One of the questions I get asked frequently on Twitter is what advice I have for D&D gamemasters picking up the screen and map marker for the first time. While asking such questions of someone widely promoted as the epitome of terrible, vindictive GMing is already suspect, expecting an answer in 140 characters or fewer from said GM seems like a lost cause. I have never been able to give satisfactory responses to such queries, so moving the discussion to a different venue strikes me as a good idea.
Frankly, writing an advice column on good GMing wouldn’t be that novel when I myself usually just defer to Robin Laws on the subject. On the other hand, I’m happy to share my own experiences, for what they’re worth. While my plan for today was to look at my most recent GMing experience, the midnight madness D&D session of The Elemental Skeins, run by Ryan Downing, Chris Slater, Josh Upton and myself at this year’s Gottacon gaming convention, I got a little lost in the leadup, and will have to talk about it next week instead. Read More