"Frequency of Games","Length of Games","Locations Played","Primary Locations","Campaign Worlds","Adventures","Preferred Combat Type","Preparation Time","Campaign and Worldbuilding","Story and Adventures","Combat Encounters","NPC Development","Exploration and Roleplay","Treasure and Magic Items","Prop and Handouts","Top Three Tools","Favorite Trick"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Graph paper, notebooks, record in a website","Try to have one element that relates to each player"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Listening to podcasts. ","Prep don't plan.  I'm a highly improv DM. I don't plan for what the players will do or fight. I focus on developing the world and react to them "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","","Beautifully made standup cards that act as constantly shifting screen "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote
All the random tables in the DMG
Forcing the players to give me their plans and motivations ahead of time so I can prepare a player-driven session","Turn everything into a bargain with the players: you can hit 4 enemies instead of 2 with burning hands IF you hit your ally in melee; you can automatically succeed at haggling but the merchant will give you a bad reputation; you can fight fewer orcs at once if you give them more room to kill the villagers."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, kobold fight club, tabletop audio","Plant possible complications in every area players like you would populate a town with NPCs and plot hooks. Do this for every scene that is expected to take any significant game time. Use them throughout the session when you need to direct the players to the next hook or raise the stakes as the players explore the dungeon, or use them as a base to improvise to adapt to the players' behaviour. Complications might include possible hazards (including traps and other potentially hidden hazards), enemy placement or reinforcements, modifying terrain or environment, or adding opportunities (including treasure). Do this especially to areas the players are expected to visit multiple times. Each time, use a complication from the list to draw the player's attention toward the next room or plot point."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight club, Game Master 5, pirated pdfs (sorry the books are just slower)","One hard fight one easy fight per session "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Cliff hanger endings"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Microsoft one note, players handbook and monster manual","I prepare a general framework of story encounters treasure etc but see where the players take the game and adjust on the fly. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, random tables,
Ipad","Don't let rules bog down your imagination. Use the environment more than monsters. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Plot twists "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Online ambient sound databases, Core rulebooks, fiction","I try to tie things together in a literary way: the use of motifs, symbolism, etc."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour"," I make card handouts for items found during the game,  use Campaign Coins for treasure, and print out notes, letters, and documents "," Not running combat with maps and miniature allows me to be more evocative with what's happening. I also err on the side of generosity when it comes to movement."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, random encounter tables and dice apps","""you can try"". It works for every situation they attempt."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Google Drive, Google Image Search, Google Play Music","Episodic, drop-in friendly structure."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","I don't know that I have a favorite. My favorite tools are the ones I need at the time.","As a DM, make a decision on rules at the time and look it up later.  It's a game.  The best thing you can do as DM is to keep it moving."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","","Listen to your players, and use their cues to develop story and gameplay - they'll inadvertently tell you what they find fun by saying what they want to do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Don't over prepare; improvise"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Collection of Ideas, Books, Experience ","Player input and idea collection, Trips "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Good soundtrack of atmospheric ambient sounds and exciting music. "
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","notebook, dice","set up interesting conflicts or places or mysteries, see what happens"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Dropbox, SimpleNote","Humorous descriptions of critical successes and failures. "
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Obsidian Portal, architect tracing paper, Death Wish coffee","Put as much of the narrative heavy lifting into the hands of the players as possible (e.g. Use their backgrounds and relationships to develop and drive story)"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20, onenote, spellbook app","Roll initiatives before the session, then pull from the list if needed. Saves a lot of time, and avoids the ""battle swoosh"" that is initiative of switching into combat mode."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","Index cards. Dry erase markers. Computer/pdfs","Set the scene enough to make the players have to ask questions in order to progress. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reading the published adventure, reading source books, using social media.","If I make a player roll dice, they should know why they are rolling dice with a short descriptive sentence.  Example,  the stone starts starts to wobble when you put your foot on it. Make a Dexterity saving throw.  Or, the book seems to respond to your thoughts and begins to fill your mind with madness, make a Charisma Saving Throw DC 15. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Evernote","Pay attention to the players - throw a bunch of plot hooks at them and see what they have fun with."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club, inkwell generators, hexographer",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Color coded 3x5 cards, my npc journal, and my voice recorder to document the session. I take temporary in-session notes for in-session use then replay the prior session the well before the next game and take quality notes","The 3 act story structure is key to a good session. But linking it to a long term story is what keeps them coming back. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Mostly just conceptualized notes and lists to support my improv","It is easy during the heat of gameplay to lose track of everything I wrote in my pre-game notes, so I periodically tell the party that I'll give them time to discuss as a team what they want to do at this empass. I'll walk away to make it seem that the next decision is really dramatic and important, but really I'm just looking at my notes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Orcpub, Kobold fight club, dyson maps",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Pen, paper, core books","Map props that look great and 'put you there'"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Calculator
Laptop
Flash cards","Responding to the RP of game and combat fluidly by allowing pcs to get away with odd behaviors and responding with a vivid world that has fears, superstitions, dislikes and prejudices."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google (Hangouts, Drive, Docs), Roll20 (for music only), Pinterest  (for NPC Portraits and location pictures)","Engage with players pre-game and tie their character back stories into every session"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, 5th edition character sheet app, monster manual","Involving something or someone personal from the PC's history in the storyline to suprise and engage the players"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Currently working on several of my own generators. I use donjon.bsh and any of the more reputable fantasy generators as well.","Currently, I am letting go of control and allowing the players to steer most of the session (using generators to spur ideas when i cant come up with somrthing on the spot). This way, they dont feel railroaded and im not deeply committed to any content."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Lazy dm notecards, notebook with outline of plot, TV shows for ideas","Make a pcs back story come into play somehow "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DMs guide, Monster Manual, Reddit","I look at threads on Reddit, RPG geek etc to see how other DMs handled specific encounters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Hangouts, Microsoft OneNote, Kobold Fight Club","Preparing to improvise"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, photoshop, and online art galleries.","I design a couple elements with each player in mind, with s path to get there, so they can enjoy what they discovered. "
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","hexographer, open office, and my own imagination","i don't have any"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pinterest for visual aides
Obsidian Portal for organizing
Tomb of Beasts for monsters
Bonus tool - Hexographer for making maps; the free version is plenty for me at the moment
","My only trick is to over prepare - but also try to know your players, assign small 'homework' to keep them active and talking to each other between sessions"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Giant list of random names, player flights of fancy, and a decent pen.","Develop what the players show interest in."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Gamemastery Combat Pad, minis, Evernote","Good pacing "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The Lazy Dungeonmaster book, Powerscore Prep Guides, Goblinist Encounter Generator","Lean Forward Moments: Craft moments that cause all players to lean forward and believe the world."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Hangouts, Microsoft OneNote, Kobold Fight Club","Preparing to improvise"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","miniatures some images from internet and some quit tables","create the problem, not the solution"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, notebook, highlighters","Never saying no (yes, but...)"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, PHB and The HomeBrewery","Creating a setting first, then having the players make their backgrounds together and make an overall goal for their party in the game world."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasy name generator, dungeon mapper, GIMP for creating overland maps","There's always a way to work plots from the best pulp movies (fistful of dollars, from dusk til dawn, etc) into games. Why not a bar that's secretly full of vampires?"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Onenote, rule books, binder","Balance prep with improving. Be prepared for the unexpected "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Teamspeak 3, Google Hangout, Teall Dice Roller","Make lots of notes"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Photoshop, Donjon.bin.sh, WotC manuals","Working subtle backstories that have future implications. Developing accents and mannerisms for NPCs. Dramatic pauses."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Books
Assorted fan resource websites
Knowledgeable friends","Deception"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen and Paper, Music, Battle map","Often too much burden is put on the DM to run a great game, the players are equally important. If everyone is respectful and friendly, you will always all have fun, regardless of story or campaign grandeur."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Google Drive, /r/DnD, Youtube/Soundcloud","Making the game harder for the players, but allowing them to try and potentially succeed on anything they can come up with."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","pencil, paper, android app 5th edition character sheet","accepting any outcome, and make it look good"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, 5e Character Sheet (Android), Microsoft OneNote","Always assume your players are going to blow up your plans, be as vague as possible and let the players fill in the details themselves as they go."
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Google, roll20, ","Have a lot of stuff happening so the characters don't get bored"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Dm guide, monster manual, reddit",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club (encounter builder - general ideas), Giant in the Playground Guides forum for quick tips on character builds (PC Suggestions and NPC BBEG), and I am building a wiki page for my campaign (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Friendly_D%26D_5E_-_Dave%27s_Alt._Earth_Campaign_(5e_Campaign_Setting))","The power of yes. This has two effects. One a game that the players have a great impact on. Yes I run the world, they are in Norway at the moment but if they want to head to Egypt I would totally be up for that. I would give them some challenges on the way and then the next session have done some research on Egypt and away we go.

I have found that it actually requires less prep time for me. There is some general ""stuff"" that I work up and have ready to go, and then I message it around what the players want to do."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20 for map management, laminated hex grids for battlemaps, and a computer program to calculate encounter difficulties.","Having the world pre built, reducing individual session plan time."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Online DM Screen, Roll 20, spell grimoire","I prepare a bit, but ultimately the players decide what happens. If I would prepare to much I would subconsciously railroad them to my plot. So sometimes I do not know myself what happens. Basically the first hour of my campaign is prepared depending on the end of the last session and the rest is improv. If I think they want to fight a certain person or meet an npc I will prepare something, but I could improv it if they surprise me. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","The books and one note","Not a lot if planning that way the players can decide what they want to do and not be railroaded."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasy Grounds, Ultimate NPCs: Skullduggery, Elemental Evil.","Making NPCs seem more like real people instead of just generic background."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Fantasy ground, both for table top and online","Don't over prepare"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Forgotten Realms Wiki
Pre-painted plastic minis
My office printer","Not really a trick, but I try to make my players' character choices matter. Make sure the ranger gets to fight her favored enemy. Let the fire sorcerer shine by using an enemy vulnerable to fire every once in a while. Open a side quest so the monk can find some legendary hand-wraps since they're never going to appear randomly in any dungeon. Let your players feel cool and feel good about their characters, and don't be afraid to deviate a bit from your carefully laid plans to make that happen."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMsguild, hexographer, a big ole notebook with lots and lots of tabs. ","Store my minis in a small workman's toolkit, with sizable sections and a locking lid.  Let's me keep them hidden at the table, and quickly pull out monster types, etc, without players having an idea what's they might face. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","online material, writing docs, GM5","listening to players "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&D 5 Spellbook Cards app for enemy spellbooks, Gamemastery Face Cards (for NPCs and enemies),   Arcknight Flat Plastic Miniatures (for everyone), Pathfinder Flip-Mat amd dry-erase markers for combat and exploration","I treat PC attacks against enemies as strikes. Every enemy has a certain number of strikes I mark as ""X""'s on my tracking notes (roughly 1 for every 10 hp). When a PC hits, I erase a strike for every 10 damage. Big hits erase more (rounding). Keeps combat from being slowed by math, or when a PC declares they forgot to add/reduce damage. I can either add or remove a strike. Also visually reminds me how to treat an enemy's battle behavior, depending on how healthy they are, akin to a health bar. I usually make them more erratic when they're ""in the red""."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","I am old fashioned. I use a pen paper, and graph paper. I have some pdfs I'll reference but that's about it. ","Try to do more of ""showing"" your players something instead of ""telling"" them. For example, if you were to run CoS, and Strahd were to charm a player and attempt to attack another PC, don't tell them ""you are charmed and strays wants you to attack player 2"". Have their characters see that player become a monster or something. Make so that they experience the effect of being charmed. Have them discover what's happened to them. ""Show"" them, It's more fun that way. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club, don jon, 5e players guide","Preparation"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote","Go with it. Don't stop to look anything up."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Multiplay as a soundboard; A file of tables and writesups of rules and other information; A custom encounter tracker.","Basing characters and situations from classics; Timing events and challenges."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","DM minion, forged anvil character creator, the DnD booka","Always say yes"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Photoshop, wrapping paper with squares on back, the published books/adventure I'm currently running (lots of rereading for ideas)","Smart monsters don't just stand there and take hits."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Realm Works, Hero Lab, Photoshop ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","The D&D 5e setting books like Darksun, Planescape, Spelljammer and Ravenloft....oh wait those don't exist :(.   1) I only run in FR because that's my only option. 2) I don't run D&D anymore because FR is the only option. 3) When I ran it was 4 hours/week. 4) I LOVE the Lazy DM book! Thanks :)","I try to use descriptive language and dynamic movie like scenes.  PC battle a mob of NPCS while on a sinking pirate ship that's is on fire."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Writing, books and digital printing.","Prepare and create a strong narrative."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote and Excel-based encounter design / CR calculator for prep. At the table, I'm analog only. ","I like to come up with situations (combat and non-combat) to put the characters in, without any pre-determined outcomes. If I understand what the conflict is about, and what the NPCs' / monsters' motivations are, then I can roleplay with the players and we are all playing to see what happens. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight Club
Rpg-ambience","Vivid description, decent preparation, and not worrying too much about the story I had planned."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","a pencil, a sheet of grid paper and a cup of coffee","learn the rules, but don't feel that you must run you game by them"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","3D Virtual Tabletop iPad app, Gamemaster 5, donjon random magic treasure generator(s)","Flavor Text. Make sure each encounter has flavor to it so players are immersed. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Lists of possible NPC names.
A few pre prepared and easily adaptable set piece encounters.
Note cards for tracking initiative","I like to do a lot of world building before we play the first session and then tailor the game prep for each group I run. I find that playing in a world of my own creation enables me to quickly adjust to the players' decisions should they wander away from the line I had anticipated for the session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Word Document Applications in general.","Act.  No matter when or why.  Acting is key."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Hangouts. Adobe illustrator. Index cards.","Reskinning dungeons. Anything I make gets used somewhere."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Evernote, sketchup, Google ","Listen to the players for input. Their wishes or guesses, in and out of character"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hero Lab, LibreOffice, Google Drive","Use funny (or at least distinctive) voices for NPCs, and let the players get their goat."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","The random tables in the dmg. Online content like this (was a huge fan of At-Will). Player feedback during character creation.","Building huge set pieces with dungeon tiles/model terrain. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Reward creativity"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, DMG, ancient literature ","Awesome food options and great players "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, Fiction Stories and premade maps","stay relaxed and keep attentive of the PCs so I can Improv if anything happens"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Hand-drawn maps & handouts, homemade crit/crit fail decks, miniatures for relative positioning/marching order","Give each PC cool, non-combat things to do each session"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Unearthed Arcana 
Roll20's selection of free tokens 
Online loot rollers","Prepare to improvise"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Cityofbrass.io",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club ; Donjon RPG tools ; dry erase board","Say yes to the players and reward them for ruining your carefully crafted schemes with improvised nonsense."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Spreadsheet, Roll20 interface, Google Docs","Having the spreadsheets do all my work for me while using Roll20 macros to keep things running quickly."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Excel - that is all","Experience "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Fat Daragon Games Paper Terrain, Hero Labs, and Gale Force 9 Spell Cards","Misdirection in story telling "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","I create a table showing how I'm going to use each of my story elements in each session."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Syrinscape","Integration of player back stories"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Notecards, vinyl grid map, miniatures","Being prepared"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon's, Tabletop Audio","Be flexible, allow the players to create the story, give them the tools and see what they come up with."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Monster Manual, Reddit (the internet), text editor","Let players do what they want, and encourage role-play."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Have something to do for each PC. Have exploration, social interraction and combat in each scenario."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fight Club 5e, DMG, various websites but none regularly or even deliberately most of the time. ","Find things that give your players openings to engage with the story, usually npcs they can argue or laugh with"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","fifth edition character creator, Kobold Fight Club, Roll20","Improve, Players never go where you want them to so you have to be ready to fly by the seat of your pants from time to time."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon website, 5e DM cheat sheet website, printed cards","Design the game around your PCs strengths but design most encounters by their weaknesses."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Reddit, Onenote","Organization using Onenote (previously used google docs), linked files are great in general"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Postits, pencil, big table","Going with the flow and allowing PCs to think that theay are in charge while tederly guiding their way."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Online/Physical D&D Spell Cards, Module, and notebook","Allow the players to try anything"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I use Fantasy Grounds as my Character Generator.   ","Charging forward...make a fun game."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","So, the above list describes how I currently run my games.  Classically I don't run published adventures, spend hours on prep, and use a litany of tools to randomly generate NPCs, story hooks, items, backgrounds, etc...  My current favourite tool for such occasions are Metal Weave Designs' NPC Cards.  They allow me to add a great deal of depth to an NPC and generate great story hooks.  I also regularly use the regular GM screen info for NPC names.  I was also using Scenes of Chance cards to generate general story direction.  These offer a cool Tarot-esque flavour to the game.","As all good DMs do, I let my players define the hook to adventures through their questions and assumptions.  If my players try to power game, I let them, but I add in a consequence (I have a player who joined who happened to have a custom magic amulet... on level 1, so I made it a cursed item that motivates him to do no good).  But my favourite trick is the 4e skill challenge.  I use it for chase scenes and for time-sensitive elements to an adventure."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Home brewery, reddit's monster a day, dmg","Say yes as much as possible"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/dungeon/
http://tools.goblinist.com/5enc
3x5 index cards","I imagine an environment or location that evokes wondrous adventure (the sort of scenes that make the cover of classic modules), then I design an objective or encounter or plot point which uses that scene."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Unearthed Arcana, Dmg, MM","Describing how each creature attacks and giving each monster a different special feature to mix up the monsters"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Roll 20 for home game, gamemaster 5 app, Critical hit and Fumble card decks.","No tricks just have fun with friends."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Dice, reference cards (spells/monsters etc), my audiences attention. (Occasionally background music)","More role play, less roll play. Sandbox and player driven rather than railroad."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Gamemaster 5, Fight Club 5",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","OneNote, Google Hangouts, pencil","Ask loads of questions of the players and incorporate the answers."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","I use fantasy grounds, with pre made adventures. I spend a ton of time customizing the adventure to fit with characters and added lore. For lore, I use wiki, and pfd old systems. I use Bing images and Google images for handouts and pictures, and Reddit for added ideas.","Custom across the board. Secret language, custom skills, etc. Make the players feel their characters."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","DMG 
Kobold Fight Club
Reddit ","Emotional investment. Find out what the players care about, spend time building this and making them feel like they have something in your world that they have invested emotional weight in."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hero Lab and Realm Works, Monster Manual and Tome of Beasts, graph paper and ruler with variety of pencils. ","Decisions always have consequences. The game world changes as a result of the actions of the PCs. NPCs react to the PCs as a result of their choices, both positive and negative. Messes never clean themselves, which means at some point the PCs build a critical mass of messes that need to be cleaned up.  And those messes may go out of their way to create an opportunity for accountability. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Photoshop, Google Drive, Illustrator","Sound immersion"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster manual
Dungeons master guide 
And a group that goes well together","I mainly improvise. It's the players that decide where they go, and what they do. I just act as a middle person to fluff encounters, award experience, and keep things interesting. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Dmsguild","Keeping them on task"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Flowcharts, notebook, and a healthy dose of stealing concepts and ideas from places my players aren't familiar with.","Know your audience. If they're spoiled WOW players, let them level and gain loot faster, If they're old school, be merciless. Know your audience."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, Reddit","Interaction, Roleplayign enhancement"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club, Microsoft onenote, Monster Manual","Build the background of the world and everything else just flows out. Also, threaten lives with terrain and monsters."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll 20",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Computer w/ notes and sountracks, Initiative tracker, Dwarven Forge Scenery","Keep the pace of the game moving forward... especially the combat...descriptions and fast paced combat."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","SlynFourish map index.  Used the monster builder on DM Insider for fourth edition heavily to,reskin monsters tomfitmscenario better and would and would like to seemsome online tools for fifth edition.","Restructure encounter maps to match the physical maps or tiles  I have on hand and throw in a couple of 3D terrain pieces for detail and interest.  I have created skill based interadventure challenges to add focus and detail to campaign world as well as help build character's stories.  Inspired by quest cards in such games as Lords of Waterdeep."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel sheets, reference books, Internet","Rule of cool"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, GameMaster app, iPad ","Adapting the published adventure to my group and their characters. Making sure they will hopefully care about what's going on. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","","You created the world, but your players are the sculptors."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/","Create an expected plot line, but don't expect to follow it. Expect for every character and NPC to have their own agenda and goals."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The note feature on my iPhone is probly the best tool. If I am at work or out doing something and inspiration hits I just pop into my phone and take down some notes.","I love blending different angles into the main plot. ""That random merchant you just helped ended up having valuable information for the artifact you are seeking."""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Myself, Roll20, and Google","Having good improv skills."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","DMG, the Fifth Edition DnD Facebook page, and player feedback","Red Herrings"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","If it sounds reasonable and my players want to do it, they do it. I had one player slay an enemy, I asked him how he did it, he swung his sword between his legs and cut the baddy. Not how I would have done it, but he seemed happy. The same guy wanted to do some acrobatics to start a battle, and failed miserably, but I said to go for it. 

Also, I love the story, so I do my best to tell an interesting story, but I don't spend as much time preparing it as I should because inevitably my players will go somewhere else. So, I let the session happen and then describe how it fits into the story as a prologue into the next session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","None","5e PHB, 5e monster manual, 4e DMG 2","Work with players, not against them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, OneNote, Donjon","To achieve an adventuring day worth of resource drain to stress the players, without them taking long rests between every fight, I find I end up frequently adding a source of exigency. By changing up the specifics, it doesn't ever feel contrived.

""Should we rest?""
""No, our favorite NPC is captured and isn't responding to my message spell - I'm worried and don't want him to die, let's keep going.""

""Should we rest?""
""Maybe, but that rival party might get to the center and steal the artifact before us if we don't hurry.""

""Should we rest?""
""We don't have time, we have to do do finish the heist before the authorities arrive."""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","The books, Online rpg-cards designer, Music.","Keep your players paranoid, it makes them overthink every situation, wich in turn gives you some pretty good ideas going forward."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DnD Player Handbook, DnD Monster Manual, DnD DMG.","Create place, create npc, create a pun... combine to make a quest."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, scrivener, MM and PHB","come up with NPC appearance, goals and personalities, improvise all other interactions"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Incompetech's various note papers, the vast forgotten realms lore base, and the SRD ","Tell the story in such a way that players cannot tell where the official story ends and your begins"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Note cards. A bunch of them.
A huge grid mat.
Nothing much else comes to mind. I don't often write adventures any more, but even if ever I do, I don't use tools to develop them. A notebook and a pen, or a laptop for making it look somewhat professional.","Get to know the game really well, get a good mat for mapping if that's your thing, and if it is, buy your minis in the candy aisle. Cheaper, and probably more delicious."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Lions Den - Fight Club and Game Master 5, Fantasy Grounds, Roll20","Using tools for efficient time."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Goblinist, koboldfightclub, redditdndext","Homemade tokens have been awesome for our group."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Mindup",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","About an hour","None","More than two hours","Obsidian Portal.","Award Inspiration liberally (for anything from great role playing, to a joke that cracks up the table, or even volunteering to get dinner for everyone)."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon Random Generators, Google Drive, Skype","Ensure that the players care about their character by guiding them, in-depth,  through creation process.   Before we play, I have a Session 0 where all we do is create characters. 

 Including the small details on their character sheets like trinkets, flaws and background in the adventure. 

Giving the PC's every single opportunity to succeed.  Bad fortune should only happen due to bad rolls not because the DM makes it happen."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Let the players drive the story, not the story drive the players."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll 20
Random name generators
Random encounter generators","Play to the audience. Ask then through the week what they liked about the last game and what they think will happen this week, then tailor to their likes. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Tumblr, Facebook groups, Spotify ","Only prepare a skeleton ahead of time, and improve the meat while you play"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit , Critical Role, Matt Collville","I use NPC's and storylines from obscure books I have read."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","EverNote, index cards, encounter builders",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","","A few beers, trust myself and the players. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","- EverNote (or any mobile note-taking system): I use it to track my abstract thoughts about the game, as well as major changes I've made to the module on the fly. After each session, I bullet point out what happened (a short recap), and what I want to happen next. I also have a list of To-Do's, both as a per-session prep (ex: paint 3x hobgoblins) and an overall thing (ex: research all the locations PCs will visit in Ch4 of HotDQ, etc)
- Maps and minis: I spend a lot of time painting minis and building terrain / maps in the 2.5D ""DM Scotty"" method shown on YouTube by The DMG Info and TheDMsCraft. It's therapeutic, plus gives me time for thinking about the game / mentally preparing. 
- A simple spiral bound notebook. I track initiative using the Angry GM method of writing numbers 1-25 (descending) down the side of the page and tracking monster HP, and I also take quick notes at the bottom of the page (things like, when my PC mentions wanting to find a thing or do a thing, or when I need to remember an improvised NPCs name, etc. These notes often get transcribed into EverNote somehow. ","I scribe notes, thoughts, and comments in the adventure book as I read it, so that I know what things I liked and didn't like during the read-through (and re-read-through, and re-re-read-through...). This helps me when I need to skim the book on the fly at the table; I can already see that I crossed through ""Governor Nighthill offers the PCs 300 GP each"" and wrote in that the town is broke but he can offer them a little bit of money and something from the keep's vault - an Immovable Rod.
Also, improv. Along those lines to help - a big prewritten list of NPC names to use on the fly, after which I cross it off the list and write a quick blurb in my spiral notebook about who or what that name became. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop. Monster making tool. Adventure guides",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Leave them guessing"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My notebook full of noted on things to bring back up, themes to highlight per session, clues I want them to get, emergency backup encounters; campaign book (I ran a fully homebrew game in a homebrew world for three years in 4e, and it was awesome & most of my players' favorite ever... but I ain't got time for that. With a campaign book, my prep time is my commute home on game day); talking with my players, especially about backstory & the weekly start of session recap, listening for how they saw it, what they missed, what they're excited about.","Listen to your players. Give them control wherever feasible; ""yes and"" them in interesting ways. Reincorporate things they say or that unexpectedly happen."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fightclub, dnd 5e npc generator, excel","Fewer but unique encounters witch a catch"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","ProFantasy Campaign Cartographer 3+ and Roll20","Webcams"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Roll20. Pyromacers.com, donjon.bin.sh","give the player options"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Goblinist 5e Random Encounter Generator, My own tool that rolls any of the random tables in the PHB and DMG","I don't even know why people keep coming to my games, I feel like I'm moments from falling apart at all times but people seem to enjoy it."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","A place to write things down in preparation, Lego, for the versatility and scenery pieces from model sets.","Have good friends who are willing to stay up until two in the morning playing it with you."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit, The Goblinist, donjon","Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","White board, 5th edition character creator app, dmg","Players build the world. I tie it together"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","None","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About two hours","‰Û¢ Laptop
‰Û¢ 55"" Television framed in a box that lays flat (for map displays, miniatures, and music)
‰Û¢ 5,000+ perfectly categorized and tagged miniatures for quick retrieval.","Preparation, preparation, preparation!"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google hangouts","Using funny voices"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","The DMG, 1 inch grid paper or dungeon tiles","Knowing the adventure so well that when they take a left turn I am ready for it."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","5E Manuals, Google Drive, post-its","Have a session 0 where ground rules are laid down (PVP, alignment, metagaming, etc.) and you can talk to each of the players about their characters and motives."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft word, excel spreadsheet and notes","Moral quandaries, letting the players decide how they are starting by letting them narrate their own intro activities(unless in combat)."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Lets the players have an active part in the world around , not just with the story."
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Character creator
Treasure randomizer
Monster .json","Use simple tropes to design a story"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club for encounter planning, Google Docs for notes, and Youtube for music",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","3e DMG, r/dndbehindthescreen, adventures I've already written","Destructosaurus, aka the ""Bigger Fish."" Present players with an opponent, task, or situation that suddenly gets sidelined with something worse, though not unexpected."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Notecards, Kobold's Den, DMG Tables","Never say no"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Spell cards app, character sheet app, dice","I'm new, I ain't got no tricks."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold.club or dndinsider, Microsoft OneNote, and Campaign Logger (by Johnn Four)","Build on what my players give me."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, donjon.bin.sh, and I guess ""watching tv and stealing plots from there""","SAY ""YES"""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","One note 
Donjon.com
5e monster manuel","Never say no. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Encounter calculator, campaign journal.","Learn your improv game, have a framework ready."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","OneNote, Google Drive, kobold fight club","Don't think twice. Go with your gut and improvise what would be cool, not what's balanced or what makes sense. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Old movies, unearthed arcana, & dr pepper","Don't over-prepare"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Never fudge anything that happens at the table. Take notes on what did happen and craft a uniform world from the random bullcrap you spew from your mouth"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Miniatures, maps, lore","Making detailed NPC characters with elaborated personalities and backgrounds. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Make the players describe combat, such as where they attack the enemy and what happens if they hit"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reskinning player input, laptop for easy organizing, spell casters to keep them on their toes. ","Running with a player's hair brained idea if what might be going on behind the scenes. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencil and paper, notebook, active imagination. ","Taking a published adventure a making it your own. Currently I am running PotA, and very early in i started dropping hints and treasures to my players. By the time they get to the end if the published part, they will have had all their back stories expired and found out the BBG is not the actual BBG. "
"More than twice weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Dicks, dicks, big dicks","Lots of big dicks"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Goblinist, donjon random generator, roll20 srd","Surprise and fear "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, kobold.club, Trello/OneNote","Doing voices for all the NPCs always makes my pcs laugh and enjoy the experience more, even if I am not great at them."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","DMG, MM, & PHB","Follow the flow of the players, different things are fun on different days."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","roll20, the various handbooks and guides from WotC, various websites including the multiple DnD subreddits, ENWorld, dmsguild, etc.","always build your character backstories into the overall story, either via sidequests or even into the main story item, and give the players agency to decide how things will progress."
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, With Edition Character Creator, Pencil","I may have just a nugget of an idea for the overall story.  I thought it out there, and let the PC imagination/paranoia fill in the gaps."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Obsidian Portal, Lions Den apps, Google image search","Listening"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM Screen, PDFs of rulebooks, google forms of players wish lists","Ask the players what they want. Then make them earn it. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Gimp for maps, word, Roll20","Be flexible."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","kobold fight club, donjon 5e spell list, c&p from the monster manual","describe the effects/consequences of each action in combat as imaginatively as possible, keeps it visualized and less like a board game."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Talking with friends, my players, /r/dnd","Make the players narrate and describe things."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Let your table do the work for you. Don't engineer moments for your players to walk into, let them follow your plot and create great moments"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","I play at home but use roll20 and projector which then allows me to easily use battlemaps as well as pictures to help set the scene. I also use google docs to help orgainze everything.","Rule of cool"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Don Jon RPG Tools, Notebook",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Cherrytree, spell grimoire, donjon",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Roll 20, Google drive, photoshop",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, fantasy grounds, kobold fight club","I spend a lot of time working on memorable fights--moving platforms, dangerous terrain, homebrew layer abilities etc"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Pen and Paper, Image Edditing Software, Websites with all sorts of Names","Smoke and Mirrors, what is important is that the game is fun, so some rules or rolls will have to be bend without the players knowledge."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Imagination, 3rd party homebrew blogs, friends.","The art of surprise: being able to keep new and veteran players alike engrossed for hours at a time is no easy feat."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Paizo Combat Pad, iPad + OneNote, Adobe Acrobat Pro","Speaking slowly and annunciating clearly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Note cards, minis, maps","Improvise as muct as possible"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&D tiles, Initiative Tracker, Monster Manual","DM Notebook to track what is happening and has happened."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Subreddit behindthetables, Donjon random generators, orkpub spell list","Give each encounter a little twist."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","Kobold Fight Club
OneNote
",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My own personAL app for laying out statblocks, one note, a spiral notebook.","Small party conflict keeps players invested."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Print paper terrain, old adventures, kobold fight club","Everything I stole from the net. All your tricks and everyone's eles's."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","The homebrewery - natural crit, Goblinist rpg tools, tabletopaudio.com","Keeping track of how each player engages with the game, and putting things in front of them that each player, in turn, wants to engage with."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","The DMG & MM","Don't really have one."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Club fight encounter website, third party monster books (Tome of Beasts and Fifth Edition Foes), The Angry DM advice site","Tying the story theme to their characters."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","The adventure book, Roll Tables, & music.","Improv."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dice, books , printouts","Good players "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","GM Tips from Matt Mercer, Matt Colville, as well as inspiration from published adventures",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&D suite (program I found online), kobold fight club ","I like to try and include characters back story. If I can't do that, I'll include something that the players enjoy in real life. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, YouTube, Coffee","Difficult Challenge Rooms Theme, Timer, Threat, Treasure"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, MapTools, cue cards","Stealing ideas from the players theories. For example, if my players focus on a throw away NPC, believing them to be a major plot element I will make them one, maybe not right away and usually not quite what he players ""suspected"". They feel so good for ""figureing it out""."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Photoshop, Dry-Erase Initiative Tracker Cards, Improv Skills","Handouts and plotted maps go a long way for immersion"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","","Satire"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","","End the session on a cliffhanger."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","3 core books, Microsoft 365, Adobe CS","Listen to the players"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","manuals, excel, word","get to where to players want to take control of their world let them have fun."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, Kindle Fire, DM screen","Roll with it!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/   http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/    Roll20","Never do more than outline anything. My game is non-linear but I have the world pretty much sketched out but nothing is written in ink. By always outlining you have a framework to improvise off of if the players go in an unexpected direction. Which is somewhere between most of the time and always. This lets me be flexible. I can quickly add details to whatever NPCs, locations, plot lines I've outlined. The only thing I 'write in ink' are set pieces that I KNOW the players returning to often, like their stronghold. Even then I leave room for modification because Pimp Your Stronghold should totally be a show. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Spotify, pathfinder pawns, pen & paper","Be in the story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Inkarnate (map maker), DMsGuild (for errata to stick in my game), The Core Rulebooks (to beat every rules lawyer)","When characters go on a quest that involves a specific character's backstory, I always make sure to hit one of the other characters with a revelation of their own. This keeps all the characters invested."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","hardcodex.ru, kobold fight club, Out of the Abyss DMs facebook page","Finishing the session early on a high or tense point."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit, DriveThruRPG","Get the players to strategize without having to say anything "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","One note, random weird news outlets, and novels","yes , but. Asking a player what something is or happens and trying to say yes to that statement with an addendum. The yes, but!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Fantasy Grounds
Microsoft Word
Virtual Battlemap","I run a game in a way that would be entertaining to me if I was a player. I always try to keep a player's perspective when I DM."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Walter Kammers Character sheet app, notebook, internet","Story trumps rules. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, Inkarnate, and Excel","If the players are having a good time, nothing else is needed."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Tablet or Phone, Scrap-paper and Fantasy Images (just to give me ideas and guides)","Be patient as hell... ahah and be very permissive!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google, Ultimate Toolbox, DMG","Be prepared"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","PHB, MM, DMG","It's not a trick.  Good old imagination!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google (searching for maps, artwork), Photoshop (making/tweaking maps), Icecast (broadcast music)","Listen to player/character conversations - mine what the say for ideas."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","DM guide, Monster Manual, My own creativity","I always have backuo plans in case the players decide to not go with what i lay out for them. And if they do i just make it seem like they chose the path when i really guide them."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Core rule books, 3rd party pdfs, and random generators. ","Let the players do their thing. Never say no, say roll. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","More than two hours","None","None","DMG, Dice, and my brain","Pretending like I always have everything under control."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon, kobol.club","Say ""Yes, but..."""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","","My favorite ""trick"" is to compile a ""random encounter"" list that has all sorts of different things on it, only a few of which are specifically intended as combat encounters.  These take place during travel, and exist for the sake of worldbuilding.  However, players are fickle beasts, and will frequently latch on to certain things even if those things were intended to be largely inconsequential.  Improvising from there has led to some of the greatest moments and best additions to the plot of many DnD games."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, donjon.bin","COmbat prep"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Note cards, source books, Paizo flip mats","Have fun and stay flexible"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","I use other media like movies or comics to get ideas for story elements. I typically use the NPC generators online, or stats from monsters for my own creations.","Sometimes I ask my kids to c ok me up with monsters or traps."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, Kobold Fight Club, Donjon","Yes, and..."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club, all of donjon's tools","Leaving things loose enough to let players make their own choices."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Battle Mat, Spotify Playlists for mood","Using the ""yes, and...."" tactic whenever possible to engross my players in their actions and make them feel like they truly have a way in making the gameworld move and work"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Roll20,Pinteresr","Be well prepared and don't take things personal"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote 
Donjon
","OneNote "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, PDFs","Make sure everyone has a chance to do something cool"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","good sounds apps, my notes and my dice :p","when the party slows down for long decisions I bring out the hourglass, the look on their faces when they notice it is priceless"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The books man.","Put together a small supporting cast of compelling, nuanced NPC's to better immerse the players in a living, breathing world."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","","Great improv skills are the key to success."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Donjon, Kobold Fight Club","The more you can prepare before playing, the better"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","If the presentation of the game is engaging, players will get immersed in a deeper way."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","the MM, dnd-spells.com, http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/","know your players"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The 5E spell list app, background music, customized DM screen.","Build the set, set activities into motion and, know your NPCs. Let your players handle the rest."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Laptop, google docs, tabeltop audio","Watching the room. Know whne combat is dragging on or when you need to throw in a combat or roleplay to spice things up"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","kobold fight club, monster manual, dndnext subreddit","Making sure everyone is having fun, preparation or world rules be damned. Go with the flow and use rule of cool excessively."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Microsoft OneNote",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","None","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, Player's Handbook","Preparation: having banks of NPCs, encounters, and descriptions handy"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","OneNote, Dyson Logos maps, DMG (random dungeons and treasures)",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Beer, some graph paper, and the SRD.","Every player has a ""thing"" that they want to do. Some like to be a combat badass, some want to uncover mysteries, others like to see plans come to fruition, and so on. Find out what each of your players want, and find out how to let them do it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, goblinest, kobold fight club","Let it flow in the players control"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Campaign Book, Roll20, sticky notes application","Plan ahead enough to make the sandbox, but be prepared to cleanup the mess your players make if needed"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Notepad++
Skype
Donjon",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Wotc books, roll20, gimp","Just winging it. Improv"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","Spend a lot of time preparing the world. NPCs, locations, map, flavour, tech level, magic level. Make it coherent. The world will start acting on its own.
Run the game as a real RPG, not like a videogame. 
Take care of the story of each character. Let the players have their special moments, once in a while.
Make the characters be part of your world. Not some kind of super special hero (at least, not until higher levels!).
Guide and empower the fantasies of your players. Never suffocate them, or leaving without control.
I like to buy minis, maps, and stuffs that can help visual immersion in the game.
If everyone is enjoying, you are doing right. If you follow all the rules, but none is happy rules are wrong. The only golden rule is to play and dream with your friends."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Goblinist Encounter Maker, Redkatart 5e Tools, RPG Tinker","Plots involving player's background. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","The Homebrewery, The CritterDB, and 3D terrain building","I focus on the story and Role playing, I make sure that comat's are challenging to the players through the use of effective tactics and the environment that the players are having the battle in."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop for handouts, dmdj ios app for music, pdf readers for books","Getting players involved. If they mention anything, even if it wasnt directly to me, about something being cool or interesting if it would happen, I make a note and try to incorporate it in further sessions"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","None","About an hour","Anydice, Random Tables, Halo","Make all of the players invested in the game."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Imagine being in your players shoes, and then think your session through. Say yes to player agency."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, donjon 5e tools, online grimorie (even though I have the hardcover books)","Going with the flow. If I mispronounce something, or if a player asks if a gold nugget tastes like chicken, or any of a million other odd things happen just go with it. Everyone is there to have fun, if the world becomes a little less consistent that's okay. Just be fair."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","PDFs, Other games, Google","Visceral challenges and spotlight sharing"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","Spell cards, spreadsheets, D&D books: PH, MM, DMG","It's really all about the preparation: story, atmosphere, NPC's, etc."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Graph paper, laptop, and rule books.","Let your players go a little crazy with ideas. Sometimes over seriousness can ruin games where off the  walls ideas can bring new ideas to the table."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Map Designers (Inkarnate), The Homebrewary, Monster Manual","Mixed Interactions"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","dm holley's encounter calculator, kobold club, goblinist","Music and lighting"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","My students, my players, my imagination","Practice"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dnd 5e spellbook app
DMG
MM","Think of multiple ways the problems can be solved, and be open to accepting ways you hadn't thought of  "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dmholley's encounter calculator, Dungeon Master's Guide 5e, and any music by Faust.","My players love music added to the game, also memorable NPC's"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","DnDWiki, Papermini Sites, Syrinscape ","Letting everyone have fun regardless of your plan. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Master's Guide, Kobold Fight Club, Reddit","Know what your group wants out of the game and cater to them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, mpmb character sheets, dmg","Setting up a hard encounter with a cannon  fail-safe built in to propel the players to the next part of the quest without getting too railroady."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, HP Pavilion x2 12-b020nr 12"" Detachable Laptop","Do not over plan. Let the party build create their story in the world you created. Have general guildlines and understanding of how you'll motivate them to participate with the overall story. Most of the time, a DM should only be reacting to the players. Improvise dialog unless quest specific information needs to be given. Instead of building adventure by adventure. Build the world, the environment, and atmosphere. The rest will unfold. Over preparing may cause the game to seem to much on rails. Expect anything. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The Random affect potion chart I made. The many maps I create and show to my players. ","Allowing the conflict of the adventures to be created by the PCs. "
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Modules, Books, Players","knowing who the players are and their playing styles."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Phb, MM, interney","Beer and chips. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club
/r/monsteraday 
Monster Manual","I usually have a giant pool of combat encounters, and a loose idea of where the overarching story goes so that if the players do something weird I can just reflavor the combat encounters and not worry about railroading them with the story "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon,  D&d 5e reference (Samsung phone app), DMG","Have fun and let the players direct the story to an extent"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Books, Game Master 5 (By Lion's Den), Facebook group for Logistics of planning/scheduling.","Encourage Player ideas and actions.  "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My Surface Pro 4, Monster Manual, Kobold Fight Club","Pretending the player's idea was the idea I knew they'd take the whole time and was totally 100% prepared for. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM's guide, Pathfinder Flip Map, Spotify",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM screen, donjon, and a battlemap.","Improvisation- quick and easy, and doesn't railroad."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Loot generator, doujin CR calculator, roll20 resources ","Complete freedom"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Homebrewery, DMG, D&D 5e Spellbook Mobile App","I like to run with player decisions more than what I had planned, and so players have incredible amounts of freedom to shape the story."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Hero Lab, One Note, Deviant Art","Listen to the players for clues on future things to do."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Fantasy Name Generator, Roll20, DMG","Make the next one better."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen and Paper, tablet and miniatures ","PC character development is the biggest hook there is"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google drive, Dropbox, Word","Establish clear stakes before every conflict and every die roll."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft word, 1"" graph paper, pencils","Predraw encounter maps"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Published campaigns, DMG, Google","Keep things moving and if it gets slow, random encounter!"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The d20 website","Get them engaged, and play!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Evernote, Gimp","Throw out a ton of story threads, eventually weave some of them together so that it seemed like they were all pre-planned and building to something great.  Also, give the players what they want, while making them feel like they earned it (i.e. Be a Fan of the Players)."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote
Roll20
Pen & Paper",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My notebook, the monster manual and the dmg","Exposition and emotion are very important. Not so much a trick, but really try and personify the emotions you want to put forth"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","PDFs, online communities, flattened marbles for terrain","Taking a great deal of time to create a web of cause and effect with multiple endings prepared based on choices along the way."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","Writing equipment, imagination and written material.","Paying attention to what players get invested in. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Home Computer: for note making, creating cheat sheets, writing  own encounters.
Online printing service: for A2 prints of maps
Official Rule Books","Keep every player at the table involved in the game as much as possible, keeping everyone entertained, and encouraging each player to invest emotionally in the adventure/setting "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None"," I run published materials, so using whatever book along with the DM's guide and monster manual ","Build to a cliffhanger each session"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Adobe, The Spellbook android app, and a binder","???"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","5e ""spellbook burned"" (mobile app), roll20, r/dndbehindthescreen","Having a sharp mind via caffeine, proper hydration, and nutrition so I can remember my prep work, include all players, and think fast. Weed slows me down, (some) alcohol speeds me up."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","Kobold fight club
Random name gens
","I like to create the world, make it interesting and then just let the players do whatever inside. The story is purely the players creation."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20. Koboldfightclub 5e one note workbook","Using players background and experience to create inner party turmoil while presenting aggressive external action to help players come to terms with each other."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20 is the only one I use.  Unless you count The GIMP and Adobe.","I like to use dodgy accents and humour to bring my NPCs to life."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About an hour","core books with adventure paths, hexagonal graph paper with colored pencils, dwarvenforge tiles with reaper bones minis","Loud/interesting battle cries from the bad guys. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","A properly warmed up and caffeinated mind, ambient music/lighting, pen and paper.","I like to prepare a simple, medieval-themed meal for my guests to get them in the mindset."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, paper & pencil, blogs","Listen to your players conjectures about the encounter and be prepared to take the adventure in the direction they're imagining. They have much more fun when they think they're uncovering plot points that match with their own imagination. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","One note 
5e spellbook app
Paper and pencil","I always try to keep the action moving forward by keeping downtime to a minimum (looking up information in the phb, setting up battle maps,  etc)."
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google drive, loads of notebooks, reddit","Make a world, Make people, Don't make an mmo"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Itube, kobold fight club, dms guild","adding countdowns when I know that something is going to happen but the players don't know what it is"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","Fight Club App, DMG, MM","Some preperation is key but having a strong idea of what you want in your world and then building on the fly is my favourite part. Players will always do what they want and you won't be ready for it."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","games master 5 app, dm's guide, monster manual ","make your game hard enough that players go down but not enough to kill them, plenty of healing opertunitys "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Original campaign books, mike schley's maps and original campaign DM screens","Trust in yourself and forget everything else but the question: Am I and my players having a great time?"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","","Just go with the flow"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Donjon, and that really is it.","Be 100% flexible.  Let the campaign roll which ever way the group wants to take it.  In an adventure that has the group going from A to B, they will almost always go to Q on the way there..."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Roll20, OneNote, Adobe Reader","Roll20 dynamic lighting"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, /r/dnd, hexographer","Let your players run the story."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Paper
Pencil
Laptop","Make it seem like a struggle when they fight, because fights are taxing"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh, http://tools.goblinist.com, and the D&D 5 Spellbook app","Ask the players what they want, then add to that what you want."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The books, note pads and cumputer filles for characters&loot","Always give the players the fealing they are in full control of the campain even if its far from that"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMs guild, reading plenty of fantasy books for inspiration and the Dungeons Masters Guide ","For a single adventure, at least one cool combat encounter. For a campaign game, get a general outline for the story with multiple outcomes and then let the players out on a long leash. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Donjon, Grimoire, Google Docs","Know your story and everything else can be easily derived from it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Apple Notes, Kobold Fight Club, 5e Monster Manual","Background music/ambience"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DnD Monster Manual, 5E Spell App.","Keep monster stats simple and flexible. Use terrain during combat. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencils and paper,
Epic film soundtracks
Core rule books","Guide your phone players to do the narrative heavy lifting."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Notepad, pencil, dice","Describe where the character are, give them a hook that gets them started doing something, and from there let the players lead the game - with the DM only reacting to where the players take things and what they express desire for in and out of character by putting appropriate (to the group's tastes) obstacles in the way of the characters"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Online forums
Reading the adventure
DM screen","Allowing the players to try what ever they want"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Excel Spreadsheet for CR calc, D&D 5 Spellbook android app","Be flexible in order to make the story great"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","A single notebook, WATER, and my laptop (I use Realm Works software)","I roll saves and some skill check  for my players. Also, simply answering ""sure"" when players ask if they can do something ."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","One Note, One note, One note","Don't hide the adventure."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","","Respect player's autonomy,  use their background hooks, create exciting combats, allow them to feel that creativity is rewarded"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Roll20, watching other DM''s ideas and concepts on YouTube, and I listen to The time Show for ideas ","I think a dm can kill himself trying to make a great game.  But what I have found is as long as the dm does a pretty good job the games success rests mostly with the players.  Good players that care and are involved always make a fun game.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dice tower, monster manual, pen and paper","Create motivations the characters will chase, and npcs that make the chase interesting. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","http://www.improved-initiative.com/
http://donjon.bin.sh/
http://tabletopaudio.com/","Aim for fun, always try to roll with player choices, and allow the players a lot of room to build upon the world through ingame actions. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google :)
Core books
D&D 5e FB group ","Having the story ironed out, but also having many possible avenues that are off the beaten path of the story arc. Be ready to improv by thinking of those solutions ahead of time without writing it all out. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club and the DMG.","Atmosphere, setting the mood does wonders for everyones immersion. We play at a 400 year old building, in a room in a tower with dim lights and it makes it amazing. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","5esrd.com",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, donjon, WotC website","Describe pointless flavor with just as much detail as important things"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, dnd-spells.com, /r/dndbehindthescreen","Play with your best friends and don't be afraid to take risks or let the game take you where you wouldn't expect."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Google Docs, Discord (voice chat), the 5th Edition DMG","Overthinking and over preparing always seems to backfire.  I find that the best sessions come from being just slightly more ready than ""seat of the pants.""  But not much."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","dungeon masters guide, dnd subreddits, various stories/books that already exist","focus on everyone having fun & providing great food"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, PHB, that one online encounter creation tool with goblin in the name","Get people that work well together as your players"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Index cards (thanks, Sly), printed pics of npc, monsters, and maps, online walk through and tips from a DM who's already run the adventure.","Initiative cards are huge!  I also will severly hurt players or let players take out monsters regardless of actual hit points if I or the players describe something particularly cinematic.  I hate long protracted battles with no storytelling consequence."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20, Fantasy Name Generator","Steal from other media mercilessly "
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","","Create a robust frame for a story. 
- Know your setting well, so that you can answer questions and move pieces of it into the story as necessary. 
- Create conflict by giving Villains goals that oppose those of the PCs. Use their personality, abilities, and goals to decide on their actions from session to session. Never write a master plan at the beginning. 
- Don't fudge the dice rolls. It's often tempting, because wild luck can sometimes throw a story sideways. Resist. The game needs risk to be fun, including the risk of death.  Fudging rolls makes it difficult to deal with character death. Players feel bad when their characters die, but they can live with it if it is the result of dice rolls. They feel a lot worse if they know that you regularly change numbers behind the screen. That makes the DM, not the dice, responsible for the death of their character. This can create animosity in a player group. "
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Monsters man imagination and a table ","Planning something for each player just depending in their selected class"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Reddit, YouTube,","Be good at improv?  Be flexible.  Listen to The Adventure Zone."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DnD 5e Character Sheet App","Let the players come alive in the world. Don't try too hard to force them. The world is theirs to explore and yours to love."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate, Microsoft Word, MS Paint","Playing on the fly"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","The Internet, Adobe Acrobat, Various map tools","Attention to detail, DM verbal flavor of scenarios - (similar to Matt Mercer)"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","Game Master 5 iPad app","Be entertaining"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Players Handbook,, Dungeon Masters Guide,Monster Manual","Using posted notes to hand out to the party when they reach a certain part of the campaign "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Tabletop Audio
Kobold Encounter Designer
RPG Tinker","I like to come up woth preset lists of magic items that are relevant to each character class or personality in my story and customize treasures they find in the campaign  to he character who found it. This makes for better and more controlled magic items and rare treasures being incorporated into the game. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Fantasy grounds
","everything is done with the focus of having fun while challenging the PCs"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Masks 1001 NPCs for your rpg, Engine Publishing; kingdoms of Kalamar Villain Design Handbook, Kenzer; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting for 3rd edition D&D.","Re skin monsters to serve as combat NPCs, other monsters or beasts"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","IMPROVISE LIKE NO OTHER ALIVE"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club to try to make balanced combat encounters, the Monster Manual, the Encounter Worksheets by Mithgarthr Entertainment","1. Present the situation & then step back & enjoy watching the players work it out 2. Always remember that it's not DM v. Players, & you win if you beat them...rather, the objective is collectively telling an awesome, memorable story"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","OneNote, my copy of PotA","Prep"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster Manual, Tome of Beasts, DMG","Keep things moving fast, combat fast, push the players a little when they spend too much time chatting or stuck in one area overthinking things."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The three core books, miniatures and counters, 1""scale graph paper pads (fully drawn and colored)","No tricks....I try to read the adventure multiple times, write or photocopy moster/npc stats and have them taped to the page they are encountered, and have notes on any spells/effects th could be used in an encounter also handy so things move quiclky without having to ""look things up"" and waste llay time :)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Orcpub, Reddit and good ol' pen and paper",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Djon's site, google sheets and graph paper","Player freedom"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, donjon, and dmg","Plot advancing revelations hidden in ""mundane"" tasks."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","Word, Photoshop, and traditional art","Guide the flow of the game, don't control it. Let the players be players"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","donjon, dave's mapper, random tables","let It go"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","5esrd.com, rpglocker.com, donjon","Bait and switch"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, Donjon, Interner Images","Add a few tidbits of images and script to lure the players "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&D 5e minion app on Android, I wont DM without it.  Science dice, dice tower, dry erase hex playing map.","Use player ideas and motivations to build adventures."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobladfightclub, Monstermanual, DnD subreddits and other forums",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Journal, personal story board, and npc cards","If a character is getting ready to die after failing a death saving throw or praying to a deity, they must make a pull from a tumbling tower to determine if they succeed or not. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club
Onenote
Dnd books","TBD"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pencil, paper, dice","Improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","The Internet
A notebook
Dungeon Tiles","I never over plan.  I map out key plot points using an outline.  Each point of the outline branches the simplest result of each social or combat encounter allowing me to know how the plot will progress based on the outcome."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google, Google, and Google","Spotlight time for everyone who wants it!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Campaign book, 1 inch square grid, note paper","Don't be attached to it being your game. Let the players play, and if they want to lead the story, just help set up the stats and mystery since that's what you do best. You're there to facilitate fun, and if that isn't fun for you, DM probably isn't your roll."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes"," Maps miniatures and paper  handouts ","Don't let the rules dictate your game."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20, dmsguild, experience",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","reddit.com/r/behindthetables 
don jon
FANTASY name generator","Say yes to your players"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Trello, Pencil/Paper, Folders","Let story win over rules when it needs to."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","The rule books, online digital art (for ideas), notebooks","I don't have one "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Digital (form filable) PDF of character sheets, list of monster per CR and which page they're on in the MM, loot generator app","The trick is to really ""feel"" your party. Some people just want to run around and do quests (the Skyrim style), some people want excesive roleplay scenes, some players want something in between. As a DM it is your task to cater to your group in the best way possible."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Microsoft Word/Excel, paper pencil",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About half an ounce to get all the players on the same level, and helps with the role playing. Ambient music to set scenes like battles, menace or fear or back ground for like taverns","Make them become the characters! And don't be scared to kill em off!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hero Lab [for monster/encounter builds]. Pinterest [for tokens and maps]. Roll20 [for running the game]","Know the PCs and the world. It is easy to improvise any situation if you have that knowledge."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Don.jon website","Unique voices for roleplaying"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, reddit","NPCs or interesting locations. I make sure to have one memorable NPC appear in each session, if applicable, or an interesting  location, be it an inn or cave or something, that the PCs will remember. Sometimes it's giving a fun personality or accent to the NPC, or giving the location an interesting history. I find that this can add a lot of depth to my world, without a ton of planning and effort. Plus, the PCs tend to remember the details of the session better if there is some meaningful interaction they've had."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","My mind, pen and paper","Just trying to create a sandbox and let players do whatever they want."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dmg, mm, and a good pencil and notebook  ","Minimal prep, fly by the seat of your pants  "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Notebook, maps, lego","Encounter Design = Timer + Threat + Treat, Be a Fan of the Characters, Voices!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Map tools to make encounter maps
Laptop and 2nd monitor to display them
Dice cup to keep rolls orderly","Unique voicestyle for npcs"
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Bottle caps, index cards, map/dry erase markers","I make combat easier by folding an index card to create a tented name plate that I hang over my DM screen.  Facing the players, it has person/character/race/class/distinguishing feature.  Facing me, it has ac/spell dc/hp/alignment/languages.  These cards get shuffled to show initiative in combat."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","Map, pens, printout of the module","Be against the players when designing encounters, throwing hard things at them; be with the players when they're playing, looking for ways to make them feel heroic."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Pen & paper; Google docs; 5e DMG ""roll your own adventure"" tables.","Listening to your players. The game I like to play is collaborative improvisation. I provide the situation and the players provide the resolution."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Evernote
Google Docs
Graph paper","I haven't figured that out yet"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","I like Roll20 because i can play with friends i dont live close to. I like using photoshop for preparing my own maps and minatures/icons. Youtube channels like WebDM and Mathew Colville are also huge helps as a new DM.","I like when my players get too talkative about what they should do instead of just doing things, so i usually have a building catch on fire or someone tries to steal something from them. A little unexpected encounter for the group to get them into motion."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Gimp
Roll20
Google image search",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs","Interstate published encounters "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","One Note","Have a blackboard for combat drawings"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Youtube History videos on Norse, Roman, Celtic, Samerian mythology","Having one NPC that the party does not trust, be a real pain in the ass-goodie-two-shoes, valiantly sacrific him or herself in the face of danger to help save the group. Playing on perspective and allowing the previous assumptions to be turned on their ear makes the players engage with NPCs more honestly through out the campaign and not always see NPCs as a tool for DM betrayal."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","pen and paper, donjon.bish, goblinist.com","having NPCs that lie or don't know the real truth"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Dungeon Masters Guild.com
",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, PDF copies of manuals, interwebs",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Onenote, npc generators, dnd books","Run the game your players want to play. "
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM's Guild, Other's play sessions, YouTube channels about D&D","Breaking the group up organically into smaller teams of 2-4 players and allowing them to wander. I cut between the groups like a TV show or movie would until finally the players reconvene, each with new components to progress or change the story. It creates the ability for players to shine and for others to plan their actions or enjoy the show the other players are putting on. I have a group with 8 people as a DM of only a few months, this is a trick I stumbled upon through my first homebrew session and continue to use. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Improv books, the internet, a notebook","Work most elements of each player's character traits and skills into each session, and the story arc."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","D&D combat rating calculator, pen and paper, the D&D books","Usually with some combat that is challenging with a quality amount of exploration with a sprinkle of roleplay."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","PHB, DMG, MM","Open ended setting with mutable plot"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About two hours","Photoshop
D&D books (DM guide, players hand book, monster manual, etc.)
Large roll of tracing paper (for maps)",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Wet-erase grid, magnetic initiative tracker, various online forums","Have a general idea of where the campaign is going and the movers and shakers, but let your players assumptions direct how you fill in the details"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Encounter calculators, note cards for loot, searchable notes (like Google docs)","Only require rolls for dramatic moments, most things can either easily or never be done out of combat."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold.club, scrivener, excel","Bullshitting is a useful skill, being able to improve a result to an unexpected player action is really key."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll 20?","Adding comedy"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dmg. Internet random generators.  And background music","When on doubt bullshit it. They will never know that it was planned ahead"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, DonJon's Random List Generators, ","I make very obvious cause/effect relationships between their actions and the story. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","More than two hours","Making monster stat cards - a book of spell cards - DMG tables","the environment can have a constraint that changes how the rules are used "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google+, 5e's MM, and Gygax's DMG for 1e.","Give the players what they want.  Find out what sorts of things excite them and make sure that happens in the game."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Improved-Initiative.com, crobi.github.io/rpg-cards/generator/generate.html, Fantasynamegenerators.com","Involving personal stakes for the player's characters, even in minor side quests. The more engaged my players are with the story, the more fun they have."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google. Dice. Friends. ","Give the people at the table what they want in a game. "
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder and a wide collection of books and blogs","Have great players and go with their ideas"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Pencil, graph paper, and reading a lot of articles. ","Providing a break during the game to shake out distractions then returning to the fun."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM guide. R/uneartheredarcana, r/dnd","Say yes to the player"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, DnDnext subreddit, googling historical information to influence verisimilitude","plan around your characters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, for when ideas strike me. I can just put everything in one place.
My Chessex battle mat. Everyone loves having a pre-drawn dungeon they can explore. 
The Internet. I mine so many ideas from various forums. ","Improv it out. Just try to say yes to as many things as you can, while maintaining a sense of realism. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Monstermanual, easel pad for drawing dungeons, notepad for writing stuff up","Adapt adventures to what your players find interesting. Scale encounters up or down on the fly depending on how players are doing, an important battle is always a close call with death."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh, kobold fight club encounter calculator, 5esrd.com","Use details given by players to create hooks, ask players for information about people or places "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","character creation, dice selection, monsters handbook","creating conflict to make the party become stronger together"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Aside from the player's handbook, dmg, and adventurer's guide, things like Kobold Fight Club, the online DM screen, and DM toolbox are great tools for me.","Depth. The deeper your world feels and the deeper you delve when fleshing out portions of it, the more believable it is, and the more prepared you are when the players go in the complete opposite direction of what you expected. "
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","TiddlyWiki, yEd Graph Editor, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Wilbur, Audacious","Background music with mood-based playlists. Their contribution to atmosphere and ambiance is tremendous and invaluable "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Realm Works, Word, notebook",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon, r/DnDBehindTheScreen, Alexandrian","controlling the ambience of the room"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, D&D 5 Spell Book app, Sumo Paint","Add mysterious items or locations that are not directly related to the plot at hand."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dmg, ph, mm","Fudging roles sometimes for better or worse"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Spell cards, encounter builder, monster manual ","Always try to say yes, but to the players plans. Let them have their good plans succeed, but not exactly as they intended them to."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Index cards, notebook, published adventure","A good and open relationship with the players"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, reddit, google","getting the players invested in their characters."
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Syrinscape, 5esrd.com","Enough prep time before a session to read through your material and visualize possible outcomes. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Masterplan word Excel ",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","One note, dungeon sketch, r/behind thescreen","I have certain things like npc names, taverns, random lot already generated behind the screen. Anything that's going to slow the game down is done. Including stealth rolls for npcs if they're concealed. I also roll stealth for players to increase suspense and risk v reward. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","3 Ring Binder with organized info, Kindle Fire, Box of tokens from 4E","Taking a player's idea, adding my own idea, and presenting it back at them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dm cheat sheet, encounter builder,  mapmaker","Mix in comedic relief time to time "
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Dungeon Master's Guide/Monster Manual, Token Tool","Don't be bad"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Excel, Google Docs, Kobold Fight Club","Loose random tables and gm bullshit"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, aidedd.org, Monster Manual/Tome of Beasts/Fifth Edition Foes/Grimmtooth's Traps (four way tie there).","1) Using the battlemat such that each square is 10'x10' and 
2) using millimeter cubes for monsters so they fit correctly into that scale. 

