Wrapping up a Campaign | GMJ 330

About this episode

A roundtable discussion reflecting on the recently concluded D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, with insights from players and the GM.

This week I have a roundtable discussion with players from my D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, that recently ended. Brett, Craig, and Sam join me to discuss our experiences with D&D at high level, both as players and GM. If there’s a sweet spot for D&D level-wise, what is it? We also talk a bit about what we’d really like to see from game companies INSTEAD of big hardback adventures/campaigns that go on for 10+ levels. Finally, we talk about the end of the campaign and the final battle. The players give their perceptions on how it all turned out. There are definitely things I could’ve done better, and we discuss that, so as I always say at the top of the show, you can learn from my mistakes, or at least things I could’ve done differently and/or better. Check out my sci-fi novel, Critical Balance . Have you read Critical Balance ? Please leave a review on Amazon . Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, here’s a link to Episode 1 . If you’re interested in worldbuilding and/or my D&D campaign setting of Primordia…

People in this episode

Host: Lex Starwalker

Guests: Brett, Craig, Sam

Topics covered

• D&D
• campaign wrap-up
• high-level play
• game design
• player experiences

Keywords

• D&D
• campaign
• high level
• game design
• player feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Game Master's Journey, D&D, Adventurers of Primordia

Books & works: Critical Balance

Places: Primordia

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