I am currently at a major crossroads when it comes to the way I approach running a game. Anyone who has listened to the early episodes of the podcast knows that I spent an abhorrently long time in the pre-planning stage of my campaign. Finally, after years (literally) of juggling ideas around in my head, I was given a hard deadline by the rest of the group to start the game, and that’s when it all went sideways…
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During last week’s episode, we talked about our personal gaming ruts. Since we wrapped that discussion, I’ve been constantly working ideas through my head as to the ways I plan on breaking out of these ruts and becoming a better Player, a better GM, and most importantly, a better person all around. Here are some of the conclusions I’ve come to thus far.
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