One side of the battlemat can host an entire dungeon with dozens of rooms that way, requiring less time to erase, redraw, etc. And if you have an image to accompany your millimeter cubes, they can represent any creature out there, saving time and money in laying hands on the exact monster mini you want. 

OCD Bonus: Each player gets a color coded millimeter cube matching the color of the dice they use. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Wet erase markers, notebook, fluff books","Double agents"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook DMg msword ","Screw with the players. Give them something unexpected and fun"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Paper, Dice and a solid pencil","Adaptability - having set encounters mechanically, but re flavouring around the mechanics when the party goes in a different direction

Voices - spending a lot of time talking to myself in weird voices so I can pop them out on a random on an NPC to really add a layer of immersion/enjoy-ability

Exploiting the screen - Changing monster HP up or down mid encounter to fit the party (I play part of a conglomerate, lots of different players and characters in the group each week which means party comp/capability can change wildly. fudging damage to not overkill a level one with massive damage. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","sDoddler's DnD software suite, random encounter tables, paint.net","Sitting back and letting your players take the proverbial RP reins"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, 5esrd.com, and the books","take a shot of whiskey and realize that nothing will go as planned"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I've made my own customer DM screen and Adventure Log. We use Google Docs to keep all the character sheets, campaign notes, and undivided treasure.","All actions have consequences. Some are good, some are bad, but never let them go without happening."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core rule books 
PDF documents from Reddit
Pencil and paper","Throw different challenges at the players and let them sort out the answer"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, internet (DMs Guild, homebrew...)","Let the players entretain themselves and just react to their actions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Digital PDFs of the books","Finding the perfect music and sound effects"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","5e Books (MM, DMG)
The Homebrewery
Hexographer/ Dungeonographer","Keep an eye out and avoid clich̩/ the expected"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The DM Guide, MapTool, and Google","Communicate with your players!  They'll do all the work for you if you can communicate with them enough."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Virtual battlemap, Monster manual, roll20","prepare the world and people firstly then you can improvise how they get to the end of the story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon, Game Master 5th Edition (app), roll20 (when playing remotely)","Plan several potential encounters/scenes and let your players find them organically -- you can still tell your story without the team feeling railroaded."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Online cheat sheets and flow farts that other have created for the adventure I run out of a book.","Know and cater to your audience. Every group of people of are different. Make sure expectations are known from both players and DM."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Fifth Edition Character Sheet App from the App Store, and the PHB.","Getting players immersed into the scenes. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Evernote",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Using bent index cards to track names, stats, and initiative. Using miniatures from other games as a change of pace. Having the module both printed and on an iPad so I can track multiple things without losing my place.","Humanizing enemies. If players feel sympathy for game characters, they are significantly more invested in the game and less likely to go murder hobo."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Books, DM5E app, dropbox","Let players have control of where they are going"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Music, Combat Manager, Spellbook App","A great music playlist sets the mood for the scene."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","5x10 cards, encounter builder, random encounter generator","Low preparation and responding to player descisions"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, YouTube (for music), enworld's 5e treasure generator","Make sure the primary problem can't be optimally solved with a just sword."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","One Note 2016, PDFs of PHB MM and DMG, Spotify ","Letting the Players do what they want and rolling with it to some degree"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Scratchpad, OneNote, and a blank grid for those who need visuals","By having a general sense of the campaign, I can tailor each moment to the player's actions, and keep the story cohesive. Oh, and keeping the map abstract keeps the flow going better than maps and minis ;)"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","DM's Guide, Monster Manual, my imagination","Improvisation based on feedback from my player's choices."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, Fantasy Grounds and Fantasy Grounds!","As a high school teacher, I have access to my classroom and the myriad of technology it has to offer.  I use my school's fast wifi network to connect my players and their computers around a large table.  As the DM, I share maps and encounter info to my players through the Fantasy Grounds software package.  One of my player's computer is connected to my SmartBoard. Often my players are on their feet using their finger to move their character's token on the SmartBoard.  I guess I run my games much the way I run my AP Calculus classroom.
I play mood enhancing music through the overhead speakers in my classroom, dim the lights and the game is on!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Game Master 5e, Ideas from Reddit, imagination *insert spongebob gif*","Still figuring that out, I've only been at this a month!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Novels, DMG, movies","Adding a surprise element to a characters backstory they didn't think to add."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google image search for visual examples and maps, 2 Minute Tabletop for maps, Monster Manual for inspiration on creatures","The single greatest trick I could offer is be flexible. Do not have so much of the game planned out that any deviation by the players would leave the game in shambles. Remember that nothing is set in stone, and the players can't read your notes as the DM. As the DM the world is yours to control, and players don't know whats behind each door. The game is only as hard or as easy as the DM lets it be. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Homebrewery
RK's D&D Treasure Generator 
/r/unearthedarcana","I always prepare one big plot or story hook, and mostly improve the rest"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Paper, pen, inspiration","Pacing the inebriants."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Adobe Photoshop, illustrator mac book","Keep it simple"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Wet erase markers and a battle mat","Try to always say yes to players "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","DM Guide, Monster Manual, Google (why oh why won't wizards provide API access to the core materials, I want them to take my money......)","Ruling on questions quickly/not forcing too many skill checks to keep things moving (keeps the immersion higher to not have to slow down for rule arguments or checks that should be automatic in context)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, Reddit/the Internet","Soundtrack using Syrinscape and proper lighting and handouts."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","More than two hours","Quip, Purchased adventure, Red&Black paper notebook","No tricks, just put in the time and really know the NPCs and most likely encounters coming up."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Donjon, Roll20",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","None","Dmholley's encounter calculator, forgotten realms wikia, and natural crit hombrewery","Have a session without the ""problem/know-it-all player"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","tabletopaudio.com
donjon.bin.sh
5th Edition Spellbook android app","Setting up the ambience and trying to mentally place my players in the setting. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","PHB, DMG, MM",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, PHB, MM","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel, PDF files & google","Don't ""overplot."" Have a framework with important things filled in. Having NPC goals and personalities allow them to react to what the PCs do."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Mote, realm works, campaign cartographer","Design to the style of games the players like, and include variety"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20 for maps
Battlemat for combat
Google Drive for writing","I use Roll20 to show maps and reveal progress in dungeons, but combat is done either in the theater of the mind or on the battle mat with miniatures. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon.bin.sh, cityofbrass.io, roll20.com (local map display)","Keep a good pace, know when a scene is done and move on."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, the Dungeon Master's Guide (monster building section), the Encounter Building Unearthed Arcana article","Bringing in my players to play secondary or background characters for a scene focusing on a single character"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Encounter Builder, Tabletop AudioDungeon Generator, ",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Reddit, Word, OneNote,","Give the characters a personal reason to care about the plot."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pdf cheat sheet a with monster stats,  my huge collection of combat battle maps,  and ad&d monster Creator program","I put empty Dice boxes with a single D20 in each behind the DM screen one for each player so I can pick them up and roll all of their hidden rolls at once if need be"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notecards. ","Be prepared to make shit up. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","One note, kobold fight club","Let players answer questions about the setting"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon
Fantasy name generator
Bubbl.us","Have your BBEG steal something from your PCs. Even if it's not an extremely valuable item the PCs will instinctively want it back. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Google Drive,  online generators,  YouTube ","2.5 d maps,  taking notes "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","donjon, kobold fight club",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold.club, Reddit (/r/ndbehindthescreen etc.) and tabletopaudio","I really like, letting the players turn random small weird things you introduce for no real reason into something important and meaningful."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20
OneNote
Kobold fight club ","Suspense and secrets"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Realm works, Books, Alcohol","Good players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Using my books and pdf's for source material, a spredsheet and doc writer.","Having fun and working with my players."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Reddit, source material","Combat organization with flash cards. Greatly sped up combat with minimal errors. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Notebook
Graph paper
Google docs","Listen to the players and steal their ideas. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Alcohol"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dry erase notebook, online encounter builders, reading books and stealing liberally","Let the party do the most damage to themselves.  A shiny red button that says  ""do not press"" may be left alone, but it's always considered. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","When in doubt fudge in the players favor. It's a game and my objective is not to ""beat"" the players. I win when they want to keep coming back to my table."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, notes and reddit for inspiration","Plenty of notes"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","The three main books are really the only things I use.","Silly accents and running with whatever my players try to do"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, anything from donjon, tome of beasts","Don't design villains. Design people with strong ambitions."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Plagiarizing from other modules, Unearthed Arcana subreddit, Notability app.","Create general background of NPC, but improv characters and scenes."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Tome of Adventure Design, 5e DMG, Barebones Fantasy RPG tables","Play it fast and loose!"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel Encounter Builder, Obsidian Portal (NPCs and continuity)","Crunch first, then maps for sites(10' graph paper), then Narrative, then fluff - avoid worldbuilding sand trap!!!! Think I learned this from gnome stew or Lazy DM book. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","donjon.bin.sh, Microsoft OneNote, /r/dndbehindthescreen",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, donjon, reddit","Prepare the world and the characters, not the story. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon, Spellbook Ap on phone,","Just go with it."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon, kassoon, d20srd","Including a hazard that is detrimental to players and monsters, so the players use abilities they wouldn't normally use to be more optimal in combat."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","5th edition DM tools app, old Published maps and books",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","3rd party online combat encounter generators, 3rd party loot generators. 3rd party map making tools. Inkarnate!!","Get my players to describe their own kills when they drop an enemy. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
DM Guide
1000s of paper and markers","Go with your players flow"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Nothing unusual- I guess my best tool is the bathtub I soak in while thinking about the game. ","You must have a contagious enthusiasm for your material, the players will pick up on it. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20 - used locally
Photoshop
Chrome","Listening to the players and improvising when everything goes wrong."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG
Donjon
Watching Critical Role","Keep it lose and open to evolve around the players. Don't be too serious."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Booze, artstation.com, roll20","Make your players design the world as well."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Photoshop, Google Docs, my iPad","Know when to let the party argue and when to call for a decision or introduce a break in the discussion (i.e. random encounter)"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, source books, podcasts","Improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen, Paper and my mind.","Don't over think it and have options but don't be constrained to those options."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon.bin.sh, dhmholley.co.uk, and Squire (android app) ","Mix and match ideas from published adventures into your own world, but don't force the players into following a rigid storyline. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate, Music, Dice","Never give your players a direct no. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","D&d Spellbook apps, Small white board for tracking monster initiative and health, tabletop audio for background music and effects ",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Donjon, Roll20, Inkarnate",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dndbehindthescreen's compendium of resources.","Villains should be prevalent to the party on a personal level consistantly. They should also believe they are right or justified in some manner.

When world building or deciding an npc's action, do so as if the pc's did not exist. Unless or until they are relevant to the decision. It will help make your world more believable. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM Tools app for ipad, OneNote, my paper notebook","Blind luck"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Google Docs, Homebrewery, Donjons Random Dungeon Generator","Patience, lots of patience"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Having great npcs that the players can interact with."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core rule books and my notes","Crsting a problem with no obvious solution and letting the players figure it out. In the process, that continues to write the story. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Music"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Homebrew ideas from online, files of previous campaigns.","Make it up as you go, and don't be too serious."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","The 5e soucebooks, tabletopaudio.com, donjon's randomizers (donjon.bin.sh)","Embracing the improvisational phrase ""Yes, and..."""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","A small book, a big book, a pencil","If they are explaining a theory, run with it so they feel accomplished. Even if it is totally against what you had in mind. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dnd 5e books, Google docs, online dice rollers","Using quick handwritten notes for players who know or see things other players don't. Occasionally throwing in a blank note to mess with them a bit. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, maps searched for on Google images, tokentool (for token generation on roll20)","Allowing players to have a fun time."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Mat, wet erase markers, indicative pad"," Because I run published campaigns, I think it's really important to not be afraid to change what's written in the book, even majorly in order to prouduce a more personalized and fun story for the PC:'s. Don't get caught up trying to match the book exactly, let the feel of the players guide your hand more."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club","""Yes and"" or ""no but"" style story-telling with players. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","Google Docs, Spotify, Tabletop Audio,","Let your players try anything."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Google Docs, https://www.5thsrd.org/, Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game","Listen to guesses the players make as to what's going on and work in something close to that, or an NPC in the background with a goal of getting them to think that. Listening is super key."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","npc cards, /r/behindthescreen, jukebox","Create an immersive atmosphere.
Can be done by music, acting voices, pushing moral conflict, forcing players to use character names storytelling etc. Once people start thinking in character and not player terms the game improves dramatically."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Listen to your players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, one note, reddit","Knowing ahead of time what your players want. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The old 4th edition character builder (bring it back for 5e,) My laser cutter, All of the books. ","Don't say No. Don't let you story hurt the story your players want. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","just the books","select a *theme* or genre for each session."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, oneNote, dry erase grid","Improvise. Create a memorable NPC or encounter when the group does something unexpected, maybe from a previously prepared template or just out of your head."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","Xbox party, google, and adventurer's codex.","When they do a perception check, never say 'there is nothing' say 'you don't see anything'"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Books, reddit, and adobe suite","YOLO. I try to prepare the bare minimum and just roll with it. The only problem is that my players are very visual so I have to make props and handouts. They also don't know the rules very well so rule handouts are a must."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, Google docs, media wiki.","I like using dungeon world style fronts."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","I have a 1.) flatscreen TV that I've mounted into a 2x4 frame, and I project my maps onto that using 2.) Roll20.net and my 3.) Laptop",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Dungeon Masters Screen 5e, Monsters Manual and Google Docs","Improvising; while my players don't think I am. "
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My computer, spell app, reddit.","Whole lot of improv"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notecards, MM, DM guide","Build engaging and exciting encounters, and everything else around them"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, Internet, My imagination","none
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, Reddit, and YouTube","Don't be afraid to wing it"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","3x5 cards, keynote, dice","Listen to the players. Not just what they say, but how they say it and the emotions behind it. Use that to get a feel for what they want from the story and ideally even be able to know wants before they consciously realize the want/need so all the ground work for it is already laid. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Excel, Onenote, 5th edition DM app","Do your best to say yes to your players (within rules and reason). "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","As someone with a personality disorder it gives me the rate opportunity to feeling accepted 

It gives me a blue print to when and when not to talk 

It allows me to devolop memories of social interactions wherein I am the star ","I have a digital D6. When you slap it against the ground it slowly cycles through numbers before slowing down and ending on one. It's great for moves that recharge like a dragons breath weapon "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Tokentool",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Podcasts about Lore, Rolling in the DM Guide, Listening to Soundtrack","Making a fool out of myself as a NPC"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll 20, dnd spell cards for Android, fantasy name generator",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Encounter balance software like kobolds fight club, index cards for magic items and monster stat blocks, and plenty of notebooks and paper for ingame notes","I've only run one so far! I think knowing when to let the players and PCs talk amongst each other is important."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I use maps found in modules
A Spreadsheet I've created which has a ton of tables
An extra monitor which faces the group so I can post pics of locations, NPC's, etc","Highly descriptive. Theater of the mind. Making the party feel like the world is a living, breathing thing, and of course, making the party feel small, at all times. Murder hobo's are completely hesitant to want to cause havoc. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google drive, DMG, Monster manual","Say yes or roll dice, play to see what happens, respect others and their position in the fiction and storytelling."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Game Master 5 for ipad",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20.net, premade battle maps I find online, online character portraits","Set up a conflict you know your players will be invested in."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Scanner, Photoshop, pencil and paper","Keeping notes on the PCs. What their tendencies are, goals, strengths/weakness's. Write a recap to bullet point events from previous session and prepare a recap to tell to players at the start of each session what got them to where they are. I like to foreshadow things by bringing up specific events that may have happened even several weeks ago. I think of it like the ""previously on..."" part that happens at the beginning of any long running show like GOT, WD, etc. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dms guide, kobald fight club, dnd subreddits","Create a sitation the pcs can react to rather than a series of set peices."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Google Docs, Google Keep, Audacity","Improvise. Just let things happen."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","1.Donjon, 2.Official D&D Adventures, 3.Pathfinder Flip-Mat and Dry-wipe pens","Improvisation, which helps me keep it fun for everyone, sometimes to the detriment of the story, but oh well. :D"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, Monster Manual, PlayersHandbook","individually ask each player what they like most and then tailor parts of the game to their style. If the whole party loves 1 thing, I will try to incorporate it as much as possible."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Photoshop, a notebook, Google","Start sessions with an outline, not a plan."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Computer, poker chips, minis","I'll let you know when i find one :)"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Gamemaster, Kobold Fightclub","Scripting intros and important moments, but leaving the rest up to the players and improving from there."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","","Use PowerPoint presentation for monsters and maps"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Watching Critical Role, Kobold Fight Club, and looking through the Monster Manual for idead","Giving the players a puzzle or skill challenge to complete is really exciting and fun for both the DM and the players. For example, the second chapter of my current campaign ended with a mansion collapsing on the heroes, so they had to escape the falling building or get crushed. They had 3 minutes to retrace their steps out of the Manor and avoid falling rubble as fast as they could (having to roll Dex Saving throws one after the other). This skill challenge not only had their total attention, but it also required them to act quickly. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","100 Roadside Encounter Ideas by Johnn Four, Gozzys Random Dungeon Map Creator, Kobold Fight Club Encounter Builder","Be prepared to improvise a lot."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20  /r/imaginarynetwork  donjon.bin.sh/","Make interesting dynamic combat with the enemies using appropriate tactics. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Paint, Syrinscape, DMs Guild ","Humor "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","r/DnD, tabletopaudio.com, players handbook ","Improvisation; let the players mold the story"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Graph paper, food, and a white board. ","Carefully select players. Role play makes the game. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","1. Fifth Edition DM Tools (Android app), 2. OneNote, 3. 5e source books","If the world is filled with interesting locations and NPCs with their own wants and desires (villainous and otherwise), the story will naturally grow from the conflict of these desires and motivations. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Spotify for music, whiteboard for maps, skype","Good music, good friends, some weed and booze. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Evernote, the homebrewery, source books on hand.","Having pictures/portraits available for main NPCs as a visual cue for the necessary theatre relevant to that character."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Homebrewery, OneNote, Reddit","Steal good ideas "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Sticky notes, charts/tables and DM screen","Have lore sprinkled through the session to keep the player focus and curious."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Google Docs, Reddit, YouTube ","The GM rules from Dungeon World changed me forever. They include ""play to find out what happens"" ""Draw maps, leave blanks"" and ""be a fan of the characters."""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","None","None","Battlematt, Pencil, Paper","I listen to what the players want to do with their characters and the story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Roll20, Kobold encounter generator (for balancing)","being focused on player interaction with story, and keeping DM rolls secret so that they can be tweaked to serve that end if needed."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","donjon.bin.sh, my own random name generator program, a small whiteboard and markers","When preparing, I like to assume the players will take one particular course of action and decide exactly how the NPCs and world will react. Then, when the players do something totally different, I know the character of the NPCs and setting so much better and improvisation is a lot easier."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club, donjon, single page encounters that i make. ","try to create moments for every character. my notes are divided into sections for each person, each having a story, a combat, and a puzzle component. "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","The module and a notebook","Responding to what the PC's do and having something seemingly random semi-planned to slot into which way they go."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","In that order: Donjon website, homebrew DM screens, Kobold Fight Club website","Leave a lot of room around the ""main plot"" to let players do anything they want to think of, always be ready to improv completely new rules/challenges/towns. It's their game, you're there to enable it, and the most fun in D&D comes from having full freedom in a completely different world. If that means breaking or ignoring the ""main plot"", for a little while or completely, hey, as long as they're having fun you're doing a good job."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Bluetooth speaker, small notecards, laser printer","Background music and ambient sound. Done right it enhances everything."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Highlighter, sticky notes, google doc. Enworld discussions","Ridiculous voices. Pretending to want to kill pcs especially the bard"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Core books, Volo books, online resourses","I usually have multiple plots points with twists that leave the players wanting to find out what is happening.  About 25% are red herrings.  I also try to sneak in geeky pop culture references.  My players think its fun."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I prefer to have a really well-developed world and then give abstract hooks for adventures, then see where the players take it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Hulu/Netflix binge, monster manual, dm guide","Allowing PC to build and develop their character with strong supporting back grounds and future goals. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tiddywiki, kobold.club, Syrinscape","Always try to make the players laugh during conversations with your NPCs. It keeps things fun, and helps to separate out the different emotional 'tones' of each pillar - curiosity for Exploration, tension for Combat, amusement for Interaction. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Onenote, Excel and mapmaking software","Unexpected horror elements"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight Club, donjon dungeon generator, reddit.com ","Improvise "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club
Don Jon RPG tools
The dmg","Make things happen in the world where your players aren't."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Homebrew Wiki, Subreddits, fellow DMs","The illusion of being in control of everything, so that the game feels as if everything has been acounted for."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","n/a","make my players go crazy"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reading Sly Flourish. Photoshop. ","Making it petsonal."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","#NAME?","Welcome to dark souls"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Say ""No"" as little as possible. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Books for inspiration, Roll 20, DM Screen","Listening to players predictions and utilizing them."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Kobold fight club, donjon",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spellbook app, phone in general, roll20","Humor is underrated"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Google Drive, Scabard, donjon",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Tabletop audio, dm guild",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DiceCloud, roll 20, kobold club encounter calculator","Give each player at least one scene that hits the core of why they play D&D"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, civ 5 map maker, my notebook","Let fun things happen, even when they probably wouldn't "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Goblin encounter builder online","Build the game around your players: each have their likes, dislikes, and strenghts, give each some options for spotlight time, and most of all: DELEGATE ATTENTION (some players are more shy then others and wont get over the others: YOU give them time. so the other shut up ocasionally."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Game master 5 iOS app, iPad, monitor for digital maps",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon's tools, MonderADay index, and ItsADNDMonsterNow",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Pen, paper, Google.","Knowing what each player loves the most and hates the most."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen, Paper, Players Handbook","Say yes, no matter how stupid"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","/r/DnD, /r/DnDBehindtheScreen, /r/DMAcademy","Don't plan too rigidly, 'cause the players are just gonna thunderwave it out the window in the first five minutes anyway."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google docs, Donjon, Monster's Manual","Let the player's good idea work, even if I haven't planned for it!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Premade aventure has been great so far, online research, and other inspiration","Relax. Your players don't know you suck, because you probably don't. You just think you do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, graph paper, encounter builder ","Learn your players habits, it makes it easier to predict what they are likely to do when presented with options or free will."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon, kobold fight club, reddit ","use the players as a creative resource, take their ideas and alter them slightly so that they feel more involved with the narrative"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dm guide monster manual forgotten realms","Having a scenario with no set resolution so the party creates their own escapes  "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pyromancer map painter
Dunjon
Dnddougrich","""Yes and..."""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Scifi, fantasy,  & horror movies/shows","Asking the players for feedback afterwards and always giving pcs a chance for amazing feats"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, pencil","Letting the player run the story and try to encounter my own story with them leading."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Orcpub, hardcodex, dndwiki",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","rptools (maptool) + vim text editor + PDF viewers running in multiple windows on my laptop","Great players"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Drive, Random Generators, YouTube videos of other D&D games","Writing at least one story relevant hook each session that relates to at least one of my characters to keep them involved."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dry erase notebook; generic, numbered enemy tokens, bluetooth speaker.","Adding dramatic imagery to battles, etc. Taking a moment to describe the scene like its a photograph or an establishing shot in a movie, along with the written material. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Drive/docs
Players Handbook
various apps (Squire, 5e Spellbook, DM Minion etc)","thematic music"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote.  KoboldFightClub.  Online dice roller.",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Source books, trello, my imagination","Listening to and observing the players during game play. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, Dungeon Masters Guide, One Note","Throwing in an NPC or event that gets the players emotionally invested even more. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Make sure that the NPCs tie into back stories or motivations of PCs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Word, Excel and the source books","Ridiculous accents, and a good mix of seriousness with humour"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Donjon",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon","Fully develop and understand the world your campaign inhabits"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","1st ed dmg, 5th ed dmg, internet","keep it moving"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","DMG
MM
/r/dndnext","Keep the pace moving quickly, don't dawdle"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Index cards
Google docs
DMG","Adhesive furniture feet pads (range from 1"" to 3"" diameter), with punched-out art assets to create creature/npc tokens. Lightweight, easier to transport 30 goblins than 3-D miniatures."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","Boredom at work has to be my #1 tool - all of my best ideas come from letting my mind wander. Other than that, I'll use Kobold Fight Club and not much else.","Find something as many player characters as possible care about, and tweak it slightly so it's not what they thought. Let the ensuing fireworks dictate the path of the game"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, a whiteboard and guidance from my more experienced DM friends.",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, 5e character creation app, 5e dmg book/PDF.","Improvise to make the characters choices matter."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hirst Arts Molds, Campaign Book, Reddit","Developing interesting and unique situations that often use one or more character's motivations to drive role-playing and combat. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","DM Block Podcast, DMG, Reading fantasy fiction","Give the players ownership, let them decide details that work into the campaign. For example, in a recent game, ""Someone approaches the group and is sustaining eye contact with <player's name>, who immediately recognizes him. OOC: tell me who this is, how he knows you and why he found you."" Then that character is developed into an NPC and plot hook."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","Roll20, PHB and the DMG","Find players who are not intoxicated. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM guild, campaign book and monster manual ","Pushing players to decide their own meeting and getting them to explore the world"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fight Club, physical notebooks ","The three p's: Preparation, Presentation, and Pulling it out of your ass"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Players handbook, Pen and paper","Improv makes the world that the PCs are in feel more natural"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fight Club 5, Extended Character Sheets, iPad for music. ","Focus on the story above all else. The combat can be gritty and fun, but if there's no reason behind it then it ends up being meaningless. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","I look at where the player and where they might go!  
Note pad that is always with me for quick ideas. My vast array of books are the best tool.","Let your players develope their own story with you and don't railroad them in what you may want them to do.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM, Monster Manual, and Google Drive","GM/Player intrusions for inspiration. Great tool pulled from Numenera used in 5E."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DMG, MM, PHB","Plan broadly and let players explore "
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon.com, dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/, fantasynamegenerators.com",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","All three books. Each are tremendously helpful in building, running and maintaining a fun enviroment.","The plot twist: changing of a good guy to a bad guy, or vice versa to wow the players"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","5x5 grids, monster manual, music/atmosphere program","Trying to stay focused on keeping it immersive and staying in character. Still working on it!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Roll 20, fantasy name generator, Google drive","Surprise twists, and inside jokes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Maps for RPG, Google, WotC official books","Just letting people have fun"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Make a random encounter table that is tied specifically to events that uncover personal background plots to each PC characters history."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","OneNote and Gimp","Reskinning and liberally stealing ideas from others and adventures."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20,  5e character sheet,  alcohol","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Matt Mercer GM Tips, Syrinscape, and d&d tiles sets","Tailor your game to your players, set up situations that draw them in or arcs for one character specifically"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","Minis maps music","Providing a submersive environment that gets the players into to state of mind. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Online encounter builders, online treasure builders, online name generators","keep it simple, let the players decide the direction and flow"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Game Master 5
Dungeon Master's Guide
My iPad","Not all enemies fight to the death. Some will try to run, and even prepare an escape plan in advance, particularly the important villains."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","None","Pen and paper , dm minion , pre made adventures","You with the flow of the players "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","My notebook, my monster manual, my game playlists","If I have to fudge a dice roll, only so it to make a scenario more realistic or to benefit the players... I never seek to party wipe, but I always remind the players that actions have consequences."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","","I always try to blend in current pop culture references into my session. Whether that is a deep Dwarf who wants to build a great wall or running into spooky scary skeletons. I don't have any special moments about grand betrayal or treason but with how my players interact with the situations I provide. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencil and paper, official sourcebooks, character sheet apps","If I don't know what I want an NPC to be like, or I don't know what else my city should have to offer, or if in any way I get stumped on my improv, I crowd source brain power from my players and their characters. They're as much a part of the story and creative process as I am, and showing them that I don't have everything perfectly mapped out helps them loosen up to improvise and be silly and fun too. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","DMG, D&D Wiki, Monster Manual","Items that improve and change over time and surprise the players."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold fight Club, hexographer, dungeon master guide ","Being prepared "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","donjon, kobold fight club, middlefingerofvecna","improvise and dont be afraid to go off book"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","","Don't stick so heavily to the rules, it's all about having a good time, that's what you should be focusing on."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Books pen and paper","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","D&D 5e spellbook cards, a laminated sheet for initiative counting and notebooks","Be ready to tweak monsters on the fly if you party is breezing through a fight that was meant to be climactic"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Official rulebooks, google, imagination","Try to involve every player when possible, engage them with questions and try to figure out what it is they want to do"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Official WOTC books. Grimiore spell book online, forgotten realms/critical role wikia. ","The NPC the PCs have known for a long time is actually a chaotic evil worshipper of Bhaal and puts everyone against each other. :)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","pen, paper and creativity. the books are good enough.","set it up so that the players think everything is happening because of them, changing whatever needs to be changed on the fly"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","dnd-magic, kobold fight club, google docs","Letting people be creative with their actions, as long as it's not blatantly breaking the rules."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil, paper, fight club V","Being descriptive and music"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","The DND subreddits are amazing resources. I adapt a lot out of old published adventure books and reskin them for my own, custom world, and watching Matt Colville and Matt Mercer on YouTube is invaluable. ","I don't really know any tricks. Just, the more I prepare ahead of time, the smoother the session is going to go. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Props, soundtrack & atmosphere (candles, handouts,...)","Out-game choices (e.g. when leveling) are narrated & presented as personal plot"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The dm manual,  tumbler homebrew, reddit","Using fun voices to make the characters different and memorable. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Some of the generators given by the DMs Guide, Online guides and tips for certain situations, or talking with my players to see what they enjoy.","Talk with your players, let them work with items that fit their characters, let them earn what they get, but try to keep it fun. Also try to keep it random, mix up what they'd expect. It keeps it fun for you, and for them."
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon, Tabletop Audio, 5e dmg","Atmospheric Music "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","CherryTree Note Taker, Kobold Fight Club, Goblinist","Overdeveloping aspects to suck players into the game. When I can send them a few pages as backstory for a town they often feel the need to increase their investment in the game! That said, the rolls do count, so I make about 4 different handouts for each info dump based on possible roll ranges. I do a ton of prep that is non specific to a session, so I don't count it as part of those 3 hours"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Photoshop, Any text editor, youtube","Borrow *heavily* from settings you enjoy from other types of media"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Google Image Search, lineless notebooks.","Make it awesome - just make everything seem more ""awesome"" (original definition) than it probably should be."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","players handbook, dm handbook, monster manual","notes on npc's... and involve them into the game as much as possible."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","OpenOffice word and spreadsheet documents, Laptop, my Mind","Modifying monsters, encounters, and story on the fly based on the party's actions and abilities."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Grid Mat, Pebbles, Paint","Hidden doors painted to look like their surroundings. I didn't mean for this to be a thing, but it happened, and my players are still going crazy trying to learn who the painter is."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Don Jon website, Goblinist website, Kobold Fight Club website.","Having great characters!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","donjon, photoshop, roll20","Have a general understanding of motivations of the world (countries, NPC, dieties, etc) to better interact with the players."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","I mostly use the DMG since I'm pretty new. Other than that I primarily put my characters through the theater of mind and let them play and operate as such. ","Throwing curveballs. I started this campaign with all of my players in prison during a violent political coup. They were expecting a typical tavern-meet. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","DonJon fantasy tools","I have designed a world that my players have free will to do and act as they like and as their characters would in this world. I brought their characters together and let them take whatever quest they find their way into, and allow them to try and solve it many ways."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","GM game tips from people like Mathew Mercer.
The internet for specific rules.
Lastly, the PHB its self.","having a general idea and the players trying to figure out what goning to happen that give me last second ideas that make for an interesting event."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I ask the players to write summaries of the previous session. I use these to see what bits had most impact on my players so I could scale the game to their tastes. It is also good to get a sense of what their thoughts are on mysteries etc. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google docs/sheets, campaign books, mini figures ","Unique voices for characters the provide hooks. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Archives of Nethys, pfsrd, Pathfinder Core Rulebook","Run the adventure as published but don't be afraid to go off the rails if it's where the PC want to go. Also, improvisation is king."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Paper, pencil, DMs Guide","Let the players try anything
 Try not to say no."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Roll20, The Everchanging Book of Names, Google Docs/Drive",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Scrivener, video game and MTG art books, Chessex battlemat","Don't give people time to consider options when the characters wouldn't have it."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","You tube, google, reddit ","Getting the players to role play "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Evernote, a hardcover notebook, the player's handbook","I dont have one yet"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Published adventure books, notebook","""Be a fan of the characters."""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","I try to make my players give specific directions in combat- not just ""I attack"" but ""I move alongside and attempt to slice at the shoulder. "" they love the more realistic combat scenarios"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Music (helps with the tone), orange squares, and an hour glass.","Get the players to talk amongst themselves as if they were the characters. Moral issues are always fun."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Index cards, Google, a good ruler","Finding a emotion, npc's, or object the players created on their own, and using it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","""Yes, but"" and ""No, but"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Published adventures, monster manual, word documents","Twists in player character plots"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","My imagination, books I read, movies I've seen ","I don't have just one but misdirection is a great trick"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Matt Coville's Youtube, Reddit","Prep the combat stuff before the game - write out all the monster info and just have it ready to run. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, roll20, Photoshop","Try to build in a challenge particularly suited for each PC in the party, so everyone gets a chance to do ""their"" thing. So the rogue gets to con someone or pick a lock, the paladin can detect a fiend, etc."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, Photoshop, iTunes","Open communication with players "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Inkarnate, Kobold Fight Club, Post-it notes","Get up and walk around to involve the players directly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Reddit, taking from other campaigns, one page dungeons","Trying to roll with a player interest "
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Notebooks, Random Charts, and fantasy music","Be a good DM."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","#NAME?","Always throwing in stories that unfold off to the side that the players might miss if they aren't paying attention.  Adds extra immersion and flavor."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Koboldfightclub, DMs Guide, Roll20 interface","Relax, say yes, have fun! "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Goblinist RPG Tools; DMG; Self created Random Tables.","Not every Encounter has to be combat and serious. Sometimes it's a trap, or a Strange NPC, or my players favorite TREASURE & LOOT!  Games last longer when the pacing changes every once and a while."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Friends, Dice and Imagination","I would divulge that secret, but I think the CR is too high even for you."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, oneNote","Improvise"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold.club, open5e.com, apple Notes app","Ask players how their character feels"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Graph paper for general area maps, glass beads/deck of cards/pictures.","Emotions/voices"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Mobile apps
Print outs
Miniatures","Make up seemingly pointless rules, for example, there has always been a Merlin, he is no longer around, everyone knows of him to various degrees.

