My name is Daniel. I like Dungeons & Dragons and puns. I also like other role playing games, but those are harder to make puns with. I'm a 24 year old college student, a gamer and a GM. I've read other blogs about RPGs, but I think that there's only so much a person can learn from reading about game theory, player agency and theory of adventure design without spending some time on a critique of my own skills as GM. I strongly suspect that no one will read this blog, with the exception of a few friends, but that's okay because it's not really for other people. I've started this blog, mostly for my own benefit; both as a way to focus myself when I find time to plan my next session and also to critique my own performance after each game. This does raise the question, however, if I'm not blogging for other people, why have a public blog at all? The reason is simple: honesty. I believe in being honest to others, but I sometimes have difficulty being honest with myself. As long as I know that there's even the slightest chance of someone else reading this (and let's be real, this is the internet, someone somewhere reads everything) then to follow my own beliefs, I must be honest. I expect that I will only post maybe once or twice a month, as my current game is only meeting on a monthly basis, so that's about how often I schedule planning time. Sometime after finals, I'll try to find the time to make the blog look half decent. Maybe I'll use my actual GM notes for the background art, who knows? I will also likely make more than once-monthly posts at the start, as I've got several sessions of critiques to catch up on.
Anyway, that's enough for an introduction. I'm going to get back to studying for finals. (This was a between-projects break.) I look forward to updating this blog, and maybe getting a reader or two.
-Daniel
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