Episode 6: Session 0
The time has come for your first session, session zero. Well... kinda. There's a bit to unpack there. Session 0s are great until they aren't when it c...
Marching West
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For the past while I’ve been running a West Marches style Dungeons and Dragons campaign. I’ve had some great experiences and learned much. Now I want to impart some of the lessons I’ve learned through my own game onto other DMs who now stand where I once stood looking to start a West Marches campaign of their own.
Episode 5: The FAQ and Variant/Optional Rules
With the setup and the players all taken care of it's time to get everyone on the same page, and what better way to do that than an FAQ that anyone ca...
Episode 4: Populating Your World
This episode is going to be a dive into how I populate my world. No, not NPCs, those are covered off the cuff in How I Make Characters. This episode i...
How I Make Characters
Sometimes you just gotta bullet it out and shoot from the hip. Rough outline of my method for creating characters. Hope you like it, hope it helps, mo...
Episode 3: The Map and the Territory
Time to get something on paper, as it were. In this episode, we're gonna talk about world-building as it pertains to setting the tone for the rest of ...
Episode 2: Tools of the Trade
In this episode I talk about some of the in browser and standalone tools I use to communicate with my players, organize my game, run my game, and crea...
Episode 1: Marching West
Just a quick intro to the West Marches style of play. I talk about what it is, the benefits of it, and where I want to go with the podcast.