I also like to make up random effects for spells that are extremely minor, but neat. For example, a killing blow with a holy/divine good magic effect may cause the affected creature or area to emit enough light to see slightly better in the area, no light to low light, low light to lit, and on and on."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","Pre-pairing stat blocks stored on my computer of all monsters involved in session","Making up a bullshit reason for the distracted guy to take insane amounts of damage from no where to pull everyones attention back before ignoring what I just said and continuing with the story"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Roll20. TokenTool. Scrivener.","Sacrifice a small goat and burn an effigy of Chris Perkins. In that order."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Adam koebel's office hours 
Apocalypse world's MC section 
Random tables ","Plan for the PCs to wander off the map "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit, DMG, and Monster Manual","Giving NPCs enough character to have personal motivations, but not enough to derail the story.  Makes interactions feel like they are between people instead of between a player and a program."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Kobold Fight Club, 5E Character Sheet for NPC generation","Get the players to answer questions about the world where possible"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Fantasy Grounds!",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Photoshop, Google Documents, Audio Mixers ","Casting a very wide net in terms of preparation. Have as many small jumping off points ready in your setting as you possibly can, from NPCs to locations to magical items to things posted on town noticeboards. Once you figure out what your PCs are going to focus on for a bit, you then have room to flesh out their chosen path without feeling as if they're been railroaded into anything."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasynamegenerators.com, text wrangler, gridded easel pads","I have a questionnaire I send my players about their characters that allows me to develop story hooks and twists with personal reverberations."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","PH,  Reddit, Homebrew","Heavy character involvement in world events"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20
KoboldFightClub
Donjon","I let the players take control whenever I can, if they stray too far I try and steer them back but in the end its their story. I also never tell my players ""no"", I tell them ""you can certainly try""."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Don't be a rules lawyer. If someone wants to do something that's not exactly legal, let them as long as the group is having fun and they can explain their reasoning behind doing it."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","RollAdvantage token maker, the DMG & MM","My favorite thing to do is when I can integrate things from my players' backstories and personal quests into the game. All of the best RP moments from my games have come from those times. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, DMG, Monster Manual",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Tabletop music, Sticky notes and honestly Critical Role","Notes, Notes, Notes... for all ideas that run through my head I have to keep notes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Old books, Google, Photoshop","Try to weave in personal narratives for each character and come up with tons of costume side adventures and even editing the main campaign based on the players desires and the characters actions."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Hero Lab, Monster Manual, PRD","I am not a great combat-creator yet, so I like to spend all of my time putting together resources to draw from so I can be completely immersed in the story at the moment. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Google Docs, Dungeon Master's Guide / Monster Manual / Player's Handbook, Youtube (For tutorial videos)","Getting NPCs to imitate and learn from the PCs is a great way to form attachment. Gotta set the pins up before you knock them down."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DMs Guild, Tabletop Simulator, D&D subreddit","Timed events"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Book, PDFs, online quick check lists (spells, items, etc.)",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Trello, WotC Dice Roller","Printed list of alternative actions in combat - eg shoving, disarming - so players always remember they have more options than just regular attacks & that skills aren't just for exploration or social interaction"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon, dmsguild (does that count?), and good old pen & paper notes.","The latest trick I've tried is making short rests 15 minutes rather than an hour. It moves the game along really well for my group and allows me to use bigger and more interesting combat encounters. So I guess my trick is bending the published rules a little to make the game work for your own group and let them do more of what they like best!"
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","TabletopAudio, DMG, PHB","Keep the players engaged. Make sure they are all interested, and don't be afraid to improvise
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Game Master 5E
Photoshop
Notebook",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","","Planning far enough ahead to ensure a quality game, but never too far ahead should the players choose to take the story in a different direction."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","DND 5 spellbook (android app)
Monster manual
Microsoft one note","Don't sweat the small stuff and keep the game moving."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Books, online rules sources, feedback from friends","Known your audience. I know my friends enough to know what I'll appeal to them and what won't. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","A TV Show like Burn Notice, Fantasy Novels, picking a friend's brain","Read a lot of books, watch a lot of movies and TV Shows and steal like crazy"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","/r/dnd behind the scenes
Pathfinder maps
Movies","Base it off your players"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Make the story real, make sure the narrative and characters continue to develop."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About an hour","Dropbox, Game Master 5","Be descriptive about everything and let the players take control of the narrative."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, DM Screen with charts, Loot Tables","Being good about saying ""Yes and"" to my players and adapting on the fly rather than not allowing something because i hadn't planned for it.  Also i try to make one iconic hero moment each session."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","","Being flexible and able to adapt to what's going on."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Fantasy grounds, random tables, name generators","Listen to your players"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20
http://redkatart.com/dnd5tools/","Let the players have their story with engaging combat"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Official D&D books, Reddit, Critical Role","When (not if) players going down the rabbit hole of metagaming, I give it a minute before rolling dice a few times behind the screen as a warning. If it doesn't stop I'll hold up my hand and ""count to 5"" on it, and a random encounter will suddenly appear. It terrifies them when an owlbear bursts out of an unseen door, or a couple of gricks fall from the ceiling, especially if the metagaming was down to how to safely seal a room to heal after a serious fight. It works in homebrew or published campaigns."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Encounter calculators, google docs, and my sketchbook","Follow the players, then anticipate the players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DonJon
DonJon
DonJon","Having the goal for both the session and the greater story in mind, while only hinting at where to go or what to do via NPC encounters. Mostly, I allow free roam and what happens happens."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Word, scrivener.","Write down sensory words for every location and person. What is described a cave in a module becomes cold dripping water, dark corners and hidden shadows, Water dripping down pale grey walls. Green lichen and veins of silver. etc. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fight club 5, game master 5, campaign cartographer 3","Improv practice goes a long way!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","MM.","Building in a couple of strange, but memorable moments to each session. Example: during 4-9, the Tempter, when the party places the correct crest in the tomb, the only narration is that they, ""hear a satisfying click"" ‰ÛÓ nothing else happens. The door opens when they remove the crest."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Grimoire (D&D spell website that was shutdown), roll20, and discord","Be ready to wing it while keeping a serious face on, as if you had everything planned."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, Reddit","Ask players to think and act more in character, and to keep phones away or off."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notebook (for keeping everything in one place), Encounter Calculator, DMG","When the players come up with crazier theories than you did, steal them or part of them at least.  They both help deepen the plot and reward them by making them think they figured it all out.  "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Syrenscape and the books","Give each character a chance to shine. If 4 players are playing each game will focus in some way on one player then alternate randomly."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20.net srd
Donjon
Myth-weavers ","Character voices make a huge difference. "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","D&D encounter calculator. Photoshop. Notes on my iPhone ","Fun NPCs acted with passion"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Various online resources, various official adventure modules (new and old), my imagination. ","Letting the players feel like they're in control even though it still plays into my story (but also making fun npcs that make them laugh along the way)"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","donjon, radio rivendell, inkarnate","humour"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Random Encounter Generator, Spellbook App and Roll 20 ","Unique tailored weapons, which have achievable but challenging ways to level up and become cooler.  EG, slay seven 'Unjust' with the Blade of Law"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","GameMaster5e","Standing as I DM. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Drive, Photoshop and most D&D subreddits for inspiration","Only been a DM for a short period of time, ~4 months"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Don.jon.bis
Spotify
D&d spells android app","Say 'yes' to your players. Allow them to help shape the narrative and the world. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","monster and npc pictures, miniatures, ","try to create sense of mystery and sense of wonder"
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","I don't. I'm pretty shit at it."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pencils w/erasers, dice, cards (usually 3x5)","I talk to my players. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Sublime Text, Adobe Illustrator, DMG","Listen to the players and let them discover the story, but keep them vested in main goal."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Notepad, DMG, grid paper","Good improvement skills"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","donjon.bin.sh, OneNote, Wikipedia","Let the players do the heavy lifting, then improvise."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Monsters/enemies/npcs stats on hand; short list of npcs, locations, details; something to take notes with!","I love randomly rolling a d20 for no reason at all. That way my players don't know for sure if I'm rolling stealth for an enemy or something like that, or if I'm just messing with them."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencil, source books, internet","Random encounter tables."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","1st Edition AD&D DMG","Find what the players are into, double down on that."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Quick overview notes of what's coming up and around the party. Random npc generator. An air of mystery and knowledge. ","Improv skill with consistency if I've messed up a detail or npc behavior."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, online encounter tools","Lots of RP and character development"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","cardboard base for handdrawn grid maps to be pinned to
colored thumbtacks since we have no access to miniscolored pencils and graph paper to draw my own maps when i have time","turn over the possibilities in my head all week between each session, but write down very little. that way i have lots of ideas to riff off of, but everything still feels like it hasnt been created until the players encounter it, making it truly a joint story creation."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Android: D&D 5th edition spellbook, companions (shows all the animal or wilds hopes druids can turn to), complete refence, it holds almost everything else I need.","Inspire moments or hooks that your players would like. First is to find what kind of players they are. I learn improve is the best tool as none of the players are aware that I barely write a story for them and go with them on an adventure based of their actions. 

I make it memorable by playing or feeding their wants, fears or desires."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Excel (Combat Tracking), Spotify",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh, character.totalpartykill.ca/5e/, reddit","Go into each session with 10 characters prepared, 5 collections of loot found on dead bodies prepared, 3 characters/events/plot points your want your party to hit during the session prepared, 2 treasure chests worth of loot prepared, and 1 one-page side quest to keep your party busy while you try and get them back on track"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Obsidian Portal, DMG random dungeon generator",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&D RPG books, notebook, imagination","Getting the players to actually create the game without them realizing it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold's guide to (insert here)
Reddit forums
Notebook paper","Making sure each character has a time to shine"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, Photoshop, Word","Let the players' imagined obstacles make a way into the campaign"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","r/behindthetables, OneNote, GameMaster 5 app","Go with the flow. Have an idea of the possible places the session can go, but don't lock your players in. If they choose something you didn't anticipate, then announce a washroom break for 5-10 minutes and improv something, adapt something you had prepared.  Making everything seem like it's meant to be used important for immersion and authenticity."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG
Online forums
","Be good at improve "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","The DMG, Battle Maps and white board markers, and my imagination","Prep, prep, prep!"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, Spotify, Google Docs","Let the players speculate, secretly note down best (wrong) speculation and use it later/as a ruse."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, Reddit, Long Showers","Let the players do their thing and watch it turn into something you can work with."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, koold fight club, wizards online die roller","Have fun. Let the players drive the story, but don't let them do anything unreasonable. Nat 20's are only special for attack rolls."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Inspirational media (Adventure Time, Twin Peaks, Conan, Elric, etc); sourcebooks both old and new; fan generated world history (such as Oerth Journal)","Maintaining a believable and cohesive 3-dimensional world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","imagination, bing image search, roll20","let the players play"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","White Board, Dry Erase Grid, Little Notebooks","Everything is going to go spectacular, but not the way you planned. You will end up flying by the seat of your pants."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Roll20, koboldfightclub, a monitor for maps","Avoid saying ""no"""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Orcpub, old modules","Build a sandbox, let them play."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","OneNote, Kobold.club, Reddit","Player input in the world makes for more involvement."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Adobe acrobat, pen/paper, the Dungeon World ""Fronts"" chapter of the GM section.","Ask open ended questions that give players a chance to contribute to roleplay or World building, ""The Sphinx demands your deepest secret to open the portal. What is it?"" Or ""A hideous creature pours from the smoking cauldron, and the witch proclaims it is her favorite creation yet. What is it?"""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dm screen, dm guild downloads and my fantasy :)","Amusing storytelling"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","5e Spellbook App on ipad; Kobold Club encounter designer; rpg podcasts (crit role, critical success, one shot rpg)","Have fun, let your players do cool stuff. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I like to pick bits and pieces from books I've read to use as hooks or plot devices. I use 5th edition Character Creator app for PC's and NPC's. And, the monster manual. ","For me, D&D is all about mood. With music, lighting, and food an average day can become extraordinary. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Monster Manual; DMG; The Alexandrian website",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebook
DnD Apps on phone
Books with sticky notes ","Music
Snacks
Phone basket "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Books. Games. Other fantasy stories.","Matthew Mercer."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Tabletop audio site","Try to prepare about 5 NPC's per town to use randomly"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spotify for music, kobold fight club for quick encounter balancing, and the DM screen.","Every once in a while let the players facilitate themselves"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","I used Inkarnate Maps, online for a lot of my early world building and world map making. It a rough tool, but got the job done.

Most other things I do by hand, writing up and printing out item cards, or basic enemy cards. I usually have a very basic outline of a few NPC's in whichever area of the world my players are in/can encounter for the first time. If I need NPC's to say something specific I have some scripts written out that I follow loosely. I usually keep a copy of my players backgrounds while preparing so that I can throw that in if possible sometimes.","Improv. Theres no real trick with it. I spend time planning combat encounters and overarching stories, but the day to day options are down to my players. So any roleplaying they want to do, I just go with. Sometimes that means my planning goes unused or gets pushed off, but my goal is to make sure they are having a good time, and that usually leads to me having good time as well."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Note cards, colored pencils, grid paper","Flexibility. Follow the players don't lead them/let them think they have choice. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Evernote, google, wikipedia","Just wing it"
"Twice a week","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","MM, DMG, DMs Guild","One page dungeons"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold.club, donjon.bin.sh/, Tome of Beasts","Don't make NPCs any more complicated than they need to be. Chances are the PCs will never see more than the surface layer of any given NPC, and the ones they do engage will be more interesting if you flesh them out organically on the spot. They get a name, a race, a profession, a major life goal, and a quirk for variety."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","The DMG, Syrinscape or some other soundtrack, and a pile of notes ",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Maps, Books and Laptop","Get player to roll for every idea and let it follow."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","5X5 design, Fronts, Kobold Fight Club","Saying yes, with a twist. Or maybe saying no, but giving them something comparable. Like maybe the don't know a mage in the local mage school, but they do know the school caretaker, and maybe someone owes him a favor, if they do something for him."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My spouse, bourbon, music","Improvisaction and collaboration of story ideas using the old ""yes and"" improv rule."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Roll 20 for running, http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/ for encounters, Matt Colville for ideas and tips.","At least let players think they have agency (Note, not an answer, but prep time and percentage devoted to each topic largely depends on what I need for that particular session. So it's hard to give an average.)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Onenote , pathfinder pawns","Give the players agency; they are the stars in the story as well as the storytellers"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster manual, online 5e NPC generator, miniatures","Generate as many questions in your PCs mind as possible. Intrigue drives the story and raises the stakes in combat (take them beyond XP)"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&D-Books, Notebook, Crafting some handout-stuff","Don't panic!"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel 
Blogs 
Treasure generator apps ","Mixing up combat scenarios "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","One Note, inkarnate.com, tabletopaudio.com/","I use a voice recorder and record each session while taking notes with time stamps. I listen to the recordings while doing prepwork and I replay the recording right before session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Spellbook app, a ruler that has a one inch grid on it, half-hourglass ","SHOEING the players how their actions are building and changing the world around then through their choices. (Killed orc threat, trade rooted opened up, town started expanding more things to buy, accsess to new far off cities)"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual, iPad encounter tracker apps, pen and paper.","Have laminated character and monster sheets for easy changes"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Grid lines Composition note book. Module book. Beer",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon.bin, dandwiki.com, core books.","Let characters explore, interact, and grow organically. Use the party's adventures to flesh out the world in real-time."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual
Dungeon Master Guide
Tome of Beasts
Kobold Fight Club","Always have one surprise twist the players never saw coming."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Podcasts and videos from fellow dms (not counted in session prep time) for fun and learning how to engage my players
Books and video games for inspiration
DnD source books and encounter calculators for reference when designing monsters and encounters","Giving my PC's and NPC's unique environments and encounters that challenge them to think about and interact with the world in ways that aren't covered by the rule book."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Notebooks (TOO MANY notebooks); Roll20 has let me add all published adventure maps and monsters in in advance so I don't have to do that each week; watching/reading related (and unrelated) films/books for ideas of how to play characters/develop situations encountered in game","One I've learned is to not let one player dominate the thinking and action - asking others directly what their character is thinking or doing so the default is never ""Joe Bloggs (and friends) have an adventure"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, GM's Guild, Roll20","Making players do things like take campaign notes, be a treasurer, track initiative. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Initiative ttacker, notebook, my brain",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Drive, encounter calculators, 5e sourcebooks","Have a compelling story that your PCs are directly involved in and your players will keep coming back to your table.  Also don't play favorites and don't intentionally screw anyone over.  :)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Excel, NaturalCrit - Homebrewery","I focus on story elements when getting ready for each session, because building a powerful character is cool and all but the group I run and myself all agree that the roleplay and story is the most important part. We want to feel apart of the world we build and develop so story is everything and combat encounters come based on the story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","DMG, Monster Manual, Dice","Improvisation, Yes, And..."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Game Master 5 ipad","Give the illusion the PCs chose the path I feed them, have a spare location in case they turn back."
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Table Top Audio
Donjon
My Own Personal Program","Know Your Players"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","I just try to make sure they are having fun.... and I give them ethical dilemas"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","DM's guide random magic item table, using Monster Manual or miniatures for character/monster inspiration, text documents for jotting down notes","Giving the party a magic item that is too powerful."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Tokentool, OneNote, Photoshop (to put maps and tokens onto, which I can then move independently)",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon.bin.sh, Reddit, OneNote","Address individual players/characters to get them involved."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","Google docs, Lulzbot mini, wet erase markers","Allow room for the players to improvise."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Have a rough idea of the skills the enemy will have. Create your own spells that the players can't metagame."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","1. The Rulebooks, 2. My Imagination, 3. My Players' imaginations","Let the players dictate the pace of the game. Don't force them into things or railroad them. If they go off on a tangent, gently steer them back on course. If that isn't possible, then just go with whatever they want to do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Game Master 5, /r/dndnext, /r/dndbehindthescreen","Not to worry too much about whether what you planned will happen. If the group goes off the rails, fine, just rename what you have and use it in a different way at a different time. Forcing them to sit back and watch you're story is the quickest way to make them, and by extension you, frustrated."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold fight club, donjon,","Asking my players to each create an npc and a detail about the area. Helps the players feel part of the world when that have input in making it "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Electronic spell list, searchable pdfs (in addition to physical books), character index (that I write myself)","Pay close attention to the features of your campaign that your players like. Different groups enjoy very different play-styles."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, paper and a laptop.","Mos Eisley cantina song+bar brawls. Works every time."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop, DM Guide, Crayons","Let the players do the heavy lifting."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Notebook, Reddit (for ideas to steal)","Discover as much as you can about things on the fly, and when you plan, try to plan cool experiences above all else"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
Grid Paper
Core Rule Books","Using folded pieces of paper ontop of a GM screen to track initiative.

Or a one page description of an outline for stuff that might happen in the session"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","OneNote, Roll20, Photoshop","Listen to the players."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Wet Erase Battle Matt, Monster Manual","Be flexible in response to player actions."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","pen, paper and a laptop","make it hard but fair"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notepads, D&D books and imagination.","Stay on character as much as possible. It keeps the players in the game and prevents them from getting off topic."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","magnetic initiative tracker, ",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","1. Donjon RPG Tools, Tome of Beasts, and the community (they help the most).","Get to know both your players and your characters. Starting an online game with strangers, you don't know much, but over time you can get to know what they enjoy the most in the game. Your first few games, even with your best friends, wont be amazing, it just takes time. Once you see what makes them have the most fun, whether it is awesome narrative arcs, or just cool combat, that is when it becomes a great D&D game."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM Minion (http://goatheadsoftware.com/)
Kobold Fight Club (http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder)
Rpg-cards (http://crobi.github.io/rpg-cards/)","I hand out gummy snack packs to stand for Inspiration, and the players get to eat them when they decide to use their Inspiration."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Reddit, GiantTip, DM Guide","Listen to the players and include them in the story telling. ALmost never say ""no"""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Grid composition notebook, poster maps, published adventures","I take pieces from published adventures and other sources of inspiration, and insert them into my setting. The result can be a little Frankenstein's monster-like, but I can usually integrate the pieces pretty smoothly "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DM5e, Donjon, tabletopaudio.Com
","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Onenote, using chromecast to share images, Pen and paper","Having a good understanding of the theory behind the game, narrative structure, and what you and your players want.
"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Audio recorder, FOOD, my big ol campaign binder","I make sure to consider and/or include personal aspects relating to both my players and their characters in interactions with the world and their place in the campaign. I also make sure that if a certain player seems to be fading into the background i specifically focus on including aspects that highlight their skills and make them feel more confident in their position!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20, onenote, kobold.club","if everybody else has fun, I have fun"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Scanner, printer (for building combat encounter reference sheets), published books, internet.","Say yes to as much as possible but keep the consequences realistic."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","I have a slowly filling monster database ttat I print onto laminated (dry erase) 4x6 cards . Laminated turn tracker with character summaries. Learning to use  a 7"" tablet and onenote.","Steal everything, from setting to personalities. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","One Note, iPad Pro, Dry erase map","Being flexible enough to have a plot that can withstand wild ass choices of my players. No pass fail encounters, Multiple sources of clues. Enemies have plans that are able to change if the PCs disrupt them, or if the PCs ignore them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold.club
Reddit (for inspiration)
Roll20","I try to imagine how the players will react to a few setpiece moments in a session, and then tailor the rest of my planning to facilitate those moments."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Index cards, pathfinder flip mats, notebook","Just roll with it. If the players are having fun, let them do whatever they want. They do have to deal with the consequences of their actions, though."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My sketch book, iTunes, and PDFs.... so many PDFs","Generally I try and let my players do what they want and let the dice deside whether it works or not. I know a lot of DMs do this but I have to deal with it more. It gives them freedom but also a bit of reality of how the game goes because they are fairly new to the game and think that its pretty much modded skyrim or creative mode on minecraft. I also generally try and explain things in semi graphic detail so they can get an idea of how things look without pulling out a crappy picture off the internet. Im a big believer in imagination. I only pull out maps/miniatures in combat (mostly because i have no money and have like 6 miniatures)."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","","Play off your players. If they're excited about something, then make it exciting. Let them do most of the talking, that way they'll have the most fun and you'll have extra time to think. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None"," Kobold fightclub, roll20, and donjon","Each character submits three beliefs/goals to help propel the story and give me an idea of what they want to do."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","DMG, PHB & Fight Club App","Focus on fun and not exact rules "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Download a lot of sourcebooks from old editions to read lore.  Matt Collville Videos, watching Critical Role for a great example DM","Make sessions about what the players want (for instance, my players recovered an enormous amount of gold for low level, and have spent much time working to build a harbor in the small frontier town they started in)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Monster Manual","Fun Story Telling"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Hero lab,Google docs, PDF reader","Root for the players, challenge them, let them revel in their victories."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Fantasy grounds","Prep lots of prep, and voices"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","DMG, One Note, my notebook","Depth of NPCs and locations"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Microsoft Office ","Pretending"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","None","roll20, payday 2 soundtrack, good players","be happy"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Masterplan
5e Monster stat block
Fantasy name generators. COm","Kill npc's the players love. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","DMs guide, DMs Guild materials, Blogs","I try to let the players run with the story. Minimize the amount of time I spend saying ""no""."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","DIY minis, lists from Reddit (generate your own _____ lists) , my map of the world I've created ","Subtle plot hooks "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, Pinterest","Suspense die"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, MM, DMG","Give players ten seconds to decide an action in combat. Keeps things from getting bogged down."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Laptop, Lusity relaxing sounds (white noise app), Microsoft OneNote","Just roll with it. Let players do what they want to do, but not without repurcussions. Make the world adjust around their actions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Clubs encounter builder, Google Drive, Adobe Photoshop",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Photoshop, Forgotten Realms wiki, good ol' pencil and paper","There's really no trick to it. Just allow your players the freedom to be the heroes they wrote down on their character sheet."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dmg, mm, etc... ","Doing pros and cons after a session to learn what the players want. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","MIcrosoft Word, Heroic Maps (printed map cards), Miniatures","Give the players freedom of choice"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Onenote, DMG and PHB, Kobold fight club","Magic!"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Music, imagination, microsoft word",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","Pencil, paper, computer","Yes and."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","MS Paint (stats, homemade healthbars, easy to modify), Google Docs, history books dealing with daily life (ie floors covered with bundles of short rushes half a foot deep and wormwood powder to protect against insects, expensive clothing requiring pinning in place with metal pins that restrict movement etc etc)","Prepare ""general encounters"" with stats and background for characters and events rather than specifically combat encounters. It takes more time, but can be reused and helps link people and events, making the world felt real and lived in, and making combat not the only option. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, World Binder for Campaign Setting, Reddit","Angry DM's initiative ideas. People spend way too much effort on turn order and this is a 15 second thing that eliminates the stress."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","(1) Premade battlemap posters, (2) Premade adventure books, & (3) my notes from previous sessions","Giving the players choices that really matter and change the situations/world."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","My mind","Don't say no to a player's decision if it conflicts with your personal motives and direction for the story. Let the players forge the story as much as you do, and just have fun with it!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club","Keeping the explore, interact, combat ratio about equal"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random dungeon generator",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","TabletopAudio, Kobold Club, Critter DB",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Small white board for initiative and notes. 
Chessex game mat.","Say yes more than no, more exciting and fulfilling game play come from it this way."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None in particular really ","Everyone checks their egos at the door, we're all there to have fun, you have to be willing to look like an idiot some times "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","DMG, Minis, Prepublished one-shot adventures","Modifying combat encounters on the fly to better challenge the party."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pen and paper",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Googlehangouts, roll20(jukebox), xsplitt","Set the mood right, use music, pictures and describe multiple senses"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Excel, pdfs,  reddit","Minimal prep. Have a baby c idea and run with it"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Pyromancer's Map maker for battle maps and dungeons, Inkarnate for world maps, D&D 5 spellbook cards app on android, Fifth Edition Character Sheet app on android","Do a lot of prep work before you sit down to play, have all your loot tables worked out and already rolled up, so that you don't get bogged down figuring things out and lose valuable play time."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","DnD handbooks, Angry GM, other online resources","A well thought out cliffhanger will leave them excited for the next session."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","1)http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder really helps me as a new DM make sure I don't always slaughter my group or to nerf a more interesting monster to something they can face. 2) The books themselves. 3) My index cards.","Going out of the box. Right now they're fighting corrupted plants from ancient and angry evil at the roots of a great tree. Because the plants are underused, they feel like something really personal to their adventure is happening. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, game master 5e, Kobald fight club","Always have an interesting alternate work around for your players to find for most encounters"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Note paper
Book flags
Post-it notes","Randomly rolling dice and going ""hmmmm""."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobald fight club, inkarnate, critterdb","Know your audience and make a game they'll enjoy, not one you want to run. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Dm guide, NM, PHB",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, google drive, reddit","Music and initiative cards that contain information for both me and my players."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Teamspeak (makes it easy to stop meta gaming when the party is split), photoshop","Making any interaction with an NPC count, and leaving it open ended enough they could appear again."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Masters Guide, Google Docs, YouTube (for music)","Keep adventures loose and leave options open to the players. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","notes, gm encounter and brain","imagination"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, d&d wiki, Wikipedia ","Format your story around their decisions, ie. No matter which path they take it'll lead to the goblin hideout "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","DIY terrain/minis, dry erase initiative/combat tracker, Critical Fail deck","Cheer on the players when they make awesome choices so they'll keep doing interesting and unexpected things."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, kobold fight club, donjon","one shot of rum"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","spotify playlist, kobold fight club, the official books","take notes and incorporate people's real world likes into the campaign somehow"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The official books, DM Screen and the Internet","Improv makes the game better"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Imagination","Have an idea how you think the session will unfold, a conflict, npc motivations, and which book or film you are stealing from."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","DM GUIDE Donjon monster manual","Leaving everything open to be explored"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Old Dungeon Magazines for inspiration, usage of a netbook that stores all my personal written notes, and the DM's guide.",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG
Binder of notes
","Have fun"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","3 Core Books",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","koboldfightclub, DnD subreddits, Matt Colville's ""Running the Game"" series","Player ""spotlight"" moments"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Kobold Fight Club, Forgotten Realms Wiki, and books","Atmospheric music"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Discord, Dropbox, Tablet","Utilizing background music/ambience (mostly nature ambience (forests, caves) and video game music via Soundcloud)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote, HeroLab, battle maps","Run with what the players do, let them shape as much as possible and go with the flow. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","I use the ""Fifth Edition Character Sheet"" app (by Walter Kammerer) to make quick NPC with class levels, other than that just the Monster Manual and a notebook.","Let your players give you ideas! If they believe there must be a secret entrance, give them one, or whatever the case may be. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","1 inch grid easel paper, a clock/timer, music set up through a speaker system. ","I work with every single one of my players to make sure that they have what they need to be playing the character they want to play, almost always designing custom content for each player. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon 5e dungeon simulator
Kobold Fight Club
Dnd 5th edition character sheet - google play","NPC Corruption and betrayal! I had a demilich corrupt the mind of a local nobleman, who proceeded to try and sacrifice one of my players to create a phylactery."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, a grid system, calculator","Not sure, I just try to make it fun."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","donjon (the website), PC backstories, procrastination","Practice. You get better the more you DM."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs
Kobold Fight club
Roll20","Have loose notes and be prepared to improvise. Keep things hush, let the mystery fill in the blanks. Your players have an imagination too"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, PDF's of the Books, and My Own Imagination! ","Talking to the players a day after the session and seeing how they enjoyed it and what they expect to happen next. It gives me a good idea of what they're expecting and where I could improve. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","","Build the world, not the session."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tabletop Simulator, npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net, Inkarnate","NPC's that are not who they say they are."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Spotify(music), Fight Club App(for players), Game Master app(for me)","Improvisation, and Getting into character with NPC (Voices, Attitude) to surprise the players that this person is real."
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","MINIATURES! MAPS! MODULES!","Be a forgiving DM sometimes, but be harsh when you want, and remember, it's your game!"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Chessex material (battlemats and pound-'o'-dice), Expo Vis-a-Vis wet erase pens, miniatures from earlier editions' sets","Don't worry too much about preparation."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Fight Club, iPad's Music App","Casually dropping seeds of later plot points in mundane NPC encounters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Excel, monster manual, reddit","Go along with player shenanigans and just have fun with it. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club, npc name generator, ambient sounds app","Use different voices to distinguish npcs and find out what the players think is cool about their characters and try to work that in at minimum once every other session. "
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","Pencil, Paper, and Imagination","End goals specific for overall campaign and individual player characters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Roll20, Reddit",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","The core books, iPad, Lion's Den's Game Master 5 (app)","Copy what Matthew Mercer does as much as possible."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I run a game for my 10 and 12 year old sons so my prep is different then for normal dms but I let them guide the story and that makes for a more interesting story than I could come up with"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote
Foxit 
Android Tablet","Add unimportant magical items to boring rooms."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Fantasy grounds, my imagination, campaign cartographer 3+",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Reddit, DMsGuild, Appropriate Books","Secretly allow the players to determine the direction of their stories."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20 itself, Incarnate for Maps, TokenTool for Tokens :D","Especialy Online where you can handpick your players, choose those that suite your game the best. If one player wants to fight and loot all the time and you want to make a campaign thats mainly about roleplaying a character, just part ways. Also, especialy in homebrew campaigns, encourage your playes to write out a lot of background to their charaters and incorperate it into the campaign if you can. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","donjon.bin; DMsguild; goblinist",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, one SRD or another, hardcovers","Player driven improv"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","PC and Notepad.   Monster Manual on occasion too","Slow advancement, experience based on actual experiences rather than just a kill point system.   Centralized location where the players can become known, get to know those who live there and become attached to the campaign on a personal level."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","The Faerun campaign books from third ed. 

The DC calculator for encounters.

The 5th edition books.","Have a story, have a world, and set them free. Like theme park rides scattered in a sandbox."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, random encounter generator, Monster Manual","Making critical fails funny instead of just dealing damage- if a player rolls a 1 on a sword attack, instead of hitting themself or an ally, they might cut their belt and lose their trousers. It's more fun that way"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Music, Dice, and mobile apps","Make sure everyone knows what they are in for."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","CRB, Roll20, Skype","I like to prepare a lot but allow for improvisation. Throwing out your notes is A-OK."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight club, Microsoft Onenote, Android tablet for music / sound effects","Go with the flow, let your players drive the story and the game."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","I just recently purchased a large format printer. So hi res maps are good. Also I have Fat Dragon games stuff I want to try. I was also gifted dungeon tiles.","I try very hard to make sure everyone at the table gets spotlight time. Also I roll out in the open and and let the dice fall where they may."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","5e encounter calculator, Devin Night's tokens, deviantart (for backgrounds and NPC portraits).","Music in the background to set the mood."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","DM guide
Kobold Club
Monster Manual","Doing my best to give equal time to each player around the table.  Also having them describe their own kills helps."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","MapTool, a though web outline of possible events, Skype","Waiting for the players and not saying anything until they directly interact with me or an NPC - makes them engage with the world more. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","3x5 cards for loot, initiative tracker, highlighters","Ban cellphones/electronics! "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","5e character sheet apps
Pen and paper
Meditation","Leave it open and drop hints that way you never know what will happen"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit reddit reddit","Always keep your players out of the loop. Never tell let them know their out of character guess is correct"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Inkarnate, Kobold Fight Club, and the DND Monster creator","I like to constantly ask how characters *feel* about a certain situation. I think it really helps immerse them in the scenario. I also think that memorable NPCs are really important to a good session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, index cards, and graph paper","Have an idea for my adventure then let my players go and see what chaos happens."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, 5thsrd.org","Not worrying too much about the rules."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Spreadsheets, dndnext reddit, and gozzys.com","I don't worry about the rules during the game. If I don't know the answer off the top of my head, I make a ruling and continue with the game, and look up the ruling later "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, tabletop audio, and good old fashioned pen and paper","Having fun and interesting NPC encounters "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, Orcpub, and Grimoire","Let the players drive everything. Just set the world up for them to interact with, but let the players drive where the story goes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Random charts (NPCs, treasure, encounters), published adventure to customize, Evernote","Dynamic conditions / locations for encounters, colorful NPCs, player choice, generous with inspiration / fate points / hero points "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","There aren't any tools for 5e that I bother with. I wish there were. ","I like to take an example from a fairy tale, movie, famous book, etc. and twist it into an adventure. It's always fun to watch as the players finally figure out the inspiration. "
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","consequences for actions, description of events, unique magical items","the player determine the direction"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon
","Learn the pace the players want to play at"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","D&D DJ, Campaign Manager App, Notebooks","5 room dungeons... rinse... repeat."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Grid Paper, 5E PHB","I like to make interesting locales, unique NPC's and make sure the world feels dynamic and alive."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster manual, dms guide, kobold fight club","Get the players to engage with each other as well as the world"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","kobold fightclub, DnD5e Spellbook app (android) and DnD5e DM Tool app (android)","Give the party a reason to personally HATE the villain. :)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Dungeon master guide 2 (4th edition), Rory's story cubes, Npc handbook (Pathfinder)","Improv, all the way"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual
Miniatures
Notebook","Have a beginning and an end in mind for each session, and allow players to get from one to another in their own way"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","Initiative cards that go on my DM screen, and show me AC, PP, and initiative bonus"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Table of random tavern food and drink, Book of Vile Darkness, Fight Club 5+Dropbox additions","READ AS MANY BOOKS AS YOU CAN.  It's a lot easier to come up with names on the fly when you have a bank of them to work with from memory/books. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","many d&d subreddits
Google keep for notes
Browsing the monster manual ","Make custom balanced personalized items for players and tables for items/npcs/encounters/ect "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen and Paper","Improvising in modules"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, Reddit, past D&D settings","Keep the energy going and have everyone give input into what they want in the game."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, random magic items in DMG, Paizo's Horror Adventures","Making sure everyone is having fun."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","The Fight Club 5 app, Note cards, online encounter calculators","Using details that are personal to the characters and the players "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Brain, Computer, Reddit","Creativity"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","My homemade DM screen that has may pockets and inserts to hold everything I need. A notepad for taking notes on names I use, places, people, things and stuff the PC's do. Note cards to write down magic items, important NPC's and potential combatants,  and a slew of randomly generated NPC's that I can use for any situation.","Let the players run the show and adapt the adventure to what they decide to do. I give them a place and a general goal, how to go about reaching that goal is up to them. Be prepared to improvise and adapt."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, Player's Handbook","I like to make personal enemies that antagonize and harass my players, sending minions to attack my players. It makes ""random encounters"" personal and relevant to the story"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Fight Club app","Having fun"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Having well made props immerses the players more than I thought and makes them trust that the adventure will good as is progresses.","For me it has been memorable NPCs. My group is quite shy, but if you have a good NPC to ease them in, then they'll be RP pros. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Fantasy Grounds",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, Roll20, Reddit","Being able to roll with the punches, whatever you expect the players to do, they will do the opposite.  Don't force them into what you expected, adapt."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notepad, Monster Manuel, DM Guide","Dimming the lights and turning your phone off"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Syrinscape, Goblinist Encounter builder, Roll20 5e SRD","Combat initiative changes each round as characters can wager their initiative to gain an extra turn to go at the top of the round.  On a successful wager DC initiative check they get an extra attack, on a failed wager the enemy gets advantage against them that round."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","A dry-wipe whiteboard, old 1st edition adventure modules (which I take many plot lines and encounters from and convert to 5E), a summary sheet with all the possible monster statistics in abbreviated form.","Ensure each PCs personal goals and background are somehow woven into the overall game story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google Drive
Syrinscape
",""
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","I often use donjons RPG generator, fight club 5, and the handbooks","Never say no. Even if an action is virtually impossible let your players roll and then they always feel like they could succeed."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, MM, reddit","I make sure every player is engaged."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight club, Sly Flourish (your blog), my mind's creative capacity.","Always tailoring the game to the particular players who will be present"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
/r/dndnext
DiceCloud","Make sure everyone is on the same page before starting fa game! It will keep everyone engaged more!"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Core books, homebrew from r/unearthedarcana, personal homebrew","Hooks & twists for plot, deceptive NPCs, promoting creativity in overcoming encounters instead of stabbing a monster until it falls over"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","   ","      "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I us the books a lot, occasionally the Internet, and usually just a more experienced gm.","I like to have it very charecter driven. I love letting them have freedom because of the scenarios that happen from it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Michael Taylor's 5E OneNote Reference, DonJon's tools, The DMG","Reducing prep as much as possible, placing an emphasis on improvisation rather than extensive planning and background. Most things don't need to exist in detail until they come on stage."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Campaign books, homemade DM screen, map/graph paper","Have the players roll for random encounters"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Google Docs",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Book markers for the monster manual pages to easily reference monsters.
Notebook to make notes for NPC names, important clues, etc that come up during the game I had not written down prior.
Large amount of Miniatures I have to choose from for creatures before game starts. ","When the players are discussing their plans or thoughts, modify whatever adventure you had to better fit their narrative.  Doesn't have to be exactly what they said, but they feel great for ""figuring it out"" and you wont have to do much prep work as they are writing the adventure as they go. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Players handbook, DMG, monster manuel","Say yes most of the time "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Lions' Den Game Master app",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Dyson Maps","Let the players lead"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Most of my campaign is homebrew, so the main tool I use is a monster manual.  That's pretty much it.","I keep a small book of relevant information, potential side quests, NPCs, ect. With me at all times. Makes a world seem more alive when the party encounters familiar NPCs locations."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notecards, module notes and soundcloud","Food, beers and trying to always allow players to do what they want in someway."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Trello, Google Docs, various online random tables ","Fun > everything else "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Grid paper, Pencil, DMG","Creating diverging storylines based off possible player actions each with a special encounter"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pencil, Paper, Imagination!","I try to use invocative descriptions and npc voices."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Battlemat, Monster Manual","Lie to the players. Make them think you planned everything, that your iseas are original. Steal their ideas for stuff so they feel clever for guessing the truth. Lie constantly and never give up the truth"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About two hours","homebrew website, roll20 mapmaking, unearth arcane inspiration for monsters","create an npc that can guide your players and make them feel like they have a direction, then make that npc wrong, so very wrong and cause a colossal failure of some kinda"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjob.bin.sh
Monster manual
Pen and notebook","Always improvise"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Dungeon (Initiative Tracker by Code Alt Delete), Graph Paper","I make sure I am well versed in the cast and their motivations, both PCs and NPCs"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Reddit; DMG, MM, PHB; donjon","Have fun. Seriously. Relax and have fun. To that end, I improvise one thing per session, zero prep, just make it up. Always a hit, and the players usually never have any idea, especially if I base my improv on their actions or ideas."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh DMG reddit","Be flexible, have backup side quests ready to go if players don't choose to follow the expected thread"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20.net, http://redkatart.com/dnd5tools/, and Google Images.","Let everyone have their turn in the spotlight/story."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit, a couple notes in s journal and I like using shows that I watch to add game mechanics or inspiration for a story arc/fight.","I like making non strait forward fights, where the party has to think outside the box to win the fight instead of just hitting it repeatedly. Ofcourse hitting it repeatedly will eventually win the fight but creative employment of your powers makes the fight easier."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Initiative cards, note cards (for secret discussions with DM during game), custom tokens instead of miniatures","Fudging rolls to make a scene or fight thematically intersting."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil and Paper","I make sure I describe everything vividly enough my players can picture it, but vague enough that they can imagine it as well"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","1 NPC creator. 2 heavy customized D&D screen. 3 campaign books for references and ideas.","A higher member of an order, faction or of their own accord needs the players or their assistance and they must choose where they are to help and how they go about it or not at all someone always needs their help and someone is always after them. Plus it also helps that they stumble upon things."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OpenOffice writer, my library of old-edition books, the Intarwebz","Following the consequences of the actions of the characters (past and present). "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Dndnext reddit, DM guide, ","I like to let the players lead the story and where it goes. I use a bunch of voices for NPC's. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster manual, dms guide, character generator apps.","I plan a loose skeleton of what the story is and try to anticipate key choices but try to improvise the story as the players make decisions. It makes for a more personal feeling story for the players cause it's based almost completely around their actions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","foobar2000, Monster Card creation tool (http://hardcodex.ru/editor/), Inkarnate","Properly prepared lists of background music for various situations help set the mood on a sub-verbal level."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","google image search, music, roll20","i don't think i've run a great game yet"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Emacs org-mode, Adobe photoshop, pen and paper","Don't be a jerk"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","","Be open to anything the players want"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Google docs and that's all!","players love when you bring snacks"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Google, dmg, roll20",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","google drive, 5esrd.com, core rulebooks","Play with friends and don't take anything too seriously, and you're guaranteed to have a great time no matter what happens"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dry erase board, dm's guide, monster manual","Individual quest lines foreach character."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random charts, random names, music playlists ","Having the unexpected "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Google docs
Notebook
Behind the Name","Set a captivating scene that the PC's have agency and challenge whithin."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","I usyally crib npcs and locations from my collection of sourcebooks",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Donjon.bin.sh, DM's Guild","Let them do something ridiculous in a less important moment, but put an end to it when it's time to be serious."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Name Generators, The DMG, Homebrew Monster of the Week.","Improvise everything based on player desire. They want a duel with a nemesis? It's happening. They want to explore a temple? Happening."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","kobold fight club, don jon, one note websites","be prepared to improvise"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 and books",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Home brew websites, flipping through the DMG, and sometimes the Writing Prompts subreddit.","I often make it up as I go, having the players encounter whatever I think would be the most fun for them."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","OneNote, iOS Lion's Den 5e apps, the old 4e dungeon tiles","In 5e, absolutely remember to hand out Inspiration"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Donjon, Dice roller apps, Excel","Good improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Knowing my players."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","graph paper, modules, liqour","Tight combat plans very loose roleplaying plans.  Letting the characters develop on the spot."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","Inkarnate, a dice tower, and spelldeck cards.","Letting the PC's have the satisfaction of a last kill scenario once the last enemy is downed."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Game Master 5 iPad app, Microsoft Word, game books","Be prepared to improvise. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Markers, grid, and artwork searches.","Presenting, as best I can, several decently prepared paths of exploration, instead of just one. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Reddit, D&D podcasts","Have a ""session zero"" where players can develop backstory and connections between characters. Then use that backstory in the plot, it provides a great hook, especially for newer players."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20
Notepad",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","(IOS app) Fight Club 5 & Game Master 5; (Website) Kobold Fight Club; good old adobe reader (did you know you can highlight in different colors and add notes that link to external files?)","Be open with your players: ask for feedback, talk about their characters and where they think the story would be going, offer hints if they get stuck, work on integrating their character backstory into the adventure. Also the most important way to avoid player boredom is preparing better."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","The DMG is invaluable.   Reddit is a strong #2.  Third, the MM descriptions give me lots of ideas on how to creatively implement creatures. ",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Roll20 and the published adventures. We play in person but use Roll20 on a laptop for me and a shared tablet for the players for combat.","Dynamic lighting in Roll20"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Rule books, iPad, pan and paper ","Make the players feel that they are heros "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","All websites. ","Patience and understanding."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold.club, Microsoft Excel,  Monster Manual","If it makes for a good cinematic moment, bend the rules."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Backup material for on your feet improvisation"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Club, Donjon, PC/NPC Motivation sheets","I utilize detailed worlds that the players can get to know and ultimately change"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, d100, watching netflix for a long time and ripping off ideas","Don't say no to your players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","critterdb.com, Roll20, and Google Drive","RPing"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Stunning narrative, in depth npc's,  & a campaign setting w/ DEEP roots","I just drop the characters into a 'sandbox' and let them go. I always know what's going on in the world surrounding them, of course. Then I provide the characters with rumors about those happenings & see what they bite at. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About two hours","my hands certian on moble apps
","no trick i just focus on making my players a major part of the story"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","The three main books (players guide, dungeon masters guide, Monster manual), Google Docs and Google.","Knowing my players and putting in small things that really hook their imaginations."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Ideas by other DMs (eg found on reddit), DM Handbook, adventure books (official and other sources).","Improv and making sure everyone is having fun."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Players' Handbook, graph paper","Story hooks for player's backstories that tie in to the main campaign."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","http://rolladvantage.com/ for Tokens, the Player's Handbook, and the Monster Manual. Consolation shout-out to the DM's Guild.","Fake it til you make it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","Roll20 is an invaluable resource to me at this point. It handles initiative, monster statistics, maps, dynamic lighting, and more. I am not sure I'd like to run a D&D game without it at this point.
I used to use http://ephe.github.io/grimoire/ before it got taken down. It was an easy way to check spells and which classes they belonged to. Not really a resource that is efficient as it was nowadays.
Not exactly a tool, but I have PDFs of all the 5e books I own with easy bookmarks for each of the chapters or important things in the book. Easier than flipping through the book most of the time.","Making sure your players have fun. Ask them what they want to play, if you're running a game that they don't want to play, neither you or them are going to have fun. And that's what D&D is all about, having fun."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Roll 20, Fantasy Grounds, Character Creation Apps","Make sure everyone is on the same page as to what kind of game they want."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","2e Monstrous Compendium, Roll20, A Pen & Paper",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Laptop
Dm screen
Hyperlinked srd","Leverage player creativity when I'm not feeling creative"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Giving the players space to react to each other rather than my providing the sole impetus of the game."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Phb,mm,dmg","Spontaneity"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Skype
Roll20
Inkarnate","Go with what the players will enjoy rather than what the notes say. Be prepared to improvise."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Let the players build their own railroad."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Pantalla","Improvisar sobre una base bien construida"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Lions den iPad app. Spell book app for players on different tablet. Mood setting music","Opening prequel flashback scene that ties one of the players to the adventure somehow such as the NYC saving pcs life and them owing a debt now "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","naturalcrit.homebrewery.com <- fantastic for custom stuff to look and feel legitimate; /r/dnd and /r/dndnext <- just alot of excellent discussion that helps my perspective on the game grow which I think is beneficial for my campaigns; https://thegrimoire.xyz/ and http://tabletopaudio.com/ <- just general tools to improve the atmosphere and flow of the game (grimoire in that it helps you flip through the PHB/EE less and tabletopaudio because it helps the players feel more in the world","Modifying the truths of the world based on what the players do -- like if the players misinterpret the optimal line of action as I see it but their way makes sense and is clever, i'll generally let it work.  Also, having alot of different things to explore in any given place and not being hard-set on a certain direction for the players."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Online resources, props, and backstories.","Props, A simple handkerchief can turn into a hat, a cloak, a tie so many diffrent things to bring characters to life."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, DM guide, PHB","Give all characters a moment to shine and make sure nobody dominates the game."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","An illustration depicting some aspect of the location the party will be. 
An excel spreadsheet that calculates encounter difficulty based on selected monsters. 
Notes from the last few sessions. ","Knowing the ultimate goal and the  key points of information the PC's will need to achieve that goal.  I can then balance pacing to meet the time frame of the session while still hitting the important bits of the story."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","","I like letting the absurd happen, and letting my players laugh a bit."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Ulysses text app, Goodreader PDF app, Random charts! (dungeon & wilderness alphabet, a million things online)","Listening to the questions my players ask about the environment and playing off of that. Running a megadungeon (Stonehell) requires their buyin, so I take cues from them as to what they're interested in the most."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, PHB, MM, DMG.","Don't prep player actions or choices, prep characters/settings/events that exist regardless."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","D&D 5th Edition Encounter Calculator, Monster Manual, fantasynamegenerators.com","Roll with it. The players' entertainment is far more important than your story. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","1. Fantasy Grounds
2. Theme Music
3. Old issues of Dungeon Magazine","Making sure all players are engaged at all times, or at least as much as I can."
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20,  Kobold fight club, twitch","Having a stiff drink during the game. It helps relax and go with the flow. ;)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","5e spelllist app
WOTC dice roller
Tables found on reddit","Having 3 session worth of encounters prepared"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Homebrew subreddits, MM","Have fun"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Koboldclub, dungeonographer, critterdb","Focus on the micro, not the macro.
You need to make every session count. Remember, the adventure is something you create WITH the players, not FOR the players."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","Gm screen, mini-speaker, binder","Record all written handouts and play them for the other players so they dont get bored."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Don Jon. Dms guide. Spread sheets","Improv!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","The 5th edition handbooks, Random online stat generators, Dungeon drawing websites.","Keeping a healthy balance between RP and combat encounters."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Google drive, Tumblr (for inspiration), the dungeon masters guide","Don't make solutions, make problems lose enough for the characters to solve any number of ways and roll with it. If they're getting to be creative on the fly, it means you are too and that's just more fun"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","Game Master 5, map tools program, dm guide","Shocking reveal"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Keep,  Paper Notebook and pencil, google.  ","Adapting the game to meet the players where they are playing."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Scrapple, Scrivener, and the GM's Guide","Don't over prep. Get a baseline, then throw the players in and see what they do. Don't be afraid to completely change your plans if it makes for a better story!"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20, one note, tabletop audio",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, online initiative tracker, online dice roller","Let your players' paranoia fuel your ideas as you go"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, incarnate, /r/dnd ","Get to the point where the players run the game, it's not only easier but more fun"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tome of Beasts, a guy named Tim, DMG","Your players can't possibly know what will happen if you aren't sure yourself.(make it up on the spot)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Pen, paper and campaign book / monster manual. ","Know your players and design the game in a way they find interacting with it fun. It's most fun when they drive the story and you have to improvise"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Keeping the players guessing and paranoid about what is coming to get them."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Wet erase mat",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Keep
Google Docs",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Google and different map makers","Remember the things the players didn't do and include them later"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","5e Character Sheet app, Abulafia random generators, DM Screen app",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft Word, Excel, pencil and paper; ","I don't know I run a great game every time. But let my friends have fun and explore. Have things for them to find and let them try anything. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20
OrcPub
Evernote
donjon ( random generators )","I spend a lot of time building worlds and themes, but not a lot of time on the details. The main characters and bad guy I spend time on, but a lot of NPCs, situations, and events get generated literally on the spot; in this way they can be more topical and timely with what the characters are doing. With a light touch, it can sort of look like the characters are exploring an avenue you have already planned for them. 

