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 186: Behind the Screen 03: Preparing Session 01: Into the Wilds
Behind the Screen is a series of GM commentary companion episodes to Lex's new D&D campaign, Hinterlands of Elandria. This week Lex discusses how he prepared for the first session, Into the Wilds.
01:16:16 |
Mon 30 Oct 2017
GMJ 185: Behind the Screen 02: Hinterlands of Elandria Campaign Preparation
Behind the Screen is a series of GM commentary companion episodes to Lex's new D&D campaign, Hinterlands of Elandria. This week Lex discusses his preparation for the campaign.
Fri 27 Oct 2017
GMJ 184: Behind the Screen 01: Introduction to Primordia
Behind the Screen is a series of GM commentary companion episodes to Lex's new D&D campaign, Hinterlands of Elandria. This week Lex gives an introduction to his homebrew D&D world, Primordia.
02:17:12 |
Wed 25 Oct 2017
GMJ 183: DMG Chapter 2: The Astral Plane
Lex returns to his discussion of the Dungeon Master’s Guide with an exploration of the astral plane. This is the first part of a two part discussion. We'll go over the basics of the astral plane. We’…
01:53:17 |
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Game Master's Journey 181: House Rules & Game Balance
Lex discusses why game balance is important. We often think of game balance when coming up with campaign-affecting house rules, but we should also keep it in mind when making rulings on-the-fly durin…
01:23:23 |
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Game Master's Journey 180: Hacks for DMs, Handing Out Powerful Magic Items & Is Worldbuilding a Waste of Time?
Lex covers a variety of RPG topics today including getting PCs back to town at the end of the session in West Marches campaigns, Limitless Adventures' Limitless NPCs, stepping on toes, Jeremy Crawfor…
02:18:37 |
Thu 21 Sep 2017
GMJ 179: DMG Chapter 2: Creating a Multiverse
Lex shares what he learned from his latest D&D campaign. Then he begins a discussion of chapter 2 of the Dungeon Master's Guide: Creating a Multiverse. He covers the different types of planes and dif…
01:42:52 |
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Game Master's Journey 178: GM Philosophies & Tips, Worldbuilding & More!
Brett joins the show again for a GM to GM discussion of some general GM philosophy and tips, and Lex goes into some detail on his upcoming campaign and his homebrew world of Primordia.
01:40:13 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Game Master's Journey 177: Livestream 005: Scaling Encounters on the Fly
Encounters seldom turn out in practice as they appear on paper. Today Lex discusses some ways to scale an encounter on the fly during play.
01:16:32 |
Thu 07 Sep 2017
Game Master's Journey 176: "Random" Encounters, Player Honesty, Theater of the Mind & GM Impartialness in West Marches Campaigns
Today Lex discusses feedback from Listener-GMs on recent topics. He discusses his opinions on Professional Game Masters. He also talks about "random" encounters, player honesty, competition, theater …
01:26:07 |
Mon 04 Sep 2017
GMJ 175: DMG Chapter 1: Flavors of Fantasy
Lex wraps up his exploration of chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master's Guide with a discussion of the flavors of fantasy.
01:09:03 |
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 174: Livestream 004: Preparing My Next Campaign
Today Lex talks about what he's done to prepare for his next campaign, The Hinterlands of Elandria.
01:24:13 |
Thu 24 Aug 2017
GMJ 173: DMG Chapter 1: Play Style & Tiers of Play
Lex returns to the DMG to discuss play style and tiers of play. Not all D&D campaigns are the same, and this is the point in your campaign creation where you decide exactly what kind of an experience…
01:46:51 |
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 171: Worldbuilding, Railroading & High Tier Play with Brett Nilsson
Today Lex moves to the other side of the GM screen to talk with his DM, Brett. Lex has been playing in Brett’s campaign quite a while now and having a lot of fun. Lex asks him about his GMing style a…
02:11:46 |
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 170: West Marches Campaign Variants
Lex discusses some variations you can consider to tailor the West Marches formula to the needs of your own campaign. He describes the variations he's using for his own campaign, The Hinterlands of El…
01:15:22 |
Wed 09 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 169: Livestream 002: Xanathar's Guide, Tomb of Annihilation, West Marches & More!
Lex discusses Wizards of the Coast's new product announcements: Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tomb of Annihilation. He also discusses West Marches campaigns, Mearls' crazy initiative system, and…
00:59:51 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 168: Livestream 001: Introductions
Welcome to the first episode of the Game Master's Journey Livestream. Lex introduces the show and explains what you can expect.
00:28:54 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 167: Preparing & Running a West Marches Campaign
In the second of a series of episodes on West Marches campaigns, Lex discusses how to prepare and run a West Marches-style campaign.
01:30:53 |
Tue 01 Aug 2017
Game Master's Journey 166: West Marches Campaigns
Lex and Christopher discuss West Marches campaigns--a style of campaign that features wilderness exploration and player-directed action. Everything from scheduling, to party makeup, to game session o…
01:43:21 |
Tue 25 Jul 2017
GMJ 165: DMG Chapter 1: Creating Campaign Events
Lex returns to the Dungeon Master's Guide to discuss creating campaign events. These events are the perfect way to begin or end a campaign, or to renew flagging interest in a campaign that's grown st…
01:35:17 |
Thu 20 Jul 2017
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