I am very interested in what gm’s actually have done for prep when doing a DW first session.

I am very interested in what gm’s actually have done for prep when doing a DW first session.

I am very interested in what gm’s actually have done for prep when doing a DW first session. I have read the books, and understand the theoretical – I am interested in the practical – ie what has been used in actual play. Lessons learned are great – what would you do different next time . Thanks

12 thoughts on “I am very interested in what gm’s actually have done for prep when doing a DW first session.”

  1. Excellent question steven stewart 

    I am a classic prepper and love the idea of coming to the table with little to no prep and just flowing. Then again, can I do it? Not 100% sure yet but I surely hope so. 🙂

  2. I usually like to be very well prepared when GMing. But I really wanted to do the first session ‘right’, so my prep consisted of printing the character and moves sheets. No more. During character introduction, I noted a few key choices each player had made, and used them as flags. Then we took a 15 minute break where I managed to think up a rough outline of a suitable adventure. And then I dove right in, trying to learn by doing.

  5. I keep a few cue cards, one has a huge list of names for NPCs (I’ve started doing this for other games too), one has half a dozen monsters on it (in play I can just mix and match some stats to come up with new ones). I also bring lots of blank paper. Graph paper, lined paper, cue cards. Adventure-wise, I try to come up with one line. Beast men attack whatever building the PCs want to start in, the group got thrown in jail again, everyone’s at the mouth of a dungeon but one PC knows more about the treasure than they’re telling. I try to have an idea of how it’ll start, but have the PCs directly influence the scene.

  6. steven stewart : I drew some maps as we went along, for when my flowery descriptions were to abstract to comprehend. The only thing I had with me going in were four location ideas: a caravan route, a burnt down forest, a vast peat bog, and a ancient cairn.

  8. There a lot folks out there running this? No more replies? Seems like a lot more new people joining the community these answers are great for folks like me and them.

  9. I will run a oneshot tonight and here is what i have: 

    – Starting moment: PCs in front of the ancient ruin they are looking for. Between them and the entrance is a horde of Sauropds. 

    – A laser trap filled room 

    – A “Swamp Thing” encounter 

    – Sahuagin 

    everything else will be determined by what the players give me. 

  10. The first time I ran DW I was doing a conversion of an Eberron adventure, so I did a bit more prep than normal, stating up NPCs and stuff. However, the last adventure I ran I did almost no prep, just a bit of brainstorming for the location and such.

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