Listening and improvising has always given me better results than a huge plan. But I will say that having a well-defined shop is always good. People love lists with gold pieces.
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","3ÌÑ5 cards, 3ÌÑ5 Post-Its, Mobile Phone Screen Pictures for Monster Stat Blocks","Building believable characters ahead of time and letting the players try just about anything. I normally build the following sessions around improvisations and NPC interactions with the players. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll 20","Secret doors NPC secrets imagination"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, kobold fight club, Loot generator app on android","Work out how to say yes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Evernote, Homebrewery, and Unearthed Arcana","Once you learn to improvise well, there's nothing the heroes can't do, and thats what makes the game so good.  On top of that, learning different accents and impressions completes the game by giving NPCs a living, realistic, and memorable feel"
"More than twice weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","My jotter pad, my computer & my sketchbook","Listen to the players"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club
5e fight club
Paper","Improvising something personal for the players. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Online encounter difficulty calculators.
Other works of fiction.
Historical names, places, and events.","Pepper in simple, straight forward quests to keep the world grounded. Every story mission need not be more complex than the one before."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, paper, reference material ","Mix things up, keep the hints subtle"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","The D&D 5e spellbook app for Android, the D&D complete reference guide app for Android, Kobold fight club","Using inspiration frequently to encourage fun, risky roleplaying."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Excel","Make sure everyone is having fun. If there's a rule that makes things less fun, I don't use it. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fifth Edition DM Tools, Google Docs, Amazon Basics Laminator","I love having music set up ahead of time, though the technology fights back a lot."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","One Note, Internet, pen paper","Keep it open ended"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The Donjon, dmg","I wish I had one "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, wiz kids miniatures, Google docs","It's not really a 'trick' per se. I know my strengths and I lean into them. I can improvise, I'm quick on my feet. And so my games are really dependant on that strength. I can offer a really strong sandbox style game because I can pull it out of thin air. The only trick is that, play to your strengths "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Google Docs, Watch2gether, Microsoft snipping tool ","NPC voices "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Encounter generators, roll 20, the books","Always (within reason) say yes, whilst remembering, what applies to Pc'a applies to npcs's and vice versa"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20 and the interwebs","Flexibility"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.sh for dungeon maps
kobold fight club
grimoire","Improv is a great tool if you can tie it in with a few existing tratis or events. Don't use it for absolutely everything though."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Any DnD subreddit on Reddit great people very helpful","Just have the players make the game for you in the end always say you always knew that was going to happen "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","whiteboard, Pinterest, Skype (occasionally)","altering the narrative with cut-aways, prologues, epilogues, or starting in media res"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Drawn NPC/enemy portraits that also serve as initiative trackers, card sleeves to hold town but and location info that can be swapped out, within binders of photocopied material.","The unexpected, the inverse, the interactive, and the Alejandro Jodorowsky influence."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, inkarnate, paper and pen","When in doubt, all roads lead to grandma's house"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Spotify, Google Drive, and the internet","Never sit down thinking you know what's going to happen. Be willing to change the 'bigger plot' on the fly if it is where the players want to go and if it's what they find interesting."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Published 5e books","Don't start the game until you have your world built, so that you're not spending time before each session except for combat, loot, etc. If you already have an immersive world built (nations and cities, important NPCs, storyline, etc) it's easier for players to get lost in the world and start forming their characters, as they're not so worried about what does and doesn't exist in the world. This doesn't mean to railroad the storyline or anything, just give them a complete as possible open world to explore, save, destroy, or whatever they see fit!"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Random Encounter Generator, Random NPC Names, Random Plot Hooks","Punish and reward idle things they do. Every aspect of what they do in game should have a response from you the DM, even if it's not extravagant."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, Youtube, Reddit r/dndbehindthescreen","Remember your players are the main characters and can kick ass"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, OneNote, r/DnDBehindtheScreen","Let the player choose the direction of the session"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Monster Manuel, Square Grid for scenes, Google Docs shared amongst all players. ","A good session has little combat and a lot of role-playing. Players I want to talk and expresses there stories. Nothing makes them happier. Also, playing music for everything. Most work I put into important NPCs is their themes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Mind, laptop, graph paper","Improvise improvise improvise "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Notebook, R20","Work with your players, not against them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dm guild site, Core Rule books, adventure books for ideas","Plot twists and great story. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Pyromancers dungeon painter, Inkarnate map maker.","Work with your players to see what they want from the game and work it in gradually."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","My brain, Notepad.exe, and the core rules books","Leave it blank and use one of the player's guesses. Put them in a scenario or situation and plan literally no way around or out of it. They'll try a few things and you can have them roll if necessary. When someone comes up with a really cool idea or rolls very high, boom, that was the solution all along. Your players gets to feel clever or badass, you don't have to come up with an intricate encounter and try to predict how they'll react. It's tonnes of fun!"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","tabletopaudio.com, inkarnate.com",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Brain, Microsoft Word, notes.","Involving players through immersive acting and atmospheric story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20 (for dungeon maps), OneNote, Google Drive","Take published materials and improv/riff on them. If the material was sheet music, the game should be less orchestra and more like jazz."
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Lots of prepared notes, prepared random tables, music","Preparation of everything for any possible outcome"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Online CR Calculators, Online Treasure Calculators (varies)","Being able to react quickly to the unforeseen actions of the players and keep the game running."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Naturalcrit's homebrewery, engineering/computation paper, the Angry GM's blog.","Wringing plots out of players backstories. Also, bringing drinks."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Syrinscape,Donjon Random Generator and Fantasy Name Generator","Letting the players use their imagination; the ""Rule of Cool"""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat","Know your audience and what motivates and/or frightens them.  Then use that to your advantage."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, 5e Fight club, tabletop audio","roll all initiatives (pc and monster/baddies) before the adventure begins so that i already have the lists ready when an encounter may begin."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 ,DM guilds,  reddit ","A great playgroup "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Projector and maps that I find online","Make the game memorable; have characters have a spotlight during the session and give a cliffhanger as and ending for such session"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","paper, pen, notebook","Iron DM"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","The core books and some dice. ","Springing traps at random if they forget to check. 

Also mimics. So many mimics. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Walter Kammerer's 5e character sheet app, my dice, hard liquor","Always go with what the players want to do. They think you know what you're doing the whole time, but really you're just bouncing ideas off them during the game and everything works out."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, Google","Say yes."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Hero Lab software, the Internet","Whatever works to get my players to all show up on time (or at all)."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","http://tools.goblinist.com/5enc","Improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, paper minis, clay","Subverting expectations"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs","Consistency, stick to it and don't get discouraged."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Maps, miniatures, online generators","Going with the flow and letting the players run the story!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","I prep notecards for tracking combat hp for each encounter, I create spell sheets for magic using NPCs for quick reference, I prepare condensed monster stats for quick reference","Narrating combat like a dolphin (see AngryGM)"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Monster manuel
Published adventure
My mind","Improv (letting the players guide the story)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, /r/DMAcademy, Matt Collville''s YouTube channel","Turning something innocuous the players think is sinister into something sinister."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, fifth edition character sheet phone app, D&D 5 spellbook phone app ","Incorporating side quests and NPCs for each character. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dms tools andriod, the DnD DMG, inkrates map making tools","Let the players do what they want, aka always say yes you can"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, /r/unearthedarcana, /r/dndnext",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Reddit, r//dndnext has a 5e list of resources that I check regularly. When designing encounters for homebrew, kobold fight Club. ","Enthusiasm. Presented with excitement, energy and enthusiasm even the most mundane can become exciting for players."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Yes, and..."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","My custom-made dungeon tiles; podcasts for ideas; D&D products from older editions for npcs, maps, and story ideas.","Commiserate with other DMs from time to time to avoid burnout.  It's not just your game where players miss sessions, bypass your epic encounters, and one shot your big bad.  If you don't know any other DMs, listen to Behind the  DMs Screen podcast, even their 4th edition stuff, and hear how even these veteran DMs struggle with the same things."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Campaign book, roll20","Have newbie players and encourage them to interact with each other "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Game Master for iPhone, pyromancers dungeon map builder, slack messaging app for iphone","the ticking clock on a summoned enemy with a small horde, as the time passes unless the ritual is stopped the summoned enemy changes and grows in CR."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel, Wikipedia, and /r/dndbehindthescreen","Spending>250 hours studying and reading about DMing and storybuilding theory and practice. Failing a few times and learning from those mistakes until I could repeatedly produce success."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, MM, Squire","I make sure to have NPCs react to player actions in unique ways based off of what NPCs' motivations are, put I avoid roleplaying them to save time. I instead work to actively describe their actions and espressions while generally describing what they saying in conversation. I know that if I tried to speak how I want my NPCs to sound I would take too long floundering through their speach."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, kobold fight club, the DMG","Making players think of the children."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Reading other people's modules","Flexibility"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon's random tables
SCAG world maps and descriptions 
DM Workshop in the DMG, especially modifying monsters/magic items","Player recap at the start of each session: it lets me know what they took away from the last session and what they think is most important in my world (and therefore what I need to make most important going forward)."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","One Note, kobold.club, aidedd.org",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","skype, Game Master (iPad app that I can't live without), lore wikis","MUST be 100% familiar with the land, its npcs, and settings. Makes the narrative so much richer and more enjoyable."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Roll20, OneNote, Kobold Fight Club","Build a session around the characters to encourage them to get involved. It means a lot more when an NPC has a request that directly ties in to the goal of one or more player characters."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, Sage advice, calculator","Be as flexible as a Russian gymnast and as confident as a rock is hard."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop/Tablet, Books, Pen/Paper.","Be invested and have fun with your campaign. If you aren't having fun, it rubs off on the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","4E D&D Monster Vault, 3e Tome of Magic (Vestiges), Videogames","Low to mid level EPIC encounters, forget Tolkien (he is holding you back), and put players in win/lose situations. Yeah the players may gain favor of the Queen, but the civilians of the land will hate them. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon.bin.s, rptools map tools, DnD 5e complete reference android app ","Improvising off the the characters actions and incorporating it into future story. Letting them pick the NPCs they like, and making those important  going forward. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","My mind, player's handbook, pathfinder resources","Steal something from the players, make a wild goose-chase"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random name generators, dice rolls, rolling tables ","Having a table of random things to happen at any given moment to keep suspense and interest. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","/r/dnd, DMG, MM",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","A well written adventure, my imagination, and some good company","Play up your strengths. For me, that's silly voices and comedy"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Online Videos (Colville, Mercer, particularly), Google Docs (recently trying Notebook.ai), published books",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, my brain, official wizard release 5e books","Instantly engage your players with role play. If you do it. Do it. Rp it out! I'll tell you what to roll after."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Drive, Google Hangouts, The Books","I have my players use Google Hangouts, and send them private messages whenever they would notice/detect anything privately. It allows them to decide how they share this info while not really slowing down the game, and forces them to get more into the mindset of the game."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I spend a lot of time mulling over ideas on commutes, in lines, when doing housework, and other tasks that don't need my full brain.  I rarely sit down and work on a campaign for more then a half hour at a time, but that's so I can jot down and clarify the ideas I've been mulling over for hours all week.","Ask the players what they want to do next, no matter the situation. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reddit, sly flourish, published adventures","Keep the pace up"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","My Microsoft Surface pro 4. I can connect it to a TV and draw any unforeseen maps and situations.

Hand drawn maps

NPC pictures","FEEDBACK! what was your favourite moment in this session, what was something you enjoyed someone else did, what didn't you like, what would you like to see more of?"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","#NAME?","baiting players into tricky encounters, but with ""awesome"" rewards "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Sketchbook, laptop w/ Microsoft Word open, and music on YouTube.","If some big thing can happen to one character, it can happen to everyone, and there is a percent chance for every player."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Google Docs, Kobold Fight Club, donjon","When the players jump the invisible rails that are your preparations, be ready to improv the whole session without batting an eye. Reuse the preparations later."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","","Multiple story lines"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dms guild resources, random generators, dms guide","Music"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Roll20, dnd books","Work out what the players enjoy most and focus on that."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","google hangouts, kobold fight club, microsoft word for handouts","Have a loosely detailed plan and be ready to throw it out the window in the blink of an eye"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","Matt Mercer GM Tips, D&D Books, Watching Critical Role and Chris Perkins events.","Community Story telling. It's the PC's world they have to adventure in I just set the stage."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","PHB, DMG, Monster Manual.  i'm pretty basic, i know.  if we ignore those, my favorite tools tend to be pinterest (inspirstion for locations or NPCs), Reddit's tables.  I really don't use much else.","Get they players involved.  talk to them, and ask them how you can help them tell the story of their character."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kobold club. Random loot generator for Android, Spotify","Always say yes"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","D&D 5e Spellbook App (Android); Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Encounter Calculator; Redkat's 5E D&D Tools",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Office
Online Name Generators
Reddit","Listen to what players talk about when they're not playing. Often times they'll mention something that could make the campaign that much better, and they'll never expect you to actually use it"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft Excel, http://donjon.bin.sh, Windows Notepad","Creating fun NPCs and memorable NPCs to roleplay with, and putting secrets and special twists on the published adventures/AL adventures."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","The rulebooks, koboldfightclub, and roll20.net( for character sheets etc.)","Timer to build tension, improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Critical hit/miss deck, goblinist encounter generator","Use a pre written adventure and then personalize it or use it at as a framework"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","I just use pen, paper and DM book","Embrace improvising, players always derail planned sessions. I plan out parts of the adventure and let the players fill in the rest."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Having the world set up in advance makes it easier to adapt to player actions in the fly"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club, donjon.bin.sh, www.dnd-spells.com","Deadly and interesting encounters"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","LEN PELLETIER's Weak Magic Items randomizer","have fun!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, dm guide, manual monster ","Going with the flow and having Google handy to make changes on the fly"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll 20, OOC conversations, puns and jokes","Wing it. Say yes to the PC"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","grid paper, home made players sheets, homemade numbered minis, online encounter calculators, shared resources on D&D communities ","improvisation. let your players determine where the story goes, just be knowledgable enough to keep up with them on the fly."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Word, physical 5e books","Pay attention to what went well, and what I could do better next time"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Game master 5 iPhone app
Notebook
Note cards","Knowing your players and what they want/need in a game session"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobald fight club, donjon, one note","Build the rule of the world and general arch of the story then improvise "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Fight Club 5 and Game Master 5 iOS apps, Campaign Books","Always keep up the pace, don't let players get too bogged down in details"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","DM guide
Kobold fight club
Calligraphy set","Encoding a secret and allowing the players to work it out at their own place... Also portfolios"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Donjon's random generators, CritterDB","Some skill checks are supplements to what the player describes, e.g. a persuasion check is only as good as the argument is persuasive, perception is modified by what they say they're looking at/for."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, donjon tools, org-mode","Matt Mercer's ""how do you want to do this"" on a good kill, letting characters describe spells, etc. The more fun descriptions the players provide, the more they visualize things and the more engaged they get. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Android complete reference app, 5th Ed character sheet app, chalk markers and wipe clean tablecloths","Unclear question. Mostly soundboard apps and hidden speakers for ambient sound"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","random tables (i.e. http://donjon.bin.sh/ and http://dmtools.tumblr.com/), campaign wiki/google docs (https://campaignwiki.org/wiki), srd sites (i.e. 5esrd.com)","Make sure everyone is on the same page for what the campaign is going to be. If you're running a ""good guys"" campaign and one player didn't get the memo, that can affect the enjoyment of other people at the table. Better to make sure that people know what they're getting into, so that people can make an informed decision of whether they want to play in your game and how they should orient their play."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Players HandBook, index cards , legal pad","Picking an eccentric behavior for informational NPCs. Makes the mundane memorable."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dice, miniatures, imagination ","Just bein' me"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","About two hours","Computer for writing, AL Mods to gather ideas from, arts and crafts stores. ","Have everyone involved in the first 5 minutes. Atleast with introductions. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Index cards, notebook","I use index cards with the characters name, AC, passive perception, and spell save DC written on one side (after folding it into a tent), the character name is on the other. I arrange those on my DM screen according to initiative, which makes combat run a lot faster."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh/, http://beta.hardcodex.ru/",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","I'm pretty old school so i use pen and paper a lot. Tabletopaudio.com has a lot of useful ambiance tracks.","Planning open-endedly is important because players are a bunch of animals."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper, dices :p","Having some snack and just having a good time"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Donjon, kobold fight club, the angry gm","Get players in character, make them say what THEY do, not what their character does. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Paper, colored pens, beer","Voices "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Be prepared with everything that you plan on happening but be flexible and ready to improvise with the players."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","Monster Manual, Player Hand Book, Fiendish Codex from 3.5","I let the world be as large as the unanswered questions in it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Gamemaster 5, IBooks, Apple Notes","Morale & reaction checks"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Discord, Myth-Weavers, Donjon",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notecards, Dice, Books","I enjoy bringing in other people who aren't in the campaign to play crucial NPCs. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club encounter generator","Be prepared to improvise. A lot. Don't have a rigid plan that the players must follow"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Reddit, roll 20, battlebards","Immersive music that matches the enemies.  When fighting psychic enemies, I use lots of cacophanous music with guitar riffs to stimulate  the brain noise."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","The books.","Hard to describe. Watch some videos with Matt Mercer in them, he does a better job explaining it."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DandDWiki, Player's Guide, Adobe Photoshop","Use the busy time in between sessions to keep building the world. As adults, it's hard to maintain a game more than once a month, so you have a lot of time to expand as you go. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold fight club
Roll20",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit, the handbook, and inspiration from various fictions","Communication with the players, and improvisation"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","OneNote, 5esrd.com",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","A wax sealing kit is awesome, Lots of tabs on the rule books","For large groups turns are not done in order.  All players state their action they we roll dice, and resolve.  "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Not making solutions for every problem. The players are going to try things I wouldn't think of anyways so if they try something that either makes sense or is very creative I use that. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","pyromancers.com for dungeon building. Roll20 and youtube.","Keep it loose. Everyone is there to have fun."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, online name generators","Make the NPCs and setting memorable by giving NPCs interesting quirks and giving places something unique that would draw the characters back there."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Onenote, Rory's Story Cubes, and my home made DM screen.",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Improv, accents and ""yes and"""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dmholley encounter calculator, art museums, angrygm abuse/advice","Cutting between players at dramatic points in dialog/exploration, like in action type tv or movies is great. In general dumping or adding stuff to alter the pacing helps keep it from spotlighting one character or getting stuck in an encounter. Like if it takes 40 minutes to deal with one of three puzzles, maybe drop the other two for example."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","DMG//PHB///adventure module.  Tablet. 3x5 note cards","My group is more interested in action than role playing, so I try to keep the story elements moving quickly and add more randome encounter checks to increase the amount of time my players are in combat"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Trello","Cooperative storytelling"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","all the official WotC guide books, thesaurus.com, fantasynamegenerators.com ","Don't bother trying to craft a full story, path, or plan - your players will not follow it. Instead, focus on creating a fleshed out world with rules and NPC's/monsters whose motives you understand, and then creating a base scenario for your players to encounter. Adapt and improvise to your player's choices from there. Never assume you know what your players are going to do, or where they are going to go, even if you give them clear rewards for going somewhere you want them to go. You will almost always be wrong."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Surface Pro 3, Campaign books, the World Wide Webs","Improvisation, and acting are key to a great game for me and my players."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","OneNote, Word, PowerPoint","The occasional vignette that takes the players out of their normal characters and lets them play out an important piece of back story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Word, flip mats and dungeon tiles, pathfinder pawns","Be willing to ignore your plans and improvise."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Fantasy grounds, Online monster creations","going with the flow"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Core Rulebooks, Large vinyl grid","I just think about it on an off throughout the week during spare time. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","The adventure book (Lost Mine of Phandelver), the Dungeon Master's Guild, bing (to search for images).","I'm new, so I don't have a trick yet. I feel like I'm still flying by the seat of my pants every time we sit down. Although, I have fallen in love with Syrinscape. Using the sounds to set the scene has really made the adventure immersive!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Dice, a sketchbook, a notepad, and an online ability database","Be flexible about where you want the story to go-- too stiff and the players will feel trapped."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, WotC Tile Maps, Legos (miniatures)","I keep focused on one simple goal: If the players are having fun, it's going well."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","My mind, MS Word and my own meetup site. ","Just getting people invested into the setting, area, place, characters. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Tools as in official tools?  The core books and online resources obviously, and then I almost exclusively use Fantasy Grounds which I suppose counts as an official tool as all the information of the core books is included and resourced.  I use a laptop for all my information storage and DM info.  Outside of that I use Photoshop for my map design and before FG for my visual displays through a projector.  I use Excel a TON.  Random rollers and hyperlinks make my life much easier. ","Plan and organize intelligently for almost everything, and then be ready to improvise because ... yeah ... improvise.  "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 even for local games, donjon for random treasure and quick maps, http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter to scale encounters,http://dialectsarchive.com to practice npc accents","I spend time personalizing the adventure to the players backstory. I try to make one player a hero for the session"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","tools on the web","Make it as deadly as possible"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","1. Players handbook
2. Dungeon master guide
3. Monster Manual","DM for players you know, expect their actions, have planned consequences for their actions. Making up stuff on the spot can lead to mediocrity."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Excel and Word. Internet. Streaming dnd shows.","Descriptive language. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, Novels, Google","Forcing players to roll for no reason, when they give you the number just nod and say ok, jot down a fake note and keep going. Keeps the tension high."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon Random Generator, Encounter Calculator, Nerzugal's DM toolkit","To not over prepare. Players can shatter hours of prep time by going off on their own agenda or just saying nope to a question start. Try to keep some things at the ready but leave a lot of what happens up to them. If your plot point for the story involves a king being killed, don't just tell them it happens, let them attempt to do something about it if they recognize what's happening. This gives them an interactive element and a greater sense of impact in the world they exist in."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Players handbook, kobold.club, Microsoft paint ","Get the players engaged by using their pc's as the the story center "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Microsoft OneNote
Kobold Fight Club
Donjon.sh","Having modular encounters that can be dropped in, ""reskinning"" the environment or NPCs"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Kobold Fight Club, A 5e encounter generator, and a loot generator","I try to let my players go where they will and do and say what they want - sometimes it derails my plans, sometimes they end up emotionally damaging npcs they should be keeping happy, but our table always seems to be laughing and having fun!"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Paper, pencil, imagination","""Can I try..."" YES!"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Dundjinni, Pyromancers","Know your players in order to control meta-gaming."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, pyromancers dungeon painter","Narrative NPCs, and purposely vague descriptions."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit community, tabletop audio, Mathew Mercer tips. ","Be a good improviser. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Lazy DM, kobold fight club, official books",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, premade campaign books for information, wikipedia","Making sure all players and the dm are on the same page about how the game should go"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft Word
Homebrewery
DndBehindTheScreen
","Trust a DM who doesn't want your character to die, but is willing to let it happen  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Notebook, Kobold Fight Club, Reddit","Make sure the players have fun."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Over 40 years of experience and game files. Player's Handbook/DM Guide, other D&D and Pathfinder supplements. I also use play test material from things I'm writing for publication. ","Structure games like a good story with a beginning, middle, and end. I often think of it like a 3 act play. "
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","Evernote, GM5e, and donjon ","I listen to my players and what they want. I never restrict their actions, I always let them do what they want within reason. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Grid paper, snack selection, and the manuals of course!","""The Psyche-out."" Giving reasonably moral NPCs gruff, gritty voices or anomalous personalities that would otherwise make them a target of PC suspicion. On the obverse side, giving maleficent NPCs genial personalities and friendly demeanors. Or continuously providing the atmosphere of something the PCs expect to happen, but the expectation never really transpires. (Ex. Claiming all of the recent additions to a town's decorations, mainly the abundance of scarecrows, is due to the coming Harvest Festival. Most veteran PCs will poke or prod every single scarecrow they pass to make sure it isn't a creature from the M.M simply playing coy. They are all just decorative, though...too bad, so sad.)"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Erasable grid map, atmospheric music, player's handbook","Whispering information granted from a particularly good skill check only to the player who made the check."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","MM, Kobold Fight Club, DMG","Improv, lots of it "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","I use Google earth to make a world map, I use geologic layers from university of Arizona to make the layers(I use Jurassic and Triassic settings to create geologically sane worlds) and my kindle to read lots of books","You can basically steal a plot from a long good book unless your players have read it."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Inspiration from books/short stories for situations","leaving lots of open ""hooks"" and seeing the crazy theories players come up with"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","More than two hours","My laptop (Initiative spreadsheet, music), Miniatures (Reaper), and probably something else that I cannot think of at the moment. . .beer?","I do not have any tricks that I can think of that I use."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, my notebook, and a healthy dose of bloody Mary's ","Be quick on your feet!! Expect the unexpected."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","No xp I use milestones instead, give out lots of inspiration. I use the monster stat blocks as templates and reflavor to make original monsters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Random Tables in the DMG and background music","Letting the players help build the world"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Name Generators (various)","Do the voices, man. Do the voices."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Battle map, translation dictionary, roll 20 character sheets","Many plot hooks, fun npcs"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","DonJon, Kobold Fightclub, DMG","Communicate with your players, know what they want. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Npc and treasure generator app, evernote","I have recently given each character a secret objective or mission. They shouldn't interfere with each other or anything, but it makes their decisions more interesting."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Bring a notepad with you everywhere for ideas"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","Google docs with my tables and my dice","Have a very vague plot and let the players spawn the ides when they are trying to figure it out."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DND phb, dnd dungeon master guide, and dnd monster manual.","I am new but the best trick I know is to care, and explore things about the sessuon that I want to see and what my players wantto see. As a dm the game would be garbage if we all didn't enjoy it"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","3x5 Notecards
Google Docs
Microsoft One Note","Hang folded note cards on DM screen in initiative order. On the front, have character/creature names, on the back (My side); AC, passive perception, DC, and any special notes for that player/creature that I might want to remember. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club,",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","ItsADnDMonsterNow, DnDBehindTheScreen, Official 5e Books","Being willing to improv/not being afraid of going off the rails"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Player's guide, DM's guide, donjon.bin","Rarely saying ""no"" to a player; rolling with their idea but making sure there are stakes and consequences to their actions. Also if there's a new player who isn't engaging, have them keep track of initiative. People are depending on them to pay attention and they get a sense of ownership and a taste of DM power :)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","fantasynamegenerators.com , DMG, and the Fifth Edition DM Tools app on the android play store","Giving the players what they really want, not what they think/say they want "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen
Paper
Dice","Go with the flow."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Inkarnate Maps, Photoshop","Running a sandbox campaign, where I develop the world and then let my players loose on it"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","The Monster Manual
The Dungeon Master's Guide
LibreOffice Word","Rapid improv."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","EverNote, OneNote, My own custom programmed campaign management tools","Always let the players try anything they want. There is no guarantee they'll succeed or that the outcome will be exactly what they expect, but I always try to let them attempt anything."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Obsidian Portal, Reference Art and Books","Making sure everyone has focus by ticking off cool moments for each player on my note sheet."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Obsidian Portal, Fight Club 5e, Syrinscape","Listen to the players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google, the books and google drive","Knowing your players"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Reddit
Published materials
Other online resources","Go with the flow"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","DND wiki, DMs guide, treasure tables","Be creative and don't be afraid to make it your own."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper and core books.",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Official books, 5e Treasure generator app (android), movies and books","Good friends and just enough booze."
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Grimoire, roll20, 5e spellbook","Don't sweat the small stuff. As long as the overarching story is intact and the players are having fun it's all good "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Mapping, recoding previous games as a narrative, teasing players with hints","Weaving in things the players eventually can use in a weird way, usually unforseen by DM"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Google drive, reddit, and a good DM screen","Force everyone to role play in a situation where they are uncomfortable"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Don't use many tools","Always keep a few spare ""random encounters"" or side quests ready for when the party turns left"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon

Reddit

Random Generators","Keep prep short and to the point. When you do prepare, prep the world not the plot. You can prep some plot, but it should be beginning and end. The players fill in the middle. The less time you spend prepping the better."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Hexographer
Goblins
Reddit","Large setpiece story and combat moments"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","None","Donjon, 5eSrd, and r/unearthedarcana ","Add Flavor /set the stage for the players. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Google, Spell cards","Letting players take control sometimes - they come up with the best stuff for the game"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen, Paper, Evernote","The barkeep is a Dragon"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","fight club 5",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Fight club 5th edition, pdfs, and grid paper.","Fun first."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","PDF reader, DND spells site, roll20","Incorporate your characters background into the adventure. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletop Audio (.com), The Homebrewery, Kobold Fight Club",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Starter kit, 3d printer, Reddit","I print minis with a 3d printer"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Cheetos, Mountain Dew, Doritos","Try to keep my players off-guard."
"More than twice weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Books, kobold.club, lions den game master 5 iOS app","Really encouraging players to get and spend inspiration. Give it for progressing the story, doing something creative, whatever. It gets them trying to think story before mechanics while granting them a mechanical boost."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","GM Wiz app.
Big notebook of stuff.
Loot Generator app","Let the players write it, they'll come up with crazier stuff than you can.
When they try to pull some off the wall crap just roll with it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Initiative trackers on the DM screen, individual cards for all of my monsters and npcs, and experience report cards for my players at the beginning of each session, detailing their roles from the last session. ","Being just buzzed enough to wing anything. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Grid paper, miniatures, my mind","Interaction with the villain throughout the campaign."
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Map making in paint.net
Kobold fight club
Most of my games run Play by Post on rpgcrossing.com","Setting scenarios that have multiple possible solutions, and letting the players be creative in their solutions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","Goblinist Random Encounter generater, Dmsguild, Roll20","Let the players control the game, don't overprepare and you won't be disapointed when your players go off course."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Whiteboard pen and a drawable grid map, cheat cheets,","Improvise"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The homebrewery ","Use of music, props, maps, etc "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Dungeon Masters Guide, & my tablet.","Having one my players own a pizza restaurant so we can get free pizza every session helps :) "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Core books, Reddit threads for random ideas and inspiration, music for background","Having players immersed in the world and their characters, then they make the rest easy"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Reddit, Roll20, Evernote","Keep notes on EVERYTHING so I always have an answer"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Evernote
Small whiteboard/clipboard
Latex battlemap","Know your players. Communicate to them and be open about what kind of game this will be. If the players have a notion of what to expect and feel they  have agency to i fluence thibgs within those frames,  you will have engaged player. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Reddit, Onenote","always try to plan outcomes and have an ending in mind."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","OneNote,","Don't prepare too much"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","the online srd for easy reference, the monster manual, dmg","I create a rough story line and try to populate it with deep NPCs that my players want to find out more about"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold.club
the awesome D&D subreddits
Chris Perkins DM Experience ","Whenever the narrative is flagging, or my players have (once again) managed to find the only path I hadn't planned any content for; I always harken back to Crime Novelist Raymond Chandler, ""When in doubt, have a man burst through the door with a gun in his hand."" Literally or figuratively as the situation dictates."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, Fantasy Grounds, and Google Docs","The trick, for me, is to listen to the players and use the ideas they throw out there. I don't fully prepare everything that could happen or every detail. So, as an example, maybe the party found a strange magic item. You, as the DM, actually haven't fully fleshed it out yet. I guarantee you, at some point, one of the players will say ""I wonder if it does [x]."" If it's good, use it! Or twist it a little. It'll add a bit to the satisfaction and cool factor of the item and game."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Books, dice, pen & paper","Letting the players control the story, but never tell them. They always think of something worse, get the story they want, and I look brilliant."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","","The players are the main charaters of a play, i'm just a stage hand that sets the seen for them to explore"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Pandora classical music stations","Not every character is interesting. Some NPCs are dirt farmers with nothing overtly interesting to them."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","onenote, notepad .txt files, excel, d&d 5e core rulebooks","have fun and dont let your plans get in the way of a great adventure or clever players"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Note book, tablet/laptop, dnd 5e spellbook app","Expressive and immersive start, always watch the pace of the game and make appropriate adjustments (players are bored with combat - finish it, players don't know what to do - introduce a hook into existing quests)."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","I use Roll20 tokens now.   But I would use pictures of cities or landscapes to set the environment.","Ask questions, keep the flow going of combat and interactions make things feel like they are running in as close to real time as we can."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tabletop audio, random npc generators, and name generators","Create the environment, have a loose plot hook with a few ideas for development, but for the most part let the pcs guide what's going on in the story. Improv is an incredibly useful skill in dming, and one I constantly rely on"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft OneNote","Having notes and stat blocks at hand... And music organized and ready. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Be there earlier then your players to set up as needed."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, DonJon's generators, and Roll20","Listening to my players and giving them what they want."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","","Stealing the PCs ideas. If they're paranoid about NPC 14 being a vampire? Well they weren't before but now..."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold.club encounter builder, donjon.bin random generators",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Google Drive, Kobold Fight Club, DMG","atmospheric audio and music and always detailed and sensory-driven setting description"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","DMG, MM, PHB","Expect the unexpected "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Laptop, Notebook, Smartphone","""Yes and..."" everything! If a player wants to do it, let them roll and role play it out."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Classic DnD tropes, kobold fight club, video games","Filling in the players on what would have happened if they choose another path. Makes the world feel alive and removes any perceived rails."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Obsidian Portal, Kobold Fight Club, Donjon","Design the world, not the path.  Design characters, not plot points."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Gimp, Kobold Fight Club, donjon.sh website","Keep things moving, don't let fights bog down over rules details"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dandwiki, rpg dice roller, pen&paper",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Roll20, Reddit","Making sure each player gets something to do. Make fights interesting and reasonably challenging, but not deadly unless they need to be."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","I run games out of a shared campaign world where several DMs are running concurrent adventures with interacting stories and parties. Because of this a great deal of the legwork is done already.","Sand timers, by using sand timers I can give a definite limit to how much time a particular action or sequence can take. This might be 1 minute for a turn, or 3 minutes for a player monologue, or 5 to 10 minutes for a break. Players are much more on point when they have a physical indicator of time left, and other players can flip a timer if something is taking too long to signal everyone players are becoming disengaged and to move on to the next bit."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Player backgrounds","Let your player's drive the story forward."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Roll20","Never forget rule #1 - have fun!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual 
Dungeon masters guide
Homebrew monsters","Encourage your platers to think like their character. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","reddit/r/dndbehindthescreen, roll20, Critical Role","improv"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Things to i find helpful to run a D&D game apart from maps and minis are condition cards, an initiative board and  Sly Flourish Building Encounter Guidelines :)","Be overly descriptive and making voices help make NPC and monsters more alive and fun to interact with."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, paper, ms word","Not sure"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hexographer, donjin.sh, and I dunno, reddit?","Have good players"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Donjon website & Gamemaster/Fight Club apps","Use Gamemaster as a companion app with all the essential information for the game so as to keep Roll20 as uncluttered as possible. It makes for cleaner, more efficient play."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","kobold fight club, onenote, laptop","Good improvisation"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Kobold fight Club, DMG, reddit","Making it something that they haven't played before like a bounce house wizards tower"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","dmg, kobold.club, dm screen","keeping up the illusion of a detailed living, real (and dangerous) world"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Miniatures

Handbooks

",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","GoogleDocs, Roll20, Notepad","I put at least two types of the three componments into each encounter: combat, puzzle, or lore."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, D&D books,  Donjon","Don't expect the players to do anything that I expect them to do"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, Wikipedia, GURPS supplements","Let the players' paranoid speculations about the next encounter drive what I actually throw at them"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Roll with the players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","","Let the players design it all without realizing. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","A binder with plastic sleeves full of printouts, the books themselves, and copious amounts of notetaking.","Develop a deep and rich world full of good guys, bad guys, factions and politics... Then let your players explore it, wreck it, build it up, and otherwise enjoy the heck out of it. Add as you go, but spend a great deal of time fleshing out the major locations, factions, etc beforehand."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Dm screen, index cards, dry erase markers","Descriptions of what they see and do in a way they can relate to. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My own stash of over 300 statblocks, inspiration, and Reddit","Manipulation. Not in a bad way; I learn what drives the characters but more importantly for my groups, the players. I learn what they like and I slide it in. This allows me to build encounters and story off of what each player enjoys and keep everyone engaged."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Maptool
Microsoft OneNote","Strong characterization"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Monster manual, miniatures, 3d terrain","Kepping players in the edge of their seat with engaging encounters."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My notebook, generator sites and the core rulebooks","Keep the flow going"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Supplemental fiction used as ""cut scenes""
Index cards for initiative tracking and handouts
HeroLab for easy NPC or monster generation and printing
","Engage the players by putting them as closely ""in the shoes"" of their PCs as possible"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Storing my music/playlists in Amazon cloud (accessible anywhere with internet). Mobile fight club (yip yip!). Additional campaign support documents from the internet!","The right background music can really help set the scene for players, but it can be difficult to get right."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Miniatures, ","Adding up damage (via Roman numerals) to reach an enemy's total HP instead of subtracting. Giving more creative control of the environment to the players (if they ask if there is a tree nearby that they can climb, I ask them where they see the tree). Never let the players know you forgot something or messed up, just find a way to fix it (That NPC was supposed to give them certain info, but I will just make up a new NPC that will share that tidbit.)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, google docs, teamspeak","Illusion of randomness. Whether they rolled a 5 perception or a 20, they'll still notice the detail. They rolled a 100 on the hidden random effect table? Would have been the same if they rolled a 2."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Let the players make the trouble for themselves, it makes them more invested in actually getting out of a situation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club ","Make the PCs bond with NPCS before having good the bbeg destroy the NPCs"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","photoshop, word, roll20","Keeping it all moving."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Excel, RPG Maker, Google Image search","Never say no - ""roll it"" and allowing players to always try"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","Reddit/Online-Resources; Notebook&Post-it; Official Books","for me there is no real trick to anything most of it is dedication to learning ""how to DM"" and how to improve myself in many aspects in and outside the game so that everyone has at least a little bit of fun :)"
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Imagination, Improvisation, ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, Stat Blocks, and story hooks","Bullet points"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Kobold Fight Club, Syrinscape, donjon","Instrumental music can set the tone of a session with very little effort."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Pencil, notebook, campaign book","Try to keep ""looking stuff up"" to a minimum."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Playing thematic music, reading over threads and forums for DM suggestions, creating charts for random events and treasures.","My favorite trick is incorporating as much as the players characters background into the plot of the campaign."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fight club app",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Roll20, Home brewery, MS Paint","Let the players guide everything."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About an hour","Hexographer, Evernote, Donjon","About a day before each session, I ask the players what they're interested in doing next, sometimes reminding them of several options.  I then focus what little prep I do on that.  The players have agency, I don't have to worry about where they'll go next - everybody's happy.

If I may share a few bonus tricks, I also make a list of things that will happen in the world without the PCs there to stop them, and then say to myself that one or two of them the PCs didn't pursue took place or got closer to taking place.  I make sure each offscreen event is only a single declarative statement, and don't focus on what they mean or where they take place or why they happen - I'm good at improvising those details, and the players invest them with meaning regardless.  Gives the illusion of a living world without me having to do much work.

Another thing I do is grab lots of maps and images off the internet and slap them into Roll20 without much thought.  I'll always end up using them, even if I don't get to them that session, and I look prepared even when I'm not (which is most of the time).

I never assume anything I prep will get used during the session I prep it for, especially if it's something ""plotty.""  I tie plot points to specific locations and lines of PC inquiry, and always try to make sure they're either evergreen (e.g. ""The tapestry reveals the goblin tribe to have been peaceful until they were betrayed by the humans!"") or only grow in potency as more sessions pass without the truth being discovered.  The reveal that an allied NPC has been spying on the party for the villain all along is shocking in Session 5, but it's DEVASTATING in Session 25.

That said, I also try very hard not to commit to any revelation before it comes up in the game.  I view everything in my prep as in flux until it gets used, and I always slot a better idea in if I have one.

