The GM’s words are the players’ window into the game world. ENnie Award-winning RPG designer Justin Alexander reveals the simple techniques you can use to improvise descriptions and immerse your players in your game.
Advanced Gamemastery: Describing the World
August 12th, 2023
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I would really prefer to read a transcript of these videos. Any chance of that?
@pocket contents: I know it’s not exactly the same, but this video builds off the ideas from the arcile “Random GM Tip: Evoactive Descriptions”
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/39227/roleplaying-games/random-gm-tips-evocative-descriptions