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I'm been GMing on and off for about thirty years now and I still fail on occasion! I think it's the social skills that makes GMing most...

GM <> Player miss communication? GM says left when she means right. Player draws door on north wall when GM said south. While the...

Totally. The goal is fun. If the players do enjoy mapping, then that's what the table should do. And honestly I personally see where it...

It is if the DM is going to be exacting about the accuracy of player's mapping skills. You asked what our experience was. I've DMed for...

If I did, it wasn't because I failed to accurately draw a visual map based on someone's voice audibly describing my environment which...

This is another thing im an outlier on. I have found its going to be more struggle than its worth giving this task to the players...

Have never seen a session wherein the players were required to map as they go that did not end in a frustrating fiasco. Also not sure...

I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...

Depends entirely on the tone and setting of the campaign. Fine for some campaigns, wrong for others. Expectations (and how much exactly...

I mean how long is a session? 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours? Big difference there.

In an actual play show running Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, running 4 hour recording sessions on average once per month, took...

I'm not convinced by the argument that 5E "needs" one. The fact that despite not having one, the fact that it's the most successful...

This and Dragon Delves are my favorite official D&D products of 2025 so far. I say that as very much a casual Stranger Things fan who...

I liked: playable svirfneblin and duergar (later reprinted elsewhere, but for a while this was the only source) half-elf sub-types...

Xanathar's Guide to Everything has a selection of 20 "Racial Feats".