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1 like • 5d
If I had time I definitely would as I’ve wanted to try it recently! Good luck finding people! I would maybe look into start playing games. I don’t know how good the site is but it seems like a good way to find players/gms.
15d •
Running Proactive campaigns with published worlds
Hello everyone! Excited to have found this community. I’m a new game master and loved the proactive campaign book when I read it a couple of years ago. So, when I found out a sequel was coming, I started googling and came to this site! Woohoo! I have a practical question that I’d love some collected wisdom on: how do you provide just enough information about your world to give players enough to build interesting and informed goals (as if they have been living in that world). Especially if you are using published settings like Midgard (Kobold Press) or Fearun/Forbidden Coast (D&D). Maybe this will be addressed in the upcoming book, or if this was explicitly handled in the first please let me know! Been a year or two since I last read it.
3 likes • 15d
That’s a great question! For me with my players, I first tend to ask them what they are thinking of playing. If they have an idea already established that can help inform me of what information might be important to their character. Then from there we build out their maybe immediate circle, NPCs they might know, places they have been to, and what information is going to be relevant. If the world and lore is already established then I will tell them about an organization or place that would likely be relevant to them. Then they can build a goal for their character based on what we could think of together.
18d •
Book Recommendations
So I recently finished reading through Jonah and Tristan’s role playing book as well as Return of the Lazy DM. Both excellent reads by the way and you should check them out as a game master, but does anyone suggest other books on running games?
1 like • 18d
@James Willetts I love blades! I have played monster of the week which was an absolute blast.
Aug 25 •
Hello Chummers
Does anyone else play Shadowrun? Or is this mainly or exclusively a 5E community?
1 like • 18d
Have not run shadowrun myself, running daggerheart right now and might be running some shadow dark sometime soon.
1 like • 18d
@Phillip Mackey it works very well for my group. I think it is less rule heavy than DnD while still having enough crunch for my group. The flow of gameplay is also nice as you don’t have to pause for combat, it just flows between players and game master easily.
Jan 8 •
Finding Players: How do you build your gaming group?
Hey, gang! I think in the old forum I started a thread on this, and I'm flexing my chops getting this Vaesen game going, so I thought I'd revive it here in 2025. Post your tricks to finding players and building your perfect gaming beast here!
2 likes • Feb 14
For me, I was in college and just went to the local gaming club on campus. I had already found someone on my floor interested in dnd so me and him went looking for others. Found a few more there, then posted to the facebook group for the last couple. Rest was history and we’ve been gaming together for 7 years now.
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@nick-thompson-9901
A GM looking to expand their TTRPG library and learn about games!
Active 21h ago
Joined Aug 9, 2024
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