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MikeF
Mike Feldhusen

Thu

Jun 21
2001

21:48

Helping aspiring GMs

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Joel Arellano wrote:

> Changing the subject slightly (from religion):

> One of my players has approached me about game-mastering her own
> games.  She's never game-mastered before, so I don't know what to
> tell her. I shared some of my experiences and am willing to play in
> some "trial games" with her and another experienced GM.

> Any additional advice I can give her?

Plan as much as you can and then be willing to be flexible.

No game plan survives contact with the players.

Basically, know what you want to do with each session but be willing
to change your plans based on what the players do.

-- 
Michael Feldhusen
mike_f@io.com
http://www.io.com/~mike_f/

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