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Storytellers need to act out, narrate, and engage in witty repartee from a variety of NPC’s—often without any warning.

Sometimes things get dull, predictable, and stale.

The Good DM has done more damage to the self-esteem of many talented and creative DMs than anyone else in their lives.

D&D and RPGs are more popular than ever! And yet, despite this looking so much like a new golden era, for a lot of people it feels hollow.

Here’s what you have to look forward to in the year to come:

Cities, towns, villages, and other settlements are an integral part of any TTRPG campaign.

For young players, try having the discussion about what different alignments mean for your campaign setting, but don’t have them adhere to a strict label.

You don’t need to know everything, have all the books or the minis or the terrain to become a DM.

The best tales climax when the heroes must choose between what they’ve learned is right and an easy route to what they thought they wanted.

When you interact with your friends, you watch your world come alive in ways you wouldn’t have dreamed.

The notion of your D&D character having a background is integral to fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Regardless of which ruleset you use, every fan of D&D should include running or drawing from the Deck of Many Things on their bucket list.

Kelly Lynn D’Angelo is joined by David Nett to discuss creative and inventive spell casting!

My initial foray into running a game was disastrous, but I didn’t let that stop me from pushing through and trying again.

These games are ones I’ve been using in my own games for a while.

D&D is a genre, not a single game.