The role of the GM

[ak_aramis]

Originally Posted by trooper6

That is astoundingly awful. And amazing that you've encountered so many of them.

May I ask what if you've noticed patterns in these bad GMs? For example, are most of your bad GMs GMing D&D? Or do you find such bad GMs across all game systems equally? Do you find the gender balance of your bad GMs equal? Do you find the age balance of your bad GMs equal?

The few bad GMs I've run into have all been D&D GMs, who have been men in their 20s, and who've seen the game as being a sort of competitive Players vs. GM sort of combat experience. I haven't run into more of them, because I don't play a lot of D&D.

I've found them across systems. The worst were Rolemaster, D&D, and WFRP 1E.

Many more than I've played under, I've heard reports from multiple players that all line up. I never understand why people are willing to suffer a bad game and a totally toxic GM.