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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone Press" data-source="post: 1515182" data-attributes="member: 12468">In the past, there  have been several threads asking about your first time playing DnD. However, I just realized that I've never seen one discussing your first time as a DM.  As there is currently at least two threads here started by people asking for DM tips, I figured it might be fun to share some of our earliest forays behind the screen.  For me, the first time I DMed was a Saturday. I had just played DnD for the first time with my dad and his friends the night before. They had been playing for a few years already and had finally invited me to join in. We stayed up past midnight on Friday and I could hardly sleep when I got home. Visions of flaming arrows and a fortress lost in the jungle filled my mind. When I woke up on Saturday I went over to my friends' house (two brothers, one was a year older than me, the other a year younger). I took the books with me and introduced them to this cool new game. The elder brother had played a few times before in his Gifted and Talented class so it wasn't totally new to him. None of us had DMed before or had any idea how to do it.  The three of us spent the whole day making characters, making dungeons, and adventuring through them. We rotated the DM job. While the DM planned the game and drew the map, the other two players made characters. As soon as that was done, we played through the maze. When we got to the end we switched. Someone else was the DM and had to come up with a game on the spot and draw a map quickly while the other two people made new characters. We probably played at least 9 sessions that one day. I know I had a stack of character sheets and maps with me when I got home that evening.  I was 10 years old... oh the simplicity, energy and excitement of youth...  So how about you? What was it like the first time you ran a game?</blockquote>

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