Marissa A. asks – I’m running a D&D game for my group. We’ve been playing together for a while and two other people have run campaigns already. It’s my turn now and I want to do something different. The first campaign was very focused on dungeon exploration and the second one had a lot of …

Jason A. asks – I’m the DM for a 5e Dungeons and Dragons campaign. There are five players, including my brother Mike, my brother’s best friend Kate and my brother’s best friend’s husband Jared. The campaign has been happening weekly for just about six months, and Jared’s behavior has made it a really tough six …

Luca asks – I go to a lot of gaming cons and one of my favorite things to do is to play pick-up D&D games. I’d like to have my own one-shot so that I can run games as well as play them. What’s the best way to build a one-shot to play with folks …

Dan asks – Hi! I’m putting out feelers to see who  may be interested in an upcoming campaign I want to run. This will be my second campaign. My first was a two year long D&D 5E that started with three players and eventually went down to two. So far, six people said they would …

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Ezra asks – I’ve just started GMing a Pathfinder campaign (we’re one session in), and the PCs have rolled for their stats. However, one player is just really really lucky, and is good at everything (think 18s and 20s). He’s better than the other players at everything, so they just feel useless. For any given …

Robin asks – I’m the GM of a campaign in the Eberron D&D setting. In one of the early sessions, the party came across (and got betrayed by) an artificer named Hargrave. They confronted him in his house and, unexpectedly, the battle went really sideways for the players and all four characters were wiped out. …

Matt asks – I’m planning a campaign, and it’ll be the third one I’ve run. The first two were very long – the first lasted three years and the second is still going on after two years. I don’t want this game to last as long… but I’m not sure what the best way to …

Andy asks – I’m running a campaign for four friends. One of my friends, who I’ll call Lucas, is a good, friendly guy but is playing a character who is condescending and abrasive. Discussions about what to do in a certain situation as dominated by his character, who constantly mocks and belittles everyone else. I’ve …

Kevin asks – Some former players want to revisit an old campaign that we retired about four years ago. The problem is I can’t remember everything that happened. I still have the character sheets but my notes are really incomplete. How can I run a game if I don’t have a full recollection of what …