RPG tip from the archive: Understand and reinforce the themes in your campaign. Describe them in your session zero to ensure your players are on board. Is it dark fantasy? Urban intrigue? Jungle exploration? What defines the theme?

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RPG tip: Avoid big twists at the end of the campaign. Give players the satisfying conclusion they've been seeking.

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RPG tip from the archive: If the PCs find a way to circumvent a particularly dangerous threat, let them do so and applaud their ingenuity.

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Parsis the Hidden – Dragon Empire Prep Session 47: SlyFlourish YouTube Video

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RPG tip: End your campaign by asking the players where their characters are one year later.

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RPG tip from the archive: In longer mysteries, hold back incriminating evidence until it's time for the discovery.

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RPG tip from the archive: Find a suite of tools for your prep that you love and you'll be drawn to use it.

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Improv Versus Prep: SlyFlourish.com Article from the Archive

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Improv Versus Prep

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RPG tip: Damage is typically the easiest way to threaten the characters.

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RPG tip from the archive: Use downtime between adventures as a way for the players to get to know one another's characters. "What was your character up to over the past two tendays?" is a great way to learn more about a character.

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RPG tip: How does the story evolve elsewhere when the characters are busy here.

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RPG tip from the archive: Give new characters the "Heroic Spark" and avoid the tiresome "who the hell is this guy" moment of their introduction.

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A Tale of Two Session Zeros – Lazy RPG Talk Show: SlyFlourish YouTube Video

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RPG tip: What form does a boss monster take when it becomes bloodied?

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Seek Adventure Prompts: SlyFlourish.com

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Seek Adventure Prompts

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RPG tip from the archive: Try your hand at narrative combat with a small battle against a single type of foe in an uncomplicated environment.

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RPG tip: Ask players what they want as you get close to the end of a campaign.

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RPG tip from the archive: That feeling you have that you're not ready for your game and they're all going to laugh at you? We all feel that way and it's still bullshit. Carry on.

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RPG tip: As you come to the end of a campaign, think how you can tie up the loose ends.

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Smuggling Wyvonir Part 1 – Dragon Empire Prep Session 46: Sly Flourish Podcast

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Using the Lazy DM's Eight Steps At the Table: SlyFlourish.com Article from the Archive

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Using the Lazy DM's Eight Steps At the Table

Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master offers eight steps for game preparation to help GMs focus on the most valuable material one can prepare to help them improvise during their game. These steps include:...

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Exciting RPGs of 2026 – Lazy RPG Talk Show: SlyFlourish YouTube Video

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Running Shadowdark's Scarlet Minotaur as a One-Shot Game

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Dragonbane Campaign Prep: SlyFlourish YouTube Video

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