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But, if that were true, and there was nothing unique about what others had learned from other games, then why don't you understand and...

And yet, virtually every MMA fighter, and certainly the best ones, incorporate moves and ideas from a wide variety of different styles...

New WotC Game Design Director for Dungeons & Dragons: Justice Ramin Arman! His previous position was Managing Game Designer at...

No offense, but that is kind of the response I expected from you. You asked for specific examples, supposedly out of an open-mindedness...

Here are a few examples of how running other games helped me improve my DMing: 1. Early on in my gaming career, I fell in love with...

This has been my experience too. However, I can say, in my experience only, the best DMs I have had were also players, not just...

I think it's highly likely to be the case. Sometimes you just need to have experience with the perspective on the other side of the GM's...

There's surely a diminishing returns aspect to this. Is your second hour of actually GMing more valuable to your GMing ability than an...

I would say so, yes. If nothing else, watching other DM's helps to become a better DM yourself. Whether it's learning from the great...

I guess this leads to the question of: Is a person a better DM if they also have experience as a player?

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Or be able to switch to a game that isn't so rules-heavy. There's an easy way around this one in D&D. Just write Lawful Good on your...

Expectations are in-line with the eight DMs I have played with over the past 20 years, myself included. And the language I use is not...

I am not talking about beginners running a game and not having fun. The quote I responded to was: "DMing is not that hard." And, like I...

I disagree with the premise that it doesn't matter. I think it matters on a few fronts. But each of those distills to one thing - the...