Finally, I keep my campaign setting skeletal until the players indicate they want me to flesh it out.  The rules already imply a certain kind of setting, so I just assume things work the way they do in the rules until I have an idea or a player says something worth adding to the milieu."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","None","None","Unearthed Arcana subreddit, Roll20","Preparation is half the battle; adaptability is the other. Both are a necessity. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft Office, Inkarnate (for world maps), FallenWyvern's DND_Monster tool","The main goal of the game is for the players to have fun. So don't be afraid to literally ask (when reasonable) something like, ""Here's a couple directions I was thinking of taking this, which one sounds most fun to you guys (and why)?"""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","5e real time character sheet

Dm guide

The Google ","Let the players think that they are controlling everything
EMPHASIS on think"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate Maps, a good notebook, alcohol to loosen social inhibitions / acting skills.","Allow each member of the party meaningful individual choices from time to time, rather than ""group"" decisions. Whether that's in choice-of-reward, or choice-of-ally, or choice-of-danger-to-face, etc., giving them unique individual choices helps players build their own characters out, and become more attached."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","tabletopaudio, dice roller, NPC generator","""Yes, but"""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Crobi RPG Card Maker
Kobold Fight Club
Lion's Den Game Master 5","Create situations with very open options for resolution, allowing the players get to get creative."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Core Rulebooks, Photoshop, and Syrinscape","Give everyone a chance for their character to shine or be a focal point"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Onenote, Music, Books","Acting"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 and Dungeonographer for combat maps
Photoshop and Hexographer for world maps
Soundcloud and Fanburst for music. 
Discord for Voice chat. ","Making fun combat encounters and being adaptable to player wishes"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Highlighter, index cards, pencil","Demand players describe actions and be specific during combat, while I do the same, as well as describe wounds."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, CritterDB, Laptop","Focus on player enjoyment and learn how to adapt to player expectations. Use their input at the table to actively shape your world and story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Doing voices for my NPCs."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs, Kobold Fight Club, Obsidian Portal","Pay attention to what you're players are planning and prepare for that first"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Microsoft Office, mah brain, graph paper","Winging it."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Portable speaker
A pound of dice
Colorchanging lamp (for different moodsettings","Lots of music and a great mood"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Notepad, Notepad, Notepad.","Keep them interested??"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","/r/dnd, /r/dndnext, hexographer","Always do what the players don't expect, be constantly surprising them."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","1. roll20.net 2.roll20.net 3.roll20.net","let the players run the game as much as possible. DMing is facilitation, not a dictatorship."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","dice rollers, pre-existing maps, spellbook apps","improvisation and letting players have agency"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dnd campaign blogs have been very helpful for running OutA. Donjon random tables. Monster Manual for depth on RP creatures.","Present two options for everything. Players need to feel they have agency. Example: Do I side with Themberchaud or Keepers? Different rewards promised accordingly."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Spotify, monster manual, Pinterest","I love to pull images from Pinterest of settings and monsters. Easily helps everyone to visualize the surroundings."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, google, dungeonpainter","Music, notes, illusion-of-choice"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, 5esrd, herolab","Always in character"
"More than twice weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote, Dungeonographer, Google Drawings","Don't be a rules lawyer. Always leave room to improvise and react."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Improved Initiative, Random Tables","Player Control"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Gonjon, Microsoft Word, Excel ","Give the players motivation to complete the task at hand and have them respond to the NPCs in 5he world as if it was real by making the NPCs rich and deep."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","homebrewery, donjon, google docs","improv"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Fifth Edition (DM) Tools by Walter Kammerer
Powerpoint
The interwebs","Make combat exciting and dangerous whole have the comic note from npc'. Furthermore; critical hits and misses."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","More than two hours","Spell Card Generator at http://hardcodex.ru/
Homebrewery - http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/
Tabletop Audio - http://tabletopaudio.com/","Keep my mouth shut and let the players interact"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Roll20, syrinscape, and dry erase board.","I love using mood lighting, syrinscape for sound effects and music."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, Reddit","Improvise! Don't put too much effort into planning. Have a general idea and some hooks for if the players get stuck, but otherwise let them guide the adventure."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, kobold fight Club, don Jon","Don't overly prepare, because the players will just fuck it up  "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, dungeon master guide, monster manual ","I don't let rules or rules-laywering bog down the game, so I can focus on a fun and light-hearted game. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","My brain","Have fun and don't sweat the small stuff."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","donjon.bin.sh
a template for monster creating that I downloaded
an excel speedsheet that calculates CRS","I am good at making monsters and running interesting combats, so I spend most of my time doing that. "
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds
Tabletop Audio
NPC Character Pictures","Setting an Immersive Scene"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon","Give the players constant choices"
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Map, Minis, Adventure Books",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Googel for images, Facebook groups for ideas, Roll20 for building the maps","Listen to your players."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, GIMP, Kobold Fight Club","Emphasize character achievement in the story and through NPC interaction"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Obsidian portal, kobold fight club, monster manual","Yes, but and yes, and....."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Tabletop Simulator, Kobold Fight Club","Random Loot Creation"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Roll20 for mapping. Google docs for notes and scenario design. Google hangouts for voice.","Always keep things moving and minimize player downtime"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, Evernote, Fantasy Grounds ","Combat tracker on FG "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Online forums, books and my mind","Let the players play"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, MarkdownPad2, Chessex Battlemat","The players write the story just as much as the DM - they just don't know it. Listen to their ideas, and where possible, find ways to make them possible while keeping to the confines of the kind of world you want to build. The players will feel like they're having a meaningful impact, and your world will have more depth."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Organized notes, google docs, monster Manual","Have the party's characters be friends."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","DMs guild, monster manual, DMs guide","Letting the players drive the story "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Premade adventures, tables",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","pen-paper-beer","NEVER railroad your story it is not a movie. make every road differend, make everything unique and if the players dont use it you can always use it later with some on the fly changes"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","Self-designed encounter sheets, spellbook cards, pre-written adventures","I make certain that I have detailed encounter sheets with all monster/NPC stat blocks and spells (if applicable) ready to go beforehand so I don't need to flip back and forth in the Monster Manual, Player's Handbook, and the adventure book. While I would prefer to use ttheater-of-the-mind combat, I find it difficult to run, so I use maps and pawns to help make sure combat runs efficiently. (That said, I occasionally just use a small map and let people know where they and the NPCs/monsters are.)"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Faerun wiki, 5e mm, r/dnd",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon, Chaotic Shiny","Reskinning monster stats to be a completely different enemy"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Just make them care."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notepad, combat tracking sheet, laptop","listen to your players: they often make in-world connections that you miss, and that can lead to narrative gold. Some of my best ideas were suggested by players, and they didn't even know it!"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Kobold Fight Club, Lazy DM, Google Docs","1. Ask how the character achieved noteworthy results that they rolled for. ""What did it look like when you killed that giant with a hand axe?"" ""How did you avoid taking any damage from the dragon's fire?"""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Excel, word, and ms paint :-p","Use locations you know in the real world for purposes of geography and natural resources or thing of note, and remap names.  Same with office buildings, churches, homes, so you can immediately and consistently describe any setting's geometry or feel."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, RealmWorks","Don't overplan, use your player's best ideas."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Onenote. homebrewery, roll20.","The rule of cool >>>>>> all other rules. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Role playing, surprise, sense of wonder"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pdf, evernote, sageadvice.eu","Description and memorable NPCs"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","PDFs, Roll20, Pen and Paper","Make choices matter. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs, tablet, grid","Brief bullet points not paragraphs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Graph paper, dry erase tablet, DM screen","Let them think the story is complete when I start and let them unknowingly write half the adventure."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Realm works,  hero labs,  maptool ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote Google drive linqpad","Read angry GM's blog"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Clocks, previously on recaps, printing out monster statistics and spells","Dungeon World style fronts"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll 20, Token Tool, Skype","The best way to unite a party isn't just to give them a single enemy but to show them that they aren't so different. Give each player a moment to shine and you'd be surprised that on average most of the party will agree with what the POI (Person of interest) does. That strengths the unity of the party which makes it more fun for everyone. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","iPad, Kobold Fight Club, Wherever I can find the SRD online.","Humour. Depends a lot on the group, but the games I run often have a hearty dose of jokes, ribbing and laughter both in and out of character."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Paint.net, Notepad, and Roll20 marketplace","Never tell players no. Say maybe and do some rolls. Don't be too serious. And have fun. Rules are just guidelines."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Orcpub, Reddit, kobald","Using intrigue"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","koboldfightclub.com
Roll_Me_one on Reddit
D&D subreddits","if you get stuck on a rule make one up and err on the side of the PCs so they don't feel cheated."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reddit, core books, pen and paper for drawing maps","Efficiency. Little things like initiative order cards or a piece of paper with players defences and stats written on for quick reference."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I use google docs and a PDF of the books.","When my players make assumptions, I make about three out of four of them correct. If I let my players intuitively collaborate on the world without knowing, it'll feel real to them because it's how they think the world, logically, ought to work. The one out of four is just for fun and spice."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Tabletop Audio, /r/DnD subreddit, DM Screen",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Internet sites, library of older source material, binder with DM cheat sheets.","Let the players lead the story wherever they want it to go."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Monster Manual, Miniatures, and daydreaming about D&D.","Consequences and terrible evils. Adding Madness and powerful yet evil magical items that slowly corrupt the party are a personal favorite. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Grid paged Notebook, Index cards, Laptop","Sourcing the table for ideas"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Skype, Monster Manual, Kobold Fighting Club","Make a barebones script of Dialogue and Encounters, make up the rest as we go along."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notepad++, Monster Maker, Kobold Fight Club","Before a campaign starts have a strong session-0 and then using information, start world-building based on that. I enjoy and like doing a large amount of prep-work before the campaign starts so that I can focus more on story and encounter building before each session. Typically before the campaign starts, I have already built a cache of NPCs I can throw in at any time, a large selection of magical items I can reward at any time, a handful of cities and places to visit, way too many side-quest ideas, and then a number of various factions with different goals, drives and motivations interacting in the world. For me, Faction building is the most important because a good 8 to 10 factions running around in a sandbox-ish settling will just automatically generate story-content that will easily last 20 levels. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reddit (D&D related subreddits), DMsGuide.com, gaming group members","Asking players what their character would do/referring to them in character"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","OneNote, donjon, can't think of anything else ","Trick? "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","The books, pad of paper for notes, and dice","None, want to learn."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","An XML file viewer with all 5e content. An online Dungeon masters screen. Spotify playlists for music.","Try to make everything that happens important to plot or character development. Treat the game as if it is a collaborative story you are writing with your players."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Game Master 5 app, dry-erasable grid, D&D subreddits","Open a bottle of wine beforehand to get the creative juices flowing."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Computer, miniatures and books.","Letting the players direct the flow of the game."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Orcpub, syrinscape","If you need to buy yourself some time to prepare content, even on the fly, random combat / social interactions will generally work wonders"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","DM's guide, MM, Adventure module book","Keep it simple"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Homebrewery, TableTop Audio, Donjon","Not being too serious, not being too stuck up"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual
Ideas from my children
Inspiration from fantasy novels","Saying, ""Yes"" to what the players want to do and working their shenanigans into the story."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Donjon, Excel, onenote","Random tables, lots of them"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Handbooks, grid paper, Google images","Letting the players Direct the story "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Laptop ","Use tabletop audio to help with immersion, ban phones too!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","MS Word, Graph Paper, Manuals, Google","Be prepared."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold's fight club, Treasure generator, donjon's random generator.","Improvise and keep it entertaining. If it looks to be slowing down, attack the town with something. Or drop a meteor."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Personalized wiki, one note, blogger"," "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Note book. Monster manual. Google images. ","Let the players think that you had that cool idea that they just said all along . "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Trusty Notebook, Dm guide/phb/mm. MS Word","Roleplay"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","One Note. Ipad, youtube","Memorable NPCs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Game Master 5e, Pencil and Paper","Whiteboards!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, DM Scotty, doriddles.com","Building actual terrain for significant battles"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","OneNote, Hangouts, teamwork.","Never say ""no."""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A dice roller, a monster Manuel, and a online map maker","I don't really have one"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs.",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual, grid map, D20","Keep the players relevant to the story. I like to add their back stories in little snippets as they go along the main campaign. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Map generators, fantasy novels for adventure hooks, learning Roll20 macros!","Building a world and letting the players run around in it at will. It's their story, I'm just there to play npcs lol."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Online resources and encounter builders, pencil and grid paper (for map sketching) ","Don't plan too much, let the player's guide their story. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","docs, books, paper",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Computer, D&D 5e Spellbook app, Fifth Edition Character Sheet app","Knowing what your players like to do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Loot app, google sheets and pdf reader","Dunno"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My mind, the books, generators","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","RPTools' TokenTool (Online games), Scribus (for handouts, if any), iTunes (ambience, mood music)","Improv.  An interesting NPC is more memorable than a stat-sound one."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight club; various subreddits; the 3 base books","I like making an immersive and intricate world so I try to engage players through that"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Prepare content, if it doesn't get used, re-skin and re-use the encounter. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen
Paper
Monster Manual","Lists of names so every NPC has a name, even the ones made up mid-game as random innkeepers, etc."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Realm Works, XAMPP (I run my own server) and Paint Shop Pro 7","Listening to the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, GIMP for maps, Monster Manual","I still have to figure it out."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","NPC/Monster Lore materiel, Campaign/Dungeon Maps and Pre-generated MAPs","Design and integrate character specific goals with the overarching campaign.  "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","random tables, detailed NPC generators, reddit","Don't hold to a specific story, focus on creating interesting & beleivable content to explore/interact with"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index.php , http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Special:AllPages , Microsoft OneNote","Let the players do all the work."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, kobolt fighting club, dnd 5e app",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","SRD, encounter xp calculator","Dank flavor text."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","I like random name generators, random encounter tables and fantasy language (like elvish and dwarvish) to English translators. Great for making place names and such. I'd give links, but I use several of each.","My favorite trick is to keep an open mind. Player's always figure out ""solutions"" that I never considered. I like to take their ideas and run with them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Inkarnate, Roll20, Reddit ","Talking to the players out of the game. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","pen, paper, dice","call the players by their character names"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","digital handouts with a good laser printer (seriously, you guys need to be releasing free, or even inexpensive [~$2], pdf's of player handouts and DM cheat sheets with each new release, nothing breaks flow more than having to flip from page to page mid-fight-- possibly consider the idea of having an app for each campaign, so that rather than having a $50 D&D app you have to update constantly, instead you have a bunch of $5 RoT/RoD/PotA/etc apps specific to each new release, removing the need to worry about updates beyond the initial release and bug patches); an android/iOS character sheet app for each player to have on-the-go access to their characters even if they forget their sheet (but no dice rolling programs, as it is too easy to cheat); rule books that don't fall apart (only half snark here, consider releasing a SE of the core books with stitched binding instead of glue binding). Full disclosure, I am kind of lazy when it comes to game prep, as I learned many of my DM skills back in the LC days of RPGA, often running adventures cold or with at most 10 or 15 minutes of prep. This has made me really good at running adventures without preparation, but I certainly prefer to be well prepared than not, when I have the time. But isn't that the point of DM aids: to reduce preparation time and increase play time? Maybe that's where your train of thought should be headed.","using memorable NPC's to generate player engagement; messing with a favorite NPC can generate an emotional response in the players, as can making a villain truly evil and/or reprehensible: the more terrible the villain, the more satisfied the players are when he is eventually defeated"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Improvisation."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","ProDnD's random dungeon generator. I also spend some time viewing floor plans and blueprints for old mansions and castles. Other than that, I do virtually everything by hand.","Work with players individually a little bit off-table a few minutes each between sessions. Take their backstory and make it matter in the world. Have someone they know pop up. Have consequences for choices that echo into later sessions. A player that's rooted in the world is almost always more dynamic and interesting, and spreads out the burden of lore management."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, kobold fight club. 5e quick reference",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","","Wing it "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Books, kobalt fight club, miniatures","Improvising"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","donjon, dmg, monster manual","Improvising off of the players, if they think something will happen I can just steal that idea"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Spreadsheets. Paper. Pencil.","Making the players tell stories about their characters (see savage worlds interlude system)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","reddit.com/r/behindthetables,  random name generators, beer","Assign (either as DM or by group vote) away from table tasks, eg: schedule coordination, map drawing, food prep, going over a newbie's build, writing backstories or in-character responses to recent sessions, to most or all of the players.  If people are more invested in the game than 3 hours every Tuesday they are motivated to make the game a priority and it helps to cut down on last minute cancellations or ""no I can't game that day I'm going to the bar"""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, ","flexibility and improvisation "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","DM's guide, player handbook, monster manual","Let the players decide what they want to do and where they want to go. "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","DM scotty facebook page monster manual reddit","I make crazy decor and i get evry minies a need and i make sure te players have alot of freedom and options."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","","Don't have all the answers to solutions planned out, the PCs will find the way to solve the puzzle you just have to create one."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","I rely heavily on the Roll 20 Marketplace for thematic Map Packs, dungeon tiles, and tokens.  In addition, the Roll 20 SRD is key to my making quick NPC character sheets.","I try to include an element from each character's backstory in dungeon design: something that references a key fact about the character, to stress the point that the heroes are an important part of the game universe, and to point out the many connections between the characters, the game universe, and the current plot arc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Spellbook apps, Notes, Reddit Threads","The phrase ""yes, and..."" should be heard almost as often as ""no, but..."""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","None","Roll20 maps on a TV screen ",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Matt Colville, reddit, excel","Using a timer for combat rounds "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, OneNote, and Dry Erase Maps","Letting the players stumble upon details that are made up on the spot."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Laminator, Roll20, flash cards","Voice acting prep"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, cartographer, donjon random treasure generator","I build everything completely sandbox and the story gets made by the players,  I try to work with any idea they come up with and rarely tell them straight out no instead opting to find feasible rolls and outcomes."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, DMG, OneNote","Make the bad guys smart."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Discord, tabletop simulator, ms paint ","develop npc personalities so it's easy to roll with unexpected party tricks"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Music (for immersion), The Homebrewery","The ability to improvise is paramount.  It allows me to run a game with very little prep if need be."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Know what your players want, and try and include a bit of each frequently"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, gridded whiteboard, PDF resources","Be willing to move away from the path you've set, and work with players to develop backstories that are tied in with the backstory of the world. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Excel
Monster Manual
Laptop","Let the players guide the game"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Obsidian Portal, Roll20, Photoshop","steal ideas from the players!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, 5edmscreen.com, pyromancers.com","Over prepare the world, under prepare the session."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit, Spotify Playlists, and Lord of the Rings","Imagine a ""create your own"" adventure. If your players turn left, have things change versus them going right, and vice versa. Allow choice to run in the background for unforeseen consequences."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Paper, online random generators, and bookmarks","Making shit up as you go."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, notebook, compendium ","Using accents for npc's"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Photoshop, google sheets",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Core Ruleset (PHB, DMG, MM)
Fifth Edition Character Sheet to make NPCs
A person who isn't part of the campaign to bounce ideas off of.","Make sure that every PC has a purpose that only they can fullfill, without being really obvious about it. It inspires more teamwork, and helps newer players get and stay involved."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, google, Spotify ","Make them care"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","/r/dndnext, /r/behindthedmscreen, Google","Information control. Revealing specific information to characters that they would only receive from their characters perspective. Immersion. Common knowledge isn't so common."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Master Guide
Monster Manual
Players Handbook","Confidence
Voices"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual, dice app, map builders","Trying to balance roleplay and combat I guess"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Paper, pencil, pens","Try to not say no"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club","cool memorable mosters"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebook, spellbook app and Spotify ","Never let it look like you haven't planned for this situation "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Notecards and paperclips, to create statblocks, hold information, make lists, and attach to my GM screen for future reference. A list of characters and people relevant to my players and their friends/family so I can pull my players deeper into the story by weaving their lives and not just their actions into the story. My computer is a must, as it lets me put on a soundtrack that I can adapt to the situation as it changes, lets me reference my player's backstories, and quickly reference rules and the classes of my players (some are playing homebrew.)","TL;DR lots of rolling with the punches, improv and being creative on the spot. Being intimately knowledgeable with creatures and loot, and everything so I can pull new things and progress the story regardless of what my players throw at me. It's not a single 'trick' but it's my most valuable skill.


Improv. Only saying no if what my players want is completely game breaking, or ruins something that's completely crucial. I try not to come up with too much of a plan, rather providing them with situations and occurrences. I make the vast majority of my NPCs, rewards, and other similar details up on the spot. The trick is to keep track of what you've made and how it's affected the party. I do plan out encounters and some areas and treasures, but they're far more important to my world than the players.

Example, last night we played our halloween horror session, and I went through each of their backstories this week continually, and came up with ideas for tailored horror dream sequences to each of the players (not written, just things I think would really hurt them inside). However i quickly realized the method I came up with for the reason they were seeing terrifying things wasn't going to work, and i needed something to fix it. So i came up with a cause and source that they later found and tried to heal (it was a small boy possessed by hundreds of tortured souls), but ended up killing. We ended on one player forming a pact with those souls, something I didn't dream of. 

It's fast and loose, and isn't always perfect, but shooting from the hip like this means I'm able to easily move with my players and prevent railroading them while still moving the story forward through the plot. I have outlines, but they never describe how something happens, just WHAT needs to happen."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","paper, pencil and rubber","multiple choises"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, Reddit/r/DnDBehindtheSree","Don't bother preparing to much ahead as players will always do something unexpected"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, fanburst.com, fantasynamegenerator.com","I've found good music plays a big part in atmosphere and tone."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Kindle fire, players handbook","set pieces and voices"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Physical trinkets to hand out, browsing art subreddits, blank notebooks at all times","Never say no."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Pdf's, dice and personal notes.","Improvisation."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Excel",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Drive
Roll20
","Never act surprised, even when totally lost."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Modules, Map + Whiteboard marker, DM's AL Facebook page","Being a fun GM"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","vim, trello, reddit",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Pen and Paper","Pre-plan things your player's *could* encounter, not what they *will* encounter. That way you can alter the adventure on the fly to suite the mood and the party's abilities."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, dmg, MM","Plan an adventure, allow it to fail"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Reuse the same NPCs. Reskin the monsters. Old School Style Exploration (with lots of questions and almost without dice rolling).  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, One Note, /r/DNDbehindthescree","Make it seem like the players had unlimited choices."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Redkat's 5E D&D Tools, http://www.aidedd.org/intro/","Tying in the story to characters backstory so they have motivation to do the adventures"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","kobold fight club, DMG random NPC characteristics table, random fantasy name generator","Players first mentality. Stay adaptable. Say ""yes"""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Sticky notes, Google docs, Homebrewery (website)",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Encounter calculator, youtube (for music and sound effects), random encounter generator","Be ready to improvise! Have a list of names and a list of accents, just in case."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","A grid map, campaign setting, dice",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","tailored random encounter tables, monster manual, home grown GM screen","dynamic keyed factions or groups that interact with the players and each other."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, core handbooks","Improvisation."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google drive, pinterest.com, roll20.net",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Dyson Logos map blog, , Donjon website, Kobold Fight Club ","I ask myself ""If you were a player, would you find this fun, interesting, or both?"" and anything that doesn't get a ""both"" answer I keep working on."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dmsguild,  personnal blogs and AAR,  old d&d stuff (1st & 2nd Ed. Mainly) ","Notes... A lot of them"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","pen & paper","being descriptive of what the players see and do. combat is an especially good place to do this"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","Dnd spellbook app
Word doc
","Adding great dialogue with npcs to make the world alive. I take normal campaigns and add things to make them more real"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Phb, dmg and mm",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Spreadsheets (on Google Drive, for storing character information), Discord/Skype","Remember that each player needs to feel as though their character is the protagonist of the adventure. Make sure that they each get some time to shine. When in doubt, design NPCs or DM-controlled party members who have some connection to a PC's backstory, such as a sibling or lover, and allow them to encourage the player to role-play. Make sure that the vast majority of time at the table is spent in-character and actively role-playing, as it leads to interesting and multidimensional stories!"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Treasure Generators, Ad-libbing, and NPC generators","What they don't know won't them except sometimes it will."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","DMG, PHB, 5e DM tool for Android","Let the players do what they want. "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","PHB, DMG, MM",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","Kobold fight club, name generator, npc generator","I don't flush out too many details"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20 music, Books, and Discord for chatting","Music "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","kobold.club, OneNote, Natural Crit","Bullshitting my ass off."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My iPad, with split screen Notes and PDFs of the PHB, MM, and DMG. If I could do every bit of preparation and running the game on my iPad I would. ","Spend time with the source material so that you can properly improvise anything that comes up, and be familiar with the rules but DO NOT obsess over them. Any more than 30 seconds dedicated to talking about rules during game ruins it. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","The pre-written adventures (LMOP is my favorite), Indesign, Photoshop","Always remember rule #1: Everybody should have fun. That means not only you, special snowflake! It's a team game."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Prepared module, monster manual, notebook","Prep scenes and personalities then react to the players. Keep things moving"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","5e Character Sheet for iOS, the DM's screen, and the ""Who the fuck is my D&D character"" generator. ","I tend to use the illusion of choice to avoid seeming like I'm railroading when I need to (usually I prefer not to dictate where my players go, but when I design a dungeon and my players go down a different path, i'll sometimes make it so they end up at that dungeon even though they were heading somewhere else. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon,  MTG Card designer for NPC cards, Pinterest for referente images","Riddles from other media (videogames, books, films) used in sphynx-type encounters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","Excel: to scale maps to 1 inch grids. Printer, dollar store foam board","Coffee"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, grid paper, Indesign","Let the players build the world as the game is played."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Printed encounter sheets, printed terrain, mobile apps","I feel that a great game is when each player has felt like they have played a useful part in each adventure. As a DM I try to facilitate that"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","I like being able to put my thoughts into action.
I love making maps, but I will use a chess board and chess pieces due to lack of money, time, and talent to make miniatures and custom battle maps.","Letting the players destroy all of my well thought out plans... oh, and having them spend an hour and a half at a vendor."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Microsoft OneNote, Donjon, koboldfightclub","Music!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, kobold fight club, Core rulebooks",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Reddit Behindthescreen, Word processing document","Let the players talk amongst themselves and throw ideas around to solve problems"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon.sh, Monster Manual, Google Drive","Letting the players help out with describing NPCs, ad-libbing worldbuilding, etc."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Reddit, Roll20, and Matt Colville","Play with the players, not against them."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pentapus Dungeon Master Helper (Closed Beta)","Know your players and let everybody have fun."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","More than two hours","About an hour","Phone apps,  phb, dmg and donjon","Let players do what they want don't rail road them and have an npc follow them like a lost puppy. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","Donjon, ","Be prepared for anything"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google
DnD Core Books
Grid Paper","I put the action in the player's hands. Develop situations where different players want different things, creating dynamic action. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft one note
Kobold fight club
Deviantart","Build the world and let them react to it."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Grid Map and minis
Initiative tracker
Notebook","Play monster challenges with tactical planning"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","NPC flash cards;  List of planned scene with highlights; Big colorful pile of dice.","Figure out major events and NPC motivations on a high level but make players set their own goals and alliances for the most part."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","More than two hours","None","None","None","Food, light, dice","Having idle characters playing NPCs"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, CritterDB, Reddit","player driven story and encounters. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon Gimp notebook","Make the world do things even if it won't immediately or directly effect the PCs"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","roll 20 hands down the best there is",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft Onenote, Hero Lab, and a piece of graph paper","Prepare for everything, especially the unexpected."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Realm works, online DM screen, dnd-spells.net","Go with the flow"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","LaTeX, Inkscape, Krita","Make the dungeon live and believable"
"More than twice weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Dm tools Android app, laptop, 5e charter sheet Android app","Improv"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Tablet, game master app, Apple TV to see pictures ",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Excel spreadsheets, a pad of paper filled with notes, google/reddit for clarifications.","my players start every session with inspiration and they're only allowed to use it if they make an epic description of the action/save etc that they're taking.
This rewards players for being creative and detailed about how things look, and how their characters act."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon, homemade encounter planner spreadsheet, one of the spell card sites",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","","Flexibility "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fight Club Five, GMTips, Reddit.","Having fun as a DM"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","anydice.com for checking the odds; images.google.com for example art; asoftmurmur.com for diagetic background noise during game ","Prep some extra materials, (npc's, maps, rewards, etc) for when the party inevitably goes off the rails. These throw away details are so often what the party talks about years later."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Java script, core books, Skype","Great improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","","Always say ""Yes, if..."", awarding creative play. "
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Photoshop
MM and DMG","Try to allow and encourage players to help world build"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Onenote, kobold fight club, reddit",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Monster Manual, The Internet",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google docs, Campaign Cartographer and 5th edition spellbook Android app","I use my phone a lot when running games, so before every session, I clear my task manager and just load the various apps, links and notes that I need for that session. It clears a lot of tabletop clutter, leaving more room for dice, paper and other non-digital effects."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Reddit, Google","Overhead projector for battlemaps on the table."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pdf printing. Computer. Google.","Be prepared. Never make your players wait."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","I use poker chips a lot..:for random events, to determine which members are effects, and for tracking opponents remaining HPs (white=1, red=5, green=10, and blue=25)","I use the party's own ideas against them...constantly, but they have know idea that I'm doing this.   Sometimes they think they're figured something out, and their idea makes more sense than the actual authors idea, I let the players idea become the story...or I'll setup a scenario to have them come up with how to best defend a keep or town from invaders, then I'll just reuse this for the anventure I was creating to determine how the bandits are defending their fort."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Paper and plastic minis, papercraft scenery/models","Have things prepared but always be willing and able to go with the flow that the players throw at you."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, RedKatArt's treasure generator, Chaotic Shiny","Good characters and a good story always get the party invested. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Let the players decide what they want to do"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notepad Srd dmg","The rolls aren't real"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Encounter Builders(Kobold Fight Club), Reddit(Ideas & Perspectives), and The Handbooks","Make sure the Players are having fun and expressing themselves"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","http://donjon.bin.sh/d20
http://pyromancers.com
http://www.myth-weavers.com/generate_dungeon.php","Subvert the players expectations; give them better ones"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Highlighter, notebook, dry erase board.","Laughter. Make the players laugh, and they will be engaged in the story."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Pdf marker,  brain,  imagination ","Mental flexibility "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","OneNote, Notebook, Index Cards","On-the-fly adjustments for combat (party struggling = lower HP/rolls of enemy, too easy = raise HP and/or fudge attack rolls)."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster a Day Index, RedKat's 5th Edition Treasure Generator, Abulafia Random Generators","Catalogue everything"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon, rpgtinker, orcpub",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasy Grounds, Discord, Books","Rule of Cool"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Google Sheets","I like to use descriptive and flavorful combat scenes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Evernote, 5E Reddit","Generally say 'yes'."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","D&D Official materials (PHB, MM, DMG), discussing DMing with other DMs, and various books of mythology.","Make your NPCs diverse, deep, and incredibly engaging. Even if they aren't integral to the main story at all, the best developed NPCs make your world more immersive. An amazing shopkeeper can be the place where your players not only get their weapons and supplies, but the place where they let their guard down and begin to role-play more fully."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","DMG ","I am not sure if i had a great D&D game yet :/"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","","Keep them guessing by not answering their ""what if"" questions unless they do something in game to find out"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reading",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Google Docs, tabletopaudio.com, spotify","I always like to pick one PC to pick on during a game. (Racist NPCs, Bad Rolls, Punishment, NPCs trying to seem tough, etc."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","Kobold Fight Club, RPTools Maptool, Inkarnate Worlds","Have a session zero game of Microscope to set up the world."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Magic Set Editor -- it holds my NPC, PC, and Monster Data Cards, the Initiative Cards, Treasure Cards, and Spells.
Excel Spread sheet for adventure/encounter Calculation
Dwarven Forge terrain.  I custom make special pieces, also. ","The story is the key, with unexpected twists and relevance to the players.  Memorable encounters -- I try to ensure there is at least one encounter that is REALLY unique."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20 google and ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Mythic gm emulator, movie references, dmg","Steal ideas from elsewhere and re skin them. "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","One note, laptop, reddit","Improv and letting the players develop the story"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Google'ing ""***  generator,  reddit and dmg. ","Description.  Allowing my players to be fully immersed in the world.   The more they invest personally,  the better "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Stealing/adapting material from tons of sources, maybe reskinning. I don't want to spend the time drawing out a good looking map for Roll20, but I am fine with restocking it all with what fits my story.","Find a way to get the characters involved in the setting so the players have investment in the game beyond ""murder-hobo"" style play."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Word, pencil, paper","Wing it"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Trello, a notepad, Reddit ","Trello is the answer to all, it's very helpful and I can have everything I need all in one place near enough."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","Grid paper, index cards, Microsoft Word","Try to run it old school without too much technology detracting from the old world feel of the setting. Just good descriptions and great npc's and opportunities for role playing and adventure."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Laminator, Phone and YouTube to Mp3","Combine your npcs with people/actors you know for behavior and accent"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hexographer, kobold fight club, roll20",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google docs, internet searches for wikis and images, monster spreadsheets for finding the best monsters and calculating encounter difficulty.","If the players look bored, start a fight or kill an NPC and justify it next session if I have to."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft Word, Critter DB, pen and paper","Don't be afraid to end a session early if players seem to lose interest, if the players take actions you are not prepared for or if there is an appropriate dramatic moment to do so. Quality trumps quantity. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon, reddit","Never assume the party picks the straightforward option"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Monster statbock cards for hanging inside DM screen, initiative cards for players, miniatures","NPC and location image printouts and combat maps pre-drawn or printed."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Published adventure guides, the players handbook, the monster manuel","Narrate to player expectation (let the story play the way they would assume) then twist it at moments of excitement. "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs, Google Sheets, Adobe Photoshop","Quickly skip past boring scenes and bring the cool scenes and characters in early."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop","I always confab secretly with each player to create personal and secret content for each charater."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Map, Fight Club App, Minis","If it is within the bounds of physics or magic the player can do it. Don't be scared to let the story go off the trail a bit."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, incarnate, stone dice ","Less is more for descriptions. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, paper, google drive.","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Slyflourish.com, OneNote (formerly Evernote before they changed their plans), and primarily Fantasy Grounds ","Let the players guide you. Have fun world building on your own and make some rich NPCs, fantastic locations, and tie it all to the players (reskin a published adventure's villains with the ones your players wrote into their backgrounds), and let go of control. Be more reactive. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Index cards, DM cheat sheets, and timersssss","Setting a countdown and fake outs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, campaign books, internet ","Keep it loosey goosey"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Imagination, guides and how much fun","Humor"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Core books, Donjon, photoshop elements","""popcorn"" initiative - Roll for highest, winner dictates next person to go, enemies go when I see fit. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google docs, Photoshop, Reddit","Improvise based on the world lore"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, online name generators","Give your villains strong motivations and lots of resources. The story will write itself."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","fantasynamegenerators, tabletopaudio, 5e subreddits","vastly subverting classic tropes"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, Dundjinni, Deviant Art.","Roleplay not rollplay."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Simple Graph Paper, Whiteboard, and my labtop for general google searches","Text information that only one person gets, not to build conflict, but so they each feel like individuals. For example if a certain NPC only trusts one person, they tell him a personal secret. My player's love holding some sort of secret."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Excel","Five minute prep"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","Just the books.","Never say no."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Monster Manual of course, and google for map ideas.","Making sure to individually engage everybody at the table, it's something I had an issue with in the past and I feel that now that I take turns asking what people are doing even outside of combat they tend to be more involved and pay attention better."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","One note notes, spotify music ,  food, all the food","Just have fun,"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Table of Tables
One Note
Dungeon Master's Guide","Designing dungeons or encounters that play to individual characters' specific strengths and challenge the players with more options than just combat."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","OneNote, Kobold Fight Club and DnD Monster Maker",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Miniatures/Tokens, Fantasy Books for Ideas, Pinterest for Ideas","Randomness"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, Reddit DnDNext, Pen and Paper","We tell the story, I give it direction, you give it life."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","DM screen, initiative markers, music","Keep it light hearted and funny"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Libre Office","Keep the players immersed - describe with all five senses, keep out-of-game chatter and phone/computer to a minimum, encourage ""I..."" instead of ""My character..."", make their choices have clear impact both immediately and down the road."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Goblinist
KFC
DMG","Top-down world-building with lots of gaps left open for the players to fill"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper, manuals","Be flexible "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Sheet your self, the guide books, a white board","I generally let the players dictate how the story goes. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon, one note, NPC generators","I build a world and everything in it, then I let my players explore the world. It exists and progresses on its own but also reacts to their decisions and actions. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Grid. Cannabis. Notebook.","Give them something great then take it away."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","donjon, roll20, reddit","Avoid answering PC questions with a 'no'. Their imagination is key"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","index cards, monster manual, dropbox","Putting individual things/characters (monsters, npcs, magic items, towns) all on their own cards and organizing those cards. Also, when the players meet a new npc, I give them an index card with that character's name on it, and any info they learn immediately. It helps them keep track and prevents me from needing to remind them over and over, and they can add to the card as needed."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","old looking paper, suspense, building paranoia.","'wow'ing players with cool stuff like props. "
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Fight Club 5e, Roll20, Donjon",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Consume media and regurgitate into game","Always be asking yourself what is the the outcome that will be the most fun for everyone."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Kobold Fight Club, NaturalCrit Homebrewery, Spotify","Let your players guide where the story goes. Having a narrative framework is really important, but that framework is there for you to build on at the table, not to follow without deviation."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Master planner, gimp, my books","Have the players take the lead"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","random encounter tables
hexographer
dm's guild","allow the players much freedom in a sandbox style campaign. If there aren't rules for something, make some."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Constant reflection and improvement; research dm methods; player feedback"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Drive (For easy-access storage of notes, handouts and maps), Roll20 (the automagical character sheets are amazing), Reddit (/r/DND, /r/DNDNext, /r/DNDBehindTheScreen)","Compartmentalizing information. If only one character would know a specific piece of information, especially contentious information, I will pass them a card and put the power of sharing that knowledge in their hands. Ever played Chinese Whispers? Yeah, that is in effect with this as well. :D"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Random.org, online spell lists, DM's guide","Adjusting combat encounters on the fly to be more dramatic"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","tabletop audio, dungeon synth on bandcamp","having fun"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","Excel (for combat), Notepad (for notes), D&D 5 spellbook carda (app)","Always try to have a Hidden Identity NPC present in the story. It raises tension and players will do anything to reveal the identity. Masks are great for this, and they make for easy plot twists. But then again they can get old if done too much..."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Players handbook, monster manual, and Dungeon masters guide","Everything is possible, it just needs to be cool or realistic."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, Kobold Fight Club, Roll20","Improvisation. You never know what the players will do, so don't spend too much time preparing things you're not sure they'll encounter."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Dungeons Master's Guide, Pencils, and my braaaaaain. ","Know your world, know your story, know where you want your party to END at the end of the campaign. Don't worry about making everything come full circle just yet, it will happen organically as you play. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, rpgtinker, and the monster manual","Be gracious and go with the rule of cool.  Let your players succeed more often than not"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon
/r/behindthescreendnd
Kobold fight club","Know your players, talk to them and tailor your game to what they find fun. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon 5e, Google Drive, Name generators","I've been dm'ing for around a year now. My first two quick and short games were terrible. My third however I stuck to a smaller group of people. I developed a city completely knowing every in and out of it, and introduced them into the game by slightly using my first plot hook.
To have a great game I feel that you need to relax, and allow your players imaginations run just as wild as yours. Don't be so strict that it makes it no fun, but don't be so allowing that it makes them never struggle for what they want. You're there to have fun. So have fun and stop worrying so much about if your doing everything correct all the time. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","brainstorming with non-dnd-players for interesting plot hooks to steal, my giant-ass sketchbook, & the roll20 drawing system just to give everyone something to look at","just roll with everything! my players REGULARLY read way farther into things than i planned for, and all it does is give me ideas åø\_(‹Äã)_/åø "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","Google Drive, Roll20, Sublime","Pregenerated list of loot/npcs/encounters! "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold fight club, pen and paper for maps and story planning.","Go with the flow, players are the drivers of the game and the story, I just hang on and try to keep the consequences of the players actions in mind. Everything else, from when to have rolplaying moments to when to have fighting moments is driven by how the players want to approach things.  Traps are ways for me to ""force"" my players to expend resources when they talk their way around too many combat encounters. And puzzles slow down the party when they are kicking down to many doors, I only throw them in when I need to rather than at planned intersections."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and paper. Lots and lots of paper.","No trick. Just a lot of planning."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","I take my player's ideas, even offhanded comments, and make them part of the world."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Tabletopaudio.com, kobold.club, physical whiteboard ","Always design a deeper secret and sometimes allude to it "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Reddit, Reddit, Reddit","Improv and irregular rewards (current party has a pet goat that they conned off of a gnome, whose son they saved from drowning)"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Players handbook, DM guide, minster manual","Funny voices"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","DMG, /r/dndnext, random name generators","Make each NPC have a motivation."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Calculator, Pen and Paper, MP3 Player and Speakers",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Word, notepad, various character generators.","Go with the flow."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Realm works
Goblinist
Donjon","Random trivia at the beginning of the game for a chance at inspirations. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","A tablet to take pictures of monsters, maps, npcs, etc. A note book. A blackboard for combat initiative. ","A tablet helps for having start blocks. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Dungeon Painter, d20 dice roller",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","NPC/monster stats sheet template; write-wipe battlemat, campaign notebook.","Know your world, know your players."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Reddit, Roll20","Give the players multiple options that lead to the same end."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Microsoft Onenote","Proper expectations from those involved. And music that fits that expectation."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","characters backstories and imagination, monster manual, and Youtube videos (i.e. Matthew Colville)","Make sure the story progresses and we don't get too caught up on minor issues. And make sure they can always find out information in a session."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold.club, reddit, dmsguild","Preparation and having fun"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster manual.
5e spell book app
Any sort of map or premade dungeon (to remake into something useful)","Adapt existing content to fit what I need"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","I use microsoftr office one note, photoshop","Have a suprising/dramatic moment in the story that is set to a music that fits the narration."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Tabletop simulator "," "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Campaignlogger.com, pen, paper ",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Photoshop, core rulebooks, miniatures",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, dmg, graph paper",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Trello, Spotify (music)","Improvisation and asking leading questions so the players world build for me. The game becomes a conversation instead of me talking at them. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, KoboldFightClub, Reddit",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, Imagination, DM's Guild","Never say ""no,"" always say ""yes, and..."""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Indesign, Kobold Fight Club, Google Docs",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","RPGBuddy, Roll20","I add the encounters into RPG Buddy ahead of time even if they are non-combat"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Theatre of mind and whiteboards "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs","Review the monsters ahead of time as it's easy to miss the synergies between monsters and the environment and as a result, run an encounter much less challenging than intended."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon name generator
A pad of lined paper
Notes on each PC","Constantly assessing the mood at the table, in case a change of pace is needed."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","Battlemap, Random Tables, Donjon","Say ""yes, and"" as well as ""no, but"""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Microsoft One Note 
Roll20
Pen and paper",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","1. Roll20
2. Kobold Fight Club
3. www.5esrd.com","Improvisation, humor, and no railroading."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","books, notes, graphs","N/A"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel, roll20, donjon","Keep it simple but make it grand"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Adventure work sheets (like those from dungeon world or sly flourish) to limit prep to a structure. Index cards. ","Stay on top of pacing and watch players interest level. If interest is flagging, move on to
Something else. Roll with player suggestions, they engage more when their ideas are paid attention to."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Reddit, Fantasy Novels","Ensuring that every decision has some sort of consequence. It may be minuscule, such as a character being embarrassed about a situation, or major, such as the fall of a kingdom. I like to make these consequences build and intertwine together to create new situations for the players as I think it deepens the immersion.
Putting things into the world that have no purpose is also fun because in life, perhaps an old abandoned shack is just that and it may have a story behind it but not necessarily a good one with any treasure, just that it's an old hunting shack."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","One note, flashcards, monster manual","Player choice and consequences , pre written npc speeches, npc personality traits"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Online encounter calculator, reference sheets for rules and spells, DM screen","Saying ""yes, but..."" to player requests"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Random generators, notebook, pencil","Always keep them wondering..."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tome of Beasts, Spell Viewer, Initiative tracking","Dynamism and integration"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Fantasy Grounds, Published Adventures",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
Spotify
Mike Schley's maps","I award player inspiration if they can vividly describe their killing blow. This leads to a lot of graphic descriptions of violence."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, KoboldFightClub",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random name generators, balanced combat encounter design tool, free adventures to steal ideas from ","Let the players drive the story and roll with it, make stuff up on the fly. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DMG. Pathfinder pawns. Wipeable Mat","Don't rules lawyer "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Grid paper, graph paper, post it notes","Don't punish your players for doing whatever they want "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Internet, Old Dragon Magazines , Google Images",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, Reddit","Make sure everyone playing is on the same page about the type of game being run."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Handbooks","I am too new to know this"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The books, print outs and graph paper","Anything can work."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Role20, Dungeonographer, OneNote","Music"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Index cards, music, special heads/tails dice","Asking questions to players and make them think and join in."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold fight club","Let them talk it our and steal ther ideas"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual","Learning from mistakes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","pen, paper, dice","Building a world"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, friends, cats","Acquire cats"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","ANAmap, Photoshop, OneNote","""You can try!"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Notepad on my phone - to jot down ideas and notes on the fly. 
Donjon for NPCs 
Tiny notebook of graph paper for maps","I listen to my players and keep in mind how they interact with the world and build future encounters to capitalize on that. If they really enjoy a certain NPC or encounter, I try to make more like that. If they seem disinterested or are just trying to get past a scene, I avoid those types in the future. I do my best to do this on the fly and very low key so it doesn't seem to be happening. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","Exel, dropbox, mobile apps","Improvisation + movies/books fixes most problems
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Matt Mercer's GM tips, random things my players have said before","Let the players decide where the story goes, just move the world around them"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Orcpub.com, kobold.club, Notebook","Build a strong cast of recurring NPCs."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Drive, paper, and a pen","Make things personal for the players. Involve their characters, race, background and ideals, and flip them upside down if needed."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Chessex battlemat, my bibles (PHB, MM, etc) and mini figurines","Having slight alternate paths if the players choose to take them."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Dice roller app, whiteboard, encounter creation app","Let your players create their own adventure through their actions"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","The main books, a notepad and pen, index cards","Running with player ideas
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Excel, miniatures, initiative cards",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Index Cards, Microsoft OneNote, and my Battlemat ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","dnd-spells.com, donjon tools, kobold fight club","Assume nothing, prepare to veer wildly off course"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Paper, pencil, books","Let the players play"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","My friend's encounter balance excel spreadsheet, the monster manual, and the DMG.","Trying to find and employ clever tactics to keep the party on its toes."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club
Donjon.bin.sh
Inkarnate","Let the players have a decent amount of narrative control, it takes a lot of time and stress out of the game by eliminating a fair amount of prepwork."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My DM notebook, guide cards with place and npc description and my image folder.","Allowing most of the player ideas usually is great!"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D20 wiki ",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebook for hand-written combat notes, Board games boards for puzzles, DM screen to give the players something to rally against.","Make the player's choices change the campaign world (local or larger)."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, MM and DMG","Be open to anything, but as long as it would make sense for the world."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Music"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Google docs, google sheets, dnd wiki","Player input is paramount. If they're not having fun, you're not doing your job. Open communication is key. We are not editors, picking over mistakes and errors, but rather story tellers telling a narrative together. If something doesn't work, make sure they tell you. If you can't take constructive criticism that's fine, but the DM role is not for you. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Realm Works, Hero Lab, DonJon","Don't railroad, but adapt scenarios of all types to be workable in any situation the players take to ensure decisions have meaning in session-to-session play."
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I ask the players how they see a scene instead of me describing it to them."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Nerzugal's DM Toolkit, Monster Manual, DM's Guide","Taking a standard monster and tweaking it"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, paper, notes ","Imagine things, know the world and environment "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","tact-tiles; tracking sheet","don't sweat the details and let tge players impact the story"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, donjon site for random stuff, aidedd","Learn what your players care about and make the game about that. Combat? OK! Politics? OK! "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notepad + Pen/pencil","Music selected for each environment or battle"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","Starter guide, mind, internet","15-30 mins for goof of before session start
"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Google Documents
Roll20
Giant in the Playground forums","I think it is important for DMs to remember that DnD is a performance. You are the host, the microphone controller, and the players are your stars."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Surface Pro 3, DM guide, Monster Manual","Take improv classes "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Walter Krammerer's 5e apps","Reskinning existing monsters "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","complete reference app, google, ms word","during fights have the combatants talk to eachother"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Making sure everyone feels great"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Image search, 7chan /tg/ thread for pirated books, and Roll20","Don't over prepare because players will just screw it all up anyway."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Google Docs, Inkarnate.com","Preparation."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon masters guide, Inkarnate, r/dndnext","Let the players decide everything. "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reading published modules, subreddits, ","Make sure everyone is engaged, and give inspiration for things that you think players should do more often."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","Random tables, graph paper, 1e dmg","1-in-6 chance of wandering monsters every dungeon turn."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","OneNote,iPad+pencil, and heaps of index cards","Customizing something fun for each player"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","Evernote,  index cards, ","I like to use cards for initiative that everyone be can see"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Inkarnate; roll20","Adapt to what the players want"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Game Master 5th Edition, Spotify (background music), Bag o' Dice","If an attack roll misses by 1 or 2, ask the player to ""give some flavor"" to the hit. If they are creative enough, the hit goes through."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","None","None","None","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","NO tools, just books, paper, pencil, dice.","Call the players by their character name."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Reddit/r/DnDnext","There is no one trick. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Doogle drive. Gyazo. Tome of Beasts","Let player agency dictate the story"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","Just use the books.","Yes, and. Its the first rule of improvisation and the best way to let the characters tell the story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","""Yes, and...."""""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Inkarnate, encountr.io, Last Gasp Grimoire's generator creator","Caring less about encounter balancing, using time to prepare other stuff."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Paint dot net
Paint Tool SAI
Skype","Good descriptions "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Improv, shamelessly ripping off famous works of fiction, and an active imagination.","Theatricality and Deception"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","Dungeon Dozen, DonJonn, One Page Dungeons","Dungeon World / Apocalypse World GM Rules"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Roll20","Let the players do what they want."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Kobold's Fight Club, Reddit","Requiring only that my players show up, I maintain and prepare all materials and always host."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None, really",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon Treasure Generator, Google Images","""Never say no, always try to accomodate players ideas, and work with them towards balancing out anything they want to play.""
""Never plan more than a couple hours in the session ahead."""
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Unearthed Arcana, Dmsguild, kobold club","Make sure players are aware that their actions have concrete consequences. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20, an app on my phone for spells, Monster Manuel","Use music and sound effects"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","The books, Dungeon Master's Guild, and Kobold Fight Club.","Pre writing rough ideas and then letting it all go from there."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Donjon generators, NPC name generators, pencil+paper","Let the players tell the story. Build a lot of what if scenarios and side quests that can be tied back into the story later when it's relevant "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Behindthetable, donjon, and reddit","Be flexible?"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","pen and paper",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Loyalty and tardiness"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Drive for notes, PDF editor for character sheets, printer for copies of monster stats so that I don't have to flip through books during a fight.","Making the players feel awesome by letting their characters do cool things."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","Discord","It's all about making sure your players are having fun.  Adapt to them, they shouldn't need to adapt to you."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DND DM subreddits, my notebook, the source material","Actually prepping"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notecards, official books, discussion","Pay attention to player expression and engagement, do whatever they react to a lot."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Index cards, white boards, random name generators","Let the PCs do anything the rules allow"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, GoogleDocs, Mumble","Write a setting, not a story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Grid Paper, Wordpad, Krita","Don't overprepare. Create the environments, characters, and situations and let it flow naturally."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random Tables for adjectives to abstractly describe entities","Engaging players and involving their interests and goals on a personal level"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Dry erasable rollout grid sheet, Scrivener, tablet.","Ne extremely good with improvising, don't let a PC take more than 1 second to decide what to do during combat, allow others' minds to fill in the details instead of trying to describe every single little thing."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","OneNote, Trello, R/DnDBehindTheScreen","Listen and compromise"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Published books, Homebrewing, Critical Role and other sources related tools that help produce what I need.","Incorporating Celestials into the story and background as much as fiends (my favorite monsters to have the PC's fight) and other monsters and having the PC's face the consequences of their actions both short term and long term."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Spotify, D&D Reddit, OneNote","Props (3D, mini's, latex map, projector)"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Google, Reddit, and a poster printer",NA
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM Screen, dice, robe",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Maps, props, voices","Unconfortable situations that need roleplaying"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","White board to draw maps, xcel to track initiative and hp, facebook messenger to send secret messages","The world has a preset way by which it would evolve with no party interference.  Based on the party's actions, I constantly as myself ""how would each NPC react to this new situation given their knowledge and motivation?"".  In this way the PC's can feel their impact on the world and I never feel like I have to force them along a certain story line."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon, reddit, dice roller","Let your pc's do what they want, to an extent, and adjust to them. 



