5 Principles That Made My TTRPGs Better

Thoughts on some GMing philosophies I've adopted over a 40+year career.

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Special thanks to James Arnold Taylor and Gabor Vida

00:00 Introduction
00:44 GenCon 2023
02:39 There should always be Conflict
05:31 Push against the World and it pushes back
08:16 Don't Overdo the Conflict
11:02 Make it Personal
13:41 Keep Organized