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"Takes time and practice to get better at" is not the same thing as "massively difficult." No, you're not going to look/sound/feel like...

I enjoy eating pizza, more so than making it, and I was a pizza maker for a while. I like different kinds of pizza, though not with Bell...

When I look at the reaction to ads or products framing GMing as “hard,” I see something deeper than a disagreement about difficulty. The...

I think DMing is both easy and hard. Most people can DM and be at least adequate. But even though I've been DMing forever and have...

It seems to me what's often missing is good instructions on how to be a better player. Stuff like trying to roll with the vibe of the...

Well, as I said--folks expect more of their rules now. Rules that tell you almost nothing about what a character is or what they can...

It seems worth pointing out that a lot of things that kinda fall on GMs to do are more social/hosting things, and GMs end up doing them...

It's both. Dungeon World is a "Powered by the Apocalypse" ("PbtA") game, so it is a more narrative game, but it was made by people...

Terrible is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. Over the years, I've been told I was a bad GM on several occasions online. I've been...

I think the Pay DM thing also ties into the situation these days with people having, or feeling like they need to have, a side hustle in...

I do think a few styles of play that seem prominent these days are legitimately pretty hard to DM for. There is a lot of discussion...

It feels like there is a lot of space between rock star and not sucking with signs of a positive trajectory. I certainly believe that...

DMing is easy. As you point out, even 10 year olds can do it. Being a good DM, however, is actually hard. It takes a lot of work to...

There's also the familiarity factor. When you literally have no idea how the rules work, it looks--and feels--like magic, a black box...

Some types of GMing involve more work and effort than others. The methods that involve less work tend to rely on specific game styles...