Five Scenes

Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! Five scenes is all you're likely to get through in a four-hour RPG session. Narrow your prep down to the five scenes you might run to help you focus and avoid getting lost in the vast and overwhelming possibilities of the worlds you create. What are the five potential scenes in your next game? Overprep is a common problem among gamemasters. We often feel like we need to prepare more than we actually do and, the more we prep, the more we might force the game into one particular direction instead of letting the game flow from the actions of the characters and the reactions of the world. The vastness of the worlds we create out of the depths of our imaginations and expand with the imaginations of our friends around the table can be paralyzing. Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master offers a framework to help us focus our prep while swimming in the vast seas and unknown depths of our games. Step 2 of these eight steps is…