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
GMJ 227: Day & Night, Darkness & Light
Lex investigates the rules and (not-so) common sense of darkness & light in D&D.
01:21:16 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
GMJ 226: Hinterlands of Elandria 13: The Unicorn, the Dryad and the Great Faerie Oak Tree
The PCs finally reach the magic tree and negotiate with Anna, the dryad, for a seedling to take back to Dianara’s Rest.
03:01:04 |
Mon 23 Apr 2018
GMJ 225: Hinterlands of Elandria 12: Faeries Wear Boots
The PCs enter the Faerie Forest and search for the magic tree. They get to know their new companion Dahlia, and they learn that not all denizens of Faerie are friendly.
03:08:32 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
GMJ 224: Hinterlands of Elandria 11: Journey to the Faerie Forest
The PCs continue their journey to the Faerie Forest, and they meet a new companion along the way.
02:19:52 |
Thu 12 Apr 2018
GMJ 223: DMG Chapter 4: Creating Nonplayer Characters
Lex returns to his exploration of the DMG. He discusses Chapter 4: Creating Nonplayer Characters. This chapter has lots of useful advice and tables for fleshing out your NPCs.
01:55:47 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
GMJ 222: Hinterlands of Elandria Vignette 10.1: Jaime as Marcos
In the latest installment of the Hinterlands of Elandria D&D actual play, Lex gets together with Jaime to flesh out the backstory of his character, Marcos the College of Lore Bard.
00:22:23 |
Thu 05 Apr 2018
GMJ 221: Does a New DM Need to Know the Rules to Run D&D?
How much of the rules should you know as a beginning GM? Lex gives a breakdown of where the basic rules of the game can be found and what to focus on. He also gives his thoughts on how to approach ca…
01:16:22 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
GMJ 220: Relics of Power, New Players, Organized Play, Feedback & More!
This episode's topics of discussion are guided by fantastic feedback from listener-GMs. Lex discusses his new Relics of Power supplement for D&D, some thoughts about organized play as a first experie…
01:52:26 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
GMJ 219: Hinterlands of Elandria 10: Critical Weasel
This week the PCs continue their struggle against the horrors spewing from the rift to the far realms. They meet a new friend and have to save a friend from a fate worse than death.
03:13:12 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
GMJ 218: Hinterlands of Elandria 09: Magic & Brawn
Things get real in this episode as the PCs endure the consequences of past actions. They also are reminded that the Breaking of the World and the Time of Rifts are still occurring in Primordia.
03:08:14 |
Mon 19 Mar 2018
GMJ 217: Hinterlands of Elandria Vignette 08.1: Fir in Elandria
This episode is a vignette featuring Fir, the fire genasi lore master wizard. Fir returns to Elandria to report back to Druinda on what the party has found in the village of Dianara’s Rest. While she…
00:53:25 |
Sat 17 Mar 2018
GMJ 216: Hinterlands of Elandria 08: Morsels for Petunia
The PCs leave Korcyryx’s lair to continue their journey to the Faerie Forest. They learn first-hand that the Wilds of Primordia are a very dangerous place.
03:03:50 |
Thu 15 Mar 2018
GMJ 215: Hinterlands of Elandria 07: Into the Misty Wood
This week our heroes leave the village of Dianara's Rest in search of a magic tree....
02:55:19 |
Mon 12 Mar 2018
GMJ 214: Hinterlands of Elandria Vignette 06.1: Wahl's Vision
Wahl has a vivid dream, perhaps sent by the goddess Elandra herself.
00:48:01 |
Thu 08 Mar 2018
GMJ 213: Managing Disruptive Players, Handing Out Treasure & Upcoming Relics Supplement
Lex covers a variety of RPG and GMing topics. How do we deal with players who make rolls we haven’t called for, or expect to always “win” the game with little to no effort? How do we know what kind o…
01:09:12 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
GMJ 212: Hinterlands of Elandria 06: Fire by Night
The heroes defend the people of Dianara's Rest from a vicious attack.
02:37:40 |
Sun 04 Mar 2018
GMJ 211: Behind the Screen 07: Running Session 2: The Hinterlands
Lex discusses the ins and outs of running the second session in his latest D&D campaign, Hinterlands of Elandria.
00:57:25 |
Thu 01 Mar 2018
GMJ 210: Hinterlands of Elandria 05: Wining & Dining
This episode follows the PCs as they spend a week in Dianara’s Rest. Each character pursues their own and the party’s goals in their own way, and hilarity ensues.
03:00:57 |
Mon 26 Feb 2018
GMJ 208: Hinterlands of Elandria 04: Dianara's Rest
Hinterlands of Elandria is a new D&D campaign set in Lex's homebrew campaign world, Primordia. Five years after the beginning of the Breaking of the World, the Time of Rifts and the Retreat of Humani…
02:48:03 |
Thu 22 Feb 2018
GMJ 207: DMG Chapter 3: Random Encounters
Lex continues his exploration of the Dungeon Master's Guide with discussion of random encounters from chapter 3. He discusses how, why and when to use random encounters, and he explains how they don'…
01:42:16 |
Mon 19 Feb 2018
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