How to upgrade your games with Monument Studios
On today’s episode, we have Tyler & Noah, the musical masterminds behind Monument Studios. As some of you know, Monument Studios has been a sponsor of How To Be a Better DM, and our Live-play D&D show The Pact & Boon for the better part of the past year. Their app Fantasy + is a […]
In the Footsteps of Giants: Part 1
Welcome to How to Be a Better DM. Today is a special episode. In it, you’ll hear the first 30 minutes of one of our professional dungeon mastering sessions. Some of the players are new to D&D and have very little experience. If you’re interested in this episode, and want to hear the rest of […]
3 Questions To Determine a Combat Encounter’s Length
When you are planning a combat encounter, do you know how to get it into the “Goldilocks” zone in terms of length? You don’t want it so short that no one got anything out of it, but you also don’t want it so long that all the players are secretly praying that it will be […]
11 More Things Every Dungeon Master Should Remember Part 2
Things Every Dungeon Master Should Remember As a Dungeon Master you have so much to remember, it’s a wonder you can even remember your own name. Yet, what if, by remembering a few more things, you were able to not only make your game better, but feel better yourself, and make everything you do as […]
11 More Things Every Dungeon Master Should Remember Part 1
Things Every Dungeon Master Should Remember As a Dungeon Master you have so much to remember, it’s a wonder you can even remember your own name. Yet, what if, by remembering a few more things, you were able to not only make your game better, but feel better yourself, and make everything you do as […]
Recap of Episodes 1-5 (Written by Joland Grei)
**Special Episode** Don’t want to start listening to The Pact & Boon from the beginning? Start here! Gain insight into the mind of the character Joland Grei as he writes a recap of the first 5 episodes in his journal. The Pact & Boon is an actual play D&D 5e show set in the home-brew […]
How to Start Terrainscaping for your D&D Games with Jay’s Tabletop Terrain
Have you ever seen amazing terrainscapes worthy of legend and have looked on with envy? Do you want to learn how to start getting into terrainscaping so you can have amazing battlemaps like all of the famous actual play shows? Well, this is the episode for you. Welcome back to How to Be a Better […]
Lessons Learned My First Year DM’ing
Welcome to How To Be a Better DM. In today’s episode I (Cayden) go over 3 of the biggest lessons I’ve learned over this past year as I’ve started running D&D games for my friends & family. Hopefully something in this episode inspires those of you who have yet to give DM’ing a shot, to […]
Episode 16 – We’re Gonna Be Stars! || The Pact & Boon
The Pact & Boon is an actual play D&D 5e show set in the home-brew world of Calignos! In a world plagued by a mysterious lethargy, humanoids and beasts twist into monstrous forms across the continent of Rel. Amidst this chaos, an unlikely band of adventurers unite in the fiery depths of the 9 hells, […]
Downtime Activities in D&D, Part 4: Running a Business
Should you encourage your players to run a business in your campaign? What would that even look like? And, most importantly, can allowing players to run a business in your D&D Campaign become an additive to the overall story, or a distraction? Tanner explores these questions, their many other nuances, and the effects of a […]