I am sorry, but you should show your entire ass
I am playing more ttrpgs now that college seems to be more stable. I recently went to Gaelcon and played games with people with very different levels of familiarity. So when Prismatic wasteland put out the call to give the players some advice for once, I had to do something. So here are a variety of bits of advice I have collected over my time on both sides of the screen. 1. You will start to know the other players better over time. I see some players think they can focus solely on the mechanics and their character, discarding the other characters and the world around their character. This is not possible. When you sit down to play with 4 or so people you will talk to them, and you will get to know each other. The attitudes and experience 10 minutes before the session impacts play in a fundamental way. If you want a better session talk to your fellow players. Gms are always advised to talk to their players but so should players talk to each other. 2. The other pl...