>want to introduce friend to tabletop RPGs
>don't know any GMs
>haven't played tabletop in years
haha t-time to go spend a night memorizing rules and shit so I can do it
Do what every other GM does Anon
bullshit it
>have two ready friends ready and willing to play
>only one of them has played before, im kind of new
>neither wants to try GM
>i start planning it
>in a convo about it, they both end up saying that they would probably never want to be GM
am i doomed to be a forever GM if I don't get the right players?
>>46267495
You kow the answer, anon.
>>46267528
do i?
>>46266508
>Wants to play tabletop RPG
>Gets the starter set
>Becomes the GM
>Introduces character creation to friends who want to play
>Some decide that they want to play, some don't
>We play
>It sucked
>Find new friends who like to play
>Repeat until it doesn't suck as much
>Keep learning and looking stuff up during process
There ya go
>>46266508
If you're playing a system that takes all night to learn, you deserve to cry. Pick a better system ( FATE ACCELERATED, FATE is a lot to read overnight, even though the rules themselves take 3 minutes). Hell, pick a worse but lighter system so you aren't encumbered ( Dungeon World). Play an rpg like Fiasco, where there is no GM (or campaign play, or combat mechanics, I digress).
Or, you know, just leave your hand on the oven where you have it. No skin off my nose.
>>46266508
Learn to GM, I have little to no social skills and the attention span of a rodent and I managed, if I can do it then it ain't that hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLQsP_F4AR0
>>46266508
Are you literally me?
>>46267495
I was in your boat anon, but after a solid year and a couple months my campaign is winding down to a finish and I have 2 players fighting over who gets to DM next. Just instill a love for the hobby in them and show them it's a fun hobby from both sides of the screen. They may say they never want to GM now, give it time, people change their minds.
>>46266508
That's fine.
I recommend watching videos of actual in-game footage of a group who know how to have fun with the game of your choice.
I got most of my experience through playing games, so by proxy you must learn through "attending" a game to see how it actually runs.
>>46268904
A couple people that haven't played TTRPGs before did much better with Fate games than my much more game-experienced friends. Shows how different it is but proves itself in flexibility.
>>46266792
This
I am...very confused, /tg/.
I am playing a game right now and I just feel so bored. I am legitimately not enjoying it. I haven't enjoyed playing the game...fuck I don't remember - I don't think I ever have.
GMing, on the other hand, provides constant creative challenge, needs one to think fast and is so much entertainment. I don't know why people are so scared of gming when it is so fun?
>>46266508
>memorising rules
Fuck that, I make sure my groups always have at least one player that did that for me and just let him do it.
>>46273020
People will rip on the GM when things don't go well, solidifying the sometimes assumed Players vs. GM scenario.
I enjoy playing if I get a good vector for roleplaying and am not crushed under MURDERDEATHKILL party pressure every 3 minutes.
>>46273127
Better yet, be like me and make up the rules as you go along! HOMEBREWS!
>mfw playing through role-playing quest supplements alone
g-good game, you guys
>>46267495
Eventually you reach the point where you don't even want to play. I've had my players try to GM and it was dreadful, I only trust myself and they seem happier to play.
>>46266792
This. When GMing you learn the best trick is to just go with it.
