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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2845768" data-attributes="member: 158">Cheerio, (and hi!)Welcome to ENWorld, and welcome to DM'ing. It's a lot of fun for many people, and whether you learn to like it or not, it's a very good experience for helping you become a better player, too.With regards to the core books, a lot of money can be saved by searching out the Rulebook collection that Wizards of the Coast (WotC) put out a while back, ISBN #0786934107. I've seen some places on the internet where it can be had for as little as $55.00 or so, and it contains the PHB, DMG, and the MM, all for the latest edition (3.5).It you're into using a computer to prepare for gaming, the System Reference Document is a legal online way to get access to 99% of the game rules in those books, plus a few others. WotC has an SRD on their site, but my favorite online version is at <a href="http://www.srd.org" target="_blank">www.srd.org</a> .As for tips and tricks, I'll post more if I have time later - there are scads and scads of threads on the subject of being a good DM, good non-gaming resources to use, etc. -- Basically, there's as much material as you want to absorb. That's the other good thing - like any hobby, you grow into it and get better at it at your own pace. If it ain't fun,&nbsp; then you're trying too hard. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Good fortunes!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 2845768, member: 158"] Cheerio, (and hi!) Welcome to ENWorld, and welcome to DM'ing. It's a lot of fun for many people, and whether you learn to like it or not, it's a very good experience for helping you become a better player, too. With regards to the core books, a lot of money can be saved by searching out the Rulebook collection that Wizards of the Coast (WotC) put out a while back, ISBN #0786934107. I've seen some places on the internet where it can be had for as little as $55.00 or so, and it contains the PHB, DMG, and the MM, all for the latest edition (3.5). It you're into using a computer to prepare for gaming, the System Reference Document is a legal online way to get access to 99% of the game rules in those books, plus a few others. WotC has an SRD on their site, but my favorite online version is at [url]www.srd.org[/url] . As for tips and tricks, I'll post more if I have time later - there are scads and scads of threads on the subject of being a good DM, good non-gaming resources to use, etc. -- Basically, there's as much material as you want to absorb. That's the other good thing - like any hobby, you grow into it and get better at it at your own pace. If it ain't fun, then you're trying too hard. :) Good fortunes! [/QUOTE]

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