How to solve the DM crisis (feat. The Alexandrian)

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• QU

  @QuestingBeast · 2 years ago · pinned

  Buy So You Want To Be A Game Master: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Sghav6">https://amzn.to/3Sghav6</a><br>Check out Justin&apos;s videos: <a href="https://bit.ly/AlexandrianYouTube">https://bit.ly/AlexandrianYouTube</a><br>Check out his blog: <a href="https://bit.ly/AlexandrianBlog">https://bit.ly/AlexandrianBlog</a>

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• OP

  @opfawcett · 2 years ago

  &quot;Create situations not plots&quot; - holy crap this is such good advice

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• IK

  @Ike_of_pyke · 2 years ago

  As someoene who likes the idea of dming more but wants to get away from 5e it&apos;s harder to find groups that are willing to take the plunge

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• MI

  @mimipeahes5848 · 2 years ago

  really grateful and humbled to start gming at a time where there’s so much free and helpful advice.

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• YV

  @yvindheilo229 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I really love how the OSR and independant community seem to really come together since the OGL fiasco! :) Keep it up!

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• TO

  @TookyG · 2 years ago

  Everyone talks about a DM crisis but I can&apos;t find players who want to play IN PERSON for the life of me.

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• DA

  @DanJMW · 2 years ago

  I have been reading Justin Alexander&apos;s blog for more than ten years now and no other single source has done more to improve my DMing skill and confidence. Very few people in the hobby, professional or otherwise, are dissecting what happens under the surface of TTRPGs with such rigour and insight. A brilliant interview, thank you both.

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• KE

  @kellydavis3108 · 2 years ago

  With the early editions of D&amp;D, the books seem designed for players in an established group. &nbsp;That&apos;s how I learned. I feel sorry for players who picked them up blind and tried to make sense of it all

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• SW

  @swm934 · 2 years ago (edited)

  +1 to the suggestion of running a one-shot with throwaway characters as the session zero. It serves as a prologue to a new campaign and lets the players and DM test drive things (table&apos;s social dynamic, learn the rules of the system, setting and style) before committing to the campaign.

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• AG

  @agrayday7816 · 2 years ago (edited)

  awesome conversation! &nbsp;Thanks and gratitude. Both of you have been great GM resources, sources of inspiration for making the hobby better, and creating better informed participators in the hobby,

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• CY

  @Cynidecia · 2 years ago

  For me it&apos;s a player crisis. in the OSR scene it&apos;s hard to find players.

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• JO

  @JohnDesmarais · 2 years ago

  Jaquaying the Dungeon is still my favorite series of articles from The Alexandrian.

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