Dungeon Master
How DMs can handle unpredictable players and unexpected events in their D&D game
I haven't been running as many TTRPG games lately as I'm used to, so when I got to run our latest D&D Spectacular, I very deliberately went into it throwing everything I possibly could at the players.
How to improvise while DMing Dungeons and Dragons
Here's a little secret -- I don't do a lot of formal planning for running my D&D games.
Tips for starting your first TTRPG campaign
I remember when I decided to start my first Dungeons and Dragons game as a DM, and found about a month into it that I'd accidentally created my own campaign world.
How to get started as a DM in D&D
If there's one thing that every Dungeons and Dragons game needs, it's a Dungeon Master.
It’s okay not to have the rules memorized when playing a TTRPG
I've been playing and Game Mastering various tabletop RPGs for a long time -- from old school Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder, to Wraith the Oblivion, Exalted, and Talislanta. I've run GURPS, Champions, Silver Age Sentinels, Unknown Armies, Conspiracy X, Call of Cthulhu, Earthdawn, Heavy Gear... it's a lot of games.
You don’t have to kill everything — how to reward players differently in D&D
The first time I realized I could just give players a level whenever I felt it was appropriate for the story, I almost fell over.
Tricks for using prepared modules in your Dungeons and Dragons campaign
You've been DMing for a while now, let's suppose.
How to add a new player to your established D&D game
Let's set the stage.
Learning when to say no, and when to say yes, when DMing a tabletop RPG
One of the biggest pitfalls for novice game masters of any tabletop RPG is knowing how and when to say no to players.
Why you should run a homebrew D&D campaign, and some tips on how to build your own unique world
There are a lot of excellent Dungeons & Dragons setting books out there that will give you all the details you need to run a game in their setting, and those settings (also known as campaign settings, world settings, campaign worlds and/or simply campaigns) are often excellent.
