it's not the "your game" aspect, it's the group dynamic and the local gaming community itself. it's the difficulty of getting together with like-minded people. to use your example, if we decide to try out d&d 5.2 whatever it is now, and there are no half-races, as dm i have to decide whether or not to allow or disallow that sort of thing. whatever my stance, the other people in the group accept or even condemn me for my choice. is it a public meetup? is it an intimate circle of well known friends? did one of those friends invite some tranny that i don't know? it's why so many people default to mmos and online gaming over vtts because they are the devil you know rather than taking a chance on meeting people face-to-face.
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