Oct 12
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, October 12th, 2012 Know Your Group – Understanding what players do and don’t like is important, but it is also important to challenge them. All players have a certain level of expectations, but how you present these in game is completely up to you. Some players are more combat oriented, while …
Oct 08
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:48 — 61.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Evan and I decided beforehand that we would devote this entire episode to building a Sand-Box game, which is something I am struggling with right now in my game. Somehow, after talking for nearly 2 hours …
Oct 05
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, October 5th, 2012 Have Fun! – This is the most important rule! Countless times I have seen people get in arguments over rules, roles, etc. that really take away from the whole point of roleplaying. As the DM, you have the final say in any dispute about the game or rules, …
Sep 28
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, September 28, 2012 Remember the Books are Just Guidelines – One thing that kept me from becoming a DM at first was a limited understanding of the rules. You don’t need to know every rule to run a game. The way I like to look at it is to think of …
Sep 26
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:37 — 50.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSDungeon Talk: Episode 6 – The College Years Hello all, In this week’s Dungeon Talk Podcast, Evan, after remember to turn on the recorder (after we had been talking for half an hour!) discuss some of my all …
Sep 21
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, September 21, 2012 Try to Get the Players Invested in Your Game – This is a crucial step in motivating players to keep coming back! Think of it this way, you are 100% committed to your campaign, that’s obvious, but the players start out 0% committed to it. The idea is …
Sep 14
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, September 14, 2012: Keep it Simple – Another way to burn out players is by over complicating things. One thing that has frustrated me in the past is when DM’s create these huge elaborate mazes/puzzles that take the group FOREVER to solve. If the group is spending hours relying on the …
Sep 07
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, September 7, 2012: 3. Think Ahead– This may sound like an obvious one, but keep in mind, players don’t know everything that you know. Don’t expect players to figure out something just because the answer is simple or right in front of them. You also can’t expect players to remember everything …
Sep 06
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — 51.8MB)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:33 — 51.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSMichael and I took vacations and just got back this week so we recorded and will resume our weekly game this Monday. We had another guest with us this week. His name is Jared and he recently joined …
Aug 31
Weekly Tip/Trick for Friday, August 31, 2012: Have a Contingency Plan – The best advice anyone has ever given me, when it comes to running games, was to always have a contingency plan. This could be anything from a random NPC (non-playable character) you create, to a surprise encounter. I used to play with a …
