u/RandCensorThough

Hello hello,

Sorry for any mispelling you might find later as English is not my first language.

I recently joined StartPlaying games as a Game Master recently, a Month in a couple of days.

And even tho I created a game last week and I have yet to find players, looking on the site I have this feeling of emptiness.

Many Games have 0 players or too few to start, I saw a rise in classes for Dungeon Masters and the community seems to rotate only around the Game Masters.

Outside the reviews I can't seem to find any discussion or topics about or from the players.

And so this post...

Are you having fun? How long did it take to play? Do you have a different view-point?

Thx in advance if you took the time to answer <3

Edit Even tho we went a little outside the topic i want to say:

Thanks for all the wonderful answers, with both support and tips/tricks.

It a nice comunity o.o

English is not my first language, sorry in advance.

I have such a bad retention of players.

I post the annuncement, set a date for session 0 and prepare a discord server in the meantime.

We meet and seems like everybody is exited to talk about Expectations and Boundries.

But 3/4 out of 5 players give up a couple days prior or during the same day.

It doesn't matter which system, setting or if it's a Sandbox, West marches or linear.

Even if I say I'm avaible at any minute if you want to talk or discuss any topic, most of the time I recive a message of this kind.

"Cuz of my work schedule changed, I won't be able to play regularly for a little while. Very sorry I won't be joining y'all. Wish you only the best of luck on your adventures and hope I will be able to jump in if the spot opens at a later date. If not, maybe on some other adventure."

it drains the fun to meet new people with this hobby and the trill to reach out of the confort zone.

And so, Rpgs community, do you have any tips that you can give me to help out?

• Thx in Advance

• This is a throw away account as I'm too embarrassed to post with the main one.