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In this video, I go over some fun warm-ups that I like to use before starting a game to get people focused and ready to RP. Hopefully, you'll find something useful here for you and/or your party.

How does your D&D party get the creative juices flowing? Let me in the comments!

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[bethanygoodwin]

Im loving this, will totally use it for school RPG workshop coming up, thanks for the vid!

[shanepatrick]

I do my warm ups out of character and spend 10 minutes at most. My favorite is “circle game” aka “what are you doing?” Players form a circle or semi-circle. Player 1 (P1) is determined by dm and begins pantomiming an action. Moving in a clockwise direction the next player (p2) asks p1 “what are you doing?” P1 must make a response with another action which P2 pantomimes. If at any time a player hesitates to give an action, or names a similar action to one already used in this game session they are out (at which point the player asking resumes pantomiming the last legit action that was performed.). The winner is the last man standing in the circle (I may give inspiration for use in that game session if I’m feeling nice.). I will also do a few rounds of the “Whose Lines Is it Anyway” games of Questions only, Song Titles, or Alphabet game. And will end play after 10 minutes ensuring that all my players had some time on stage and no one player is dominating the stage.

Most of my warm up games have a “do not hesitate” rule because I find they help with getting into a mindset that will help combat go faster (you have to think about your next play.).

Most of my games will not be related to the session game and are designed to get improv juices flowing. That said I do like the “one sentence interrogation scene” where each character is interrogated by the guards alone and must recap the last session one line at a time and in character. This might be a done in a “Guard asks the question, player writes down a one sentence answer and GM reads the answers back Apples to Apples style.”

[fammnak]

This is great content. I am happy YouTube recommended me to your video. I enjoy this style of advices, thanks a lot!

[nastya_is_slay]

This is a great video! I am very good at listening during roleplay, but I get very nervous when talking (even though I'm a very loud person irl, but the moment I need to roleplay I get anxious). The moment it's my turn to speak my throat closes up and I can't think of almost anything fun, interesting or contributing. Do you have advice for getting over that?

[chsv_koldun]

why in this world you don't have the attention you deserve

[vernonschmidt]

D&D players should just focus on yes, and. They already but a ton.

[HerEvilTwin]

The music and drums blend with your voice way too much, either turn the music way down or use other songs where the drums aren’t as prevalent as they are in hiphop type beats.