Keep a New Campaign Healthy and Strong (MD 186)

Welcome to Episode 186 of the Mastering Dungeons podcast! Main topic: How to Keep Your New Campaign Healthy and Strong! If the average campaign lasts only 3-5 sessions, how do we avoid that fate and maintain a healthy long-term campaign? Contents 00:00 Keep a Campaign Healthy and Strong 02:13 1. The Right Players 06:06 2. Right Campaign for the Players 08:04 3. Right-Sized Session Zero 15:04 4. Regular Flexible Schedule 18:29 5. End Date 21:19 6. Strong Campaign Start 21:48 7. Engage Between Sessions 26:34 8. Room for Changes 27:03 9. Frequent Check-Ins 28:45 10. Climactic End 34:52 Shout-Outs Find our show notes and support our podcast and YouTube efforts:   / masteringdnd   Listen to us on your favorite podcast device: https://MasteringDungeons.podbean.com Chat with us online: https://dice.camp/@MasteringDnD https://bsky.app/profile/masteringdnd...   / masteringdnd   Find Shawn:   / shawnmerwin   https://ghostfiregaming.com/ Find Teos: https://alphastream.org/    / @alphastreamrpg   https://dice.camp/@Alphastream Mastering Dungeons is a weekly podcast, providing News and a Main segment. We separate these on YouTube for your viewing and listening pleasure. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....