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A good DM books recommendation?

Started by Cathal, April 11, 2023, 12:22:11 PM

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S'mon

#15
April 12, 2023, 11:12:39 AM
I bought a Mike Shea/Sly Flourish book, was not impressed- you get at least as much in his blog posts. Which still have major issues esp as he does not allow comments. DMDavid and Monsters and Manuals are my favourite RPG blogs.
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GhostNinja

#16
April 12, 2023, 11:31:37 AM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 10:03:49 AM
How about the books from Gary Gygax? he made two books  "Master of the Game" and "Roleplaying Mastery".

I mentioned it earlier.  I have had it since I started gaming so many users ago.

I need to reread it and brush up on his advice.
Ghostninja

Cathal

#17
April 12, 2023, 11:37:49 AM
Quote from: GhostNinja on April 12, 2023, 11:31:37 AM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 10:03:49 AM
How about the books from Gary Gygax? he made two books  "Master of the Game" and "Roleplaying Mastery".

I mentioned it earlier.  I have had it since I started gaming so many users ago.

I need to reread it and brush up on his advice.

oh ok I thought you were referring to AD&D 1E DM
"I tell everybody it's gonna work that way, because I said so. So, sit down, grow up and let's go." - Tim Kask
About the rules... "Give it to us raw, and wriggling."

GhostNinja

#18
April 12, 2023, 11:40:27 AM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 11:37:49 AM
Quote from: GhostNinja on April 12, 2023, 11:31:37 AM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 10:03:49 AM
How about the books from Gary Gygax? he made two books  "Master of the Game" and "Roleplaying Mastery".

I mentioned it earlier.  I have had it since I started gaming so many users ago.

I need to reread it and brush up on his advice.

oh ok I thought you were referring to AD&D 1E DM

Rereading what I posted, it wasn't clear what I was mentioning.  My Bad.

*edit* Fixed my entry to be totally clear
Ghostninja

Cathal

#19
April 12, 2023, 11:53:27 AM
Quote from: atomic on April 11, 2023, 10:45:31 PM
In addition to the 1e DMG, I'll shill Arbiter of Worlds by Alexander Macris (author of ACKS).

He recently started a YouTube channel. Check out this episode to learn how WOTC gives you syphilis: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iRXoGci1pBE

;D I was watching his video, one of his stories resonate with me, to roll at the open. One of my game, I decide to let my friend roll a couple of dice for me. She was very curious "what is D&D" so we played couple of times.

In the last game I decided to let her draw their own destiny  ;D. Suddenly she was more aware of the situation, playing better than the last time. I let her fudge a couple of dice while we were laughing, until at one point she was consecutively rolling bad dice. I tell her hey! You are cheating while we laugh, at the third failed die, I said to her, sorry, but you are so dead haha she never took it badly, she liked it.
"I tell everybody it's gonna work that way, because I said so. So, sit down, grow up and let's go." - Tim Kask
About the rules... "Give it to us raw, and wriggling."

GhostNinja

#20
April 12, 2023, 12:06:26 PM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 11:53:27 AM
;D I was watching his video, one of his stories resonate with me, to roll at the open. One of my game, I decide to let my friend roll a couple of dice for me. She was very curious "what is D&D" so we played couple of times.

I liked his advice but the video really didn't need to go for 15 minutes.   A lot of repeating and his flexing about how long he has been gaming like anyone really cares.  I hate arrogant people, especially when they are arrogant about things that don't matter.  If you are a good GM/DM fine.  Keep it to yourself.

Otherwise his advice is spot on.
Ghostninja

jeff37923

#21
April 12, 2023, 12:14:47 PM
"Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!" from R Talsorian Games has helped me out countless times.
"Meh."

Angry Goblin

#22
April 12, 2023, 12:35:31 PM
Btw. has anyone read books by the "Great GM"?  (the host of the YouTube channel etc.)

I´v got lot of good GM advice from that channel in the past (haven´t watched the channel for a while)
though haven´t read his books yet.
Hârn is not for you.

GhostNinja

#23
April 12, 2023, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: jeff37923 on April 12, 2023, 12:14:47 PM
"Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!" from R Talsorian Games has helped me out countless times.

I am looking through this now.  There is no such thing as too much information.
Ghostninja

Theory of Games

#24
April 12, 2023, 02:02:30 PM
+10 to Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering by that guy.

Graham Walmsley's Play Unsafe: How Improvisation Can Change The Way You Roleplay.

John Wick's Play Dirty and the sequel, Play Dirty 2 - Even Dirtier.

TTRPGs are just games. Friends are forever.

GeekyBugle

#25
April 12, 2023, 03:20:55 PM
For world building and adventure crafting the Sine Nomine books have a crapton of tables and you can get the no-art PDF for free in DTTRPG.
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Cathal

#26
April 12, 2023, 10:22:59 PM Last Edit: April 12, 2023, 10:36:53 PM by Cathal
How about the Kobold Guide to Gamemastering? I read in a blog that the book have a weird chapter with American politics in it, besides that, the rest of advices in the book are good? In the cover have the names Frank Mentzer and Dave Cook.
"I tell everybody it's gonna work that way, because I said so. So, sit down, grow up and let's go." - Tim Kask
About the rules... "Give it to us raw, and wriggling."

Angry Goblin

#27
April 13, 2023, 01:14:21 AM
Quote from: Cathal on April 12, 2023, 10:22:59 PM
How about the Kobold Guide to Gamemastering? I read in a blog that the book have a weird chapter with American politics in it, besides that, the rest of advices in the book are good? In the cover have the names Frank Mentzer and Dave Cook.

I have the book on my shelf and I´v read it, though only thing that comes to my mind about it is that it was nothing special so I can´t help you
with a detailed answer, sorry!
Hârn is not for you.

Mishihari

#28
April 13, 2023, 01:41:52 AM
AD&D DM's guide.  Rules aside (not that there's anything wrong with them) I learned more from Gary's advice, recommendations, and writing style about being a good gamemaster than I have from any other book.  Which is not to say that you should take everything as gospel - there are points I disagree with.  But even the stuff you don't agree with is useful to think about and figure out exactly why you don't agree with it.

S'mon

#29
April 13, 2023, 02:02:15 AM Last Edit: April 13, 2023, 02:03:48 AM by S'mon
I'll agree with everyone else that the 1e DMG is essential reading/browsing/inspiration. It is best to read it alongside OD&D The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures though - Gygax seems to have assumed that everyone reading the DMG would have already read OD&D! So the essential megadungeon campaign stuff in OD&D is pretty well all missing from the 1e DMG. OD&D also has some important snippets about creating a domain, eg typical initial number of hamlets & population, missing from 1e.
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