The Role-Playing Addict's 12-Step Program

This is Jenifer's proposed 12-step program to help poor RPG addicts in their recovery -- or not.

Step One: Find a group of gamers to game with.
Step One(b) (optional): Marry a gamer.
Step Two: Find a time and day everyone can get together.
Step Three: Find a location that would allow the entire group to be in the same room at the same time.
Step Four: Move location often due to unforeseen/strange circumstances.
Step Five: Select a system to run.
Step Six: Run a game in the system.
Step Seven: Decide the system sucks and try to tweak it.
Step Eight: In a fit of frustration, look at other systems.
Step Nine: Decide to hell with it, you are going to make this system work.
Step Ten: Players must crab about the system when it works against their characters.
Step Eleven: All programs go to eleven.
Step Twelve: Run the game until you or most of the other players hate the game. Go back to Step One.

Credits: Copyright Jenifer Ramsey, 2002. This site copyright Sophie Lagacé, 2002-2003.