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.

All Episodes

February 22, 2024

The Joys of World Building, & How To Start!

On today's episode, Cayden talks about his experience in creating home-brew worlds and mechanics without knowing much about DND in the first

February 15, 2024

Focusing on your DM “Problem Areas” + Some Announcements

In this episode, we learn how to focus... not in general, but rather how to focus on a short list of problem

February 8, 2024

Knowledge vs. Experience: How to Make D&D Character Grow Realistically

Welcome to How to Be a Better DM! Your host, Tanner Weyland, along with guest host Cayden Ottley, explore an important question:

February 1, 2024

A Tour Through the Feywild

Welcome back to How To Be a Better DM, the Official podcast of Monsters.Rent.I’m your Tour Guide today, Justin Lewis, and we

January 25, 2024

How to Use Conditions in D&D for Better Story Telling

Tanner Weyland (00:01.046)Hello and welcome to How to be a Better DM, the official podcast of, wait, I should probably not say

January 18, 2024

Helping Your Players Advocate For Themselves in D&D

Hello, and Welcome to How To Be A Better D, the official podcast of Monsters.Rent. My name is Tanner Weyland, and together

January 11, 2024

How to be Silly in D&D

Welcome to How to Be a Better DM!Today, we're talking about how to invite silliness and funny business to your table, and

January 4, 2024

A Tour Through the Shadowfell

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM, the official podcast of Monsters.Rent. Thank you for joining me, I’m Justin Lewis,

December 28, 2023

2023 in Retrospect and the Prospects of 2024

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM.Today, Tanner and Justin talk about the joys of 2023 and what to look

December 21, 2023

Give the Gift of DMing, presented by the Ghosts of Christmas

Welcome to How to Be a Better DM! And Merry Christmas!Today, we are going to try and make our hearts grow three

December 14, 2023

How and Why to Add a Little Tragedy into Your Games

Welcome back to today's show. Today we talk about tragedy.Here are some of the questions we talked about today on the show:Writing

December 7, 2023

What to Do When a Player Is Missing

What to Do When a Player Misses a SessionWelcome back to How to Be a Better DM, the Official Podcast of Monsters.Rent,