About this episode

The episode shares horror stories from early days of GM'ing and offers tips to improve as a game master while discussing Vampire: The Masquerade.

We're sharing HORROR stories from our early days GM'ing for D&D or other TTRPG's, giving tips on how to improve as a game master, and digging deeper into Vampire: The Masquerade on D&D Beyond. Pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bound by Blood: https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/4IQF87I?pid=DB4IQF87I Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd: @ToddKenreck Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor: @jberrt Topics: 00:00 - GM Horror Stories! 08:27 - Lorecast SURPRISE interview? 10:53 - Arcana Unleashed subclasses 14:45 - Free RPG Day 17:51 - Diana Jones Award nominees 20:38 - First WotC workers union 21:34 - V:tM Bound by Blood 29:21 - Easy GM mistakes? 38:56 - Level up your GM'ing 50:51 - Player consequences

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Dael, Todd, Shawn

Topics covered

• Game Master skills
• D&D
• Horror stories
• Vampire: The Masquerade
• TTRPG tips
• Player consequences

Keywords

• Game Master
• D&D
• TTRPG
• Vampire: The Masquerade
• horror stories
• improvement tips
• player consequences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ghostfire Gaming, D&D Beyond, WotC

Products: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bound by Blood

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