Episode 46

Ideas for Campaign First Sessions

This is How To Be A Better DM. Today we will discussing the Why and What of campaign first sessions.

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Tanner Weyland

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Justin Lewis

Justin has been playing D&D for about 5 years and has been DMing for the last 2. He is a student of the game and genuinely loves the art of storytelling. In his day-job he performs SEO at an agency called NPDigital, but at night, he furthers the hobby of cooperative storytelling that is Dungeons and Dragons.