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SIRRAH! SIRRAH! ALL YOU SIRRAHS! This is the roleplay discussion thread, not the beechfest thread!

So, here's one... As an avid tabletop gamer, I love bringing newbies into the hobby, and I'm elated when someone decides to try GMing for the first time. However, one thing that always bugs me is when the newbie [i]won't share their feelings on the game.[/i] You know: they don't want to upset the group, so they just nod and smile and say "Oh, I'm having fun" when they probably aren't. I'd rather know what I - or we, as a group - are doing to bother ya so we can address any issue there may be. Trust in your group, folks! TRUST!
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Ah, I remember when I did that kinda thing. However, you were there to catch all of their social cues, so it might be different, but I was very shy and uncomfortable in my first tabletop session not because anything was wrong with the game, but it was the first time I'd ever done character improvisation without conversation in-between. I might be very wrong in your case, but in mine, I was having a great time in my newbie days, I just had to get the hang of it.