Azeranth said: I have a good group and we usually are able to get together but the work needed to get us all a common day that we can get on for 4 hours is usually a chore and while its possible Its just to big of a headache sometimes. Any suggestions to make it better or easier? Sometimes, a GM needs to man up and simply give a player the axe if their attendance is poor. Part of being a good group is regular availability and attendance. It is possible to avoid attendance issues by only recruiting players who have steady, organized lifestyles. I would suggest accepting players who all either A: work a standard nine-to-five, B: are students with a low-time-demand curriculum, or C: do not work or work only part time or at least have no chance of working on game day. I would set up a game that starts at the same time on the same day every week, without exception. Most of the time, you can find out if a person can dependably attend sessions at a predetermined time every week by interviewing beforehand all players who apply to your game. For the most part, minors and guardians of young children or high-maintenance pets make poor candidates for regular attendance. You can further limit the application of unpredictable players in your LFG by courteously requesting that such persons not even apply. If your schedule is weird, you know who you are. As soon as football season ends, you can surely find lots of people with extra time on their hands. If people can make it to the TV set on time to watch a game, they can make it to their computer. Once you have established these things, any further attendance issues are usually a good indication that your players are just not satisfied with your game, and I can't help anyone with that. Some players lose interest quickly at certain times when popular events or seasons begin such as football season, deer hunting or salmon fishing seasons, or when a certain videogame is released. I would keep track of when popular videogame titles launch. If a person regularly and inexplicably fails to attend during such a week, it is a good indication of videogame addiction. Some times, you may have to exclude certain players from future sessions. Some players would rather leave you hanging than just simply come to terms with the fact that they just don't want to play your game.
