Silence is such a powerful tool. Use it pretty often in my games. Be aware of who always fills the silence. That goes along with what you said about people's voices being heard. If it is always the same person filling the silence you may need to call on others once in a while to let them know they can speak first. I will add one thing about silence that you, as the GM, do not need to fill. When you are talking through the scenario you can have a breath of silence between your sentences. We tend to avoid silence so much that many people put a sound between their own sentences. Umm or ahh, being the big ones. We don't need to fill that heartbeat of silence and it can help you and the players with the flow of the game.
One of my many faults is that I don't like silence so I've had to learn to not rush to fill it as much as I would like - as a player and a GM (and a bit in real life too)! But you're definitely right in that the GM does not need to fill it! Don
@@slystrategist As a GM silence is important. it gives the players time to play.we spend a lot of time describing scenes, the players probably need more time to describe what they are doing. Silences almost compel people to speak so it draws more information out of people
Silence is such a powerful tool. Use it pretty often in my games. Be aware of who always fills the silence. That goes along with what you said about people's voices being heard. If it is always the same person filling the silence you may need to call on others once in a while to let them know they can speak first.
I will add one thing about silence that you, as the GM, do not need to fill. When you are talking through the scenario you can have a breath of silence between your sentences. We tend to avoid silence so much that many people put a sound between their own sentences. Umm or ahh, being the big ones. We don't need to fill that heartbeat of silence and it can help you and the players with the flow of the game.
One of my many faults is that I don't like silence so I've had to learn to not rush to fill it as much as I would like - as a player and a GM (and a bit in real life too)!
But you're definitely right in that the GM does not need to fill it!
Don
@@slystrategist As a GM silence is important. it gives the players time to play.we spend a lot of time describing scenes, the players probably need more time to describe what they are doing. Silences almost compel people to speak so it draws more information out of people