D&D General Are you a DM?

[Morrus]

By which I mean have you ever run a game, not whether you are doing so right now.

I suspect this community is DM heavy, but I’m
curious to find out.

 

[cbwjm]

Yep, finally getting back into running a game this coming Friday now that covid has died down in NZ again.

 

[pming]

Hiya!

I suspect you are correct. Trying to get my players to check out forums and go read them to get ideas and just yap was like pulling teeth...with cotton gloves on...dipped in Vaseline.

Needless to say, I have failed. Miserably.

HOWEVER, on my private forums for various games I've run, that also had an Obsidian Portal campaign page (I've been using Obsidian Portal for years), I had one Player that used it all the time (more than me!), and the others posted only rarely, if that.

^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[UngainlyTitan]

My players and the other DM mostly check out the new page and never bother the forum pages much as far as I know.

 

[GSHamster]

Well, that's the most lopsided vote I've seen in a while.

 

[Morrus]

Yeah. I should put "Dungeon Master" in the site title!

 

[Lanefan]

Thing is, rare is the long-term player who hasn't tried DMing at least once; thus even if 99% of their time has been spent on the player side of the screen they'd technically answer 'DM' in this poll.

 

[R_J_K75]

Since I started playing in the 80's I've probably DMed 75% of that time. I'm actually starting a new game this Friday.

 

[R_J_K75]

Thing is, rare is the long-term player who hasn't tried DMing at least once; thus even if 99% of their time has been spent on the player side of the screen they'd technically answer 'DM' in this poll.

Good point.

 

[Morrus]

Thing is, rare is the long-term player who hasn't tried DMing at least once; thus even if 99% of their time has been spent on the player side of the screen they'd technically answer 'DM' in this poll.

You say that, but I see a lot of social media posts asking "I'm thinking about starting my first game as a DM and I'd like some advice".

Clearly those people aren't posting here.