Hello Game Master's Laboratory! My name is Michael (like many of us) and I've been playing RPGs beginning with but not limited to D&D (like many of us) for many years. Although I played in the "good old days" I'm only somewhat nostalgic for them. I like almost everything that has evolved in roleplaying games. I joined Skool to build my own community around teaching the art of being a "Dungeon Master" and I was delighted to find this group because I'm already a fan of proactive roleplaying. It actually comes pretty close to my own philosophies in a lot of ways, and in the past I have had similar thoughts to putting that in a system. "Player-centric" was one term I've played with before. But you guys have done a lot better with proactive, because I realized along the way that we need to involve the players in the creative process, but there is more to game than just satisfying the player's needs. What I think about, these days is in terms of the whole table is working together to serve the needs of the world, itself: a world in which nothing is real (or canonical) until it happens at the table. The GM may have ideas about the lore and background of the setting, they may know about plots and agendas going on behind the scenes, but the output of playing, the living world, is the result of those ideas coming together with the actions of the players, one scene or encounter or adventure at a time. Well, there's my grand philosophical statement. That was the assignment, right? "introduce yourself with a grand philosophical statement on the deep structure of Tabletop Roleplaying Games?" Or did I make that up?

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to be here, I have joined the community for a while now 🎉

I have been reading through draft character goals for the new campaign and nearly snort-laughted at this one ... "He intends to complete his mission in spite of his assigned party's incompetence, and will succeed in not only identifying sources of arcane power, but in securing them for responsible exploitation." Not quite the format I asked for, but I can completely picture this character now. I am curious what you would pick as a favorite character goal...

Ahoy! I'm looking for a roomie for GenCon! I have a relatively inexpensive ($175/pp per night) about at 10-15 minute ride from the convention center for GenCon. Nice hotel, good price, and taking an RT Uber every day is cheaper than paying for parking! If you're interested, drop me a line!

Hi all. Was wondering if there are any creators out there that would be at all interested in helping to contribute to/participate in/or be a guest on (particularly if you have. project coming out etc) a podcast project I (and several others) have been working on over the past year. We interview guests and generally just talk about TTRPG related content in a silly and open ended way though not without getting into the proverbial weeds as it were. Anywho, anyone who might have a project coming up or has any interested said me DM or reply here.