HaroldTheHobbit
Hero
Last time I was a player was around 1983-84. I GM every Friday evening, with breaks for vacations and some holidays.
D&D General When is the last time you DMed a game?
- Thread starter Whizbang Dustyboots
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CubicsRube
Hero
Last Sunday
Bayushi_seikuro
Hero
I may try to run something this weekend during an off-week in our Traveller game. I'm gunshy because my previous group always had issues because I'd start running something and it would seem to fall apart, so I always felt it 'wasn't worth their time'.
My current group is online and generally, if a game gets cancelled, it's NBD because they have zero travel time to the game.
The other issue I struggle with, and I'm sure plenty of others do, is I'm always comparing anything I run to a great campaign I'd ran before that people loved, that led to a spinoff game with a different GM that's still beloved decades later. I wrestled with that until I'd written about it to the Happy Jack's podcast and got great advice: No matter how great a campaign was, you have to remember it also had tons of filler, had tons of 'not so good' sessions. We just remember the highlights, not all the sessions that are travel or people just sitting there trying to make up plans.
So... maybe I'll try this Sunday
My current group is online and generally, if a game gets cancelled, it's NBD because they have zero travel time to the game.
The other issue I struggle with, and I'm sure plenty of others do, is I'm always comparing anything I run to a great campaign I'd ran before that people loved, that led to a spinoff game with a different GM that's still beloved decades later. I wrestled with that until I'd written about it to the Happy Jack's podcast and got great advice: No matter how great a campaign was, you have to remember it also had tons of filler, had tons of 'not so good' sessions. We just remember the highlights, not all the sessions that are travel or people just sitting there trying to make up plans.
So... maybe I'll try this Sunday
GuyBoy
Hero
It was damn good though; more Chaos, Warpstone and dark powers than I've ever seen squeezed into two hours. And those cats!
TheSword
Legend
The cats are nasty!
Though ‘most shortest’ was more a cheap dig at the phrasing of the question. I think out session was about the same as normal
Brotton Goodfellow
Explorer
Every Thursday. Trying to alternate between online and in person.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
D'oh!
TheSword
Legend
I’m only joking, who cares. I know you meant. It’s a good question to ask.
I’d love you to do the opposite… when did you last run a PC in a campaign.
As it’s clear that lots of DMs post here. I think sometime that skews a lot of our discussion.
