3 things holding you back as a game master

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  @GinnyDi · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @ericcrichardson · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve been a DM/GM since I was in 7th grade in 1980... you never stop working to learn/improve and have more fun.

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  @robertevans3173 · 2 years ago

  The &quot;Yes, And&quot; and &quot;No,But&quot; is going into the session Zero handout. Thanks Ginny

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  @devonjefferson2339 · 2 years ago

  Big respect for how much effort she puts into the sponsor ads. Most creators I&apos;ll hear &quot;today&apos;s sponsor&quot; and immediately skip 60 seconds, but Ginny&apos;s I gladly watch every moment. Or even feel like I&apos;m missing out if I do miss part of it. Seriously, well done

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  @johnnycoleman75 · 2 years ago

  The game I&apos;m currently running is in a homebrew setting. It&apos;s a bunch of islands floating through space magically tied to each other. This civilization is the only one the characters know about, and new islands float by and get captured by the civilization. Basically it means I don&apos;t have to be consistent about geography (it&apos;s always changing) and I can drop literally any dungeon into the world (a new island is floating by and your party is the closest, go explore it). The party wants to visit the market I invented in session 2? Oh look at that, your current island will pass it in a few hours, no need for a long travel time. The party wants to visit a location I made up on the spot and haven&apos;t figured out? Sorry that&apos;s not nearby, you&apos;ll need to hop through these other islands to get through it.

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  @achimsinn6189 · 2 years ago

  About the worldbuilding - don&apos;t try to detail the entire world at the beginning of you planning the campaign. That will just burn you out before you even start playing. Try to roughly outline the parts of the world you might be using later or you might need to refference and focus on detailing the part of the world where the adventure currently is happening. That way you can gradually expand your world by adding little bits without having to plan out every little detail right away.

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  @Animo84 · 2 years ago

  Honestly, as long as your group leave the table talking about how great that was… you’re doing fine 👍🏻

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  @fignissel4750 · 2 years ago

  Anybody else noticed the shift in this video from DnD-content to the phrasing of tabletop-roleplay ? I think its a wise move to open yourself up to a broader community now with daggerheart and other systems coming back to the public mind. I like it.

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  @KinMusicUK · 2 years ago

  The biggest thing I found that made me a better GM was finding the right party of players for the game I want to run. I put so much more excitement and passion into the game because it&apos;s the style and dynamic that I enjoy. The whole &quot;find the right party for you&quot; also applies to the GM

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  @maddie6858 · 2 years ago

  Your ads always crack me up - when I realized the nose was a cone of serger thread and the cape was a pair of pants I LOST it

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  @lagbert8610 · 2 years ago

  Thank you, thank you, thank you for talking about &quot;No, but...&quot; <br><br>&quot;Yes, and...&quot; is perfect for creating wild improv, but can be horrible for working within situations that have limitations either by design or by requirement.

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  @b.d6642 · 2 years ago (edited)

  &quot;who&apos;s your favourite dnd youtuber?&quot;<br><br>&quot;Oh that&apos;s easy, ginny di&quot;<br><br>&quot;Really? What makes her so special?&quot;<br><br>&quot;She makes momty python references in her sponser segments&quot;

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