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<blockquote data-quote="beaumontsebos" data-source="post: 7626332" data-attributes="member: 6685533"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I'm working with a local brewery to host a monthly D&D 5E game night, which I will DM. I am a very experienced DM, but have never done so in a public setting with random players.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, there's no real gaming community in my area. So, I have no idea how many will show, nor what their experience level may be.</p><p></p><p>To cast as wide a net as possible, I am going to allow both experienced players and those that want to learn to play for the first game. I will have pregenerated characters for those that need them and use a published adventure to start with (thinking the one in either the Starter or Essentials set).</p><p></p><p>Since I also run a regular weekly game which takes up tons of bandwidth, I will only be able to run this once a month.</p><p></p><p>That all said... how do I keep a game like this going every month? Assuming there's nobody else to DM, how do I handle leveling characters if every month there may be new, inexperienced players showing up? How do I keep experienced players engaged if I have to teach new players every session?</p><p></p><p>What other pitfalls should I look out for, and what other tips can you give me?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beaumontsebos, post: 7626332, member: 6685533"] Hi there, I'm working with a local brewery to host a monthly D&D 5E game night, which I will DM. I am a very experienced DM, but have never done so in a public setting with random players. As far as I know, there's no real gaming community in my area. So, I have no idea how many will show, nor what their experience level may be. To cast as wide a net as possible, I am going to allow both experienced players and those that want to learn to play for the first game. I will have pregenerated characters for those that need them and use a published adventure to start with (thinking the one in either the Starter or Essentials set). Since I also run a regular weekly game which takes up tons of bandwidth, I will only be able to run this once a month. That all said... how do I keep a game like this going every month? Assuming there's nobody else to DM, how do I handle leveling characters if every month there may be new, inexperienced players showing up? How do I keep experienced players engaged if I have to teach new players every session? What other pitfalls should I look out for, and what other tips can you give me? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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