How to Be a Better DM

Weekly Tips and Tricks on Thursdays

Listen as we talk about how to craft amazing stories for yourselves and your players. Join hosts Justin Lewis, Tanner Weyland, and Cayden Ottley every Thursday morning.

It’s hard knowing what to throw at your players during an encounter. Luckily, D&D has a nifty challenge rating system set up to help you...
All things must end. But endings always bring new beginnings. As the year 2024 comes to a close, many of us become thoughtful and introspective....
Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM Today Cayden and Justin sit down with the creators of worldsmith.io to talk about worldbuilding and...
Want to take your campaign from good to unforgettable? In this episode, we’re diving into the art of foreshadowing! Learn how to plant subtle clues, create...
Do you think deeply about every piece of loot that you give? Or does your party get a kick out of getting the most random,...
Welcome to How to Be a Better DM. Today we talk about how to start an actual play podcast, how to keep going with a...
Welcome Back to How to Be a Better DM! Today is a very special episode. Today is a Dungeon Master Coaching episode with our friend...
Your party probably gets into a lot of sticky, unforeseeable moments, where death or a terrible consequence is on the table. At that moment, you...
Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM. Today we talk about the afterlife. Listen to episode 109 of our show to learn about...