GM Wednesday! - Surrender?

Let's talk about that one thing that players always refuse to do: Surrender. Believe me, I get it. I cut my teeth on Basic and AD&D with a sadistic older brother as GM. As he got older he only got more devious. His favorite was designing traps that gave the player no chance at a saving throw. Back in the day the focus of an RPG wasn't story since there was little to none. The focus of D&D