Doing Things Better #1: Entertaining your fellow-players

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Originally Posted by Mailanka

Nice claim. How can you back that up?

If I set up a party, and not a game session, then a game will only happen if the guests spontaneously decide to game.

And if you don't have a proper game (that would be the last point which you're decidedly ignoring), then you won't have a game except by accident.

5. Have something fun to do, or to faciliate talk among your party attendees

If you show a documentary, or serve a meal, or have cocktails, or whatever, you are providing something fun to do, or to facilitate talk, but you aren't running a game.

How would you propose that my points are invalid?

I don't think they are invalid just not focused on the desired result. The version I proposed hit all the same points, except that a game and not some other random party then happens.

I suppose you could get by without having any snacks and it wouldn't instantly torpedo your ability to have a session. But having good food never hurt.

My point (3) also has food and beverages.

If they don't have fun, they won't consider it a success.y

If I set up a game session and people come over and "just shoot the breeze and drink my beer and eat my pizza and make jokes and completely fail to connect with the game" then I won't have fun and I won't consider it a success. Isn't my enjoyment of my own free time relevant?