Part IV: How to Play DnD (Remastered!) Session 0 - Successfully Establishing Game Expectations

Are you new to the world of TTRPGs or looking for ways to improve your skills as new Dungeon Master or looking for the best tips and advice on how to safely and effectively run a successful gaming session? On this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast we discuss Session 0, pitching game ideas, establishing expectations, and collaborative character creation. We also recommend helpful tools such as pre-game surveys, the “X Card”, improv games, and tools like Decuma and Curse of Strahd’s Tarroka deck. Keep reading to get the most out of your gaming session!

Special thanks to @Winglady14 on Twitter and on the RPGBOT.Discord for the question of the week.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 7 – Character Optimization
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 9 – Death
• RPGBOT.Podcast S2 E8 – Adapting Media to a Tabletop RPG (Part 1)
• RPGBOT.News – Caleb Valorozo-Jones on Neurodiversity in TTRPGs
• RPGBOT.News – Jonathan G. Nelson of AAW Games

Articles from RPGBOT.net

• General – Party Relationships
• General – Pre-Game Survey

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Curse of Strahd (affiliate link)
• Eberron: Rising from the Last War (affiliate link)
• Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (affiliate link)

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