Top Tips for RPG Game Masters
Created: 2025-05-20
Don’t build stories during prep. Watch them unfold at the table. Bring the world, the situation, the quests, and the non-player characters to the table and watch and react as the characters crash into them.
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Instead of developing plots with directions we expect the characters to follow, develop situations in which the characters get involved.
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The best tips, tricks, and tools are those that help us improvise during the game.
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For online play, use the tools and virtual tabletops that most easily support an evolving game
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You may have big ideas for a multi-year campaign but the only game to worry about is the next one you’re going to run.
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When developing your own campaign or game world, instead of starting with a full pantheon of gods, histories of the kingdom, and your own planes of existence, focus on what matters to the characters in the next session you run.
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Proper pacing is a huge challenge and potentially the most important factor in keeping your game fun.
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Focus on the Fiction First and Mechanics Second