Just had to share something I did with my party this past weekend. They had a major overland journey to take in order to infiltrate a goblin compound. I (as the DM) typed up three random encounters and included notes on set-up, monster tactics, and made monster and terrain tiles and slightly "dumbed down" the monster stat-blocks. I then let each of my players run one of the encounters and I got to play by running their character.
This worked awesome for us as I am (and have been) a full-time DM since 1987, playing maybe five or six times in two decades, and this gave me a chance to play and my players a chance to throw some baddies at their fellow players.
BTW, the system was 4th edition D&D so I made sure that I used no dailies unless the player's PC I was running okayed it. It was an absolute blast and we'll be doing it again soon!
I'd love to hear about other groups doing something like this or if anyone has any other similar ideas they have done or plan to do!
This worked awesome for us as I am (and have been) a full-time DM since 1987, playing maybe five or six times in two decades, and this gave me a chance to play and my players a chance to throw some baddies at their fellow players.
BTW, the system was 4th edition D&D so I made sure that I used no dailies unless the player's PC I was running okayed it. It was an absolute blast and we'll be doing it again soon!
I'd love to hear about other groups doing something like this or if anyone has any other similar ideas they have done or plan to do!