I asked 600 DMs for their VERY BEST advice
I asked 621 game masters and dungeons masters for their best tips and tricks in running games and from prep to combat, boy I wasn’t disappointed. Everyone please thank @Trekiros for helping me get my mess together with the statistics because math is hard and I’m bad at it. Thank you to Harpy for sponsoring this one, and for giving me a new hyperfixation, y’all can go check it out and make an account for free right here! https://harpy.gg/corkboards_and_curio... -------------------- Sometimes I write adventures, you can find them for free here: https://www.corkboardsandcuriosities.... Want to support me? Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/corkboardsandcurios... Patreon & discord access: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=96379479 Also, my haunted doll Winnifred has a newsletter now. I think she’s using it to try and grow her power and eventually break free of her porcelain vessel. That’s messed up, but if you’re into that, go here: https://www.corkboardsandcuriosities.... -------------------- Music used (Epidemic Sound and Youtube Audio Library): Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Lebowitz Retro - Wayne Jones Black And White - OTE Wednesday - OTE Getting Colder - OTE Pretty Funk - OTE Camargue - House Of The Gipsies Cinemascope - OTE Horseback - OTE Chaleur - OTE Exactly Who - Raymond Grouse Act Calm - OTE -------------------- Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:40 Some stats 01:47 The top 3 01:59 3rd place 02:39 3rd place highlights 04:10 2nd place 04:43 2nd place highlights 05:50 1st place 06:55 1st place highlights 08:17 In defense of the literal opposite 09:05 Schrodinger’s prep 09:39 Cool stuff from the French 10:08 Harpy 11:37 The top 5 hidden gems 11:50 Hidden gem #1 13:00 Hidden gem #2 14:02 KYLE 14:59 Hidden gem #3 16:16 Hidden gem #4 17:44 Hidden gem #5 19:25 outro

Roleplaying | Running the Game

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The Ben Riggs Gygax Tweets Revisited

The DM trick I stole from Aabria Iyengar

The Many Forms of Toxic DMs

The D&D Class That Wasn't Supposed to Exist

I finally tried Baldur’s Gate 3 (it was a disaster)

Why Most Sandbox Campaigns Collapse

How I Build D&D Campaigns Using Game Loops

What I learned writing D&D adventures professionally

AI is Losing and the Left is Winning, with Brennan Lee Mulligan and Ed Zitron

Bystander Effect: The Psychology Behind Passive Players and the Design & GMing That Fixes It

You are ignoring the BEST DM inspiration

Is Critical Role Scripted? The COMPLETE interview with Matt Mercer & Travis Willingham

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Habits That Separate Pro D&D DMs From Amateurs

DM Defuses Murderhobo With A Callback Plot Twist

How to Get Better at DMing Crazy Fast

