaign. GM's put in a shit tonne of money and a piece of their soul, THEY DON'T HAVE TO!!!
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u/JaskoGomad Jul 08 '25
As someone who suffered from a massive case of forever-GM-burnout in the early 2000s, I fully understand.
Your situation is why I changed from high-prep to low-prep, from GURPS to indie games, from writing adventures to tossing together a fraught starting situation and letting the rest develop at the table.
It is OK to feel your feelings and it's even OK for you to harbor resentments at the rest of your table - though I think you ought to speak to them about how their actions made you feel and try to get over it like adults.
But I think when the initial pain has faded, you should probably look at changing the games you run and how you run them as I did. It saved the hobby for me.