A COLLECTION OF GUIDES AND TIPS FROM THE (Jedi) MASTERS

VIDEO GUIDES

• Matt Colville's Running the Game

• Matthew Mercer's GM Tips

• Sly Flourish - Helping New DMs

• Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

• How to be a Good DM

• How to be a Great Game Master

• Advanced DM Tips

STARTING A NEW HOMEBREW CAMPAIGN

• Session Zero Checklist for Starting a New Campaign

  • Exhaustive list of Table Rules you may want to review with your players

  • Edited version of Table Rules for Online D&D Groups

• Session Zero Handout - Shows the DM what kind of players they have. Includes space to write character info.

• How to Make a Campaign TL;DR

TEXT GUIDES

• [Reddit] The Complete Hippo - great for worldbuilding

• System-neutral GM tips

• Sly Flourish Tips for New Dungeon Masters

  • Sly Flourish Article Archive (Use ctrl-f to find stuff)

• The Ten Commandments of GMing

• Matt Colville's written advice to new GMs

• So You Want to DM: Advice for New Players

• Geek and Sundry's Basic Tips for a Novice DM

• [GoblinsComic] Dungeon Master Tips

• [NewbieDM] 87 GM Tips

• [Kassoon] DM Lessons

• Lithyscaphe - DMing in old-school style

• On Being a Dungeon Master for Kids