"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","GIMP, google docs, wiki","Adapting to what players say and do, how they react to NPCs in order to know who can be developed into a recurring NPC. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","books dice googledocs","Extremely ""hygienic"" play where you set strong rules for the campaign, your prep, and what you do doing the course of play, and stick to them mercilessly. This creates an environment where the players, over the course of the first few months of play, discover what parts of the game are fair and predictable and work according to regular rules, and which are not‰ÛÓwhich allows them to play with confidence, to own their actions, to take responsibility and seize the initiative."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Players handbook
Dungeon masters guide
Monster Manual ","Just to have fun and make sure the players have every opportunity to do anything
"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Personal DM Screen, Laptop with OneNote, iPad with Kobold Fight Club","Playing fast and loose with what's written in the adventure"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","OneNote, Spotify, a deck of cards","Creating scene playlists can really set the mood."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Internet for getting map/photos/art. App for character management. ","Pay attention to your players. Switch play/narration style with their mood."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Grad, Initiative tracker,  notecards",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote","Do world building together as a group before the campaign. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Softrope, one note, sketchup","Bringing pc's close to death"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My notebook, reddit, the published books","If the world is good, each session will require less work"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","pen, paper, time","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Onenote",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Lore Found in the Monster Manual and similar books, Reddit, Bouncing ideas off of friends","Build the world and story in a way that the players can do what they want and the story can still freely adapt based on any (reasonable) actions by the payers"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","One note, grimoire, dice","Improv, i run dnd for 20 hours over an entire weekend, shit takes some seious prep and serious improv!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","The D.M.'a Guide, my books of published adventures for ideas, my laptop for easy world ref and notes.","Don't overbuild your encounters, especially roleplay ones. Always be ready to improvise and to just step back."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","Minis that match the monster/npc.
PC/NPC cards that hang ove my screen to show initiative order.","Having players recap previous sessions to remember no everyone of the continuity."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20
",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Fifth edition DM tools, grid sheets, Google docs","Rule of cool"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","Creativity, discussions with other dm's, Matthew Colville","Letting played dictate where and what they want to do."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Naturalcrit Homebrewery, donjon.bin.sh","Don't say no too much"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club. One note.  Notebook","Reacting to player actions to decide the shape of the adventure"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","donjon.bin.sh, reddit.com/r/dndnext, DMG","remembering the small details from the last session"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Misdirection, subverting expectations"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","One note, tablet and small white board","I build interesting environments such as tree top villages or rickety shanty boat towns, then add enemies who could rapidly inflict the most change, such as giants or hydras. Keeps players having fun and gives me a challenge.
"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Tabletop audio
Kobold fight Club
Matt Colville","Cater certain magic items to better suit pcs "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","kobold fight club
Adam Koebels Dm show",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Dnd 5e app ","Let the players play "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","D&D Spell Cards, Photoshop, 10cm by 5cm card stock.","Keep descriptions only as specific as needed, sometimes your players can come up with a better suggestion for what is in a room than you yourself can. Give them the freedom to have input on what the world looks like."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold fight club",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Inkarnate, Spreadsheets, ","Chekov's firing squad storytelling: anything the PCs interact with or notice and ignore will come back later."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Flowcharts","Know your world"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","One Note","Go with the flow and build on players' creativity"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","RPG cards generator (on Github), naturalcrit homebrewery, a printer","Have a moment where each of the characters can shine"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","PHB, DMG, MM","Let everyone know exactly what they're getting into before character creation."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Onenote, Pen and Paper","Read my general notes about history-npc's and improv the rest"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Moral consequences. Setting up scenarios where the players have to make moral and ethical decisions that could have conseqences throughout the game."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Npc generators,  reddit, music on YouTube. ","Use 3 key details to describe important objects, everything else only needs one. "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Paper, pencil, Wikipedia","None"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","1) Kobold Fight Club. 2) Puzzels/Side Quests/Characters/Encounters from Published Campaigns. 3) Online communities (Reddit, GitP, etc.). ","Be flexible: look to ask ""how can I make this work?"" rather than quickly saying ""no"" when a PC wants to do something that isn't covered by the published rules. The DM makes the fun. And this should be fun, first and foremost. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Currently running Curse of Strahd, so that book combined with the 5e SRD is what I'm using to plan right now. Also used Roll20 a bit as well, which is nice for even more clear combat.","Enthusiasm. In general, I play cool over rule and try to make the session engaging and fun for the players. Try and give the NPCs a bit of character and flavor. Helps a lot I find."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","My Notes, Dungeon Master's Screen and minis","Letting the players do whatever they want (within reason)"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon
5e Compendium
The Shaped 5e Character Sheet and Companion Script","Be ready to do stuff that you completely didn't have planned.  Minor tricks; random NPCs, random hooks, random encounters, etc."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google docs, Photoshop, ","Freedom, player driven."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","The homebrewery, PHB and DMG ","Know your world intricately so it can react to the players appropriately. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Custom monster lists.
Microsoft Word 
DMG","Talk fast and say ""yes"" to almost anything the players think up."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Dmsguild, monster manual, my own notes","Be ready to throw all that prep out the window and roll with what the players throw at you"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, don Jon, inkarnate","Improv and saying yes"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, donjon dmg",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I have my own custom tools.","Listening to the idle chit chat of players and using that to fuel encounters down the road."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The 5e books from WOTC, Google docs, and my campaign binder that includes various quick facts about the world.","Running with the players choices and ideas."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Lost mines of phandelever. A chess set for most of the minatures. Someone else bringing snacks.","Say 'Sure, give it a go' to any suggestions, then if it's a terrible idea, make them pay. After a while, they think a bit more before they speak."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","n/a","Don't plan too much, you'll get off track anyways and it helps to avoid railroading"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hand drawn maps. 
Random generated tables
Cue cards with hidden descriptions about the scenario. ","I have my players come up with several secrets about their characters. And then place ques in game that give the players lots more knowledge on the scenario and makes them feel important. "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Initiative tracker
White board 
Background music ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Discord voice chat, Cytube",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","1) Core Rule Books are a must
2) Laminated Grid (allowing the characters to draw their map/ or to write down initiative)
3) Cellphone and tablets, which allow me to send photos to the players, and message them in secret when something happens","Play fast and loose with the rules. Rules are there to help you DM and keep order in the game, but it can also cause frustration. If you have to tweak something so it allows a character to role play better, do it. 
(Example: Nothing says fun like managing your wizard spell components then having to find and buy them. Finding a faster way to manage this speeds the game up and is easier on new players)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","The Homebrewery, an android tablet, and a ruler","Put the work in! I expect to spend twice as long writing and tweaking a session as I do running it. Sketching maps, writing fun NPCs, devising unique treasures to give out, it all takes time to do your best, and your players deserve your best!"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","pyromancers.com, Kobold Fight Club","Good social encounters which can develop at least one of the player's characters in such a manner that it does not stall the progression of the story and create new alternate branches which will ultimately return back in the main story branch."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club, DMG, Google Drive","Tailor to your group."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","roll20, Hero Lab, Matt Coville's videos","Never say no. 
"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club
The handbooks
Reddit","Preparation followed by improvisation"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, 5eDMG, Reference Spreadsheets (Excel)","Paying close attention to the characters demands and desires"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The spell grimoire :/
Online name lists/generators
Google image search :)","Keeping really brief notes of a non story area to improv based on"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, Obsidian Portal, 1-dot encounter planner","Ask each player tons of questions and get a lot of one on one time with them if possible.  That said, I only play with close friends, so this is much less reasonable for other DMs."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobolds Fight Club",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Grid paper, leather bound notebook, pencil","Improvisation. Be ready to make your plans work no matter what the players throw at you. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Excel, hero lab, 5e fight club","Mixture of comedy and drama"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Scrivener, Player's Handbook, Google","Preparing a bunch of different branches so that, hopefully, regardless of what my players do, I have a rich adventure prepared. "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, Reddit, books","Keep the story interesting and have parts for everyone to get involved."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Encounter sheets, module book, DMG.","Skittles as sweets for monsters instead of minis. The PCs get to eat what they kill. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Google Sheets","Just try to stay ahead of the players by one session."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DMG, MM, DM minion for android","The players make the story. You make the setting."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","fantasy grounds, graph note book, player feedback","Have the characters develop the world"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Index cards, white board, donjon site","Improve and silly voices"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","5esrd.com, Kobold Fight Club, donjon generators","try to tie in nostalgic D&D material from the original game"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","websites with pre-generated names","Just run the adventure in my head to find out what would be cool for the players"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","One Note, Fantasynamegenerator, Reddit","Just. Start. Writing. And then don't stop."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Adderall, Pen, Paper","Know your players. Make it fun. Make sure to do something cool specifically for each player once in a while."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","DM Minion, Kobold Fight Club","Never shoot down a player because their actions would conflict with your plans for the session. I've had campaigns that change focus completely because of a radical decision, and it makes for really great moments."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","word, long walks, adults","selecting a group of players who enjoy each other's company"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Word processor, Reddit, Donjon.bin.sh","Focus on the tone and pacing instead of masterfully crafting each NPCs and inches of your world. Let the players inspire you on the moment. The DM deserves to be surprised too."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Maptool, Gimp, Google spreadsheet ","Throwing an audible based on what the players think might be true if it is clever"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Tabletopaudio.com, Kobold fight club, GameMaster 5e (iOS app)","Memorable NPCs with a quirk"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","Encounter worksheets
Online Encounter calculator 
Dmdj ambiance soundboard app","Building settings and Npcs and letting the players take it from there"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","","Engaging the Player Characters to help flesh out story and scenes."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, DMG, and Monster Manual.","Flexibility and adaption. Let the players guide the narrative within your plot. They will be more invested and you can tell a deeper story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, The adventure module, DM guide","Embrace the stupidity of my players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Grimoire, Monster Manual, Homebrew","Making memorable NPCs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","List of random NPC names, ruler for quickly drawing neat-ish maps on grid paper, journal with notes","Don't be afraid to let the players decide: populate the world, come up with hooks and setting and opportunities, but whether they take those or not and how they do it is up to them. The better detailed your plot/world is, the easier it will be to create a natural, organic story by complete bullshitting. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Tips from G&S's Critical Role, Reddit threads in /r/dndnext and my imagination","have fun and respect the rule of cool"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club
Note pads
Roll 20","Making sure everyone had fun"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Dm guide, kobold fight Club,  Dm screen",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","donjon's, CritterDB, D&D 5e Tools by Leugren",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Realm Works, Kobold Fight Club","When in doubt: rule of fun."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Orcpub.com, Roll20, Players Handbook","Encouraging role play and in character discussion  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","Combat Assistant for Android; Forums/Reddit;Coffee ","PREPARATION"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","","Counting the number of times a player acts in the scene. Also, always agree with the player action and add a twist."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","None","Kobold.club, Main books, A notepad","Create a world where the player's characters live in, not a world where the characters happen to pass by"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Tokens, Corebooks, Reddit/online sources.","Involve the characters and their players, make them relevant. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Dry erase pad for xp notes and ad lib stats. Roll out vinyl grid with markers for combat maps. Custom youtube playlists.","Using player generated lore to give the pcs more agency and every so often a temporary  power boost based on their story. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","All core books required, online maps ( which I can alter) and a random town / dungeon generator ","Patience and an open mind to adjust quickly on the fly to players changing their plans. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM book, monster manual and reddit","Getting everyone involved"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20 maps are great!  I'll also use things from books (Matt Colville's Priest green knights) or other games I've watched on twitch (Critial Role).","Give the story a personal twist, never take away player agency"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Music of any sort, getting a little buzzed, and not being afraid to be weird.","Remember that the other people at the table are your friends and play every session like it's your last. Never save your ""cool"" ideas, always use them as soon as it makes sense."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20","Saying yes, but - giving players things they like... at a cost."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","DND apps
Random map generators
Random name generators","Subtle hints"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","iPad. Dmsguild.com. DM's guide","Alcohol, snacks and laughs"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://hardcodex.ru/
campaign book
monsters manual","be aware of your players and make it fun for them"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core Rulebooks, Kobold Fight Club, Donjon","Improv & giving players agency"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Microsoft Onenote",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","The lazy dungeon master, DM guide, My over active imagination.","keep things moving."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","Kobold Fight Club, Google Docs, Custom DM screen  (2 panels quick reference information, 2 panels dedicated to outlining current quests and encounters for easy management) ",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Monster manual, youtube playlist, google","Add little things to the game such as finding a wooden totem in a goblins satchel, things that although small help ground the players in the story rather than the usual robotic ""you find 43 copper and 4 silver""."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll20, donjon, Pinterest maps","Take the elements given by the adventure, and build them into your own version of the world"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","A notebook
Does the Monster manual count? 
Matt colville ","I don't sit down"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Google docs",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, DND_Monster, Google Drive","know what your players want"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","DM Handbook, /r/dnd, Stealing stuff from other media","Memorable characters and fun experiences will distract from my garbadge plot"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon subreddits name generator","Moral ambuguity "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club, google docs","a good adventure consists of a token slaying of bad dudes, followed by a lengthy procession of peasants presenting the PCs with gifts and heirs."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Notebook, pencil, eraser","For generating NPCs on the fly, all you need are a motivation and a general demeanor. The rest fleshes out from there if it needs to, but a majority of the time, it doesn't. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Masters Guide, Spellbook app, Matt Mercer/Colville tips","Making it look like I've got it all planned out and expected everything the players were going to do. Just As Planned."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club x 3","The illusion of choice"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","Nezurgal's DM Kit, Matt Mercer's music playlists and using PDFs on Foxit PDF, it has a table of contents","Improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","My mind, reddit, giant in the playground ","The players aren't going to role play if you don't "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Fun comes first."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Graph paper, lego, and a whiteboard","Improv classes"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20 tokentools dnd-magic.com","Ensure every player is engaged,  has their time in the spot light and is having fun. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Music player (right now using spotify), prepped sheets with lists of all the monsters in each room, section or location with prerolled HP, initiative, AC, passive perception and notes about conditions, environment and loot, and maps.","Fun magic items - not just +1 swords or items with a single attribute, but instead cool items with neat effects (music box casts a high DC sleep spell with limited charges, teeth that when thrown summoned a skeleton to fight for the party for 30 mins, or items that have stories and unlockable abilities)."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Handbooks","I am always angry."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google docs, gridded wrapping paper and my brain!","Making sure you have good music selection for combat / exploration / npc interaction "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Fantasy grounds, Syrinscape, ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Notebook of ideas, monster manual, phb","If doing a mystery, always have multiple clues and multiple ways to find each clue. Don't be afraid of not preparing, sometimes you get the best ideas in the heat of the moment."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Pen and Paper","The players will make great suggestions while trying to play, they will often be better ideas that what you had planned. Modify those ideas and enjoy the stories!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club
Pyromancers
Photoshop","Write things out ahead of time. Assuming your session doesn't go off the rails it helps me out a ton."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dnd wiki, dnd novels, dungeon masters guide","Plan for all my plans to go out the window "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","Spell app
Character sheet app
Core books","Illusion of choice
Character voices
Improv "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold.club, http://redkatart.com/dnd5tools/, The Battlemap subreddit","Looking through old 2e adventures for devious location designs. Seriously, those folks in the 80's were evil."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Maptool, Mythweavers, Online Dice Rollers.","Plot twists. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","5e Character sheet app, Monster Manual","Having fun, and listening to my players story requests"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","ipad, web sources, mat","fast and free flowing"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Books, pen and paper ","Letting the players tell the story "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Just the 5e books and my brain","Don't have one. :/"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Pacing: never let protected combat or rules lookups detract from a feverishly exciting pace."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Reading other dms experiences online,  reading the adventure paths in their entirety months in advance, and using DM screens designed for each adventure","DMDJ and YouTube for music and I use a vinyl 1inch grid map with hand drawn replicas of maps included in the adventures "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","The Monster Manual, Google, My Printer","Keeping everyone interested in the game buy giving out small amounts of DM damage for bad things and GP for small amazing things "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Dice, for making map, traps, and monsters","My favorite trick for running great D&D is leaving things vague enough to let the players make some of the story up as you go. But ridged enough to a solid foundation."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","The Dmg","Always be vague with your notes except when it's important. Make sure you have levels of success."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Spell description app, dice roller","Listen to the players "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Vinyl grid, Bluetooth speaker, notebook","I like to make combat a mixed narrative of funny and ""badass"""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Character creation binder, the dmg, and instrumental music.","Prep only 10% of the game, and let my players develop the rest through choices, interactions, and paranoid conjecture.

I have an article about it over at http://EdTheBard.blogspot.com"
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Guilds, computer, imagination","Keeping everyone on tgeir toes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","Kobold Fight Club, D&D 5e Compendium (http://radai.github.io/dnd5tools/) [I would cry without these two], PDF versions of books for Ctrl-F and snapshot function (Really helps to send a snapshot of a monster through skype since we play over Roll20/Skype. I'm sorry! But i have bought all the books though)","If everyone wants the same type of game, everything goes a lot smoother.
If the team splits up split the spotlight between them. Change scene on a cliffhanger <3"
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Initiative Sheet, Item Price List, Kobold Fight Club ","Haven't really figured that out yet"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The core books, module guides (sly flourish!, power score), kobold fight club","I love using 3.5 cards  to track initiative and monster/player stats, also saying ""yes-but"" to players."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","I use GameMaster 5 app, Syrinscape, and the Official Campaign Book","My favorite trick is getting the players to fill in the gaps that I never considered with their role play and ideas. From there, I simply react to what they do rather than steer. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spell Cards, Bluetooth Speaker, pdf for world building with a friend","Stay loose and don't be afraid to take five."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon's 5e quick reference materials
","Take a published adventure and modify it until it's awesome."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Immersion getting your players into the setting and having well set music to build different key points and sometimes using smells and other senses to create a great game session that the players can really get into."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Start in combat and work toward to role playing "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Obsidian Portal, Kobold Fight Club, Donjon","I spend 1 hour at least per hour of gametime to prepare.  I spend the hour before I run it clearing my mind and relaxing."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","Challenge rating calculator, random tables, tvtropes.com","Keep things moving quickly so people stay focused"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","One Note, Monster Manual, Pen and Paper",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Tomb of Beasts","Have a good mix of exploration, intrigue, and interesting combat"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Excel spreadsheets, Obsidian Portal website, form fillable character sheets","Do everything you can to get players engaged with the story and their characters"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","My notebook, calculator and several sharp pencils.","Occam's razor, making sure that players are implicitly aware of all their options in a given encounter."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","pre-made Modules, The forgotten realm wiki and  http://npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net/, ","At the start of every game, I give inspiration to whichever player wants to tell us a little more about his character and this is by no means mandatory. It can range from a detailed encounter he had in his path which deeply affected his or her character's point of view concerning a very specific dilemma the party faces now, to a couple of sentences about a restaurant and a specific dish they really liked at some point in their distant past. I can then use all this character development to add multiple story hooks to our adventure and grasp my character's attention more strongly.  Even though I rely on pre-made modules, I modify them heavily to better reflect the interests and motivations of the characters around the table."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Chessex battlemat
WizKids minis
Gale Force 9 DM Screen","Knowing what the NPCs want and how they want to get it. 
Knowing what the success/ fail outcomes are for the first encounter. Knowing what the encounter options are that follow from the first encounter."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Onenote, fantasynamegenerator.com, DnDBehindTheScreen","Improve everything, and just roll with whatever the players do"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","My percentile (first by far), inspiration from current game/movie/series, DMG.","Letting the players choose everything from which way to go, to how to have fun."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Roll20
Home brewery
WWhoTheFuckIsyDNDCharacter","Getting your players involved in the world. Ambience is a must. Get some scented candles and light music going. "
"Twice a week","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Goblinist Random Encounter Generator, Books/Movies/TV Shows (for inspiration), and Google Drive (For keeping everything online and accessible)","Prepare well, improvise better"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM's guide, My imagination and online tools. ","Don't be afraid to let your players go off script some. It's their adventure, I'm just guiding them through it. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Random tables, handouts, monster manual","Prepare memorable hooks and NPCs let the PCs come up with the rest."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Computer, Other Systems, Note Cards","Stay away as much as possible from combat initiative rules, and when you're at a point that you need them focus on getting out of it asap"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","OneNote, Roll20, DnDMagic.com","Writing a solid recap beforehand and reading it at the start of the session to grab the players' attention. A solid start leads to a solid session as long as you all keep up the good work."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","I keep to my books and dice.","Listening to your players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","OneNote, Notebooks (app), cheesex battle map.",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset for map making, Adobe Photoshop macros for making tokens, and a good old fashioned notebook for writing adventures.","Whenever you design a new NPC, or plot point, or location, always design a few secrets."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The Adventure Book (CoS, SKT, OotA, etc.), MM, DMG","Have a general outline or idea of how the session will flow, but leave it open enough for room for improvisation due to whatever players may pull. Also, speak with your players during the session for feedback and a more engaging session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Masterplan, Donjon","Not taking yourself too seriously"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","A notebook, D&D Dungeon Masters Guide, Map building software","Not good enough at this yet, but probably plot twist & difficult encounters make for the most fun experience IMO for the players. Sometimes my groups want to roleplay stuff (but that's the easy part.) Giving them something that they have to actually solve tends to be the most rewarding (for them and for me.)"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Pawns, Tiles and Published books.","Let the group have fun above everything else."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Grid paper, note cards w/ stats, color-coded pushpins in place of miniatures.","Know what the players want. If they want combat, give them a dungeon crawl. If they want roleplaying, give them diplomacy. Etc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","OneNote, Beer, popcorn",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster/spell tracking apps
Google keep (or docs)
Google Image search (for pics to show players)","Giving the players something (item, scene, event, encounter) that you've designed even if they took a different path than anticipated. The players don't know they didn't follow the expected path and as long as you don't force it, it feels great for the whole party."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Player's Handbook, DM's guide, Monster Manual","Having several ways to resolve most encounters, and keeping things fantastical enough that everything the players encounter seems new, exciting, and demanding of respect."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","My books, my dice, and my wit. ","Improvise everything. Plans always fail but thinking on your feet can lead to great memories. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","More than two hours","mIRC, Google Spreadsheet, pinterest","Plot Twist"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","OneNote, Roll20, Kobold Fight Club","Prepare as little as possible and improv as much as possible."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Written Modules & Handbooks, Roll20, Forgotten Realms Wiki, Donjon","Listening to Player ideas about where the story or adventure is heading, then offer a twist upon this speculation in the spirit of the intended path."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Maptool, chessex mat, books ;-)","Not really a trick, but within reason going with what the group wants to do, or adjusting to their mood (focused, silly, etc.)  Whatever is fun for them. I'm prepped for what should happen, but ready for whatever. "
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","DM, Donjon, online sources","Flexibility"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll 20, OneNote, Reddit",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Obsidian Portal, Roll20, Inkarnate","Make failure as interesting as success."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote Inkarnate Spellbook cards app",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/","React, don't dictate."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, WotC Published Adventures, Fight Club 5","Fantasy Grounds allows on-the-fly hot-swapping of locations, encounters, etc. when the party does something unexpectedly."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Pen, Paper, Inspirational material such as books etc.","

Say yes as much as you can"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Google Image Search, and Notability","Improvising off the players conversations and actions."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notes, Books, Maps","Attention to detail."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh
kobold.club/fight
roll20.net","For every situation you set up as a gm, try to imagine what would happen if the PC's were never there"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My own notes and library, online generator tools, and the core rulebooks.","A balance of preparation and improvisation. I like to create an expansive setting with several plot hooks and then let the Player Characters drive the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, Donjon's Random Dungeon Builder, inspiration from other sources (books, movies, myths, games, etc)","new to this but - i enjoy having the players figure something out by themselves and then ending up not figuring it out even though it's pretty simple. a little bit of schadenfreude that in the end they also enjoy :D"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Notepad, Google Drive","Panicking a bunch and improvising all the things I forgot to prep."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Forgotten Realms Wiki. Natural Crit/the Homebrewery. Sword Coast Adventure Guide","Improvising and going along with the players actions."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, Pathfinder Pawns","When the players succeed, don't just tell them the result. Ask them how they did it."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Photoshop, Scrivener, Roll20",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Apple‰Ûªs Pages and Numbers. ","Since they're all AL Adventures: Don't be a slave to the text! "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Fantasy Grounds, Monster Workbench","Make your players the heroes, but allow them to make mistakes as well"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Tome of beasts, DMG, Notepadd++","Focus on interesting questions"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Google Drive, Kobold Fight Club, and donjon.sh","I've got a great group of people I've mostly known for 20 years."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Kobold fight club, homemade terrain, my leatherbound dm journal","Appropriate music"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, http://donjon.bin.sh/ and TV Tropes","Have yet to develop any tricks, sadly. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Paper, Pen, Dice.","I play with family and friends, allowing each to do almost anything they want as long as rules allow, I tell a story, they act their parts as they see fit."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Alea Tools, Pathfinder Pawns","I print monster stat blocks, items, etc. and paste them on index cards. This helps me have everything in hand for combat and rewards. 

I also have a small book of index card-sized tables and skill charts, etc. which i use for quick rules reference (I don't use a screen). One side is 4E, the other is 5E, since I run both systems pretty equally. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club","Going with the flow, but knowing when to say no"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","","If everyone's having fun nothing else matters. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","http://npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net/, Tabletop Audio, and donjon.bin.sh","Listen to your players, and integrate their character into the game world/story."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Pen
Paper
Sourcebooks","Bait the hook: make opportunities for the players to become personally invested in what's going on."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Actual-play podcasts, published supplements, Reddit ","Give the players world building freedom on a regular basis"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About an hour","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Drawing & using maps, notecards for myself and players to use to communicate privately and excellent source material (currently Curse of Strahd)","I speak as little as possible and listen to everything my players say, even offhand comments. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Excel, word, paper","Watching others run same adventure online"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Photoshop for custom maps, roll20 for monster stat blocks, pathfinder pawns","Run the session like a television episode, where each character gets at least one moment in the spotlight"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
Doku Wiki
Windows Snipping Tool","Know the rules of the game"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit, online sites",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Thebrain 8 for notes
Table of tables for random tables
Donjon ","Making sure the players feel that their choices have a serious impact on the game (don't railroad) "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","2e forgotten realms box set, 1e ad&d fiend folio, and short summary of prior games events.","Dont be linear in your session and allow players to use their imagination."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club","I got nothin"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote","background music really helps set the tone. and when it starts its a signal to the player that its game time"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Grid paper notebook","Getting drunk first"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs, DM Minion, good ol' pen and paper","Be spontaneous. Going off book can make for some of the best moments in your game. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/ ,. DM minion for Android,. D&d5e spellbook (Android)","Morally ambiguous choices"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","My gm binder, ","Improve"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon website, DMG and the D&D subreddit","Over prepare the game, under prepare the session"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pens, paper, alcohol.","Keep the action moving."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll 20, reddit, pintrest","Immerse yourself in the world you are portraying"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, Donjon.bin.sh, Google docs","Read the Lazy DM guide"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","RealmWorks for campaign management
Donjon encounter generator
npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net for npc inspiration/generation
/r/behindthetables for inspiration",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Note cards, pathguy's character creator, donjon.bin.sh","Adapting old or unused plans when PCs ignore my railroads. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","
",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spell cards, electronic writing tablet, and battle mat","Switch up environments and enemy types, too much of the same can get tedious."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, DMG, Matthew Colville Videos","Improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","None","About two hours","None","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","N/a","N/a"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Every character has to have a personal goal that drives them to risk life and limb adventuring. That way they're not just following along with the story. Also, different accents help distinguish NPC's."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Google keep ","Funny voices "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Published modules - hand outs - quality dungeon tiles","I change combat a lot. Usually , i have something unique happen at the end of almost every round."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Core books and a word processor","Concentrate on the story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel, MS Paint, Whiteboard grid tiles","""Fuck it, let's do it live"""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club
D&D Wiki
Dungeon magazine ","Music"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Pen and paper, xmind","just try not to be awful"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Onenote, /r/behindthetables, Obsidian Portal","No plan ever survives contact with the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Goblinist, Random Dungeon Generator in the DMG","If there's a plot or a narrative to be had, try and integrate it into a decision the players made on their own. If they explore a dungeon, have a piece of the plot be present in that dungeon so the progression of the story feels more natural."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reddit's 'Imaginary Network' of images, old monster manuals, other non D&D RPG books.","Compelling narratives, tricky moral quandaries."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","Pencil, paper, handbooks","Keeping them on their toes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","the app fifth edition character sheet. a good dice tower, and the dm screen","let the players decide where to go in universe but keep the rules of the universe steady. if a PC voices concern about something happening 50% chance of it changing to that. Make the Kobolds use advanced tactics"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, kobold club and my imagination","Need to be invested in the work you're putting in.  I think this is where the game will die out after a time, it's when the dm stops caring about their world as much."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","donjon treasure gen, donjon dungeon builder, NPC generator","Stay fluid, don't expect things to go exaclty as you envisioned and be able to adjust encounters on the fly."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Monster Manual, /tg/","Allow players significant freedom to develop the setting"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Music, Maps, Setting Books","Improvising und reacting to player choices. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Donjon, Middle Finger of Vecna, Reddit","The entire group is telling a story, not me.  If there is something they want to happen, I make it happen even if it doesn't fit what I had planed.  This means that I need to adjust on the fly and improv a lot instead of prepping ahead of time."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Paizo Critical Hit Deck, Roll20 to track initiative, Fight Club app for easy spell reference","Listen, respond, and try to say yes. It's about the players and their sense of fun. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Let the players write the story, only prepare a fantastic sandbox for them to play in."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Hangouts, OSU-GT, improv skills","Distinct voices for NPCs go a long way towards establishing their character before the party really even knows who they are."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Behind the Name random name generator, Donjon website, Google Drive","Ad Lib more than you think you should"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","donjon.bin.sh kobold.club/fight","nacho chips and nutella"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","None","About an hour","The DMG list of monsters by terrain, Online Name Generators, Developing NPCs with goals/story building in my journal","I'm not the greatest at designing cool combat scenarios. So i focus on story. I develop Major NPCs by treating them how i treat PCs i play... by focusing on who they are as people their hopes, dreams, goals and personality. By defining these traits I can better Improvise responses when interacting with players. Combat is my last priority when designing a NPC or a Character i want to play in a game. For me D&D is like structured improv, and as a Writer/Artist who did lots of acting in high school its character development that means most to me."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, writer software and some paper cards to notes","Listen the players and improvise using the scheme basis"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold fight club",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Monster Manual, Kobold Fight Club","Read the players while you are playing and adjust accordingly"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, Kobold Fight Club","The rule of cool - if it's going to be cool, let them roll for it."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebook, Readied encounter sheets, tablet for soundtrack","Let every player know what awaits them when they play at your table and ask them what kind of game they find the most fun. Find a compromise after that. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Random tables, reddit, dnd spells app","Make sure there's room for exploration and going a bit off the rails"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","3x5"" cards, my DM folder, print monster stats","Get to combat asap"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Published AL League adventure modules
ForgedAnvil character creator
Random tables in DMG","Read the table and balance roleplay and combat depending on tables interest"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, rpgnow, ",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster manual, battle mat w/ erasable markers, laptop ","Don't worry so much about what you want to happen and instead consider the players and what the story needs. Always remember that it isn't DM vs players. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Ambient music to set the scenario, character/monster design threads, costuming for myself.","Being patient with the players and utilizing costumes and props to help tell the story. In addition, the use of background music to further support the atmosphere of certain events."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Campaign Logger, roll20","Never say ""no"" "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","KFF, donjon, spreadsheet","Go down the rabbit hole. Explore if a PC wants to explore. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Encounter Generator, DMG, Monster Manual.","Incorporating player's backstory into the campaign."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","A good soundtrack, coffee, and alcohol.","Stopping the music with little warning or explanation. People generally figure out that something's going wrong well before they figure out that the music has stopped. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notepad, roll20, private talking with players ","Sending direct messages or notes so players can describe insight, perception, knowledge checks without breaking immersion"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pyromancers dungeon painter, Google drive","Don't take anything too seriously"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Photoshop for maps, bullet journaling information, and the core books/online homebrew info","I like taking their backstories and building big plots that tie into them, making sure each character contributes to their world and they get to engage in each other's personal facets "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","A notebook, pen and reddit","Every encounter has four outcomes:  romance it, befriend it, capture it or kill it. From there I extrapolate two more likely things triggered by each step."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Players Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Masters Guide","always have a backup plan"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Kobold Fight Club, ","Not being a dick of a DM"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, Reddit, Tome of Beasts","Stay flexible"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Matt Scolville. Drunkens & Dragons. Evernote. ","Unreliable npc's. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","PHB, DM guide, pre-published modules from 3rd party publishers","Saying yes"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, blogs, DM guide","Reward short term, meaningful goals quickly, but always leave a thread to something bigger. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Reddit, OneNote, google","None"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Roll20, tabletopaudio.com, and I don't have a third one.","If the players start barking up a significantly wrong tree, and they might know that in character, you can totally say ""Make a [whatever] roll"", where the good result is you telling them the relevant information."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, random encounter generator, sane magic item prices","Vary combat enounters wildly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","One note, homebrewery, spotify",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Kill a player character on occasion"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","3x5 notecards
iPad
Story Cubes","Ask questions to pull story info from the players, it's their story too."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kolbold fight Club, tabletop audio, index cards","Plan a bunch of vague story ""nodes"" and improv with the players as they stumble through their own path to the end "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The internet mostly","I honestly have nothing"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","Drink plenty of coffee","Innuendos and notes"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Notepad, graph paper, /tg/","giving the players opportunities to use creative solutions"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide","Improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","put your characters backstory into the game."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20, Podcasts, Premade adventures ","Timed combat. Have a kind of clock for the encounter really helps build the tension and make memorable events. Like a house burning down or a room closing in. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","","Index cards for initiative order with a card for end of turn and lair 20 actions "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Chessex vinyl map, Microsoft One Note for note-taking/campaign tracking, background music","I aim for each session to have equal parts Combat, Exploration, and Roleplay.  I try to make sure every player has at least one moment to shine, or to have the spotlight.  And I like to end on a cliff-hanger, whether it has to do with the immediate circumstances, or in the broader scope of the world we're building.  "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon koboldfightclub dice. ","Say ""yes but. """
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","None","Donjon, Google Docs, Pencil","Steal maps from other sources."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Photo editing apps","Giving good descriptions and stay in character. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Homebrewery, Fantasy Grounds and PDFs of the official releases","Being willing to go off script.  It seems like an obvious thing but it's something I've embraced more lately and the sessions are much improved."
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Paper,  a pencil,  and a whole lot of alcohol ","Plenty of food and plenty of booze "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Google Images, Youtube, A spiral bound notebook.","Run with the player's decisions no matter what."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Kobold.club, 5esrd.org, Joseph Campbell","Give jobs to players (e.g., initiative tracker, time keeper, party accountant)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","https://donjon.bin.sh/ , Spellbook Android App , DM Screen ","Remember everything your players say and let them help mold to world even without their knowledge."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Happy Jack's RPG advice podcast, DnD Behind the Screen","Make your players feel awesome. Tweak stats in the middle of combat by increasing/decreasing health and damage as the fight progresses so that enemies are tough, but the players will usually barely win."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Microsoft Word, rulebook, and my imagination ","Improvisation. Yes and. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","OneNote",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Iphone","""Yes and..."" Or ""No but..."""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dicecloud, Kobold Fight Club, Roll20","Let the players figure out things for you"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I only use the books","Improv"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Practice dialogues, travel to a location similar to your campaign setting, and have exactly two beers. ;)","Let your players tell the story, just facilitate. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit","Not being obvious."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","PHB, DMG, MM","put a salt shaker in the middle of the table. any time a player gets salty, he has to pour salt in his hand and eat it."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","YouTube MP3 Converter
Graph Paper
Diary","Give NPCs personalities, not lines"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Concise but effect scene description"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Old Monster Manuals/Tome of Beasts, Tome Show podcasts","The DM just starts the story, the players make it. Say Yes. Make your players shine. Make sure players are having fun. Always have the wheels turning behind the scenes with factions/npcs all doing things. Try and imagine myself in the world walking down the street/spaceship and imagine the sights, smells, tastes, sounds."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Table top simulator
Dnd 5e complete reference app
Loot generator app",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","None","None","donjon, Kobold Fight Club, ","Make the players feel smart by solving a problem that doesn't have a specified solution."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, My own random monster stat generator, my own shop item generator.","Devil's in the details "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Google Drive, and Photoshop","Have encounters planned beforehand and prepare alternate options if players go random direction from story.  Avoid making NPCs more grand than the player's characters."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Graph paper.  
Monster manual.
Kobold fight Club","Be engaging and make your players happy.. you want them to enjoy themselves."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","Google Drive, DMG, Photoshop","Communication with the players is key. Discussing any questions, comments and concerns they have really helps everyone stay on the same page and helps adjust the campaign to suit them and their goals."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Published Books, Campaign Blogs, Forums. ","Let the players navigate, just put the obstacle in their path as they decide their own route. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Game Master 5
Encounter Calculator
Notebook","Having a strong railroad for the plot in mind, but always let the players dictate what happens."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Homebrewery, Masterplan (even without a 5e version), CritterDB","No trick, just a lot of planning. I'm not very good at improv, so I take lots of notes and try to have a feel for all the npcs so I can adjust on the fly. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, DM Guide, Monster Manual","Adapt to the players"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs, 5thsrd.org",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Pdfs for all books + physical copies
Index cards out the wazoo
Electric sharpener",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote
5thed Dungeon Master's Guide
Matt Mercer's Videos","Focus on the aspects of the game your players enjoy. Let them direct some of what's going on so they can help drive the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs // ObsidianPortal // Good old-fashioned index cards","Maintain group cohesion by running a ""Session Zero"" or ""Group Template"""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","The books, My companion app, Battlemaps","Make sure that everyone gets to do what they want within limits."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","OpenOffice (for grids, background stories, etc), DM's guide for inspiration, D&D subreddits for questions and ideas.","I try not to plan too much ahead of time: my players can be unpredictable."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Editable and saleable character sheet pdfs, monster manual, Players handbook","Intense difficult boss battles that really challenge the group"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Focus on the story"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20 Reddit Players Handbook","Knowing what your players want"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","1.The Dungeon Masters Guide
2. Random tables and resources (ones I've downloaded/bought)
3. Reading old myths, legends, poems, tales and stories","Making the players a part of the world's momentum, making sure that their actions have consequences so that the world is able to move on in whatever way it would because of their influences (or lack of)."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Google, Monster Manual","Getting into character to make the world feel alive."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Still haven't found what I'm looking for. ","Unsure, I have been lacking confidence in my games for a while. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","Microsoft Onenote, Kobold fight club, FantasyNamegenerator.com","Prepare the world not the story"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, Reddit, the AngryGM","Video game boss fights are great inspiration for designing interesting boss fights in DnD/"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reddit, Word, OneNote","Give myself a general overview of NPC motivations and characterisation, and a general overview of story to allow for easier improvisation when the party goes off tangents."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Player's handbook, Kobold Fight Club, Dungeonographer","Hourglass. I have a large, fancy 5 minute timer, that it's so much fun to set a scene and slam down the hourglass...and watch chaos ensue. Skill challenges are so much fun."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Token tool, hero lab, donjon","Know how to motivate each player at the table. If you know how they tick then you can more easily control the flow of the game "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","","Let players run initiative board.  Delegate rules research to players."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","Dungeon in the Windows Store, OneNote, Alea Markers","Winging it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","Word, graph paper, dice.",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Pinterest (I find cool art and have all the inspiration I need for NPCs and monsters).  Calculator.  Miniatures and Dungeon Tiles ( the box wizards put out is pretty sweet).  ","Ensuring the players get rotating spotlight time and moments of awesomeness in a world bigger than them.  "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","roll20, fantasy name generator, koboldencounters","Improvise"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Google Sheets","Pre-rolled initiative cards; Adventure outline & session timeline; NPC dialogue/roleplay cue cards."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dice
Laptop
Google docs","Magic items that fuck with the party"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Gm binder, book marks in MM, index cards with notes.","The plot twist."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Dice, spontaneity, and saying yes ","Saying yes"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","My custom IRC dicebot, Fortuna; Kobold Fight Club; my custom Google Docs character sheet","d20 rolls don't just determine success: they're a random event generator."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Whiteboard, EXPO markers, Eraser","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","OneNote, Realmworks, Monster conversion rules (1e, 3.5/PF to 5E)","Be flexible. I also spend most of my prep time making a bullet point list of possible rumors or hooks that the players might want to use but ultimately, what happens in the game is up to them and how they choose to proceed. I try to improvise as much as possible."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, wikis, and the books","Steal ideas from other games, movies, and books!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Fantasy Grounds",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Donjon's website, Lazy DM's Guide, 3x5 Cards",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Masters guide, Monster Manuel, Index cards","Improv encounters and let the players lead the game "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Inkarnate
Notepad
Goblinist Random Encounter Generator","Write descriptions and answers to potential questions in advance."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Donjon random generators, A large whiteboard for sketching and combat","If you can manage to get your players care about an NPC, that's an amazing source of tension."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Excel, donjon, orcpub","Right now. I love giving the players ultimate choice. With every quest, they choose what to accomplish and how it gets done. I try never to force them into action, but I will throw out moral dilemmas. Decide to kill this bad guy? His slave is about to raise the alarm, so what's more important, civil equality or the mission. Often they choose the mission."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Fantasy Grounds, Google, Roll20 Market Place","I run a sandbox campaign, so what makes for a great session is when the players go in a direction I haven't planned for.  Some of our best games have been when they've do something and I think ""Wow, I did not see that coming"""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, Kobold Fight Club, NitroPDF (for making PDFs of the D&D books--wish I didn't have to MAKE MY OWN)","I've been DMing for 32 years.  Take some characters, send them into one of the hundreds of adventure stories I've seen over the years, and hang on for the ride.  The joy of 5E for is is that it plays as smoothly on the fly as BECMI or 1E."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Wet erase markers, a semi-transparent battle grid, and some music.","Being open and ready for what the players are wanting to do. Make sure that the players feel awesome and what they do matters in the world and setting around them."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Roll20. WoTC printed adventures (princes of apoc)","Be flexible. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Reddit's r/DnD, Pintrest.","Build the world and know in a general sense how it connects. Then have a pool of npc's, enemies, and one or two good scenes in your pocket and let rip. If you've mastered how the town, kingdom, forest operates then you can take whatever the Player's do and react seamlessly."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Internet, pencil, paper","Flexibility. My players tend to wander off. I let then and react accordingly."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Skype",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","MM, PH, DMG","Going with players' choices wholeheartedly "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Players handbook. monster manual. Inspiration from other DMs",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pencil, paper, laptop","Have good friends play"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","game manuals, judges guild materials, and original writings","let the players write the story"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, Reddit, google docs
","It's all about managing expectations and making sure they are immersed and feel good"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Don Jon, aided.org, syrinscape ","Letting them attempt random moves and roll for 20s.  Leads to amazingly good or bad things. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit. ","Say yes and."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","rule books, internet, pen and paper","open line of communication with players about what they want"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Pen and paper","Players worldbuild"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Reddit, Spotify (Making playlists gives inspiration), DM guide","Setting a good ambiance (music, background images, describing the situation well)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletop simulator, Kobold fight club and Donjon","Watching Matt Colville videos"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Reddit, D&D wiki","I prefer to run dealer campaigns, it makes the consequences of bad choices more punishing."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Physical notebook, dice, DMG","I constantly modify DCs and other numbers by just a little to keep the roller coaster going because I feel the players need to feel like they're struggling sometimes so that they can feel accomplished when they succeed, and sometimes a really good idea deserves a bit lower DC."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Roll 20, One note, Refill paper pad","Keep a list of Npc names nearby, so you can invent people on the fly"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Tabletop Audio & Don Jon rpg site","The ""yes, and..."" improv trick it can be rocky at first but once players get into it they can throw out some great ideas or curve balls that really keep things interesting. Also along those same lines if they mention anything even jokingly I will often note it and either have it appear or bring it in later with a twist. ""I thought that giant mystical three headed axe beak you mentioned was a tavern tale from a drunken dwarf!"" ""Shaddup and run!"" ""SKREEEEE-ONNNNKK!"""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","OneNote(Previously was using Evernote), Syrinscape/Spotify, and a physical notepad. ","Improv.  I love letting my players run loose in the world and experience the consequences and fantastic places all on their own.  They make the game, I just let them think I run it! "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","donjon, Dungeon Master's guide, Google image search","Understand your players and how they play their characters. Don't be afraid to change the story to fit their wants and needs. Remember they are the main characters not the NPCs"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Dwarven Forge, notecards, ipad","Write a story outline and a network of how the nods know each other on a piece of paper o keep everything straight"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","None","I like the dungeon master magic item creation guide, npc creation guide in dungeon master guide, sword coast god deity section.","Asking players for contacts that their characters would know and finding fun ways to put those characters into the game as NPC's for them to deal with."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Handbooks, /r/UnearthedArcana, Kobold Fight Club","I have small character sheets that hang on the DM screen with stats for each character. Creatures in encounters also have their own, and the order of them shows the players the Initiative order."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","","The story has to capture the imagination - best to stew on ideas for a long time."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","More than two hours","Roll20, token tool, maptool",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Naturalcrit.com, Tabletopaudio.com, and earlier edition Dungeons and Dragons sourcebooks and materials.","Preparedness and describing minor details."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20","To let go and improvise. Listen and react. Review the events of last time. Prepare places, not situations."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","The Monster Manual, The DMG (especially the magic items section), and Roll20 for designing maps for my encounters.","Before running premade games, I used to run my own campaigns.  The most fun my players had was when I listened to them and took what they said among themselves and came up with ideas to incorporate elements of their conversations to the story.  Of course I didn't take their ideas as they were told, I twisted and modified these ideas in a manner in which they couldn't tell that they were the source of inspiration."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Listen to ideas and hopes of players to get a brief idea of what they enjoy in the game"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Most of my prep is just notes doodled in the side of my notebook while at work / school, then cleaned up and rewritten when I get home. I very rarely use 3rd party tools.","I tend to ""borrow"" bits and pieces from other fiction, and meld them together to make stories I'm interested in exploring. I often spend little time thinking about what the players will do, but think about the characters and personalities of the NPCS, and seeing how they react when even I am unprepared for what my players do, allowing the story to play out in new and exciting ways."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, music/soundboards, Rulebooks","Music really sets the mood in a campaign, and simple sound effects like rain or wind can illicit primal responses in people."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","Monster Manual, dropbox, reddit","Have a nice balance of combat, problem solving, NPC interactions, and rewards to fit the group."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pencil, paper, eraser","Beer"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Trello, iPad, Game Master iPad app","Curve balls in battle, when in doubt toss in a couple of cultists to spice things up"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster Manual, Players Handbook, Forged Anvil 5e Character Creator","Having random stuff (lists of NPC names, small encounters, side quests) ready for when the party goes off storyline."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","donjon, ","food"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","About an hour","Roll20 w/ SRD 5e rules and character sheet, ","Know what's coming next. Always. If you don't know what that person says or what that thing does, your players are going to talk to that person or push that button."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Imagination, pencils, and paper","Know that players will outthink any grand scheme you've come up with.  Adapt or become the railroady DM."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Monster Manual, SRD","Wing it and let the players be heroes!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","My personal archives of cheat sheets, Old books, and doodles","Keeping everything loose. As soon as you make it more than a game, it stops being fun."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, /r/dndbehindthescreen /r/worldbuilding","Your players are smarter than you and will find answers you didn't think of, adapt your answers to let them feel successful (within reason of course)"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, PHB, pen and paper","I don't have one yet - I'm quite new to DMing"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","None","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Fight Club5 and Gamesmaster5 iOS apps. 
Gale force 9 spell cards (grimoire GitHub was amazing before it was taken down!!!)
Evernote","I like a mixture of puzzles, story based role play and minimal combat. Mainly as my players are all new and we get really bogged down in combat, so I run initiative off my phone and try to keep it moving in theatre of the mind or simple battle maps. Sometimes we totally butcher the rules but it works for us. One or two combats are enough for an afternoon session.

I also poach puzzles from ""locked room"" type experiences and once had the players get captured in a schrodinger's box type pocket dimension where the players have to solve multiple riddles and puzzles to escape the wizards trap. A lot of debate about killing a quantum cat ensued.

