My D&D tech stack after 3 StartPlaying sessions: VTT: Foundry v13 (self-hosted) Character Management: D&D Beyond (content sharing = clutch) Voice: Discord Scheduling: StartPlaying Music: My own! Most important investment? Good microphone. Audio quality matters more than fancy maps. #DnD #TechStack

First Heist Night in 2 hours. Murkmire Malevolence. Players have gala tickets, formal wear, and a bag of holding. Multiple ways in. Only one way out with the egg. Seats still available: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmit75f3i003xji041ap5cl2r #DnD #HeistNight

Launching HEIST NIGHT tomorrow 7pm ET: Weekly Monday heists. Week 1: Break into a museum. Steal an egg before it hatches. Easy, right? This is Ocean's Eleven meets Lovecraft. $15. No campaign commitment. 🔗 https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmit75f3i003xji041ap5cl2r #DnD #Heist #MondayNight

Just ran my first StartPlaying session, a wacky holiday one-shot. What worked: • Physical comedy translated great to VTT • Multiplying enemies at Level 1 = real tension • Pudding puns galore First session nerves are real, but prep pays off. #GMLife #DnD

Tomorrow 2pm EST: Mystery in the Night Market. Rival families blame each other for sabotage. You must navigate the social maze, earn trust, and unmask the real culprit in this Lv1 DnD5e One-Shot mystery. 🔗 startplaying.games/adventure/cm... #DnD5e #TTRPGcommunity #learntoplay

Game prep mode: Just Desserts in 2 hours. Setting up the Winterfest banquet hall in Foundry. Holiday playlist queued. Pre-gens ready. First professional session on StartPlaying. Let's make it memorable. #DnD #OneShot https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmit8918k00skl404myyog6vk

After telling stories at Reuters, TIME, and elsewhere, I'm bringing that narrative craft to the table—literally. 🎄 Sat 10am: Winterfest Pudding Goes Bad 🌃 Sun 2pm: Night market mystery 🏛️ Mon 7pm: HEIST NIGHT - Museum heist vs eldritch egg #DnD #TTRPG https://startplaying.games/gm/thelearnedgm

Easy job: Prep the Winterfest banquet. Hang garlands. Set tables. 25gp. What could go wrong? Bad Pudding. That's what. JUST DESSERTS—Dec 6 @ 10am EST. Festive D&D comedy. Level 1. Home Alone meets The Muppets. $15/seat.

As a Pro GM: This is my favorite kind of one-shot. - Tight 3-hour arc. - Environmental hazards. - Time travel. - Combat that rewards tactics. Tomorrow 10am ET in a level 3 one-shot — Climb the Cursed Spire, prove ancient Netheril existed. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...