Author: Jason Nisavic

“Let’s tell a story together!” 

Deciding on a goal – What do you want to accomplish?

• Educational Standards?
• Team-Building? Social Skills?
• Just plain fun?

What’s the Setting?

• Playing as Ourselves
• Alternate Present Setting
• Past/Fantasy Past
• Fantasy Future

Choosing a role-playing system

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Representing your game: Theater of the Mind vs. Battle Maps

Theater of the Mind – “It’s all in Your Head”

Battle Maps

http://gridzzly.com/ – Printable grid paper

Or get fancy with it:

DriveThru RPG Maps For Print

Figurines

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Or make your own!

How to Run a Game

“The Matt Mercer Effect” 🙂

Using Dice

How You Know When It’s Working!

Personal Stories of Awesomeness/Failure