Another good one was a dark souls take on tomb of horrors where the players souls had been stolen by accerak and kept in his throne room in their own phylacteries. The players awoke as zombies in a crypt and had to go and take them back to escape. They died multiple times but came back to life due to the curse which allowed a lot of fun for me without the feeling of unfair character death in a campaign. There were checkpoints and no delay in respawning to prevent boredom for dead players. "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
DMG
Fantasy name generator",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","OneNote, Koblod Fight Club",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Being prepared to wing it"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour"," I love creating a visceral experience. I use washers spray painted in gold to use as coins. I hand over pouches and bags when they find treasure. They enjoy opening them up to discover what they found. I using DMDJ for sound effects. I use it mainly for background sounds--it sets a mood. ","No real ""tricks"" but I believe in a balanced campaign. I tried to keep an even mix of role playing with NPCs, combat (of course), mystery (fulfilling the mission), and puzzles. I always try to reward a non-lethal solution to avoid the party becoming another band of ""murderous hobos."" Not everything needs to end with a fight. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, Hexographer, Donjon (Random area/item/npc generation)","I dunno. Being able to use random generation for a completely unexpected turn of events."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","Evernote to write adventure
Illustrator to draw combat maps
Pinterest to find npc/monster/landscape pictures 
Reddit for ideas
DM screen for quick reference ","Real jeapoardy (character deaths)
Scarcity of resources (equipment/aid)
Build atmosphere/ tension 
Descriptive combat (visceral) "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon, and my own mind","Go in prepared for all of your hard work and prep to be thrown out the window, but be perfectly happy when everything goes smoothly anyways"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reddit, fantasy name generator, roll20","Saying ""yes, and..."""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Reddit, DMG","Ask the players what things look like for their characters, what their pc is doing, what they think."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","YouTube, forums","Keep it fun, give the players what they want. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Mind
Pen
Paper","Mind
Pen
Paper"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Donjon, fantasy name Generator, ChaoticShiny","Make every scene memorable somehow."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, DMG, MM. ","Making combat challenging enough that the group has to work together, but not so tough that any misstep will cause the party to wipe. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","","Make sure your players are having fun. If you need to bend a rule to make something awesome happen that is not game breaking, do it. It is a game, after all, and games are meant to be played for fun."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","I use Fantasy Grounds at our live table games.  I model NPCs on characters from movies, tv, etc... for base personality traits and mannerisms.","Keep the stakes real.  Make sure the party knows that they are not invulnerable and the risk is real."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Be adaptable."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","About an hour","None","YouTube, Kobold Fight Club, a talking totem","Encourage the players to clearly outline when their characters are speaking "
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The DMG, the PHB, and the Monster Manual","Keep it rules light and let your players be clever in their solutions to problems rather than throwing endless combats at them"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dropbox, Encounter Builder Calculator, D&D 5 Spellbook Cards Android App","Find ways to subtly mislead your PCs on occasion, keeps them on their toes!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","My computer...","Go with the flow and
Occasionally play to character strengths."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Online assets like donjon random tables, the DMs guide, and watching various documentaries on Netflix /YouTube ","Delving into PC backstory and mining them for story hooks"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Adobe InDesign",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, GameMaster5, Dungeon Master's Guide","Improv!"
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Keep the pace up."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM's screen, Dungeon Tiles, Initiative cardboards","Steal from them. They will do whatever you wanted them to do. 
"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Google Docs to flesh out my campaign. http://donjon.bin.sh/ for random things. And reddit for ideas that I am lacking","Elaborate on the actions that players take. I.E how a monster dies, how the door breaks down. The small things like that add to the emersiveness of the campaign"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&D Reddit, Random Name Generators, Encounter Level Checks","Developing the world well before the initial adventure so that no matter what the players do, I can have an idea of the likely result"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Don Jon, DMG, published adventures",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dropbox
Powerpoint
Itunes","I have no tricks. I plan meticulously, watch it all go to shit, then wing the fuck out of everything. Story of my life. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","None","None","None","None","Notebook, Chart tables, Improvisation.","Let the players go crazy."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Roll20, Discord, Photoshop","Try to not prepare to much."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","","Listen to the players. Be engaged."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Google","Less is more."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Game Master 5, Monster Manual, /r/dndnext","Listening to players and catering the session to all of their goals in some capacity and trying to not get married to every idea or plan I have in my mind. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote
Roll20
Google Spreadsheets",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Pintrest, whiteboard, cell phones","If your players want to do something, go with it. I live by improvising rules, so rule of cool and ""yes, and"" always apply. I'd rather we have fun than a tedious rules-fest. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spell list from a software suite
Cards for writing monster stat blocks on
Dungeon master guide","Letting my players run for a while but having their ooc discussions be said by their characters if they're discussing too long (particularly when they're plotting in front of someone!)"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","clear binder sheets for drawing maps (overlays on a chessex grid)","_ÙÎöimagination_ÙÎö"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","5e SRD, DMs Guide Random Tables,  Donjon","Have a single big moment. It provides an anchor for remembering the rest of the game. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","DM's Guild.  Notepad.","Provide lots of concrete details to get players into the scenes."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Token Tool, Goblinist, Kobold Fight Club","Learning what your group wants! No one likes a self-centered DM. Co-op Fun is most important."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Initiative cards, character ddescriptions, whiteboard","Think in images, not narratives. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Chessex battlemaps, pathfinder pawns, gale force nine spell cards.","Remember it's about the fun.... the rest is just details "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Don Jon, OneNote, Roll20","Utilizing Roll20 and various audio effects at the table "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Koboldclub encounter builder. Tokenstamp. Photoshop.","Prepare enough to improve well."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Cardboard
Glossy paper
Markers","Prepare speeches beforehand"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The DMG, PHB, MM and Pathfinder sources online.","Involve everybody.  Always have something for each player."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Pen, paper, random tables","Have fun with it/run a game you'd like to play yourself. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Wizards of the Coast Dice Roller
Inkarnate
Microsoft Word /Adobe Acrobat","Be enthusiastic and ask what the players want from the experience."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Voice memo app, Monster Manual, PHB","Say no as seldom as possible. Sometime's it's okay to scrap all your prep and go with what the players want to do."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","DnD spellbook app
DM screen
DMG","Surprise the players with how human the npcs are. They fall in love, want vengeance, get sad. Make the world real"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","","Use the rule of cool"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","1st edition AD&D DM's Guide","The words "" Yes and"" answer the players Questions and ask them back. Kinda a give and take idea they get answers. If they ask if something is possible always answer and then give them a leading question to keep the momentum going."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon","Be as descritive as I possible can "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Lion's Den Game Master 5th Edition, and a fantasy novel or movie.","Make a combat where killing everything is not the goal, but something else."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Initiative board, ","Keep your players semi in the dark at all times. It can make tense parts or dramatic parts more so"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Deck of non-combat magical items, dungeon screen(essential) and hand drawn maps/artwork","Whenever given the chance try and put the power and control in the PC hands!! Let them do what they want and reward them for it(unless they're murder hobos) "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","PH, DMG, MM","Make interesting NPC's"
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","Onenote","Worldbuilding"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","CritterDB, Roll20, Kobold fight club","Funny twist in combat when something unlikely happen with the dice"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Pen
Paper
Dice","making a living world, and making the characters feel a part of the world"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Dmsguild, composition notebook, onenote","Being able to include encounters that everyone can participate in."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","Libre Office, Kobold Fight Club Encounter Builder website, pdfs, Random Tables.","Turn a bad skill check result into a good story element:  ""As you keep a lookout while your friends infiltrate the warehouse (Perception 8 vs DC 12), you are immediately distracted when you see the merchant from the day before, the same merchant that sold you shoddy gear.""  Just FYI, in reference to campaign worlds I run a Homebrew and Greyhawk."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Onenote, Mobile apps for spellcasting, Sectioned notebooks","Steal ideas from niche stories and rework story hooks from unrelated fiction. Great hook from a sci-fi movie? Rework it to work in DND. It all works out."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","pdf's, reddit, spellgrimoire","keep the world open and dont force characters. i  love to think of stuff on the spot because i know and understand my world. I know what happens when the characters do something to the world in the aftermath and how npc's react to it. the trick is understanding the world, the story will follow naturally."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, chessex battlemap, surface tablet","Give the players a lot of choices and see what they come up with. They will surprise you."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel, iTunes, roll20","Include character backstory"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Official WotC books, Dungeon Painter from Pyromancers, watching Critical Role for inspiration","Make my players come up with decently lengthy backstories to weave their past through our current campaign."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Skype, the app Dnd Fifth Edition, and the dungeon master version of the app. ","Giving characters a chance to have social encounters whenever possible. Maybe they could talk this lich into a deal, or threaten a weaker mob into spilling a little info. Just really giving them a chance to change and mine out the world instead of being told what it's like. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Notebook, pencil, my homebrew world","Give the PCs a goal, but not obvious way to solve is and see what happens - improvise as necessary. As long as I know my world, improvisation is easy."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Published modules, time to read them ahead of time, and dice","Make magic magical"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, /r/rpg","Ask your players before the game how they know at least two other players at the table.  No more awkward player characters meeting at a bar or other trope. Players come up with some pretty decent backstories and you have instant party cohesion."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon;  kobold fight club; DMG random tables","make sure to have an established meeting time. always "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","Pencil, paper, index cards","Winging it. Improvisation is key. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Magic card generator for items, kobold fight club for encounters,
Matt colville YouTube","Make sure each player gets some spotlight."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit, DMG, Google Drive","Cliffhanger"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, Core Books","Always be ready to improvise."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, D&D subreddits, DMSguild","Understand the ""why"" and its easier to come up with the ""what"" on the fly"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Battlemat, dice, minis","Silence, letting the players stew."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","CritterDB, 5e Spellbook android app, D&D subreddits","Just go with it. Things will work out."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Let the players feel like heroes"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The 5e character sheet app, 5e digital spell list, and don.jon for rng dungeons","Steal everything good someone else has made and make it your own with a twist. Also make really big dragons, like 18 km long dragons. Your players will think its great and it gives cool NPCs"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","hardcodex.ru; kobold.club; tabletopaudio.com","Know all of the characters' backstories as if you were playing them, and tie them into the story at every opportunity."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","PHB MM DMG","3D printed probs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Screen","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual. Kobold Fight Club, Ideas shamelessly stolen from reddit","Let the players tell their own story and be there to make sure it's compelling"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Reddit, paint.net, megauploads.","Overpreperation. I literally write scripts. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Google Docs and associated tools, Adobe Photoshop, the Homebrewery","No matter how much I am currently railroading my players, which does happen from time to time, they never realize it. If they want to explore left instead of right, I mentally swap the locations of the traps and treasure to allow them the illusion of choice, but keep them on the path I want. And while that was an obvious dungeon analogy, it works for just about every aspect of the game. If an important NPC is cut off mid speech and killed, the plans I had laid continue unhindered - they were (are now) just a face for some other mastermind. Or, if the party was unaware of their importance, the entire character is reincarnated somewhere nearby. The party does get to choose where to go, what to do, and how to do it; but in the end they always end up exactly where I wanted them to be, doing what I want them to do. We all have fun, and most of them have no idea I do this - the ones that do prefer it/enjoy it."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Random Magic Item Quirks table in DMG, Google Docs","Your characters must feel they have agency and purpose."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","kobold.club, theangrygm.com, 6""x4"" memo books","D&D works best when you keep the pacing smooth.  Everything is a dungeon."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, My DMG, Monster Manual","Don't be a dick. This is everybody's game, not yours."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","OneNote
Published Books
Reddit","Let the players explore the world."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","Notecards, Forums, Random Gen Lists","Aim for a specific emotion. Focus theme, description, and characterization to generate that emotion."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Pencil, paper, google","Dm board so i cansave the fuckers when they fucked"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&D books, Google, Spotify (for mood)","A great game, for me, involves working with what the players enjoy to make a convincing and exciting story."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, graph paper, full selection of published adventures for inspiration ","Just roll with it and speak with conviction. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, kobold.club, Dmg",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook and Fitz's DM screen","I am not veru experienced DM and this might sound cheesy, but I believe that there is no trick but to always do what brings joy to both you and your group. Good DM needs to have skills in memorizing rules, story-building, some acting and creativity, but it all doesn't matter if you or the group aren't having fun."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Powerscore Blogspot website
Youtube for Music
Tabletop Audio for sound effects","Handing cards to players for specific things like prophetic dreams, secret treasures, telepathy, anything that they know or see that the other players shouldn't know until they reveal it themselves."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","OneNote, pen and paper, google docs","Don't plan where the story will go, instead plan where it stands right now, then let the players move the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pinterest for fantasy pictures and inspiration, Kobold Fight club","Plant weird things now and again that keep the characters guessing and might blossom into more, even if you haven't figured out their significance yet. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate, published material, and  incompetech","Improvisation "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","One note, word, power ideas from published adventures",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Donjon","Fake it till you make it, the players don't know you're making it up on the spot."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","At the moment: Photoshop, DMG, MM, and the UA for encounter planning.","Know when to sit back and let the players argue!"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Tabletop Audio, Roll 20 Compendium","Finish on a cliffhanger"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","Google Docs, Google searches","Friends"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20 tool kit, Cartographers Guild, Google image search","Steal everything, from everywhere.  See a great scene in a movie?  Then steal it, and see what your players do in that situation.   "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Reddit, custom screen, maps","Have a cheat sheet with names by race, general purpose side quests, and potion/common item prices handy "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook with ideas/maps, Tablet for online references, and my dnd textbooks with bookmarks","Always be ready for the group to travel to random places."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM Guide, Monster Manual, Matt Mercer's GM Tips","Involving the players, always telling them that they can try, never saying no."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Character building apps, spell book app","Not over preparing"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","","handouts to the players that the characters receive (maps, notes, etc)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Notebook, Digital PDF's, hand outs","Prepare an outline, have NPC notecards ready."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds, Roll20","Running for an awesome group"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Google Docs","Be fair, be fun, give each player equal attention "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","PHB, Subreddits, Campaign book","Focusing on the story and keeping it alive"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Monster Manual
DMG
Pyromancers.com","I try to give my players as much freedom as possible so they can ruin my hard work"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Photo shop, old d&d books, roll20","Yes, but"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Fantasy Name/Town Generators, Pen and Paper.","Let the players think you are smarter than you are."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","One Note, An encounter difficulty calculator made in excel","Create a consistent and logical world that responds predictably"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Notebook, MM, Imagination","sneaking a shard of the BBEG'' soul into a magic item the players pick up very early on in the campaign, the reveal session is always worth the wait"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds
Home made DM screen and reference sheets (for running game)
an A4 lined notepad for notetaking and idea scratching.","Completely run everything be the seat of your pants. Minimal prep (aided by Fantasy Grounds' pre-loaded content) and avoid railroading. Most campaigns run for a by-the-book adventure end up 50% homebrew. 
Also, even if in a setting like FR or similar, it's still ""MY"" FR, and things can work differently at this table, yo."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","SlyFlourish's cheat sheet, My own cheat sheet, and index cards for combat encounters and npcs  ","Knowing how to improvise"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil, graph paper, core rule books","Plan out some central plot points and locations run the rest super loosey goosey. Overall spend a lot of mental tourist time in your world to help flesh stuff out between sessions."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Donjon's spells and monsters charts, google docs, and the Dungeon Master's guide.","Treat each session like an episode of a tv show, complete with competing narratives, editing, and story structure."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dms guide, monster manual, kobold  fight club. ","Reflavouring monsters gives the impression that you made something completely new for the party. "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Dm screen, Roll 20 rules reference and white board","Using wild magic tables or other such abilities to increase the spontaneous nature of the game."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","MapTool, improved initiative, phb",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, DM's Guide, Reddit","3x5 cards with all monster stats on them for quick access. All encounters are pre setup with monster stat cards, loot cards, and outcome ""flow chart"" card for me."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","kobold figth club","I talk with my players before and after the session to give and take continuos feedback. I have my own gdrive folder with form surveys that i hand out links before each campaign and every session that I feel a need for feedback."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","online spell lookup
encounter CR calculator
DnD subreddit","Finding old DnD materials from decades ago and making it my own."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","5E Spellbook App for Android",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Google docs, kobold fight club, Pinterest","Humour"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds","The setting and situation is just that; CR and all these new things that make everything safe don't exist in my game."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","One note, donjon, srd","Let your players dictate the direction of the adventure. Get the bare outline in mind, then let them surprise you."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","reddit","Let the players get drunk enough to think its great but not so drunk they can't play anymore."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Grimtooth's traps, Master of the game gygax, Lazy dungeon master","Surprises, all the time and patrols running into my group"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, donjon, Monster Manual","Keep a list of all the party's proficiencies. You can make sure they come up often enough that they all feel useful."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","tools.goblinist.com/5enc - Monster Manual - DMG","Improvise, let your players decide what you do."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","microsoft one note, encounterbuilder websites, forgotten realms wiki","improvise on what comes back from your players"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Steal everything. Steal Warcraft, Steal The Witcher, Steal The Discworld, Steal Dark Souls. There are so many great fantasy worlds out there that you like, and they have the enormous advantage of allready existing in your head - therefore you only have half the work to do when building the world and NPCs."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Index cards, Adobe Illustrator, published adventure books","Break the stereotypes, makes your players paranoid "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Evernote - game master 5e App from lions den - sound Slate app forme ambiance music","Kown your players. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen, Paper and source books.","Fun > Roleplay > Rules"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","OneNote, Profantasy tools, Photoshop","It's okay if the players win sometimes."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","One note, pencil, paper ",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","- Roll20.com (augmenting a face-to-face game)
- The online comminuty (especially reddit)
- The good ol' players handbook (physical & pdf)","Preparation is key."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dice, paper and pencil ;-) Oh, and Google Documents and MorePurpleMoreBetter's character sheets (check'em on DMsguild or ENWorld)","Listening to the players' crazy thoughts and turning them on the PCs."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Lego miniatures, white board grid map and exercise books","When the players are hypothesising what's going to happen next I often like to use their ideas to make them feel smart and take advantage of the blank areas I didn't get done"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Treasure Generator, roll20, monster manual","Focus on having fun, play how you'd want to play."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop, erasable game mat, the internet","have a general outline and a few descriptions - let players craft the story"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","donjon, ",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20, reddit, trusty pen & paper","Fun characters, especially NPCs. The world should be engaging."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Monster Manual, Dice",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","YouTube for music",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Reddit, The Core Books","Perfectly knowing my players "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Kobold fight club
Roll20
Dnd-spells.com
","Learn what type of players your PCs are and be flexible"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Evernote",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The three books (PHB, MM, DMG), Kobold Fight Club, donjon.bin.sh","Be the world. Be the keep, the caves, the kobolds, and the copper they have stored in their coffers. And let the players worry about being their PCs. Aka don't try to control them."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","I don't use any tools beside the DMG and MM.",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Adjust the campaign to the PCs so they can have cool interactions and subquests"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","dry erase board, apps, miniatures","Freedom of choice to do as the players want."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","One Note, My campaign binder, flash cards","Atmospheric music selection"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, the wotc books, my mind. ","Extremely subtle hints about very big/important things further down the road in the campaign. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club","Story, combat, puzzle "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","donjon, Excel spreadsheets, D&D WOTC books","Having good friends."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Pdfs, fantasy grounds, maps","RPing as all the characters"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","NPCs with silly accents"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Remembering that player enjoyment and involvement is more important than the rules- the job of the DM is to facilitate the world, not punish the player. So if a snarling goblin suddenly needs a convenient moment of panic to prevent a total party kill, then that goblin is going to lose his nerve and cry like a baby, no matter what the dice say. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, PHB, 15 years of improv training at drama groups.","Adapt to what your players do, say and come up with! There's nothing worse than a brilliant idea that doesn't work because your DM didn't think of it, or hasn't planned it to happen that way. Change your adventure to fit what the players do as they go and everyone will enjoy themselves."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","MM, DMG, PHB","no, but"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","AD&D 2e revised ed. DMG, Forgotten Realms sourcebooks (2e and 3e), 5e DMG","Fleshed-out, memorable NPCs and complex, hard-to-win battles."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","","Taking on the place of the players in my mind, and finding ways to let everyone enjoy, not just the DM or a few players"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Grids, computer and onenote","fudge dice rolls for awesome story results"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil, paper and source books","Prep,  more prep and throwing all prep out the window"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Paper, Pen, Laptop","Get players to physically act out some things they do"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Wax seals, mapping programs, the DMG","Multiple side quests and intrigue and background lore"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Reddit, Youtube & me. ","Really involve the players. Great players can save a terrible campaign. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google docs, good YouTube music  and other dnd podcasts for inspiration ","Good music that sets the atmosphere "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Prepared adventures, experience, conversation with players.","Spend drive time thinking about motivations of NPCs, then let them and PCs react to each other. This drives the RP, and the growth of the story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","Onenote dmg pinterest",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hexographer, Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint","""Yes and..."""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","","Improv"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","""word""for write story, internet for research and books for rules ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM Minion
Onenote
Reddit","PCs always have a choice but there are always consequences to every decision.  Also tough moral decisions or ones that require thinking creatively."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/","Responsive improvisation."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","DM5E (Goathead Software), Fight Club 5th Edition (Lion's Den) & my brain (a crowd-funded resource)","Good food and good friends. A comfortable, relaxing space and a good warm-up routine to get people into character. DMs need to stay attuned to their players, adapting fluidly to their player's responses, actions, and needs. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, reddit.com/r/dndbehindthescreen, Reading through premade adventures.","Let players create something in the world and link the story with those things."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Encouter, loot, treasure, monster tables.
http://donjon.bin.sh/
Reddit","Understand your players and their characters and then... Tempt them."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Fantasy Name Generator, 5e Spellbook App, Google Docs","I feel there's a benefit in having certain things purposefully unprepared so as to improv them during the session, such as roleplaying specific conversations, so that they feel more ""alive""."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","1. Roll20 SRD for 5e makes preparing encounters much easier than it used to be.  
2. AD&D Encyclopedia Magica.
3. Wiki to track my campaigns","Consistency.  Weekly sessions with great players.  It is not the players who you get rid of who cause problems, it is the ones you don't get rid of who do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Creature Cards, Item Handouts, Immersive music","Simple campaign notes"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon.bin.sh","Audio effects"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","DMG reddit and my Dm from another game.","Know your group and run something they will all get a kick out of."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Typewriter for Handouts, Media for Inspiration, and Coffee","Play with a group of people you ""click with"" so ""work"" feels evenly distributed arround the table"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon","Rorys Story Dice for randomness"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon.bin.sh's random generators, DMG magic tables, PHB Trinket table","Making weak enemies kite the party"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Adventure Book (Hoard of the Dragon Queen), GitP forums, Various blogs (slyflourish, powerscore, hackslashmaster)","Find a way for players to love or hate NPCs, be descriptive in combat, be generous with creative solutions by players (make them feel like they can try things and have a chance to succeed)"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Images, archaeology and fantasy books I own, fantasy and medieval music selections from my own CDs or youtube","I like to read scenarios and background settings for many games and use them to inspire me/incorporate them into the next game and I am not afraid to tone down the rules for different settings, so for example I run D&D 5th in mid-3rd Age southern Middle-earth using very little magic, chances at shadow corruption, and desert-based adventures from rolemaster, d&D and others. In contrast, my Greyhawk campaign set in Sunndi uses most of the rules as written and has faerie scenarios in the western woods, mining stories in the eastern mountains and many swamp-based events in the Vast Swamp.... all drawn from 40 years of gaming, reading, collecting rpgs and tramping through the Amazon, mines, etc. IE. use all resources available, not just what the publisher sells."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Roll20, Homebrewery, DonJon","Be dynamic: let the players run the game, not you"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","chessex grid mat, custom initiative tracker, random generators such as donjon","play on a player/characters sense of choice "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold.club, Roll20, Google Drive","Improvise"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Hero lab, Trello, hardcover source books","Adopted the Critical Role ""how do you want to do this"" method for killing a boss monster--gives players agency to write that part of the story "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","I wish I had tools. I don't know what's available to me. That's why I'm here. c: ","I like to think my ability to create believable npc's is my strongest point to making D&D fun for my players. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Master's Guide, plot threads/characters/locations posted for use online, lots and lots of scrap paper.","Quantity over depth, have lots and lot of notes on every different thing that could happen and offer lots of ways to solve a problem, never railroad a specific solution."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Dungeon Master's Guild website, Dungeon Masters Guide","The best trick is being flexible and rolling with whatever the players decide to do."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Kobold Fight Club, Wet Erase Battlemat, Laptop - Onenote","Let the players decisions matter"
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Generators","Hitting my players with unexpected things/effects. Making them actually RP when looking for things they need or want."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Onenote","Being adaptable."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobolds combat encounter generator, digital copies of the core books, custom forms for monster stats","With how random and off track sessions can sometimes become, I find it most productive to briefly outline where I want the story to go and come up with level appropriate monsters. This way, when the players do something unprecedented and go off course, I didn't waste my time detailing an encounter that may never happen. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Mondo Mat","Play with people who want to help tell a story. Be more than murder hobos. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Know your players and what they enjoy."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, dry erase mat, sketchpad","After describing a scene, throw to a specific character for what they do next, this helps balance attention, if you can include one situation each session which highlights a character's unique proficiencies."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Roll20
Token Stamp
Youtube
","Use callbacks"
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","donjon
roll20
DMs guide","I run a lot of games with kids (mine, their friends).  The key is to keep it moving and not overhash the rulebook.  ""Let's tell a story together,"" is a line I ripped off a friend."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, donjon, pen & paper, onenote",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","core rule set, table top simulator, Ywriter","looking for a win win between what the players want and a good thrilling story"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Books, dice and imagination ",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh  ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","DMs Guide, Pathfinder Ultimate Equipment book for loot ideas and Googling other peoples ideas","Do what the players want with a twist, not what you want"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The handbooks, Dnd 5e Spells app and Imagination","I prefer improvising the plan of the day to day campaign while referring to an already mapped out idea of the general campaign"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletop Audio, Monster Manual","You must each each of the PCs their own personal motivation to complete the main quest"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Really? You think everyone taking this survey uses three tools? I didn't even think there were three.","Yes, anding. You need to build on what the players give you rather than shutting it down like a lot of DMs."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Handmade maps; DMsGuild.com; FightClub5e app.","Adopting mannerisms of NPCs."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Moleskine notebook, 5e Campaign Worksheet, Random Names","I ask players to describe their killing blows or characteristics of enemies to break them out of the mechanics of the game and into the story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Images, Token Tool, Digital Map Tiles","Keep combat moving quickly - and don't forget to narrate!"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Lists of names (NPCs, roads, districts, fountains, towers, swords, etc), Word, a printer, Monster Manual, DMG, pens, pencils, erasers, paper, markers. ","Be prepared. Monsters go on a sheet of paper (heavy stock, reuse ad nauseum), random lists for names, places, events fleshed out. Dice, lots of dice. Mood sounds (I like tabletop audio). Maps, an assortment, all keyed out with descriptions. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","A spellbook app. A timer for some events. A random table for trinkets. ",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Kobold Fight Club, TvTropes","When players focus in on an idea, NPC, etc., make it more important."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The DMG, reddit and beer.","if players want to try something different or creative i always go with what they want unless it's not thought out."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Know the setting and improvise"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Phb, mm, dmg","Make it up as you go"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel, OneNote, and lots of Dwarven Forge Terrain Pieces","Create memorable and lovable NPCs. Then kill them."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Find out what your player's want to achieve before you start playing a campaign. This let's you figure out the style of play that best suits your group."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Everton campaign setting, 5e players handbook, 5e Monster Manual","'How do you want to do this', get the player to describe how they dealt the killing blow to a boss"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","inkarnate maps, random name generators, d and d phone apps","Use a players goals as a inspiration to engage them."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","books, minis, erasable mat","invite good players"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Item cards, Reddit advice, Writing out the story as I hope it goes to get the ""Feel"" of it as a story itself. If it doesn't feel like it makes sense for my group, I'll change things up.","In all situations, I apply certain circumstances to the character's classes and roles. If investigating a table but not knowing exactly what you're looking for, the rogue with a background in burglary will be more likely to find the secret switch under the rim of the tabletop. The Fighter with a background as a city guard might be searching for a hollow trap door underneath the table."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Be creative all the time."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Listing the monsters and preparing cards on them. Folded flags on the GM screen to indicate initiative order. Creating maps in advanced, mostly printed, but some drawn. ","I usually use AL scenarios or the books, so spending prep time is important. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Don Jon site, crafts for props/maps, laptop for ambient music","Props"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Homebrewery, Kobold Fight Club, donjon RPG tools","Never become so attached to plans or plots, always be ready to abandon it all to go in whatever direction the players want. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The 5x5 method, don jon's fantasy name generator, dm holley's encounter calculator ","Skill challenges are an absolute blast and break up the standard flow of a session"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll 20",""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Dungeons Master Guide, Monster Manual, Players Handbook","Run it on the fly. The worst thing you can do is force players to follow a strict storyline. From my experience, players will always try to find alternate routes from the one you've designed for them. You can control their general direction, but not their exact path."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","whiteboard and markers/ notebooks/ and pencils..I'm old school..lol","Get the players emotionally invested.  The more they buy into your world and its inhabitants the better the story and the better the game for everybody
"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club for preparing encounters, Pintrest for inspiration, Google Docs for writing.","Time for everyone to shine."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","My notebook
MPMB's character sheet generator
Goblinist's random encounter generator","Making sure everyone has fun"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, kobold fight club, ","Incorporating player backstory into the main plot and providing custom magic items."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","Reddit, d4chan, and fantasynamegenerator","To try your best not to say no."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Na","Na"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","3x5 index cards, pencil, dice ","React to the players interactions with the world "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Monster Manual, blogs","Create alternative encounters that aren't hit point battles. Threaten other things like VIP, Insta-TPK, Magic Items. It creates tension, uses abilities, and removes the amount of classical combat encounters are required."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google drive, core d&d books, grid book","Moral dilemmas"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","I run on the fly ","I don't have any tricks but I don't railroad the party. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster manual, tome of beasts, players handbook","Letting the players tell the story, take their thoughts and moments of hesitation to bring the story to life. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Gary Gygax's guide to names, GM's Gems, Matt Colville's videos on YouTube","Having a big stack of prewritten NPCs and adventure hooks on index cards"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","Reddit, DMG, donjon ","Pretend like you know what you're doing "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, Blogs, DMG","Let the players do most of the work  - That is, if they say ""there's probably a trap here"" I add a trap.  I use this sparingly, but I do use it to flesh a lot of the minor details of an area out."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","KFC, DonJon, Matt Colville","I run mostly one shots so I'm learning to rely more on player creativity than my own plans to keep the encounters or settings interesting. I've only run LMoP and a few one shots."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Donjon web site, Dm's Guide and Monster Manual","Create a World full of polÌ_tic intrigues involving a lot of magic, religion and old places"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","Paper, Pencil, and a Sharpie.  I use the Pathfinder magnetic initiative board, and I track monster's hit points using laminated spreadsheet of mob stats if that's what you mean?","I don't really have any tricks.  I spend tens of hours on the pre-adventure work detailing the region of my game-world the adventure will occur in (if I haven't already).  If the region is already well know I go right to developing the local town, villages, organizations, and major NPC personalities involved and map the adventure locales.  Once the adventure begins all the pre-game work is mostly updating a calendar/log on a spreadsheet, which I note when events will occur as a result of the player's actions.  But the cards fall where they may."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Gary's DMG. Judges Guild Ready Ref Sheets. Secrets of Xen'drik (tons of yoinkable stuff- I rarely run ebberon)","Adapting a Dungeon World -esque method of performing actions- less pass/fail more fail forward, players contribute to fiction, and modifying mecahnics so players roll all the dice (I only roll monster damage)"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll 20","Try to include pc's background"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","NPC Generator, Loot Generator, Enemy Stat Block paper (stops flipping through the Monster Manual, when multiple enemies are in a group)","Talk with the group after each arc and see what they liked/disliked and change as needed."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tabletop Simulator, Whiteboard and marker, Whatsapp - So you KNOW people will actually be there on time .",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dnd-spells
/r/imaginary...
YouTube ","Go with the flow"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pencil, notebook","Include the players in the storytelling process  "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","FedEx printing","Yondolla"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Every adventure needs a hook that excites me, a monster, NPC or idea that I can sink my teeth into. The rest remains flexible around the centerpiece so the players control the flow."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, Physical props (magic item cards etc)","Cater to each player's playstyle with their character's story. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Encounter generators, quirk lists, dnd subreddit","Creative characters (voice acting) with intriguing stories guide game, but ultimate decision is on the players. Also, I make sure every decision matters now, or some time later..."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","roll20, iiciative tracker",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, sound effects, ","Bait and switch"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club
donjon
assorted lore wikis","Roleplaying the results of die rolls & encouraging player contributions to the narrative."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20.net, donjon.bin.sh, Monster Manual","Don't look up any rules during the game, no decision, unless it could obviously derail he entire campaign, should take more than a coupleasure seconds."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, Kobold Arena, Spotify Playlists","Leave options open, prepare possibilities, not plot."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Photocopier.","Always have an unexpected twist and know how to end a session in a cliffhanger"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The books, pen & paper, and image galleries online(Tumblr)","Believing in my work."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Sly Flourish, folklore library, ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","","Give players a chance to hog the spotlight every now and then, by designing encounters that relate to their specific abilities or personality."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Roll20, DMscreen, DonJon",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Photoshop, Fantasy Grounds, Coffee","I approach the game like I approach my filmmaking: every character is a person and every encounter (social or combat) advances the story in some way. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Paizo grid maps, 3x5 index cards, android apps","Pulling the PC backgrounds, flaws, etc. into the game story and using lots of Inspiration; also lots of DM enthusiasm and interest"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Three Ring Binder, monster manual, donjon","Preparation with a focus on reaction to player agency."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","City of Brass, Lamy Safari, Kobold Fight Club ","Improving way too much! "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notepad. Monster manual, players handbook.","Build the world, let your players determine the adventure."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Google Drive, Pen&Paper (standard, that isn't a product)","I briefly write out the climax I'd like for the game and circle it. Then I think about things that can lead to that and write them down. They get circled. Repeat. Arrows indicate possible progression, but it's easy to skip around."
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Laptop with music/sound effects downloaded, spreadsheet of NPC's names, occupation and general demeanour, voice etc, Cards with magic items/loot written on them","Being really well prepared and being willing to make a fool out of myself with voices"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","OneNote","Remembering it is about the players having fun"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pinterest, OneNote, Roll20","NPCs"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Index cards, monster stat blocks, setting information ","Let the players guide where the story goes, but have an end point in mind. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","","A multitude of funny voices and at least one gee-whiz plot twist per session."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Having players describe results of die rolls. PLAY with friends"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My books, word processor","try and let the players fill in the blanks with their characters"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","donjon.bin.sh, dmsguild, dungeon world dm chapter","Ask yourself three questions: what do the characters care about, what are their enemies' plans, and what would be an unexpected but awesome event? And build from there."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Evernote, Dwarven Forge, Screen Savers","Involve the players in pretty much everything."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Monster manual spell cards ","Talk to the players an npcs "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","InDesign, Photoshop, Dungeon tiles",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Campaign setting books, player summaries from past sessions, player background stories","Pacing and round robin style character interaction to make sure characters all get a chance to shine. Every session usually has social, combat, exploration, and planning."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Photoshop, Teamspeak , Fantasy Grounds","Character voices, taking players to separate Teamspeak rooms"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","Syrinscape, Campaign Cartographer, pen and paper","memorable cahracters"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencil, Paper, The mind","Keep them laughing humor is the best tool there is."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Maps, handouts, index cards ","Make them feel cool "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Don bsh, roll20, discord","Giving each character at least one moment to shine, and ideally based on work they've put into their character previously through choices or good rp, etc... "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Know your Players. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","DMG/PHB/MM, various subreddits, and drawing out maps on 1 inch graph paper.",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dry erase mat paper brain","Keep the action moving. No long conversation
"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Tablet with the Basic Rules on hand, graph paper, and sticky notes","Playing Apocalypse World"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Game Master 5, Adobe Acrobat, any text program","keep things flowing and interact with all players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","A Music Playlist, Having already built a setting bible so play is easy and A Die of DOOM","The Die of Doom is a D6 that stands for ""you did something that could potentially go very badly but instead of me saying so I will just give you a look and roll this Skull-themed 6-sider and if it rolls a one you know what you did and you deserve this"".  Good way to add suspense/mystery because they don't have to know why you rolled it. Can even be a way to hint they're on the right track."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon dmguild dmg","Throwing in a last minute curve or twist "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Old D&D products (Planescape books), online spell lists, monster manual","At the end of a session. ask the players what they want to do next session. Then write it up at home and run it the next week."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Battle Bards- background music
Wiz Kids- minis
Adobe PDF/Photoshop- maps, modules, any other handout/prop I need I make with these","Letting RP happen organically. You can have a few phrases for NPCs to throw in, but let your PCs guide how conversations go and how they engage with each other. This is the one chance for you as the DM to be the observer to the story, so don't take it for granted."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","critterdb.com http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/ http://pyromancers.com/",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","kobold.club, donjon.bin.sh","To be responsive to what the group wants to do, and leave them as much space to work their character as there possibly is"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, Trello, Google docs","Have a canned dungeon ready, and if I ever need time to react to what the players are doing I find a way to get them to the dungeon asap. That gives them something fun but easy to run that lasts to the end of the session, and I can plan my reaction better as I prep for next session. I can't do this very often, but when I do it has worked well."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","My imagination, OSR inspiration, various blogs","Let the players try anything"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, Kobold Club, Google Image search, Scrivener","Keep pacing and narrative tension in mind, which helps me balance combat, exploration, interaction appropriately. I try to provide the pacing of a good serial story similar to a good TV series. Like a good TV show, I balance episodic excitement with season and series long narrative and character arcs. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Trello (Kanban Board),Encounter Sheets, Scratch Pad","Slow down, Listen to your players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reading history, philosophy, and religion for additional colour and nuance on different kinds of conflicts that I then reinterpret and include into the campaign.  ",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, Donjohn, Pyromancer/Inkarnate","Think quick and don't hold your own ideas as scripture, sometimes one off ideas or comments from the players can completely change your narrative."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, Excel, Indesign","Timers on 'tense' parts of the game. Drives players insane. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DND next subteddit ","Alcohol. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon's website, YouTube videos, Microsoft word","Be ready for anything."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","I make my own Monster cards so i don't have to flip through the manual. I have a cheat sheet with all the basic rules for a game. The PHB.","I have 8-9 players each session so I use a round robin method for initiative. Makes it easier to track."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","","Voices"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasy Grounds, Power Score Blog and a notebook.","Reskinning fictional characters from movies, TV, shows, video games, etc... and making them NPCs. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","besides roll20, http://npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net/, http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/, and http://www.5edmscreen.com/","give the players alot of option and let them play around in the sandbox. lots of side quests, hints or interesting npcs"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20","Consequences for player actions in the game world"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Campaign books, Spellbook Cards, maps.","Let the story develop itself. Improv skills are key. Rolling with the players instead of against."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","slyflourish
kobold
printers :P","Having a clear understanding of what's happening in the campaign, and work with what the players give you. Don't memorize the details, immerse yourself in the story you're telling, and the details will be dynamic and even better."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Platemail games audio tracks, sly flourish cr tables, paizo folding maps and dwarven forge tiles. ","Let the pcs do outrageous things and find something funny everytime.  Also, dont let the rules ruin the fun - find a way to make things work. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","Don Jon, fantasy name generator, DM Guild","Pairing themed food and alcohols."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","The D&D reddits, my laptop, and a sketchbook.","I live to improvise, and have practiced for years. I was finally able to use my skills with character acting and improv at the table. I feed off my party. If they aren't having a good time, I make sure to figure out why, and avoid that in the future."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Published adventures
","Read the adventure, know the structure, then improvise while keeping a  sense of the structure."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, whiteboard, TabletopAudio/Spotify/iTunes","Basing almost all the plot off of the characters' backstories. Usually I have each player write down one secret that only they know, and then I weave that into whatever the rough idea of the plot is. I also plan campaigns to have a definite beginning and ending, but leave the path to them open ended."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Goblinist encounter generator, D&D Reddit, TableTop Simulator","Work off of an assumption a player has made, be it true or false."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Adobe Illustrator, Google Sheets, Adobe Photoshop","Ask the players open-ended questions, adding their answers to the world lore and back story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","3 ring binders",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, r/BehindTheTables",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pencil and notebook, 5th edition guides, Reddit DM threads","Role-playing NPC's in a way that excites the party, and making sure all party members have an opportunity to contribute "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Published adventure encounters, ","XP is never for killing things, award XP for milestones, completed quests, new allies/contacts, etc c"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","1x1 inch grid paper, YouTube (music), Hero Forge or like programs  (NPC concepts)","Describing epic critical Successes (20) and failures (1) on attacks, skill checks, saving throws etc. To make my players cheer or laugh or cry as much as possible. The stronger the feeling and the reaction the better."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Pencil
Paper
Me","I let, indirectly, players run the game. If they wish for an ironic sketch, i put more emphasis on silly scenes; when they're willing for big fight, i rise difficult of combat;if they are talkative, i set more NPC interaction and riddles...each session changes when i follow players' wishes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","","Let Players try Out their ridiculous plans. Keep the narration to a minimum. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Matt Mercer's GM tips, Microsoft Excel, Reddit ","Adjusting situations and plans to match the mood ignoring the party "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, Squire App, Companions App","Music for everything"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Apple Pages, Core Rulebooks, and Notebook","The reveal!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Taking loosely defined backstory points and turning them into key parts of a grander story"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","donjon, monster manual, wikipedia","making things up as we go"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","pre-printed grid maps, custom-built initiative tracker, HTML","Ambient music"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Dungeon Masters Guide, Watching Youtube videos of DMs","I'm new, but learning why the players think it's fun and letting them play that aspect as much as possible."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, encounter difficulty calculator, feruhn wiki","modern humor in a fantasy realm juxtaposition "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Roll perception - (they roll something really low) - you don't notice anything."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pen and Notebook; Blogs (for research); Monster Manual (for building my monsters and comparing them)","Most importantly, build a group that enjoys the same stuff. Two bad players in a 6 person group can dampen he fun immensely."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google docs, sheets, and a fumble generator","Setting players off against each other"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google Keep, Evernote, Forgotten Realms wiki ","The coaxing NPC. The character in the story that helps the players put together all of their evidence. I like to have a small mystery to every site and story. 

Basically, a character who says, ""what do you know?"", ""What do you suspect?"", and ""what are you going to do about it?"""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","","Initative tent cards"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random tables, dungeon randomizer, monster manual","Listening to my players reactions to situations allows me to better tailor the story to their preferences and keep them engaged "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit (for loot ideas) , Kobold Fight Club, Roll20 Map and Token placement ",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Trello, Dropbox, Facebook","Saying ""Yes, and..."" or ""Yes, but..."""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, HeroLab, Campaign Cartographer","Give every PC a chance to shine."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, The Internet (looking up maps and images), D&D source material (especially old 2e supplements and modules I can get ideas from)","The Lazy Dungeon Master - preparing materials that are non-committal that I can use to improvise well thought out content on the fly."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Paint, Word Doc, Google Hangouts","Consider pacing when constructing the adventure."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold.club, Spells list phone app, various forums for tips","Not really a trick, but I just set a timeframe of when plot will happen, and my players affect how it plays out. I never set up a scene."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","game manuals, notebook, pen","Changing on the fly as fun ideas pop up."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","scrivener (great for keeping tracks of building and NPC's etc), r/D&Dnext, online maps of the sword coast ","I like to give all my PCs long term missions/goals and story lines that each individual campaign pushes them closer to completing "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","The DMG/MM/PHB, inkarnate.com, Google Docs","Prepare as much as possible, know the macro story, and let your players dictate the micro stories."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, 5e Spell Grimoire, donjon","I like to narrate session intros; a lot of times I do that with info the PCs don't have to foreshadow events or give them a glimpse at why they are doing something"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Evernote, Spotify for playlists, DnD articles ","Start the session somewhere unexpected. Have some great comedy NPCs with funny accents. 
"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dandwiki for homebrew ideas, my notebook for prepared npcs or shops, and i use the phb and dmg almost every day","Making sure the players are into the story and having fun while providing a good challenge."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs, 4e/5e DMGs/MMs/Sourcebooks, Discussing with Friends","Spend time developing an interesting setting / set up, then relax and improvise / ""go with the flow"""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Unearthed Arcana
Online Dice Roller","Allow the players to mess around a little. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Whiteboard, notebook paper, pencil or marker","Making a general outline for what I believe my players will do along with branches of different possible things they could do to attempt to prepare myself."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, pen and paper, resource books","Reward creativity even if the exact rules don't line up with a stellar result. Example: Your player throws an enemy into a fire and then you move the enemy into a tactical flanking position - essentially making it a wasted action. The rules don't say the enemy will panic from the fire and maybe you rolled low damage, but you should still reward the player with a believable reaction do it feels right. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, game books, dice","Prep rough encounters and ideas, then react to player choices"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","rptools, 5e game master app, pen+paper","rptools for map with notes right on the map for every room/npc"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About an hour","NPC  personalities, hand made maps.  Premade modules  ","Getting the players to work together. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Pencil, Paper","I let my players write most of the campaign with their wild conjecture.  I work in things for each player and character to shine."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Color coded 3x5 cards, customized dm screen, Rory's Story Cubes","Utilizing the collective storytelling capabilities of my group. They create more of the adventure than i do"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","DMDJ, ","Let the players guide the story, not force them to do what I planned"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dmg, mm/campaign book, KFC fight club, unearthed arcane","Over pretend I'm tracking monster hp when Hero's about to die, the next hit kills the boss."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Note cards. Notebook. Monster manual.","Your ""secrets"" concept has really simplified the organization of the world tidbits I love to let players discover."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Players handbook, dungeon masters guide, monster manual","Learn your improv and dont prepare too much."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Microsoft One-Note is a great tool for all your notes. Roll20 is amazing when playing online. The Dungeon Master's Guide is also really useful with lots of tables.","I think it really helps to try and relax and enjoy the moment. D&D is meant to be a fun experience for everyone. If you're not having fun, then change it up."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","kobold fight club, google, microsoft word","During a short or long rest the campfire-talk has a certain topic related to something that happened in that session or the previous one. Each player tells an anecdote, opinion, fact about his/her character relating to the topic."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Podcasts.  Internet.  Old modules.  ","Have the pcs answer a bunch of questions before session one.  Develop hooks and plot off those answers.  Gets a sandbox feel but is more predictable for dm prep"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Word, Photoshop","Plan to give each player a chance to shine. Maybe not every player every session, but make sure there's at least one opportunity for a player each session to do something cool. The best way to do this is usually by incorporating the character's backstory."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebooks, pens, dice","Create factions with goals, players will always ruin extensive prep, know who knows what, wants what, and a bit of why."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Chessex grid, core books, the TV show""Supernatural""","High Fantasy anachronisms "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Itsadndmonsternow, donjon, Microsoft excel","Let the players' guesses become real later."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","","I like to pre-roll initiative for each enemy, that way the combat doesn't go back and forth. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Ruled notebook, cue cards, sticky notes","Keep relevant temporary status effects on sticky notes that players stick to their sheet. These are helpful for determining advantage and disadvantage (ex: ""Adored by the barflies"", ""On thin ice"", or ""Drunk as a skunk"") and are easily disposed of when resolved."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, roll20",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","RPGsolo.com, Fight Club, MS Excel","Not all monsters want to fight. Some lie and connive and screw the PCs out of treasure."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM Guide, goblinist encounter.","Don't be afraid to improvisation, it happens alot"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About two hours","About an hour","","Improvisation"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Syrinscape, Pintrest, Combat Calculators","Creating transparencies to actively change the battlefield turn by turn."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Kobold.club
Matt Colville
OneNote","Stealing ideas from film"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Custom screen that I can keep updating per encounter, location, etc","Always say yes."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","YouTube playlists, forums, and the DMG","I reward players for creatively solving in-game problems (some of which require out-of-character knowledge)."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","TableTop Audio, Donjon 5e generator, Spellbook Cards","Set the mood, make sure everyone's phone is off, and encourage freedom of expression!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, pen and paper, Wikipedia","Solid plot, solid inprov"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Fifth Edition DM Tools App
D&D Squire app for making character sheets
Using a whiteboard to keep track of HP and Initiative.","My favorite way is to try to let the characters have as much freedom as possible."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Sly Flourish encounter building charts; Penny Gems; wet-erase battle mat","For ""council"" scenes, treat it like one NPC at a time, addressing one PC at a time. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","One note, Map Maker reddit, Name Generator","Traps"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The Core Books, my imagination, Reddit","Improvisation "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil, Internet and books","Do not allow distractions, stick to the game and let the outside world stay on the outside."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Syrinscape","Have a list of NPCs@"
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","","improv"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","One note, kobold fight club, journal","Talking out of my arse"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Monster Manual , Players Handbook","Have a laugh"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Random Loot Generator, PC Generator, Spell cards.","Make sure to involve every player in the game, don't have strict boundries and let them do whatever they want with a consequences of course! ;)"
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","5th Edition Character Sheet (app), Complete Reference D&d 5th edition( app), and D&d Tools (app)","Have a mentor NPC that is extremely skilled that acts as the group's ""training wheels"", then once the characters are ready, scare the characters by introducing an encounter that scares this NPC."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","","Stack dice rolls such as hit/dmg, consolidate rolls like minion saves."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, 5e DM tools app, DMG","Use DM screen, fudge rolls and hit points to maintain ""just hard enough"" difficulty for big fights."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Detailed maps, interesting encounters of both the terrain and creature variety, a lot of cards on treasure and magic items at the ready.","Making sure the players are engaged and willing to roleplay."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Soundcloud, Obsidian Portal, Notebook","Whether in combat, interactions, or otherwise: always be in the mind of the NPC."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, DnD 5e Reddit, Matthew Colville YouTube videos",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","5edmscreen.com, CritterDB, Roll20","Get your music sorted, have tracks ready to roll for specific moments and scenes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20
token tool
roll20 (seriously, roll20 is awesome)","careful planning"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel, Goblinist, DMG","Random interesting sidequests/NPCs"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Photoshop - I take the official map, hide each room with a black polygon on a separate layer, then disable the layers one by one as they explore, displaying the map on my TV, which is hooked to a PC.

