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 164: DMG Chapter 1: Creating Campaigns
Lex returns to his exploration of the DMG and discusses creating a campaign. Whether you’re creating your first campaign, or you’ve created so many you’ve lost count, the DMG has some tools to help y…
01:34:54 |
Mon 17 Jul 2017
GMJ 163: DMG Chapter 1: Magic in Your World
Lex returns to his in-depth exploration of the DMG with a discussion of how you can use magic to flesh out your world. Whether magic is rare or common, low-powered or high-powered, reviled or respect…
01:03:38 |
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Game Master's Journey 162: Art & Cartography in RPGs with Mike Schley
Mike Schley joins the show to discuss art, mapping and worldbuilding in RPGs. He discusses his new Schleyscapes Kickstarter and his setting of Fernweh.
01:06:38 |
Mon 03 Jul 2017
GMJ 161: DMG Chapter 1: Factions & Organizations
Factions and organizations are a great way to add richness to your world and increase your players' engagement and investment with your setting. Lex discusses how to create organizations, and he illu…
01:12:33 |
Tue 27 Jun 2017
Game Master's Journey 160: Improving a Published Adventure to Make It Your Own
Even the best published adventure can be improved by tailoring it to your players and their PCs. Lex discusses some issues with The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, and he details some of the changes he's…
00:50:41 |
Tue 20 Jun 2017
Game Master's Journey 159: Mass Combat, Absent Players & Real-World vs. In-Game Religions
In this special, Patron-sponsored bonus episode, Lex discusses whether or not we need mass combat rules in our tabletop RPGs. He also presents a listener-GM's fantastic strategy on how to turn player…
01:11:54 |
Thu 15 Jun 2017
GMJ 158: DMG Chapter 1: Creating Settlements for Your Campaigns
Lex continues his series on the Dungeon Master’s Guide with a discussion of creating settlements for your campaign.
01:27:32 |
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Game Master's Journey 157: Designing The Trickster's Labyrinth
Lex discusses designing The Trickster’s Labyrinth, his first published D&D adventure. He also talks about some of his experiences thus far running The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.
01:25:12 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
GMJ 156: DMG Chapter 1: Mapping Your Campaign
Lex continues his exploration of the DMG with a discussion of creating maps for your campaign and world. He discusses the bottom-up and top-down approaches to mapping, giving some pros and cons of ea…
01:07:00 |
Mon 29 May 2017
GMJ 155: DMG Chapter 1: Developing Gods & Pantheons for Your World
Lex discusses developing gods and a pantheon for his homebrew world of Primordia. Lex first attempted to base Primordia's gods on the domains in D&D, but finally realized it wasn’t working. Lex share…
01:36:51 |
Tue 23 May 2017
GMJ 154: DMG Chapter 1: Gods of Your World
Lex continues his exploration of the DMG with a discussion of gods and deities in your world. Lex explores different types of pantheons and religious systems, and provides examples from his own homeb…
01:09:17 |
Tue 16 May 2017
Game Master's Journey 153: Tales from the Yawning Portal Review
Today Lex discusses Tales from the Yawning Portal, an adventure supplement for Dungeons & Dragons. Lex gives a full review of the book overall and each of the seven included adventures.
01:48:00 |
Tue 09 May 2017
GMJ 152: DMG Chapter 1: A World of Your Own
Lex begins a discussion of the first chapter of the Dungeon Master's Guide with an exploration of the core assumptions of the published D&D settings and how you can alter them to create a world that’…
01:24:38 |
Wed 03 May 2017
GMJ 151: DMG Introduction: Knowing What Your Players Enjoy Most About the Game
This week Lex begins an in-depth exploration of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. He spends some time discussing the different aspects of a roleplaying game and how you can engage players who enjoy those d…
00:55:55 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Game Master's Journey 150: Preparing for a D&D Session
Lex discusses how he prepared for an upcoming D&D session. He explains how he took a problem encounter and used it as an opportunity to reinforce the themes of the campaign and further the goals he h…
02:14:48 |
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Game Master's Journey 149: Writers as GMs, Running Improvisational Adventures & DM-PCs vs. NPCs
Stephen Rhodes joins Lex to discuss the craft and art of running RPGs. They discuss the similarities & differences between writing for video games & running RPG adventures and Stephen points out yet …
01:01:06 |
Mon 03 Apr 2017
Game Master's Journey 148: Maybe You Should Add Game Master to your Resume
Stephen Rhodes joins Lex on the show today to talk about how being a Game Master helped him get where he is today as a writer for Ubisoft Games. They also discuss writing & publishing RPG adventures,…
01:13:22 |
Mon 27 Mar 2017
Game Master's Journey 147: D&D Beyond, Initiative Variants & Balancing House Rules
Lex discusses D&D Beyond, a new online tool for players and DMs. He also discusses how cutting words interacts with initiative rolls, a few initiative variants and using potions. He gives thoughts to…
01:30:57 |
Wed 22 Mar 2017
GMJ 146: PHB Chapter 10 & Appendices: Spellcasting, Conditions & Exhaustion in D&D 5th Edition
This week Lex concludes his in-depth discussion of the D&D Player's Handbook with an exploration of the spellcasting, conditions and exhaustion rules.
02:14:30 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
GMJ 145: PHB Chapter 9: D&D Combat Rules
Lex launches into an in-depth discussion of the combat rules of D&D. If you have any questions about the rules, or you'd just like a refresher, this is the episode for you.
02:16:21 |
Mon 06 Mar 2017
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