(c) Copyright 2002, by Andy Vetromile

Originally posted ot the Pyramid message boards.

Top Ten Signs You've Got a Bad GM

by Andy Vetromile

• 10. He runs the game for three hours and, when he looks up, seems surprised to see players sitting there.
  
  
• 9. He rolls a six-sider and tells you your character took 45 points of damage.
  
  
• 8. He starts the new campaign by asking "Are those all the character sheets you brought?"
  
  
• 7. He passes out real plate mail armor and you're playing GURPS Bunnies & Burrows.
  
  
• 6. The "sign" he expects you to use to indicate out-of-character discussion involves your pants.
  
  
• 5. Every time you miss an attack roll, he mumbles to himself, "Skippy would have made that, God rest his soul."
  
  
• 4. All his villain NPCs sound like Elmer Fudd.
  
  
• 3. The mood-setting musical accompaniment is a Barney soundtrack.
  
  
• 2. With every action you announce, he leans conspiratorially over the screen, shakes his head at you somberly, and stage-whispers hoarsely, "Let someone ELSE do that."
  
  
• 1. His GM's guide is a copy of The Joy of Cooking.