#dungeonmasters — Public Fediverse posts
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Extra points if you can identify the dungeon map I'm holding up in this thumbnail:
"Go Ahead. Share (Nearly) Everything With Your Players"
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/08/full-disclosure-dnd-dm-adventure/
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ILc4xPLnLpo [6 min] -
"Go Ahead. Share (Nearly) Everything With Your Players"
Revealing lore a little at a time is a best practice, but that doesn't mean it's the only way to have a fun game. It can be a blast to reveal nearly every detail up front. Learn the key tricks to make this work at your table, and be prepared to have a ton of fun.
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/08/full-disclosure-dnd-dm-adventure/
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ILc4xPLnLpo [6 min] -
My D&D group (teens at the public library) has players drop out and new ones join on a regular basis. Handling the introduction of new players to an existing group is our S.O.P.
Here are 3 tips in under 3 minutes for how to handle that:
WATCH: https://youtu.be/dvWiQBJ1f1E [2 min 6 sec]
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/07/introduce-new-dnd-characters-players/#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #DMtips #DungeonMasters #DnDTips #NewCharacters #DnDCharacters
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NEW: How to Quickly Add New Characters & Players to an Existing D&D Group
This is part of a series where I give three tips for your D&D game in three minutes or less.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/dvWiQBJ1f1E [2 min 6 sec]
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/07/introduce-new-dnd-characters-players/#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #DMtips #DungeonMasters #DnDTips #NewCharacters #DnDCharacters
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JUST RELEASED:
New DMs worry when their players don't seem to be having a good time. Experienced DMs do too, honestly. I cover what's actually going on and what both DMs and players can do about it.
READ: https://ruckerworks.com/2026/06/dnd-game-not-fun-advice-dms-players/
WATCH: https://youtu.be/0AeKMTiuCjk [7 min 21 sec]#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #roleplayinggames #DungeonMasters #DMadvice #PlayerAdvice
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‘Dungeon Masters’: D&D Maker Sets ‘Arcana Unleashed’ as Season 2 Campaign for Actual-Play TV Series (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #DungeonMasters #DungeonsDragons #WizardsoftheCoasthttps://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dungeon-masters-season-2-arcana-unleashed-release-date-1236788824/
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Not all D&D game sessions are created equal. Sometimes, both players and DM say "Meh" and hope the next session is more fun.
I talk about this uncomfortable reality and what both DMs and players can do about it in tomorrow's article and video.
Stay tuned!
https://ruckerworks.com/blog/
https://www.youtube.com/@ruckerworks/#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #roleplayinggames #DungeonMasters #DMadvice #PlayerAdvice
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🔥BEWARE OF THE DUNGEON MASTER(S)🔥
June 19 is not only the release day of our third album ETERNAL DAGGER, but finally our debut album DUNGEON MASTERS will finally see its first re-press on vinyl and CD!
For obvious reasons, this album holds a special place in our hearts. It also contains some of the absolute fan favourites like Black Magic Spells, Born under the Tower, or Heavy Metal Generation.
We recorded the album at the legendary Toxomusic Studio in Koblenz, the same place Cruel Force recorded their debut album THE RISE OF SATANIC MIGHT. #HeavyMetal #IronKobra #SpeedMetal #DungeonMasters #CruelForce #metal
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I release new D&D content every Thursday.
Tomorrow's video and article is all about DM burnout, what it looks like, how to avoid it, and how players can help.
Stay tuned!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ruckerworks/
Blog: https://ruckerworks.com/blog/#DnD #DungeonMasters #DungeonsAndDragons #TTRPG #DungeonMasterTips #TabletopRPG #Gaming
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‘Dungeon Masters’ Host Jasmine Bhullar on Running D&D Without Licensing Restraints for New Actual-Play Show: ‘We Can Call Everything By Its Right Name’
#Variety #News #DungeonMasters #DungeonsDragons #JasmineBhullar #WizardsoftheCoasthttps://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dungeon-masters-premiere-jasmine-bhullar-dm-1236728254/
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Nevermind? or Youtube Friendly Unit Shifter? Jasmine Bhullar, DesiQuest creator and Marquet co-builder, takes the DM screen for Wizards of the Coast's Dungeon Masters, launching on YouTube April 22nd with a Ravenloft: The Horrors Within tie-in, timed to sell the sourcebook on June 16th.
