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You might want to do a belated "Session 0" with them

Session 0 is a tool to get you all on the same page for your expectations from the game, including in regards to play styles. Usually, you would do it before you start playing, but you can also do it later on if you realize it would help.

In this exercise, you can discuss your expectations regarding the play style of the campaign. If you cannot find consensus because the others just like to play a more casual, less serious style of bashing monsters, collecting treasure, and having fun that way, while you prefer to play with deeper immersion into the game world, more preparation and effort for versisimilitude, then the conclusion of this may be that you best should try to find another, more like-minded group of players. The guys you play with are probably not the only people you could find to play with.

You can take a look at How can I find other RPG players? for suggestions on how to find other people to play with.

If the issue is just that they do not know the rules, see What can I do to help the players remember the rules? to understand what you can do. Forcing them to DM is probably not the right approach here. DMing requires lots of things and work that you do not need to do or know as a player, and many people strongly prefer playing rather then DMing. Your payoff of getting them to DM is rather low if knowing the rules is your issue. Instead, ask them to be sure they know how the class features and abilities of their characters work.

You might want to do a belated "Session 0" with them

Session 0 is a tool to get you all on the same page for your expectations from the game, including in regards to play styles. Usually, you would do it before you start playing, but you can also do it later on if you realize it would help.

In this exercise, you can discuss your expectations regarding the play style of the campaign. If you cannot find consensus because the others just like to play a more casual, less serious style of bashing monsters, collecting treasure, and having fun that way, while you prefer to play with deeper immersion into the game world, more preparation and effort for versisimilitude, then the conclusion of this may be that you best should try to find another, more like-minded group of players. The guys you play with are probably not the only people you could find to play with.

You can take a look at How can I find other RPG players? for suggestions on how to find other people to play with.

You might want to do a belated "Session 0" with them

Session 0 is a tool to get you all on the same page for your expectations from the game, including in regards to play styles. Usually, you would do it before you start playing, but you can also do it later on if you realize it would help.

In this exercise, you can discuss your expectations regarding the play style of the campaign. If you cannot find consensus because the others just like to play a more casual, less serious style of bashing monsters, collecting treasure, and having fun that way, while you prefer to play with deeper immersion into the game world, more preparation and effort for versisimilitude, then the conclusion of this may be that you best should try to find another, more like-minded group of players. The guys you play with are probably not the only people you could find to play with.

You can take a look at How can I find other RPG players? for suggestions on how to find other people to play with.

If the issue is just that they do not know the rules, see What can I do to help the players remember the rules? to understand what you can do. Forcing them to DM is probably not the right approach here. DMing requires lots of things and work that you do not need to do or know as a player, and many people strongly prefer playing rather then DMing. Your payoff of getting them to DM is rather low if knowing the rules is your issue. Instead, ask them to be sure they know how the class features and abilities of their characters work.

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Nobody the Hobgoblin
  • 135.4k
  • 17
  • 394
  • 818

You might want to do a belated "Session 0" with them

Session 0 is a tool to get you all on the same page for your expectations from the game, including in regards to play styles. Usually, you would do it before you start playing, but you can also do it later on if you realize it would help.

In this exercise, you can discuss your expectations regarding the play style of the campaign. If you cannot find consensus because the others just like to play a more casual, less serious style of bashing monsters, collecting treasure, and having fun that way, while you prefer to play with deeper immersion into the game world, more preparation and effort for versisimilitude, then the conclusion of this may be that you best should try to find another, more like-minded group of players. The guys you play with are probably not the only people you could find to play with.

You can take a look at How can I find other RPG players? for suggestions on how to find other people to play with.