Home (not house) rules you use when hosting

[garhkal]

Nearly every GM or group of players i have ever been with, has a list of House & home rules they have when hosting games.
Whether its as simple as "every one brings snacks if they wanna eat", or "no drinks on the game table itself, keep them by the side stands", or
"take your damn shoes off when you come in the door"..


So what sort of home rules do you have, or you have seen? Have any been TOO restrictive IYO? Have any been so troublesome, you asked to get the game hosted elsewhere?
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[Tinman]

Do not give the dog food items he isn't supposed to have. (He will claim rights to anything which gets dropped though.)

Phones away at the game table. If you need to call/text someone, or answer a call/text, step away.

Yes, they are real swords. A couple of them are valuable antiques, and are only there to be looked at, not touched.

The computer in the gaming room deliberately does not have internet access, it's only to be used for gaming aids and reading/searching electronic gaming books.

[garhkal]

[Tinman]

[Volar the Healer]

The director can be bribed (requires a bag of M&Ms).

CPs are awarded for pizza, chips, soda, artwork, Star Wars music, well painted mini's - anything that makes the game more fun.

No cell phones. Turn 'em off! (A ringing phone = immediate malfunction (You're on your ship in hyperspace!? Ka-Blaaaaam! Only had to tumble out of control into realspace once.)

No girlfriends. (You're all invited to PLAY, or leave.)

I, as Director, can roll any of your dice any time I choose. (Never saw those dice again.)

Bonus CPs for sound effects. Yes, laughing EXACTLY like Jabba counts.
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[WillTasker]

Everyone chips in (at least a little) for food and drink.

Booze isn't banned but drunk RPing can make the GM's job that much harder.

GM decides the music. No one touches the music box under penalty of CP/FP being withheld.

Never pet a burning dog.

[Sutehp]

Rule 1: If you break that antique chair because you're a 6ft+ tall and 180 lbs+ guy who heavily slumped in that same chair when you disagreed with the GM's ruling, be prepared to pay for the repairs of that antique chair unless the GM's father says "Eh, it's not the first time that old thing got broke; don't sweat it because I'll pay for the repairs again, no biggie."

Rule 2: Do not depend on that debt forgiveness occurring every time the chair gets broke. My pop's a nice and generous guy, but he's no fool. (Senile yes, foolish no.)
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[garhkal]

[Dredwulf60]

Any die that falls off the table must be re-rolled.

Anyone who puts himself into a position to be able to see behind the GM screen loses a CP whether or not they intended to sneek a peek (not interested in arguing mens rea )

If a player gives another player advice when their characters cannot possibly communicate...the receiving player is forbidden from doing what was suggested.

Pizza purchase was often a pseudo democratic process.
The possibility was motioned with tossing in a couple bucks for pizza. Seconded by tossing in a couple more.

This continued until the critical value was reached; we got enough for all regardless of the contribution. Because some were financially better or worse off than others...and it fluctuated...it came down to donating as much as you could, tempered by how hungry you actually were.

This is all past tense, because I RP with my friends via internet now. The in-house game I run is for my kids and their friends...and I'm financially sound enough to feed everyone on game night.

[Dredwulf60]

[garhkal]

[Whill]

[MrNexx]

[Zarn]

Ah yes. Shadowrun. Where we usually skip plans A and B entirely, and go straight to whichever plan's left that involves ridiculous amounts of plastic explosive and irrelevant carnage.

I love Shadowrun.

[Error]

1. Feel free to throw the cats as far as you like if they're being a nuisance, just make sure they land on something soft.
2. Don't be an idiot with your food or drinks.
3. The GM is boss and you can address grievances with him (very, very rare) after the game, but not during it.
4. If something isn't making sense to you, speak up! I'd rather answer "dumb questions" (no such thing, IME, especially pertaining to RPG's) than have you plod along with your party not understanding what's going on.
5. If I detect you powergaming or adversarial gaming...we will have to talk about it in private later. I don't like it and neither do my regulars.
6. No take-back-sies. I want the PC's to succeed as much as they do! But if you lose your beloved PC because the dice were cruel, I can't breach the integrity of the game to Deus ex Machina some reason for you to survive.
7. If you're not having fun, tell me! We'll totally work together to make the magic happen for you.
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