Comments on: Start A Campaign – Part 4: How to prepare a great game in less than 30 minutes

By: Start A Campaign – Part 2: Before The Second Game – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:41:12 +0000

[...] Start A Campaign – Part 4: How to prepare a great game in 30 minutes or less [...]

By: The zen DM – part 1: limits – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:44:33 +0000

[...] Most DMs care about their campaign and players. Some DMs even stress about upcoming games – now that’s caring! But stress is the mind-killer – or is it fear? I forget. Anyhow, stress can sap fun and energy so make sure that everyone’s expectations match the time you are willing to take to prepare. Thankfully you don’t need that much time to prepare a great D&D session. [...]

By: Adventure Prep: My Recent Time Management Shortcuts : Critical Hits

Adventure Prep: My Recent Time Management Shortcuts : Critical Hits — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:58:03 +0000

[...] So I set out to look for time saving resources and I found a lot of them. [...]

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:53:58 +0000

I find that it is a lot better not to have it lain out on a map. My brother (always DM in the games I was in.) Just laid little bits of paper on the table and we got to chose what to do from there. It was really restricting when I first tried it on a map.

Anyway your tips are very helpful. I find it hard to create campains because I never know where to start. And because I always put it off (it takes just too long) but this really helps. Thank-you.

By: Yax

Yax — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:29:54 +0000

@Selles:

You don’t want to improvise all the time, but improvising a session won’t kill your campaign. A balance can be struck there.