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I'm aware, but it's supposed to be evocative and demonstrate/guide. So being evocative, it can get some folk hyped.

I am VERY surprised that you find that low of a CR for a "solo" to work for you. Do you rely on tricks, terrain, lair actions, etc? In...

I will say that, in my experience, most players tend to value the experience more if they think that it's been prepped beforehand, if...

Exactly. The default right now is "prep is necessary" or at least "only the best GMs can improv!" That's bunk. We, as experienced GMs...

Agreed. The most important point is that a DM who wants to try winging it shouldn’t feel some kind of imperative to spend multiple...

I mean, you really don't if you're seasoned at improv and at running the game. All the crud I wrote in the post quoted below was off the...

You can do all of that at the table. If each player creates one element of a starting location and situation when they create their...

OK yeah so how're we defining "no prep" here? It's helpful to know how to run the game. I assume when people say "no prep" they mean "I...

Other than the Spelljammer part, this could be the Nerd Poker podcast ...

I've done it before, it's how I started one of my longer-running games. I should say that this was in-person. I have a hard time not...

Regular basis no. Occasionally yes. When I do it I recycle a lot. Grab an adventure ove already run or distract tge PCs in various...

To me, concept art is even worse than a CGI trailer at telling me what actual gameplay will be like- so I try not to get too hyped by...

If D&D ever gets dethroned as the #1 RPG, it's probably going to come as quite a surprise like the death of hair metal or the collapse...

You wanna know if a game that releases one month ago has a "realistic shot" at taking down a game that's been top dog for 50 years? How...

That's completely incorrect. It's the actual opposite of the truth.