Interest for a DM workshop?

[cat4laugh]

Would you be interested in a series of Dungeon Master Workshops?

This poll is anonymous

• Yes
• I’m good

Hey all my name is cat4laugh/Jonas and I have DMed in and around for RPGVienna for 5+ years now. Whenever the topic of new players and DMs comes up I encounter a lot of fear of “doing things wrong” or “not knowing where to start” which I totally understand - my first few games were riddled with anxiety.

There is one harsh truth however:

Nothing will help you learn running a game and what you enjoy about it quite as fast as actually running it yourself.

But I think we can still get you prepared pretty well!

So would you all be interested in a short series of dm workshops. We would physically meet up at WoWKeepers, I will prep the topic of the day for a brief period of time and then we would end in an open discussion/Q&A kind of format.

• Effective session prep (without overdoing it!)
• The art of improvisation and thinking on your feet
• Worldbuilding that feels alive but manageable
• Tips for running engaging combat encounters
• Managing different player types and group dynamics

If there is enough interest, I will start organizing something more concrete. Feel free to suggest more topics below if you are interested. Have a lovely start of the week!

[Atanen]

This is exactly what I was looking for! I just really hope, that it doesn’t interfere with my holidays (25-31. August)!

[ari]

I would be interested but it would depend on what days the workshops are if I could attend

It would be nice to create a one-shot/adventure together! I definitely struggle with what is good pacing in the planning stage so I think knowing other people’s approach would be helpful (that probably falls under effective session prep?)

[Kirgul]

I’d be interested too! (But yes, depends on the date) My biggest problem and fear as a dm is improv

@Andrew_D probably also interested

[Andrew_D]

Definitely interested