beaumontsebos
Explorer
Hi there,
I'm working with a local brewery to host a monthly D&D 5E game night, which I will DM. I am a very experienced DM, but have never done so in a public setting with random players.
As far as I know, there's no real gaming community in my area. So, I have no idea how many will show, nor what their experience level may be.
To cast as wide a net as possible, I am going to allow both experienced players and those that want to learn to play for the first game. I will have pregenerated characters for those that need them and use a published adventure to start with (thinking the one in either the Starter or Essentials set).
Since I also run a regular weekly game which takes up tons of bandwidth, I will only be able to run this once a month.
That all said... how do I keep a game like this going every month? Assuming there's nobody else to DM, how do I handle leveling characters if every month there may be new, inexperienced players showing up? How do I keep experienced players engaged if I have to teach new players every session?
What other pitfalls should I look out for, and what other tips can you give me?
Thanks!
I'm working with a local brewery to host a monthly D&D 5E game night, which I will DM. I am a very experienced DM, but have never done so in a public setting with random players.
As far as I know, there's no real gaming community in my area. So, I have no idea how many will show, nor what their experience level may be.
To cast as wide a net as possible, I am going to allow both experienced players and those that want to learn to play for the first game. I will have pregenerated characters for those that need them and use a published adventure to start with (thinking the one in either the Starter or Essentials set).
Since I also run a regular weekly game which takes up tons of bandwidth, I will only be able to run this once a month.
That all said... how do I keep a game like this going every month? Assuming there's nobody else to DM, how do I handle leveling characters if every month there may be new, inexperienced players showing up? How do I keep experienced players engaged if I have to teach new players every session?
What other pitfalls should I look out for, and what other tips can you give me?
Thanks!