Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
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Narrated by:
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Colby Elliott
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Written by:
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Michael E Shea
About this listen
Five years ago, the Lazy Dungeon Master offered a simplifed approach for preparing fantasy RPGs with one clear directive: Prepare only what most benefits our games. This focus on lightweight preparation and improvisational preparation resonated with many GMs over the past five years.
But during that time and with the release of the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the world of fantasy roleplaying has changed and expanded. With five years of new systems and new ideas, all GMs have a wealth of experiences to share and explore to help us prepare and run great RPGs.
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master builds off of the concepts of the well-received GM's guidebook Lazy Dungeon Master, updating that book with five years of new experiences, new approaches, and new observations of the way people prepare and run RPGs. This new book is a completely self-contained work, which does not require anyone to have previously heard the Lazy Dungeon Master.
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master offers a new focused approach for preparing and running our roleplaying games. The book includes an eight-step guide for lightweight game preparation and is focused on how we prepare for our games, how we run our games, and how we think about our games.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Brennan
- 2023-03-30
Spend less time preparing your session than you do playing it.
This is a fantastic book that help breakdown your game session prep time into only what you need to prepare. I’ve listen to the book three times now and own the PDF version. I used to spend 6+ hours preparing for a 4 hour session. Using most of the principals in this book, I’m under two hours per session and playing more than I prepare. It turns the DM back into one of the players at the table.
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- John Le Blanc
- 2022-07-31
Useful and Inspiring
It's also a super easy read. Got the recommendation off a YouTuber. It's arguably more useful than the official DM's guide. The research component is a nice touch. A must-read for the art of refereed, cooperative, improvisational storytelling!
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- JayEC0
- 2023-01-27
Changed my games forever
My players noticed an immediate improvement after I read this book! I've been dming for 8 years and until now have never received such a positive response from my players. They love this style of dming and so do I! I used to spend 16+ hours prepping only for people to be dazing at the table, and now I can make a whole game in 1-2 hours that keeps them on the edge of their seats.
I can't recommend this book enough!!
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- King Corbeil
- 2022-10-28
Contenu très intéressant, voix pas vraiment
le contenu est intéressant et pratique mais la voix devient très agressante à la longue.
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