How to be a Good DM - Running Your First Game - DM Tips

How to be a good dm and running your first game as a dungeon master. How to run your very first role-playing game session, as a new GM/DM, this guide will go through the steps to assist you in you first campaign,module or game as a GM/DM.

Whether it is for Dungeons and Dragons/DnD or another system this guide should get you started. #GM Tips #How to Run your first game as a GM/Game Master/Dungeon Master

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[joem]

My daughter ran her first game of D&D at age 9. (3.5 rules). The plot was very simple, good wizard hired us (the players) to go into a dungeon and retrieve a spell component he needed in order to cast a counterspell to an evil wizards spell to end the world.

[abusedumpster]

1 hour before my first session as DM starts and I’ve suddenly realized how vastly underprepared I am

Pray for me

[larsdahl]

0:59 (1) Select type/setting/space of game: Sci-fi? Pirates? Modern? High School? Star Wars?
2:55 (2) What type/setting/space of game do the players wish? Align expectations together!
4:53 (2 b) And get your players started at character creation!
5:01 (3) Create! But: keep it simple! Use your characters story to make the story better!
8:15 (3 b) Maps. What maps are needed?
9:05 (3 c) Work out your NPCs.
10:42 (4) Encounters. How many? Any battles? Encounters do not necessarily mean combat!
13:46 (5) Apply the RPG system to you world.
15:00 (6) Go back to your players: Get to know their characters!
16:18 (7) Adjust your story, make it fit with what your players are after!
16:29 (8) Launch the game!
17:24 (8 b) Evaluate afterwards.

[nafnlaus_vee]

J.R.R. Martin.

You've just pissed off the fans of the two biggest fantasy franchises in five syllables. That takes talent man!

[DIRTYYETTI]

“Oh I’ve got a map and I’ve got to fill it up with everything!!”


“No you don’t...”

Brilliant

[bewilderbeastie]

"Your first adventure should take four hours"
Can someone tell my players this, they really love arguing for ages over the little things.

[megan_cano]

This man speaks so clearly that the auto generated subtitles are nearly spot on! Love his voice :D

[admpandora]

Rule 1: know your setting
Rule 2: be consistent
Rule 3: know your audience
Rule 4: don't overreach
Rule 5: present the setting properly
Rule 6: present the plot
Rule 7: moderate your pacing
Rule 8: integrate your creation into the players and the mechanics

[coryklein]

I'm 14 and I want to start a role playing game with my friends. I have played a few and always wanted to run one. This is super helpful! I might do a modern day superhero story set where we live. This is making me really excited to start it. Thanks for the advice in this video.

[poilboiler]

Earlier this week my group got together to start our new adventure in a fantasy setting.
I brought a fighter with a composite bow as secondary weapon.
Another guy brought a fighter with a composite bow as secondary weapon.
Third guy had made a rogue with a composite bow as primary weapon.
Fourth character's main weapon was a bow of the composite kind.

To make things even better everyone had also put a lot of points into Cooking and the other three had good foraging skills. Communication is important. :)

[peasant_purple]

My GM motto is *in Gandalf voice* "Keep it simple. Play it safe"

[lordilluminati]

I'm holding my first game in a few days!

wish me luck

[Kanakadea]

Literally watched this 3 days AFTER running my first D&D game.

[gwendolynevelyn]

Wish me luck guys
I’m being a DM to a group of 9 year olds after my first campaign (like, very first). The kids are SUPER into the concept so i can’t back out.
Coffee runs in my veins and sleep is non-existent; for the next 5 days, I will be studying how to become a DM. I’ve asked what kind of game they wanna do, and I’m giving them a week (or more) to really decide if they wanna do it (9 year olds are unpredictable creatures and you must have a stick at all times: prepare for biting) and one of them has a cursing problem!!

[alyssinclair]

This came out two weeks before i GM my first game with a group of people who have never roleplayed before, thanks.

[Sam-tezm]

I've never played DnD before and my party consists of people who have never played before either. As the first DM, this was incredibly helpful and I'm so excited to try this all out. Thank you for the guidance and the whole "learn as you go; don't overwhelm yourself with knowing everything" because I was just annotating the whole guidebook lol.

[hampusgroda]

One of the important things is that if you have choosen a certain type of RP system say DnD and there is a rule you don't like or about how Exp gain work and want to change them. One great tip is that to tell your player about it and ask them also about it. Because it will be irritating if you do that without telling them about it and then when it comes up some people will either be happy or dissapointed about it

[davethescrub]

Just bought an essentials kit - fiancée expressed interest in playing DnD after watching Stranger Things - her cousin is interested as well.

As the biggest nerd of the group I figured it best if I DM their first game having only ever played twice myself.
I cannot overstate how excited I am to embark on this adventure!

[Noah_Giddens]

Why must this gets released right after I run my first game.

[orangjeuic]

don't know how i can thank you enough--this video just saved not only my first session (in 9 days) but also my mental health. i was sending myself into an anxiety/depression spiral over the mental burden i placed on myself for running the first session, but this video took all that away!! you made it so clear and so simple to follow, and now i realized that i was overthinking EVERYTHING on this, and that it really isn't as difficult as i made it out to be!

so genuinely, thank you so much <3