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What and How to Prepare In Advance For the Next Session? [duplicate]
So I'm starting a new campaign with a group this week, I'm the DM with 4 PC's (2 are long-time RPers and 2 are fairly new to D&D).
I've got notes made for the first session, how the party meets, ...
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How do I avoid "prepping too much"? [duplicate]
I'm prepping a hexcrawl-style game, my first sandbox game ever, and I'm expending all the online resources I can to learn how to run them and prep them. I'm actually having a lot of fun (and work) ...
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How do I escape the Quicksand Box?
I have a very significant problem whenever I try GMing any given game; I try to provide a world with a lot of wiggle room for the characters as well as factions/NPCs they interact with. Oftentimes my ...
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Structure for a political sandbox game
I am looking for a fairly structured approach to creating, preparing for, and running a political game.
To be more precise, I am looking for the following:
A structured approach or even a game ...
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How much, and what kind of, advance planning is appropriate for a sandbox campaign?
New GM attemping to get ideas for a campaign down something similar to a tabletop fallout game.
How much info is too much info for general prep? Can there ever be too much? Or is there a general ...
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DM organization ideas for Sandbox campaign
I have over the past couple months been putting together Ideas on how I would run an All Flesh Must Be Eaten campaign. How do other DMs organize their Bads or Locations that the PC's might wish to ...
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