Dungeons and Dragons: Tips for dungeon masters 21 Articles

by Steven Laskoske

DMing is the most complex aspect of the game. You prepare the adventure, act as eyes and ears for the characters, play monsters and NPCs, deal with problems and questions, give out rewards and basically serve as the focal...read more

by Matt Lau

If you are a new Dungeon Master, then running a game can be a daunting task. But then again, any task is daunting when it is new. Even walking was hard when you were seven months old, but most of us are no longer intimidat...read more

by Kayanne Nelson

The role of Dungeon Master has always been my favorite part to play. It's not that I don't like playing a character, and it's not the power of being in control of the whole game. No, what I like is being immersed in all as...read more

by Joseph Mohr

Being the dungeon master is a creative experience. You are the creator of the world, the monsters and non-player characters in the world. You basically create the entire planet as well as the story line that the players en...read more

by Dave Franklin

Below are a few guide lines to aid the DM run a successful and interesting campaign. 1.Ideas. Where do you get the ideas that form the basis of your adventures. The most obvious place is to read the rules, then read ...read more

by Len Morse

Dungeons & Dragons players, whether novice or advanced, want to immerse themselves in a fantasy world for a few hours. It is your job as Dungeon Master not only to create that world, with all of its denizens, dangers, trea...read more

by Bob Younce

The Dungeon master is the hub of any successful Dungeons and Dragons game. The Dungeon Master who wants to succeed has to be focused, prepared, organized, and creative if he or she is going to provide a quality experience...read more

by Robert Wheater

Some DM's become stuck, it happens to all of us at one point or another. Sometimes, every hook you think of seems empty and hollow. I have been running games for over 20 years, far shorter than some but I believe that in t...read more

by John Harper

There is obviously more to being a DM (Dungeon Master), than knowing the rules and statistics. A DM is like a guide. He or she is the world in which the players interact. It is the DM's job to tell the story of the players...read more

by Chatty DM

The special challenge of Dungeon Mastering for adult gamers A short while ago, there was quite an interesting discussion going on over a well known D&D Forum about "The Dungeon Masters (DMs) having become the Dungeon Se...read more

by Allen Mccullar

Above all, the Dungeon Master(DM) is a master politician. He must have superb math-ematical skills, acute psychological perception and the ability to bullshit his way out of any situation. Last, but not the very least, h...read more

by Everett Jankowski Sr.

A big tip for up and coming Dungeon Master is imagination. If you do not have a good imagination then you'll be no use to your players. The best Dungeon masters I've ever played for had a good aptitude for their story...read more

by William Offutt

One of the best investments as a DM was the time to create one hundred fantasy names for use in the gameworld. That way I can reuse and reuse the same list for the 'anonymous' npc's that characters inevitably choose to int...read more

by Eric Pitcher

A DM (Dungeon Master) is an interactive story teller of a mythical land where evil is a bound and a band of Heroes making their way. A DM is a hard role to take on. If one should decide to become a DM there are several are...read more

by Matthew Ryan

Rule Number One: Don't let your temper interfere with the game. I know this from experience. I gamed a lot as a teen-ager; small groups, usually; just a few close friends. And, I admit it, I had a problem with my temper...read more

by Roger Lynn

The world of being a DM can be just as exciting for you as it can be for your players.I have been the DM in the majority of the campaign's me and my friends play and although i play a character as well i still enjoy the fu...read more

by Allan M. Heller

A veteran Dungeons and Dragons player for many years, and not afraid to admit this, I have conceived Fifty More Adventure Ideas (for Dungeons and Dragons), my expansion to the One Hundred Adventure Ideas on page 44 of The ...read more

by Tad Wesley

If you are interested in becoming a game master for a role playing game, there are certainly some things to keep in mind to be an effective one, and run a game your players will really enjoy. The first thing is to know ...read more

by Benjamin Lomax

First of all, everyone knows Dungeon Masters are Gods, and what God needs advice from mere mortals? But for those Gods who might seek out their fellow Gods from a different world, here are some tips that I've come up with ...read more

by Darvin Martin

Anyone that's been one can agree that while being a DM is great fun, its also really hard work. How can playing a game be hard work? Well, being a DM is about more than knowing the rules and creating adventures. It's ab...read more