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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4876425" data-attributes="member: 13892">There have been times in the past when I had to default to 1:1 player to DM ration due to lack of players. The three things that made it really easy for me: 1. Keep plots simple. You might want to look at <a href="http://www.roleplayingtips.com/articles/5_room_dungeons.html" target="_blank">this collection of 5 Room Dungeons</a> based on the concept by <a href="http://strolen.com/viewing/4276" target="_blank">JohnnFour</a>. The fewer plot points you have to keep straight in your head, the more of your attention you can dedicate to action on the tabletop. 2. Limit the physical scope of the campaign geographically, then layer it. Rather than planning a world-spanning campaign, for example, consider a city-based campaign where the city is built on top of numerous ancient catacombs and surrounded by dungeons. Or maybe another site-based campaign (Welcome to the Valley of Tombs!). This will allow you to add depth (no pun intended) to your camapign as you go without having to define or research all new geographic/overland areas. 3. Be cliche! Watch as many 'B' fantasy and sci-fi movies as you can. Read as many cut-rate fantasy and sci-fi novels as you can. Soak up the cliches and pay close attention to how authors and directors make them work on paper and film. Soon, you'll figure out how to make those same cliches work for you on the tabletop which, which will allow you to keep thing entertaining without requiring you to do exhaustive amounts of prep work.</blockquote>

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