#DungeonMasters #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #WizardsOfTheCoast #ActualPlay #CriticalRole
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/wizards-of-the-coast-announce-dungeon-masters-actual-play-series -
One aspect of being a DM that everyone knows intuitively but I've never seen overtly expressed is:
You never outrun your need for new ideas.
The ideas themselves can come from many sources, which is one of my most talked-about topics on my blog and YouTube channel.
To help other DMs, I share my ideas for encounters, adventures, and campaigns in a searchable web-based tool called The Vault. Check it out.
https://ruckerworks.com/vault/
#DnD #TTRPG #DungeonMasters #AdventureIdeas #roleplayinggames
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@audreygwinter Context: I'm looking at running some seminars or classes at my local library to teach people how to become #DnD dungeon masters. I've done this twice before, but that was an individual effort, not groups.
Q: Does becoming a DM have prerequisites, like playing the game for X years beforehand? Other requirements?
Q: What are the basics a person must learn to start out as a DM?
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#DnD question, and I ask this from a position of having the curse of knowledge:
How hard is it to learn how to be a Dungeon Master, really?
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@vnikolov @benroyce
There's a couple of quick murder-hobo mentions in this one. (Video contains advertising at the end but I think you won't mind it.) -
The "#THAC0 is not subtraction" argument is especially infuriating to me, because it's popular on #reddit, and dependent on the idea that #DungeonMasters were supposed to announce opponents #ArmorClass to players. That's a really amateurish style of old school. No adult should play like that, or defend play like that.
Still, it's maybe not as bad at whatever the fuck https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/THAC0 is trying to say.
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COMING THU 8/28: "How to Run a One-shot D&D Game With Zero Prep"
This video will contain practical tips to help you handle the spontaneous one-shot. Stay tuned!
Check out my other videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ruckerworks
#dnd #fantasy #dungeonmasters #oneshot #adventureideas #ttrpg
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D&D. Vine Blights. Please subscribe. 🐉🎲🔥#dmdaze #rattlebonesfigardin #dndmemes #ttrpgmemes #rpgmemes #crithappens #allthingsdnd#dungeonsanddragonsmemes #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmasterlife #dungeonmaster #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #tabletoprpg #dndgoblin #dungeonsanddragons5e #tabletoproleplaying #dungeonmastertips #dungeonmasters #allthingsdnd
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I plan to post a video soon about how a recent camping trip got my D&D and creative juices flowing. Meanwhile, here's a video I posted recently with tips on how you can find your creative muse:
VIDEO: Dungeon Masters, Find Your Creative Muse!
#dnd #dungeonmasters #campaign #fantasy #ttrpg #creativity #amwriting #muse #authors
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A player in the teens D&D group I run asked if their character can wield a +2 Squeegee.
Rule of Cool to the rescue!
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More evidence Mastodon is awesome:
For my most recent video [ Table Tales ep. 1 - "It was awesome! Don't ever do it again!" ] posted last week, 52% of traffic came from Mastodon alone. It took 7 other sources of clicks to generate the other 48% of traffic.
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Sometimes I will deliberately go for a walk, ride or drive to build up my creative juices when planning a D&D campaign. It helps me get out of creative ruts.
VIDEO: Dungeon Masters, Find Your Creative Muse!
#dnd #dungeonmasters #campaign #fantasy #ttrpg #creativity #amwriting #muse #authors
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As a new content creator on YouTube, I'm working to put out a new video every week. It's fascinating to see which ones gain in popularity the quickest...
Rule of Cool: There are no squeegees in D&D!
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Can you relate?
"I used to be a railroading Dungeon Master, but I'm all better now!"
ARTICLE plus VIDEO:
https://ruckerworks.com/2025/04/railroading-killed-my-dd-campaign/
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Which do you prefer, to read the text in an article or watch a video of the same content?
Dungeon Masters, Find Your Creative Muse!
ARTICLE: https://ruckerworks.com/2025/04/dungeon-masters-find-your-creative-muse/
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/QLxmKxSdPls
#dnd #dungeonmasters #campaign #fantasy #ttrpg #creativity #amwriting #BookSky #authors
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Calypso: LLMs as Dungeon Masters' Assistants [pdf]
https://andrewhead.info/assets/pdf/calypso.pdf
#HackerNews #Calypso #LLMs #DungeonMasters #Assistants #pdf #GameDesign #AI
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I made a mistake that killed my D&D campaign. Learn what my fatal error was and how you can keep this one thing from destroying your game, too.