
Ep70: Running Resource Restricted Games
Whether it's time, money, food and water, or other resources, running a resource restricted game can add a new dimension at your table. In addition to making player choices matter, restricting resour...
15 Jun 202353min

Ep69: Encouraging Player Collaboration
When players don't get along, it can make your session take forever to get anywhere. Whether it's simply buying in that everyone is on the same team or having a decision mechanism when players don't ...
1 Jun 202349min

Ep68: My Favorite Monster - The Good Guys
Join us for another episode of our occasional series, My Favorite Monster. In this episode we're talking about good-aligned monsters that you can put against your evil party. Whether it's the always...
20 Jan 202348min

Ep67: Play Something Different
As hard as it may be to believe, D&D isn't the only tabletop roleplaying game around. So it's possible that you'll end up in a place where you want to play something different at your table. In this...
24 Des 202242min

Ep66: When Players Leave Your Table
Eventually you will have a situation where players need to leave the table that you're running a game at. Whether it's because of life changes that don't give them as much time for games or because o...
10 Des 202247min

Ep65: It’s a Trap!
Want to add a little more variety and challenge as the players move up to the final encounter of a dungeon? Adding a trap, or more than one, to your dungeon can increase immersion, and cause your pla...
10 Nov 202259min

Ep64: Running Games for First Time Players
Maybe you've had some co-workers that you've been trying to get to play a game with you for some time. Or maybe some friends knew that you run games and just recently watched something that raised th...
27 Okt 202256min

Ep63: Running Thanksgiving Themed Games
Gobble gobble! It's the time of year when many DMs think about running Thanksgiving Themed Games! In this episode of becomingDM, John and Danielle discuss some things to keep in mind if you're wanti...
8 Okt 202251min




















