Michael Shea. Independently Published, (94p) ISBN: 9781726631822. RPG Guide, read 28/05/25, Paperback ★★★★☆
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
I’ve had this sat on my shelves for about four years now as I bought it just before I stopped having anything to do with group gaming, so I just didn’t bother reading it.
Until now, as I’m starting to think about getting back into group gaming once more and I really used to enjoy DMing.
This is a set of ‘rules’ to help run your campaigns and sessions easier, to help you be a ‘lazy’ DM.
It was a fascinating read as each of the steps make a lot of sense especially if you’re time poor and want to get the most out of your sessions, and the emphasis on the DM having a core knowledge of the players at the heart of the game makes so much sense.
I’ll probably end up using quite a few of these aids to DMing, but since I love the whole world building malarky they will probably end up as tools in the toolbox for anything that needs to happen on the fly, especially if players decide to make their own merry way through the world and ignore most of the hints and hooks as they usually do…
The best use of this for me would be for impromptu sessions, getting new players on board with a quick low-level adventure and such.
Well written and well executed toolbox to make running your tabletop sessions smoothly and with minimum fuss.
It has also reminded me that slyflourish.com is out there.
