Game Master's Journey
Game Master’s Journey is a discussion podcast for GMs and players of Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPGs hosted by Lex Starwalker. The show explores strategies players and GMs can use to enhance the gaming experience for everyone at the table. Lex also discusses the creation of his homebrew D&D setting, Primordia, providing a valuable worldbuilding resource for DMs creating their own setting.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 297
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Blood of the Avatars 42: Save or Suck part 1 | GMJ 309
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. We return to the ongoing battle with demons from an Abyssal rift.
01:29:13 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Blood of the Avatars 41: Abyssal Rift part 2 | GMJ 308
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. Our heroes must deal with a rift to the Abyss and lots of demons. This is part 2 of the session.
01:14:42 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Blood of the Avatars 40: Abyssal Rift part 1 | GMJ 307
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. Our heroes must deal with a rift to the Abyss and lots of demons.
01:22:50 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Blood of the Avatars 39: Who Are You Wearing? part 2 | GMJ 306
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. The party deals with the loss of Edo, Avatar of Elandra. They learn more about the World Axis, and they get a look of some of what they’re up agains…
01:17:48 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Blood of the Avatars 38: Who Are You Wearing? part 1 | GMJ 305
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. The party deals with the loss of Edo, Avatar of Elandra. They learn more about the World Axis, and they get a look of some of what they’re up agains…
01:14:53 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Blood of the Avatars 37: Edo Elandra part 2 | GMJ 304
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. The party continues their search for the avatar, Edo Elandra. This is part 2 of the session.
00:55:36 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Blood of the Avatars 36: Edo Elandra part 1 | GMJ 303
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. The party continues their search for the avatar, Edo Elandra.
01:17:18 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Blood of the Avatars 35: Damn 'Yankis part 2 | GMJ 302
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues. This is part 2 of the session.
01:14:14 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Blood of the Avatars 34: Damn 'Yankis part 1 | GMJ 301
Our D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, continues.
01:36:09 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Blood of the Avatars 31: Session Zero Number Two | GMJ 298
I’ve returned to my Blood of the Avatars D&D campaign after a four year hiatus. This is a session zero we had as we prepared to get the campaign going again.
02:18:22 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
You Can Do Anything! Improvisation vs. Preparation & Why Creating Balanced Encounters is a Pipe Dream | GMJ 297
Welcome to Season 17! I’ve returned to the show. In this episode I discuss how I’ve begun to improvise more and prepare less as a GM. I also talk about why the idea of creating balanced encounters is…
00:52:42 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Vampire: The Masquerade Part 3 | GMJ 296
I continue my overview of Vampire: the Masquerade by White Wolf Games. This week I talk about the virtues and humanity, backgrounds, diablerie, frenzy, rotschrek, and awarding and spending experience…
01:31:57 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Vampire: The Masquerade Part 2 | GMJ 295
I continue my overview of Vampire: the Masquerade by White Wolf Games. This week I go over the Disciplines—the various vampiric powers—as well as the clans of vampires. I also talk about generation a…
01:23:30 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Vampire: The Masquerade Part 1 | GMJ 294
I give an overview of Vampire: The Masquerade RPG by White Wolf Games. In this first part I talk about some of the things I’ve learned from Vampire that have made me the GM I am today. I discuss how …
01:18:30 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
The Storyteller System by White Wolf | GMJ 293
This week I give a brief introduction to the Storyteller RPG system by White Wolf. This is the system used for the World of Darkness games, including Vampire: the Masquerade, Werewolf: the Apocalypse…
01:36:14 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Adventure Paths, Mage & Vignettes | GMJ 292
Craig joins me again today to continue our discussion of his Mage chronicle. We talk more about the open-ended magic system of Mage and how, to a large degree, the biggest limitation is the players’ …
01:10:13 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Mage the Ascension & Mechanics- vs. Narrative-Focused Games | GMJ 291
Craig joins me to discuss his Mage chronicle he’s running. What is it like running a game where the player characters can do just about anything they can imagine? We also talk about the differences b…
01:24:23 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
My Ideal RPG System | GMJ 290
I’m often asked if I’ve ever considered creating my own RPG system, and the answer is Yes! Today I talk about some of the features that my ideal RPG system would have.
00:53:31 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
My Approach to Game Mastering & Returning to the World of Darkness | GMJ 289
I field some questions from listener-GM Matt Yancik on topics of game mastering: my GM philosophy, managing the table & players, and GMing compared to playing. I then talk a bit about the new Mage: t…
01:27:30 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Problem Solving & Combat | GMJ 288
This week I resurrect the show to discuss how problem solving can be a refreshing alternative to combat in your RPG.
01:02:56 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
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