Gimme a break!
-What’d'ya mean I ***NEED*** the night off?!?!?
While I know that it might seem initially contrary to consider NOT THINKING of GM’ing as a way of becoming a better Game Master, but in fact, it is one of the best tactics of which I know to improve your story-telling, world-authoring, and role-playing skills. How many of us have heard of the oft-mentioned and greatly feared malady known only as “GM Burnout”; as well as of the tragic tales of grandiose campaigns lost now to the dark days of the past because “our GM needed a break, and we just never got back together again…”. (more…)