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

June 15, 2023

How to Make Impactful D&D One-Shots

Welcome to How To Be A Better DM. My name is Tanner Weyland, and together we will learn about how to prepare

June 8, 2023

What The Future Holds for How to Be a Better DM

Justin: Welcome back to How to be a Better DM. I am Justin Lewis here with Tanner Wayland. Go ahead and say

June 1, 2023

How to Use and Think about Alignment in D&D

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM. I’m your Host today, Justin Lewis and today, I want to talk about

May 25, 2023

Food in D&D: Gaming for the Gourmand

Welcome to How to Be a Better DM! Tanner talks about how you can take immersion to the next level through the

May 18, 2023

Committing to Characters with Victor Bevine (AKA Drizzt Do’Urden)

Justin:Welcome back to How to be a Better DM. Today, I am Justin Lewis. I actually am always Justin Lewis, but today

May 11, 2023

Homebrew Collaboration with Rob Van Auken Part 1

justin_lewis:Welcome back to How to be a Better DM. I'm one of your hosts today, Justin Lewis, and I'm here with Rob

May 4, 2023

How to Prepare for an Online Session of D&D

Justin:Ulf woke up. He was in a cave, but he saw a face above his. It was Herlia. Ulf, we thought you

April 27, 2023

How to Get Your Players to Play Together as an Adventuring Party

Justin:Hi there listener, this is Justin Lewis and I have here Tanner Wayland with me today. Say hi, Tanner.Tanner Weyland:Hi.Justin:And today on

April 20, 2023

How to Use Animal and NPC Companions Correctly in D&D

Hello, and Welcome to How To Be A Better DM. My name is Tanner Weyland, and together we will learn about how

April 13, 2023

How to Dungeon Master When You’re Super Busy

Tanner Weyland:Hello, my name is Tanner Wayland and I, along with my co-host Justin Lewis, are here on How to be a

April 6, 2023

How to Use Mob Combat Effectively In D&D

Ulv’s Story continued“Mother?” Ulv whispered as he moved towards the visage of his long-dead mother.“It is I little snowhare,” Ulv’s mother said,

March 30, 2023

Driving Character Development and Conflict as a DM with Rob Wells

This episode of How to Be a Better DM is a special one! Justin and Tanner talk with Rob Wells (New York