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Many of us, have read GM-sections in RPG, RPG blogs, forum discussions, and sometimes books about the storytelling art.

All of these contains tons of interesting tips/techniques (and some will contradict each other, you don't GM a gritty mega-dungeon and high-school drama game the same way), so I am curious which ones are your favourite and how do you use them in your game

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[–] slyflourish@ttrpg.network 1 points 7 hours ago

I put my top tips here after about 15 years of collecting the best tips from hundreds of GMs:

https://slyflourish.com/top_advice.html

  • Let the Story Unfold at the Table
  • Set Up Situations and Let the Characters Navigate Them
  • Be On the Characters Side
  • Use Tools and Techniques that Help You Prepare to Improvise
  • Focus on your Next Game
  • Build Your World, Campaign, and Adventures from the Characters Outwards
  • Pay Attention to Pacing
  • Focus on the Fiction First and Mechanics Second