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Tips for GMs

A COLLECTION OF GUIDES AND TIPS FROM THE (Jedi) MASTERS

credit to DND-Compendium.com for the resource list

VIDEO GUIDES

  • Matt Colville's Running the Game

  • Matthew Mercer's GM Tips

  • Sly Flourish - Helping New DMs

  • Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

  • How to be a Good DM

  • How to be a Great Game Master

  • Advanced DM Tips

STARTING A NEW HOMEBREW CAMPAIGN

  • Session Zero Checklist for Starting a New Campaign

    • Exhaustive list of Table Rules you may want to review with your players

    • Edited version of Table Rules for Online D&D Groups

  • Session Zero Handout - Shows the DM what kind of players they have. Includes space to write character info.

  • How to Make a Campaign TL;DR

TEXT GUIDES

  • [Reddit] The Complete Hippo - great for worldbuilding

  • System-neutral GM tips

  • Sly Flourish Tips for New Dungeon Masters

    • Sly Flourish Article Archive (Use ctrl-f to find stuff)

  • The Ten Commandments of GMing

  • Matt Colville's written advice to new GMs

  • So You Want to DM: Advice for New Players

  • Geek and Sundry's Basic Tips for a Novice DM

  • [GoblinsComic] Dungeon Master Tips

  • [NewbieDM] 87 GM Tips

  • [Kassoon] DM Lessons

  • Lithyscaphe - DMing in old-school style

  • On Being a Dungeon Master for Kids

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