Word processor - I break the adventure down into a bare-bones outline touching only on the most important points.

Pen and paper.","Ditch alignment.  It no longer serves a significant mechanical function, and serves to hinder roleplaying more than it enhances it.  Players are more likely to judge their actions based on one of very few alignments rather than based on their characters motivations, history, and personality."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Drive (for writing notes, sharing images across computers, etc.), Hero Lab for easily creating encounters by challenge rating and customer villains, and most recently Hexographer to map out my world as I create it with the players. ","Don't worry too much about the official rules and minutiae. Even better, set that expectation with your players from the beginning. At the end of the day, it's about having fun."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, Microsoft OneNote, my brain","I appeal to my group's sense of humor. Most of my players don't take D&D super seriously no matter how hard I work to make it serious, so it's more fun for everyone (and less misdirected effort for me) to make comedy a central theme, even if it's just wildly exaggerating the effects of a critical miss."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","computer, Players Handbook, Monster Manual","Drugs"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Youtube, Reddit","Listen to what the players want"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Inkcarnate, Donjon, DeepNight","Improv"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Magnetic initiative tracker, android tablet, my brain","Uh, trick?  Not sure there are any tricks."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Improvising on the fly: Know your world inside and out, and only have the skeleton of an adventure planned. That way, the players can do whatever they want inside the adventure and still end up where they need to be without either breaking immersion or being railroaded. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Props, miniatures and combat mechanics.","I like to make sure that everyone is included in the game.  I do this by always making sure that everyone in the party speaks (not neccessarily role playing) with every interaction/encounter in order to maintain immersion and cohesiveness in the party."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","OrcPub, Unearthed Arcana, and http://www.lordbyng.net/inspiration/ ","Making combat and other encounters unusually difficult to beat, usually involving many losses before a win, unless they find a hidden magic item or loophole that makes it easy; it forces them to be creative with encounters. Also, LOTS of home-brew."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dungeon Painter Online, Roll20 (it's already got some great stuff built-in), r/DnD","Rolling with the punches and keeping a good amount of backup material; for my group specifically, RPing with them makes it more enjoyable "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fight Club 5e/Gamemaster 5e apps. one note, photoshop (for drawing maps and npcs and other things)","Utilise the hobbies you are passionate about to improve your dnd games, i.e me and my artistic abilities -> drawing maps and characters "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Once your players have had a few sessions to get 'into' a character, give them a short list of questions, outside of the game, asking for some wants and desires for the character, as well as some simple backstory/family type questions.  These give you a *ton* of future hooks, rewards, and general story tie-ins.  Gives the game depth and weight for the players as your campaign becomes much more personal for the characters."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","reddit/r/dndbehindthescreen, low level magic item generator, DMG","let the players tell the story"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Discord, orcpub, audacity","A thematic focus will carry you where worldbuilding or crunch can't."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Rolld20, notebook, coffee.","Make sure everyone is involved."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Outlining into OneNote
Kobold fight club 
Sly flourishes random names","Abstract zone based combat is a game changer IMO"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Gm, monster manual, google.","Being able to ad lib on the spot."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","I steal aspects of people I know and meet and meld those into an NPC. "
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, slyflourish, tome show","Linking the story directly  to the pc bsckgrounds. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","1. encounter calculator / 2. npc portraits / 3. hexographer/dungeonographer","work in backstories. always say ""YES"" if any way possible. My DM philosophy is to employ the ""rule of cool"".  "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dungeons and Dragons Virtual App, Notepad, My Binder of All things. ","Let the players play, Flesh out a story along with them as a Group. Whilst you, yourself having a lot of fun too. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","A list of names printed for each race","Improvise almost everything."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Encounter spreadsheet (http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1090), MS Word, indices to look up monsters by type and CR/minis/tile maps.","I try to understand what my players want out of the game and cater to/balance those needs"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","KFC, dungeon randomizer, YouTube playlist
","Let the players build it with you ,say maybe instead of no "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tablet, laptop","Have monsters ready for random encounters when things get slow, try to make it feel like the encounter is supposed to happen"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","My brain","Using mystery to create suspense"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dm tools app spellbook app notebook ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Google/Pinterest for applicable pictures, roll20 when needed (fog of war), minis and other abstracts tokens for super complex encounters","Ability to describe using all the senses, keep things moving with good time management, always leverage player POV when possible"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","PDFs of the rule books","Roll initiative and use turns even for non-combat scenes to keep things moving."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobald Fight Club, Reddit, and imagination","Using my head."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Realmsworks, Tome of Adventure Design, internet",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","A3 and a4 grid paper, notepads I carry with me that I can write in whether ideas occur over the month (which is why the prep times are high), minis","Achieving a balance of role play and  action to encourage all the interests of the party, but tying both of these things into the ongoing story and characters stories"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Spotify, Pintrest","Voices, miniatures, terrain, story, handouts"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","MS Paint, MS Word, Skype","Let your players write the story through their actions... your role is merely to build the framework for their adventure."
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pinterest, Photoshop, Spotify","Let the players have fun."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","Dice, DMG, MY IMAGINATION. ","Wilful misdirection!  It's not what you thought it was. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","kobold.club for encounters","Sit back and let the players talk to one another. Don't interrupt. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","D&D monster maker, Homebrewery.naturalcrit.com, Monster manual","30 min break in the middle with pizza included"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Paper, pen, word",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Syrinscape, the MM and an evil grin","Intelligent enemies who are not just bags of HP, who actually act according to their INT score. Oh, and a mimic once in a while."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Critter DB, ","Start each session off by making each player roll a d20, lowest two have to summarize the last session in character. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Hexographer, dungeonographer, Soundbard",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reddit, The Handbooks and KFC","Rule of the Cool"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","donjon, 5e srd, my own books.","creativity"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Discord, dice cloud, Brock Jones","Let them get away with things your npcs couldn't . To a degree"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","The game Master 5 app, random generators online, and the books.","My favorite trick is to make every combat deadly so they are faced with a challenge."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Player' Handbook, Reddit, My own Brain","The rules are there to tell the story.  Sometimes I stick to them as written, sometimes I throw them out, depending on what the story needs."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","pen, notebook, Orval","The people in the party make or break a great game. Best parts are when they spontaneously interact with each other in character, can't plan that, can't ""trick"" that."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","dnd 5e character creator
dnd 5e dm tools
fantasynamegenerator.com ","Player banter. Plan most of what I want to happen in a game then have the players random thoughts, actions, and paranoias add to he story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","tiddlywiki",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hero Labs, Monster Manuel, PHB",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","More than two hours","sly's blog, roll20, ???",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","More than two hours","computer","Engage the players, and try to make sure they are having fun."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Drive, the handbooks","Try to include something relevant to each PC."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","open5e.com, reddit/r/dnd, Tiled pixel art map maker",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","tabletop audio","the basic epic campain"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dyson's Dodecahedron (Pre-made Maps), Any Encounter Calculator (5th edition), and Roll20.com","Utilize suspense in tandem with eerie low-volume soundtracks to set up an anything can happen atmosphere.  Also, perceptions checks that never seem to yield any findings (intended)."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Ler the players GP wherrcer they want
"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen, binder and beer","use the player's natural metagaming and paranoya at your favor"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","i dont use any program, i write  down a history/mission/quest/side-quest and when it is needed i draw maps myself.","i'm good at describe the environment, that allow my playes to act better."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Xp Thresholds and Encounter Multipliers of the DM's guide and Class features of the PHB.","Freedom for exploring a organic world together with a strong and interesting main quest with personal motivator for each character. Group and solo feedbacks section after each section to know what to improve. And snacks."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Inspiring images in Monster Manual or other things on the internet.
Prepared Adventures helps a lot
Soundtracks is one of my favorite tools to bring the atmosphere for the game","Well, a can't say too much, I'd say the imagination of my players."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Tokens Tool, pyromancer.com, donjon.net","social intrigue and heroic act"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","GameMaster 5e for iPad, Copious index cards","Spotlight scenes/vignettes, one per character, to highlight a cool backstory moment or an aside to the rest of the groups action."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About two hours","Erpg app",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","WOTC Published materials (DMG, PHB, MM, etc.), the worldbuilding notes for my setting, roll tables for immersion and place/character names inspired by Slyflourish, Fistful of Dice, and others in the community","My favorite trick‰ÛÓparticularly with new parties‰ÛÓ(when there's a cleric/paladin type character or spiritual character like a druid or shaman-like person in the party) is to use visions and dream-like premonitions of possible futures to give the party little nudges in several directions at once when they feel stuck.  This way, they still have ultimate say in their actions, but with a better idea of consequences.  "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","random combat generators, random treasure generators","funny NPC voices."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Troll the players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Sly Flourish guide to narrative combat, D&D 5ed random combat generator","Let the players conduct and participate in the narrative of the world."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","notebook, monster manual, fountain pen ","when in doubt wing it"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","hardcodex.ru, Kobold Fight club, and notepadd++","Interesting NPC's"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20 for running combats and showing maps",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, Excel, Scrivener","Don't over-prepare (I always do)"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","roll20, kobold fight club, rpgtinker","Learn how to improvise"
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","About an hour","None","None","index cards, notebook, blank grid maps","I always use a curveball quest to tempt the party to adapt on the fly hard encounter impact to come up with creative solutions"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","roll20 and either Evernote or OneNote",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Google Drive, Spotify, Adventure Scents","Some of my best sessions, and certainly my favorite ones to run, are off the cuff and almost completely improvised. Sometimes I find that due to daily responsibilities I don't have much time to prep on certain weeks and my players want to get together and play, so rather than disappointing them and telling them we can't because I haven't prepped I just go in with a loose narrative and goal and hope for the best. I've only done these types of games in a homebrew setting, never with published adventures as I've usually read through the material and I can think of ways to get my players back to the story. With a completely improvised game, I like to see where my players go with things. I feel like these are the funnest games for them to play."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","None","One Note, Personal Notebook, Random Encounter Generators","Being able to keep players on edge by subverting their story expectations. Also, having character background play into encounters"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon's encounter size calculator, Softrope, and a Noteboard","End the session at a natural closing point rather than the end of your available time. It makes your life easier to schedule and leaves your players excited for the next game."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","1. Index Cards
2. Miniatures
3. 1in Grid","I have index cards d my  screen with random roll tables. Or saleable item tables if I know they be in a large town."
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","TiddlyWiki",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","DMG, MM, Tome of Beasts",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Online Enimies generators. My monster manual. Music","Players can avoid enconters, but it demands action scenes and challenges"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","My imagination, Monster manual, pencils.",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Wikipedia, Old D&D Adventures, Cannabis","Steal from obscure sources"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club to calculate combat encounter difficulty, my library of third and fourth edition books to steal ideas from, I regularly improve rules for my games to create interesting encounters,  I also read a number of blogs online for inspiration for running better games for my players. (the angry gm, slyflourish, tribality, enworld.)","I wouldn't call it a trick but using a map with no grid lines and keeping things simple, not worrying about if someone is 30 feet or 35 feet away, saying that a monster or npc is a move action away instead. I like to keep things moving and I hate worrying about simple things that could take momentum from an encounter, I like to move at a good pace. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","1. AutoDesk's Sketchbook for the iPad along with an Apple TV (for displaying maps on the big screen and using fog of war as a separate layer).
2. Websites such as SlyFlouish for advice on effective ways to run certain NPCs or encounters.
3. Combat Tracker from Paizo.","I like to base NPCs on people I know or celebrities and give them an appropriate voice as well."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Paper, Grids, Custom Roll Tables","Random Encounter tables with meaningful options, such as roaming plot hooks. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","OneNote, DM's Guild, & Google Drive","I just watch a lot of content with really good DM's such as Matthew Mercer, Matt Colville, Chris Perkins, and others."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, theangrygm.com, zenseeker.net/PaperMiniatures","No tricks yet. Still a newb :P"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I think useful tool for monster/pdm numbers generation, for dungeon map generation and for treasure generation. But I rarely use them. I prefer use the books.","I like to use published adventures because somebody already think about balance for me. Then I change the story to fit my campain. When I run a combat against a boss or miniboss, I useally cheat the hp to create more tension. I have do take down at least a character before consider the combat ended."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Dwarven Forge Terrain/MBA Buildings/ Pedion Terrain Tiles","Don't be afraid to go off on tangents. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Email, google and source books","Let story dictate over rules. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fight Club 5 App, Game Master 5e App","Have players describe the final blows to monsters."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","music, beer, and my imagination","good sense of humor"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","Kobold fight club.  Core rulebooks.  Published adventures.","Run the NPCs as if you were a player and the outcome is uncertain."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Inspiration Pad Pro, Index Cards, and my own NPC/Item/Location stub system (basically notecards with extremely rough sketches of each with lots of blanks)","Weaving the PC's wild guesses back into the framework of the story. Nothing is my empowering at the table"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Drawing maps, random treasure charts, the core rule books ","Loose plan and story arch with lots of improvisation."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","music/hand-outs/maps/names","So?! - What's everyone doing?"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Exp calculator, monster manual, ","Plot Twist"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","#NAME?","Go with the flow and to listen active to What My players want to do. "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","Photoshop. Random Treasure/Magic Item Generator. Pen & Paper.","I am an author by trade. The only trick is an overactive imagination and a rock solid memory."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fight Club, DMG","Run the type of game the players prefer (combat, intrigue, exploration, etc.). Ask them to lay out their preferences during a session zero, and continue to monitor throughout the campaign. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","I focus most on figuring out what each faction/NPC is trying to accomplish, so I can RP them on the fly. At low levels I also try to think of at least one plausible way for the PCs to disrupt that NPC's plans, but at higher levels I stop worrying about that because the PCs can do anything really.","Props are key. They automatically signal ""this is important"" in a way that causes players to focus on a particular thing without feeling railroaded, and they often create memorable interactions/events."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Reddit, Spotify","Make sure NPCs are as rich and complicated as the PCs"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Initiative dry-erase board; NPC summaries w/stats, tactics, motivations and voice prompts; and DM screen with rule printouts","Preparation"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20's SRD compendium","Always be on the lookout for a good cliffhanger."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Dm's guide, monster manual, itunes library","Explain nothing"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club encounter builder, Tome of Beasts, Roll20 table"," Letting the game go where the players want, saying ""Yes"" often.
"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Roll20 is great for their maps. I keep all my notes on a laptop. A list of NPC names on hand has been a great help. ","Unexpected surprises from the main antagonist during key battles in the adventure. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Tokens, Cards, Online Blogs","Imagine at least one path the players could take through the session. It's easy enough to change things on the fly if they deviate but it's helpful to have a baseline."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Customizable GMs screen, online random name and monster generators, flashcards/3x5 cards.","NEVER BE AFRAID TO DEVIATE FROM A WRITTEN ADVENTURE. Let the players go off the rails; they're going to have more fun pursuing their own goals than whatever else you had prepared. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","pencil, paper, imagination","Build on character ideas.  "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Paper notebooks, iPad (for PDFs), the internet","Never fudge dice rolls."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh, http://www.improved-initiative.com, http://app.rpg-ambience.com","Improvizing roleplay encounters; we record audio of our sessions so I can always go back and note what I made up on the fly in order to build upon it or ensure consistency in future encounters."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Roll20","Lol. I haven't found it yet."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Online references, personal notes, campaign log","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Music, white board, props","Background and battle music or sounds really help me keep into it and my players love it!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Paizo Flip Mats, Noteboards, random tables (lots and lots of random tables)","For home games, I tend to run less and less 5e and more DIY or indie systems. My strategy there is to pull in lots of resources from different systems and the DIY world. We started a recent short campaign with a funnel, then used Zak S.'s Alice tables from Red and Pleasant Land, pulled maps from 13th Age, etc. Most of my home players don't really care about 5e's rules much - only a couple of them even on the PHB (or any edition of the rules). If it adds weirdness, we use it. For store games, I try to use The Lazy DM and lots of improv. While we frequently have to look up and confirm spell effects (too many freaking spells!), I try to otherwise keep all books off the table and rely on player input, quick questions to the best rules lawyer in the group, and my judgment."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, Microsoft, dmg ","Build to your players "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","5e wiki, Adobe creative suite, pen and paper","make your ideas able to be plug-in at points the players pace, have your scenarios able to be applied when the game's pace allows, then get specific, don't expect to use all your ideas if they depend on specific results."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Word, donjon tools","I don't have a good trick"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Dmg, my brain, player feedback ","Listen and be flexible so you can adjust"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Referencing pregenerated maps, WotC Monster Manual, using Reddit ideas to spark my own imagination","I haven't yet, but bringing back an old helpful NPC as a villain. Also I had an idea to use a dream sequence in Lost Mines to give four lvl 3 PCs an advantage in the Thundertree encounter but I couldn't get the idea fleshed out and it was feeling very railroady."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Roll 20, Random generators, google drive","I am still pretty new but open ended encounters and puzzles have been useful in leaving tons of room for player improv and lore generation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletop Audio, GameMaster 5e for iPad, Spell card decks from GaleForce 9","A little ambient sound goes a long, long way (I use Tabletop Audio)."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Skype/Teamspeak, dice emulators, and obsidianportal.com","I never railroad my players."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The internet
Older D&D books","Asking the players to describe the deaths of npcs they kill. ""Describe its death and make it glorious"" is the phrase I use."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","DMToken, Pyromancers and any music playing software","Be interested in your own game as much as you hope your players would be interested in yours"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fight Club 5th ed DM and Player App, Excel, 5 Room Dungeon Outline","I like to leave things vague enough and flexible enough that the players have a lot of impact. I run improv heavy games."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","iPad, printed Basic Rules for Players and DMs put into respective binders, 3x5 cards, DM binder with lots of ruled paper for filling in larger notes","Prepare enough material for more than you will likely get to so that you can start seeding future stories early on"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","Syrinscape, Matt Colville videos, Pen & paper ","Make sure you have a good group of like minded friends. Know the adventure to the point it's conversational for you. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs, Google Hangouts, PDFs","Using player backgrounds to build storylines and encounters"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, DMG, MM","Making sure the players become immersed enough so that it all feels real."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Combat Guide, custom Excel sheet for PC tracking, various map creators","Provide props to create tactile connection to game"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Goole Docs, DocHub & Kobold Fight Club","Take the ""slip-of-the-tongue"" of players to develop ideas for plot-developments."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20, Microsoft OneNote, Google Drive","Always have a fight, roleplay and skill challenge encounter per game (note: players may ruin all 3, such as RP out of the fight -- embrace it)"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","1) RPG Tables. 2) The DMG. 3) Reddit,","Run a game on the rails but let the players chose what happens."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","5th edition complete reference app, pdf's of books, Fifth Edition Character Sheet","Stealing ideas from other campaigns, modules, books, movies, tv shows."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","Fat dragon paper scenery; Reaper Miniatures figure finder resource; The appropriate DM-only Facebook group for the published adventure I'm running.","A grand finale with bespoke terrain, fully painted miniatures and well-made props. Though themed food is a close second!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, SRD Websites, iPad","Listen to your players, ask for feedback on each session. Find what they like, and don't like. Ditch stuff they don't like, add in more stuff they do like. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","my imagination. ","create the feeling that player characters could die. If the players are invested in their characters, they want them to do well. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Scrivener, Kobold Tome of Beasts, MacBook Pro","For session one I like to give each PC a printed mini bio that they can work into their backstory. The bio has hooks for me to bring them into the story over the next few weeks until they begin to tell me what they want to do on their own."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","4x6 cards, wet erase battle mat, scratch-off dungeon maps","having a list of names available for NPCs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Index Cards","Intrigue Notes"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Microsoft Word, Engineering paper, and OneNote","Give my players the deck of many things and make a story out of that. If they draw a crap card, which they always do, I rework it on the spot and make it a plot hook with varying difficulty."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Drive (Document, Sheets), Pinterest (for finding images), http://dhmholley.co.uk/encounter-calculator-5th/ , https://merricb.com/dungeons-dragons-5e/dungeons-dragons-5e-adventures-by-level/","Co-describing a scene. ""You're ship has been raided, but you still have your equipment. How have you kept your gear? Was it hidden or did you somehow get it back?"""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","Word, roll20, reddit","I base my story on the choices my players made in their character sheets."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Core rulebooks, surface w/one note, minis","Respond to players in game and out to further what they want to do within game info ive given them. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Monster Manual, OneNote, and DM Shield","Make sure your players have legit reasons to work together before the campaign even begins."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Google docs for notes, List of random NPC attributes, Sticky notes for bookmarks","Know places where I can highlight each PCs' unique storylines."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About an hour","One Note, Lazy DM, Cards","I stand the entire session, work the table, split focus to each pc at a tense moment, accents, acting"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","syrinscape and audacity","using their ideas"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core Books, Google Drive, and a pencil and free time with my campaign notes","Long setups for humor"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual old Dragon magazine's and old D&D models.","Free will let the players do their thing and have good npc's to help the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Encounter Size Calculator, Donjon, DMs Guild","My trick is simply to always try and give the players surprises, like monsters they never heard of, situations abnormal, weird npcs and stuff like that"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","","Get the players invested by taking more time to develop background hooks that tie in with the adventure to make the players feel more invested and central to the story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Dungeon Builder, Digital PDFs of DnD Books","Break their souls, not their bodies (Curse of Strahd)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","google +, music stands for books, past notes","when ever a player takes out their phone throw in a few monsters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","","No, but"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Listening to the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","MapTool, Kobold Fight Club, projector","Always tell a great story, even if you have to improvise or change your most elaborate plans. And for 50% of combat encounters: Make them bleed, make them suffer, make them scream for mercy, but don't kill them (or at least don't try to), they'll feel epic when the tide turns and they win."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","D&D 5 Spellbook app, Monster Manual, good old pen and paper notes","Keeping the players from getting too comfortable by changing up the expected. For example, the occasional perception check, even if there is nothing to notice is good to create tension. They often feel that something is watching them that they could not detect. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Evernote, TokenTool","Random roll to decide who is going to recap last session"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","OneNote, kobold fight club, PDF source booms",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Matt Colville's YouTube videos (Running the Game) have been a huge help. I also use OneNote for organization of my thoughts. And I use the spell book cards by Game Force 9.","Include the PCs' backgrounds in the world building. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Mini composition book, Dungeon Master's Screen, spreadsheet application","Stay light on your feet when it comes to character interaction; it's not what the NPCs say but what the PCs get from the conversation.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/

http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder

/r/DnDBehindTheScreen","Bend the rules to let your players do cool shit, but also keep them in line by not letting them get away with any ridiculous stunt. Try to keep tabs on each player, make sure everyone feels included. If one player steals the spotlight, ask the other players ""So what do you do while <other player> does thing?"""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","1. Monster manual
2. 5-room dungeon format
3. Battlemat","Make an open-ended situation with no solution in mind"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, pathfinder pawns, alcohol.","Like-minded players. Cutting disruptive players that refuse to change undesired behaviors after multiple discussions."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Paper pencil eraser","Relax"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, videogame soundtracks, The core books","Always reward creativity, and try to challenge your players to try new stuff."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Press products, dice, sly flourish encounter building template ","Listen to your players. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","5th edition character sheet app by Walter Kammerer

Google Image search

Donjon.bin.sh","Rolling with whatever the players throw at you!

Be it back story they come up with on the spot or crazy actions you thought they'd never try, your there to have fun, and those are the moments you'll remember for years!"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Old modules, name list, initiative cards","Relate module story to setting"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dice, Pen and paper :D",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Monster manual. Dungeon masters guide. The Internet. ","Let the players develop the story."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Obsidian Portal, DM Binder with NPC's/tables/random names, Player Handbook ","When improvising, try to drop clues that tie into your (future) story arc."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual, DMG, Notepad and Pen","Roleplay every character, whether it's a wolf or a vampire or a gelatinous cube."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Magic cards, monster manual, my mind","Getting ech player to have there own back story so i can drop in little bits to make ech game more personal to them "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Player Handbook
Dungeon Masters Guide
Monster Manual","I find success by starting around dinner time on Saturdays. Every one eats while I go over current states of things and any rule changes I need to instigate/schedule changes I need to make aware to the group. I then have everyone roll a d20. Highest roll tells the group what happened last week. IT gets the group back into what happened and where they were. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","My notebook, my DM screen, my pencil","Character acting"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","3d virtual tabletop app with projector
spell cards
bones minis and printed maps","using a projector for maps on 3d vtt app.  i can make any situation on the fly."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About two hours","Initiative cards. Background audio. handouts.","Role playing npcs "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Old Dnd books and modules, online art, player ideas.","Callbacks, and cinematic descriptions of events taking place that the players could've never seen."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20's instant SRD, NOTES","Maintaining that poker face, digital or not. Never let them know they've jumped the track and you're flying by the seat of your pants!"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google Docs, Monster manual, and the Player's Handbook.","To stay energetic and engaged and to use role playing and descriptions to immerse the players."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Youtube facebook books","Adaptability "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dry Erase Board/Markers
Notecards
iPad","I am not much of a rules lawyer so if the player wants to try something crazy and it won't break the game and the dice rolls in their favor I say have at it. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","DMG, Dungeon Masters Guild, own fantasy library","Getting used to throwing out notes the and improvising."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Chessex Battle Mats, The Greatest DM Screen in the World, Reddit ( r/DnD, r/DnDBehindTheScreen )","Getting feedback from the players, so I can keep improving session after session."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club
Donjon
Hexographer","I like to ask players what they want to do next session at the end of every session. 
When running a session, I usually give people time to freeplay first and then we go do the thing they said they wanted to do last time. I throw in consequences from the previous freeplay sessions if appropriate."
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Relevant rulebook. 
Notebook/cheat sheet 
Campaign book/campaign notes ","Keep calm. Throw out the rules if it's going to slow the pace/isn't absolutely necessary. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","White board, coca-cola, imagination.","Surprise them! Role play! Exciting combats!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","About an hour","More than two hours","Sirynscape, random name generator, encounter calculator. ","Listening to the players,  their fears write most of the games."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Initiative cards , Evernote and Youtube","Link character background to campaign plot."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The DM's Guide
The Monster Manual
GiantITP Forums","Make sure that there's an emotional payoff near the end of each session, building excitement for the coming session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Books","Improvisation, give an open ended hook and let the players run the show."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen and Paper
Minis and Maps / also virtual
Google docs","The world is a sandbox, and everything the characters do and/or don't has repercussions. Sometimes a slight railroad helps though, depending on the general mood of the players."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Index cards, tome of beasts, battle bards ","Work on great voices for npcs"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","Minis, maps, online articles ","Nope are real world people (characters) that my group identifies with personally (be it good or bad)"
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","One inch grid easel pads for maps
PDFs of books
Spell Book apps","I try to use a spell or ability in a new or creative way that the players would unlikely think of or expect"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Music, miniatures, and maps","Mix in plenty of opportunities for skill checks such as balancing, climbing, history checks, into the regular adventure. As for combat, I find that  a well detailed battle-map full of all sorts of tactical opportunities besides just standing there and fighting the enemy head on, makes for a much more interesting session. Also, through in at least one thing that will completely surprise the players, such as an homage to the old Players Handbook Demon statue, and obscure reference to Demogorgon, or even the shadow of a lurking Beholder."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","I don't know what you mean. ","Make sure each player character has at least one moment to shine in the game. Plan for a special aspect of the encounters so that the individual skills of that character are required to resolve the situation - that way every player feels like their character is important. Particularly valuable to do this when you have classes with obscure-ish skills that are not combat related and hence often get neglected (eg druids, rangers, rogues, bards)."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel (for tables and structured notes), Donjon (random names, treasure), Fronts (tracking campaign fronts)","Using bonds to define campaign fronts and character arcs. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","1) my dice (they're lucky)
2) a whiteboard, I waste less paper on maps!
3) my vivid imagination, I need to be prepared for anything my players decide to pull","I like to let my players dictate the course of the game. Provided that they stay within the map that I created they can explore, go on side quests (that I usually make up on the spot) or just focus on the main plot."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","MM. DMG. any maps","Still new but I find winging something and rewarding players for rp and creativity is great"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","","Improv! I run with whatever the players give me (to a reasonable extent). I usually make time for them to have unique unscripted encounters and roleplay that lead to hilarious circumstances or developments."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","Google Docs, Kobold Fight Club, Notecards","Putting my players in morally ambiguous situations. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Books,dmsguild,other dms","Let the player drive the story"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Paper, pen, more paper",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Evernote, Ticonderoga black #2 pencils, merricb.com",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","random tables
",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Sly flourish encounter building rules, 3 binder notebook (modular), graph paper","combat should serve at least one of 2 purposes. 1- progress the overall story, or 2- develop a player's story. If a combat does not serve one of these two things; don't waste time making it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, MM 5th edition DM tools (phone app)","Creating a strong and energetic narrative that gets the players caught up in it"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Having a lot of the random improv and made up details that players or I come up with be integral new details to the world."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Let the players do the work for you - no need to hasten the adventure along as long as the players are interested in some element of your world.
Just make sure there's a payoff in some form for whatever they're interested in."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight club for calculating CR",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Keep things moving and go with the flow."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","3d Printer for dungeon tiles, internet forums for inspiration","Great props to really set the mood of the game"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","","Be ready to improv."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop, pens & paper, the books","Letting the PCs bumble through it at their own pace"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notebook, Online writings about the forgotten realms, acting class.","Really give my all when playing NPCs.  Also, give players meaningful choices with far-reaching outcomes."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Core Books.","Let your players tell more of the story than you, allow interactions that you didn't expect take place and just be ready to flesh out the world as they interact with it."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","I really like 3.5 loot book
Manual of the planes
DMG","Give the players a scenario where no matter what they choose they could loose something of value. Or give them a test of wits I have found sometimes the journey is more fun than the destination."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Player feedback. STORY structure. THE ability to change things on the fly.","End each night on a cliff hanger."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","1. Inkwell ideas is an awesome resource, specifically their adventure decks help in a bind. 2. Love just going at a high quality notebook, sketching possible scenes and encounters. 3. The suite of 5E core books. ","I spend a lot of time with headphones on while planning, coming up with the backing tracks for the game from a variety of soundtracks, scores, and environmental sounds. Helps really set the the tone and feels more immersive/enjoyable to plan that way. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","5th edition Monster Manual, Pathfinder Core Rulebook, 5th edition Player Manual"," Options, but with direction and motivation"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Source books, online DM guides of published adventures  (to see how other DMs ran certain encounters), Mike S. Published maps","Wing it"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Chart-sized graph paper
Regular graph paper
Resources (DMs guide, Monster Manual, independent online resources)","I love sketching out a dungeon map on chart-sized graph paper, gluing it to a sheet of Bristol board, then cutting it into sections which reflect how much they could see each time they round a corner or open a door, and laying it down piece by piece as they watch the map grow in front of them. Great dramatic effect. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Pencil paper and dnd subreddit","Figure out a way to say yes to your players and always flesh out the setting."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Trello, Pen and paper, Google Sheets","Understanding the NPC's and how to portray them, understanding the PCs, balancing combat with free rolling."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spreadsheets for basically everything from loot to factions. Music to set the mood. Specifically leaving things blank to let the players fill it in, then roll with it.","I run a LAN style party in my house with everyone on Roll20 this works great as it allows me to see and speak to everyone, helping get them in the zone, while using the precision map making and combat tools of roll20 where they work best."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Combat Manager","Really developing the NPCs and their viewpoints and goals."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Initiative tracker app, index cards, handouts ","Making things up"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","recipe cards, note pads, and colored pens.","tweeked my DM screen with extra charts."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","MOnster manual 
Dungeon master guide
HExographer","Mix politics to various degrees in a campain "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Donjon, roll20, athas.org","Less combat, more puzzles make for a more interesting campaign"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon.com, Dungeon Master Guide, Sword Coast Guide","Prepare a loose outline, open timeline with just a few important events along the way... Allow the players to drive the story forward"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club is super helpful ","funny voices and elaborate, gruesome descriptions for each kill"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Herolab, Microsoft Word, Dwarven Forge","Allow each player a unique opportunity each game to use something iconic or their specialty so that they have that moment of personal greatness. It can be a story twist, an encounter, a situational skill roll and so on."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The published books, Tabletop simulator, reddit.","Incorporating my players false conceptions into the story. And missing parts of descriptions and totally rolling with it and making it better/ my own."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","PHB, DMG, Note book paper","Keep the game fluid. Have a bullet style set of goal or points for the session. Try not to stick to a rigid script or ""rail"" form of game play. Let the PC's play out the sequence and react to their characters. Remember your the DM and in control, its your voice that shapes and gives life to the stage for the characters to play on."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Forgoten Realms Atlas, DM screen, and NPC generator","At the start of each game I give my players a chance to earn inspiration if they can answer a riddle. It gets them in the mood to start. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","DMG, PHB, MM","Going with the flow."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","A big ass battlemap, beer, and my nerdy goddamn brain.","Mutilate, don't kill."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club","Lie and cheat - my job is to give them a good time. If that orc rolling a ""20"" adds spice to the night, that orc is rolling a 20. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I regularly use the donjon website for easy reference of many aspects of the game. ","I'd say my best trick is to make less combat encounters, but make them more deadly and always have a twist to it, like an ambush, or a narrow bridge, or maybe they are caught while crossing a river and smaller characters have water by their neck. I don't like combats that are just hack n' slash, also I don't like combats where my players already know they are going to win."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","monster manual, online NPC generator","preparation"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The core rulebooks, donjon.bin, and the recently released encounter tables from WotC","I put a lot of personal flavor into dynamic and flavorful NPCs."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen, paper and podcasts/critical role","Improvising as I go. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","DM guide list of treasures, Homebrew sites, monster manual","Stealthily integrating a fandom reference either in the plot or at least the character names."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Miniatures,a good setting/terrain,a good story w/good heroes and villians","Using terrain to the point of bringing realisim into the game.For example using a large underdark set,dim the lights.Give the players the feeling of what it is like to be in a truly dark realm.Sometimes with an open space so big that those with darkvision cannot see beyond their limits.Even to the point of using light sources that will give them away in such a dark lightless realm.Sometimes when the enemy is so close,that they do not even know it.That,to me is fear.
"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","The core rule-books, printed out cheat sheets for NPC's and encounters, and sketches.","Improvising based on player decisions."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","An excel spread sheet a friend created to track each character's stats
My improvisational skills
A really good published adventure","It's all about group dynamics - getting people to engage emotionally in their character and in the story - being engaged draws others in."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Dungeon masters guide, monster manual and the 5e DM screen ","Give the players freedom"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","My mind, Google Docs, Monster Manuel","Say yes most of the time"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Kobold Fight Club, Evernote, LARGE lined notepad","Story trump rules. Reward creative ideas and/or roleplay. Involve everyone in the session somehow."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll 20, TILED","Always remember the story is about the players first. Also give enemies more hp."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, SCAG, Any 3.x FR game book","I go against the grain heavily with this one. I run a story first game and only play if all players are present. Add to this, making the players come up with how they know each other, makes the players really attentive and invested in their characters. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","All I really need is the PH, the DMG and the MM.","Keep the players on their toes.  Plot twists and the like.  Or when they think you'll throw a curveball and you play it straight.  Keep 'em thinking."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Kobold Fight Club, Syrinscape, Amazon Prime Music","Preparation, digestion of the consequences of the party's action in previous session. Keep them guessing."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Published material, monster manual, google","Letting characters manage initiative "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Roll20 Macros, Google Docs",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletop audio, post it notes, laptop ","audio enhancements "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, DMG, and the Monster Manuel","The system I kind of came up with on the spot to stream line group/small army combat. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","PH , DMG, roll 20",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen, my trusty. Notepad and my laptop",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Ad lib, monster manual, PHB","Let the party out think themselves "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Pencil/paper. Monster Manual and/or DMG, and online name generators ","Go with the flow! When in doubt let the dice decide! "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, the official books and Google (for quick search)","A good blend of comedy and tragedy."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","One note, donjon.bin.sh, open5e.com","Have Pre made NPC names, items and a general outline of the session in One Note"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dropbox Paper, Monster Manual, DMG","Being flexible enough for the players to feel like they can do anything but being prepared enough to not feel like I'm floundering. Also, making the story about the PC's and not just something random they wouldn't necessarily care about. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","I pretty much stick to the basic rule books. Although, one tool I've found very helpful is the D&D 5E Spells Index, when picking spells for more detailed NPC spell casters.
I also use Campaign Cartographer for great setting maps; which I can print on parchment paper for player hand-outs.","I like to highlight PC connections to the campaign world; sometimes specific to the current story arc. I think this allows the player to feel that their character is significant to the overall story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Modules, Encounter Tents, Battle Mats","Start with action to get players engaged quickly. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","The 5e Books, Laser pointers, and Miniatures ","A hidden hook, can be a hint dropped by an NPC or some clue found that doesn't make sense till the Players really think about it when they are stuck in a situation."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","More than two hours","Monster manuel, dm screen, maps","Let the gamers lead the pace"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club
Story Dice
A homemade reference chart of types of plot hooks to help move the party along.","Rolling dice behind the screen in order to get the players' attention.  Sometimes the last person to notice has something happen to them; so they stay on their toes. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The Dungeon Masters Guide, A Notebook, and A large table to play at",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Maps. Miniatures. Music.","Sitting together and talk wit we all wand in the game."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel","Run tactical combats with lots of different types of enemies who behave intelligently."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","1. Lazy DM - great for keep focus on the right places
2. Monster Manual - great ideas creature abilities and encounters.
3. the Internet - I do searches for images that are similar to the encounter I plan on running, and use the images as idea generators for descriptions and interesting bits of added depth.","I try to have every player get a focus on them at least every other session.  Keeps everyone interested, and it keeps me focused on what they want, not what I want them to want!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds Scrivener Rule Books","Advancement of player personal stories hooked into the adventure."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&d spellbook app for quick reference of Spells, square/hex mat with several colors of wet erase markers for world map on hex side and battles on square side, royalty free music from Macleod  (sp?) and Bluetooth speaker. ","Drawing inspiration from watching Critical Role! Example: I took ""How do you wanna do this?"" When a player gets an epic kill to let them get to explain an awesome moment. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","DMG, PHB, Monster Manual","Figuring out how to go with the flow in an acceptable manner."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Mainly use word and my imagination but I use Kobold fight club to organise encouters","Always let the players dictate what to do next and don't try to force them into something."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20, Lion's Den Gamemaster 5 (iOS app)","Keep PCs on there toes, and don't always act optimally in combat. Instead of always attacking the nearest PC, think about how the creature would act based on their stats. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","miniatures, map generators & campaign books","intertwining player's background into the campaign"
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pinterest. Monster manual. My binder","Let the players run the game. Write down the corky things they say for fun or out of fear and use it in other sessions. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Donjon.com, FantasyNameGenerator.com, DMs Guild","...?"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","YouTube videos, blog posts, & notebook","High energy. Always say yes. Rules light, player character heavy. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","My notebook, index cards, donjon.bin.sh","Make the world reactive to the players but push them in the direction I want."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, dnd-spells, dnd 5e app","Present them a difficult ethical choice based on their past from time to time"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dice, Internet, Paper","Keeping a list of what the players want to use while preparing"
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Computer, my imagination, charachter sheet","Set The mood"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","None","ProDnD application for maps.
The 3 core books.
DnD forums if I don't understand something.","Don't plan too much. I found it easier to make lists of encounters and roll off, and bullet point knowledge gained by perception checks. Don't try and railroad the party otherwise it just becomes you droning on and on."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","DM apps, reading about others DMs and how they like to run it. WotC published adventures.","Get my players input in developing the world they play in. Give them a country or city to build the politics and social standings before I refine it to fit the campaign."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","pen,paper,pencil","Run with ideas that players generate themselves"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dnd Monster Maker. 
Dungeon Masters Guide. 
Player Handbook. ","The Power of Cool. 
If it would be awesome to succeed give a hidden deduction in DC. That the players don't know about. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","tablet device, monitor, and 3D Virtual Tabletop app","Keep the players engaged with story hooks addressing each of their motivations"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Monster manual
Dungeon masters handbook","Cater to each of the players ""needs"""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","GMs Apprentice Cards, Mythic GM Emulator, binders full of random tables","Get a loose outline for an adventure, then use random generators to fill in the gaps."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Sourcebooks from D&D and lots of Games in the World of D&D, like Baldurs Gate, and lastly, novels of all kind.","Just know your Players and have fun! ;)"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Chessex battlemap, donjon random generator (treasure, monsters, NPC's etc), Collection of Pathfinder pawns to use as 5e minis.","I like cool set-piece encounters but I also like player agency and their freedom to make meaningful choices. That is why I usually prep a couple challenging encounters with an open beginning and end so that I can use them regardless of where the players decide to go with the story. This way you can add a ""prepped"" feel to an otherwise non-railroady adventure. For instance you can throw in a well thought through orc ambush into pretty any game at any given time."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, Excel and whiteboard with markers.","Natural 20s and 1s being crits and fails in everything (skill checks, combat, saves) - makes for hilarious and unexpected results."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Core books, notepad apps, google search","Steal the players ideas of where the story is going"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Core books, random dungeon websites, inspiration","Asking players what they want most and writing the game history based on their own character story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Evernote, Encounter for DD5 iOS App, physical dungeon tiles.","Using clich̩ accents for any npc, preferably with a ""knack"" (winking, speaking in riddles, looking at a watch) and a specific stance."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","Google, Pinterest & dms guild
","Er.  "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Phb, masterbook, paper ... lots of it","Let the player generate the story as we play."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Each manual(PHB,DMG,MM); grid to use as maps, tabletop audio for ambient sound/music","Have a bucket list that the players use to add suggestions or things they want to see in the adventure and go the extra mile to give them that whenever possible in game"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Blogs
Podcasts
Reviews ","Use my narrative skills "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Obsidian portal, Photoshop, pen&paper ","Rich campaign world"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pcgen. Pencil. Beer.","Sophie choice "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","Internet tips and charts for quick genration of encounters and roleplaying scenes, and also the proper books.","Feeling the players, the DM can't lead a story that the players don't like or don't agreed with, the adventures must be shared, not induced fiercely by the DM, and the fun must be the first rule of the sessions, if something will take out the fun in the process the RPG loses its meaning."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft Word, Lion's Den's Game Master 5 for iPad, Kobold Fight Club","I've been running games with practically the same group for a decade, knowing how to balance what each one of my players like in a game, and to deliver it properly to them, is the best trick for a great D&D game"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","My own notes, inspiration from various blogs and sites, Monsters manual.","Be positive, say yes a lot and create an environment where the players feel creative and daring."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon, Homebrew Natural Crit, Photoshop","Story is king. The narrative must be interesting, complex and have depth. The world around the heroes must move, change and evolve as the campaign runs. Take their personal goals and objectives and combine it with world related problems so you can have both general and personal solutions for your adventures. Iconsistencies are the little demons that can ruin everything, USE THEM, to your advantage, create around them and justify them in a way that your entire party will drop they jaw to the ground as you present their enemy and their best friend npc in the same persona! "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Dungeon Painter, Dropbox, Corel PhotoPaint","Let the players' actions have meaning, for good or ill. It's THEIR story. Never shoehorn them into YOUR favorite story."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google docs, 3x5 index cards, customized tables","Familiarity with the content & improvisation."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","This way of describing scenes, from AngryGM:
http://theangrygm.com/how-to-talk-to-players-the-art-of-narration/

The GM moves (and principles, and agenda), from Dungeon World:
http://www.dungeonworldsrd.com/gamemastering#TOC-Moves

For NPC design, this tip from Matt Mercer (can't find the video): answer two questions - 1) What do they want? 2) What do they fear?","Players respond to imagery. Concentrate on describing things efficiently and evocatively, and then ask them what they do.  And always ask your players questions about their characters and the world."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","OneNote, excel","Try to say yes. Try to make player decisions meaningful with repercussions and callbacks. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","random name generation sites, DMG, monster manual ","reincorporate things that the players loved later in the time lines"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Inkarnate, D&D combat calculator, Adobe Reade (:p)","Always focusing on the fun for the players, letting the adventure adapt as it runs"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","-The DM guide's town/dungeon generation charts
-an initiative tracker
-allow ile of notecards","I mine layer back stories for information that can be fit in to random places in the adventure. Sometimes major plot points, sometimes just bits of cool character moments."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Johnn Four's list of hooks for cities and roads, Inkarnate and Youtube crafting channels","Creating gridless terrain to use together with miniatures for combat, as well as using hooks to start new adventures and keep the story flowing"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spell cards, Monter cards (custom made), Stan Shin's rules summary ","Failing forward! "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold.club
Reddit
Random Encounter Generator","Leave everything open ended- Puzzles, riddles, RP- and modify the situation to what your PCs do. Make them think their way was the correct way all along"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","My library, Google Images, and a blank sheet of paper.","Improvisation. I love to listen to my players and alter the world and campaign to integrate their thoughts, comments, responses, desires, and actions in to the storyline."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote","Enthusiasm! Being enthusiastic and animated gets the players to buy-in."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Small portable notebook; map and markers, beer","Never say no, instead say 'Yes, but...'"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Enworld/Order of the stick forums, 5e premade modules, my imagination","I enjoy either tailoring magic items or abilities for each character to make them unique and memorable. My biggest gripe about the magic items in 5e or the pre-made modules is that they are bland and lack any imagination. I don't want world shattering items, but something unique interesting items would be nice. Best Item thus from was out of the starter set (Staff of Defense)"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20, tabletop audio, the books","Relax and try not to restrict the players. It's their game too."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","A pencil & small notebook; graph paper (8 squares/inch); and an encounter XP calculator (preferably https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/calc/enc_size.html)","When running games online, provide visual aids. Send pictures of monsters; search for art and photos that illustrate terrain, features, etc.. (The search for these may also inspire you as a GM‰ÛÓI've had whole arcs stem from a single image in /r/ImaginaryLandscapes!)"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Tablet (music, rules, notes), Laptop (Skype/people that are away), and Printer (player handouts and supplemental information prints)","Focus on the player's stories"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","android tablet for quick reference,dm screen, notebook","improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Surface, phone, grid paper","Sometimes theatre of the mind trumps grid"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Syrinscape, Note Cards, Premade NPC names and backstory,","Using music and other tools to enhance immersion."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Spotify - a good Playlist helps keep immersion

YouTube - watching how other DMs run their campaign can inspire new and creative ideas

Notes - I always write down notes about what happened, who did something awesome, etc.","Have several encounters ready to go, but don't place or skin them in a location until it is time for the encounter to take place. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","Google Docs, Roll20 Subscription, Hexographer","Creativity of mind and excellent improvisation "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Excel, internet for ideas on how to handle things, the books","Letting the players develop their own story through interaction"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","n/a","consistency and alcohol"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Monster manual, Dm Guide, Markers.","Get comfortable improvising, then whatever happens you can make it fun, that is the number 1 rule, we do this to have fun."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Graph paper, notebook, 5e Core rulebooks","Learn your player's real-world fears and EXPLOIT THEM TO THE FULLEST."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Photoshop(mapping), dm holleys encounter builder (website), OneNote(campaign notes and reference).","Give the player characters 75% of what they want."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Pen, Paper, Brain","Roleplay"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PDFs, D&D homebrew monsters or charts, maps & minitures ","Let the players talk and work around what they say."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20, GF9 Spell Cards, lined notebook paper","My favorite trick is to build NPCs and NPC Groups with motivates and decision tree flow charts so that I know how, when, and where these group will act based on the action or nonaction of the PCs."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","DM book, Monster manual, pininterest","Making sure the pcs have fun."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Onenote","Personalizing encounters and NPCS to fit in with player character backgrounds "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Printed outline of how i expect the session to flow,  any planned traps encounters and npcs info, obsidianportal.com adventure log","Don't allow too much dead space, in dead space where characters aren't interacting with each other or the environment I begin describing the room/area they are in."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club","Try to prepare for your players to mess everything up"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","DMs Guild, core rulebooks, Google docs","""Refer to notes"" even if I have none, to give players illusion they're making wisest choices, coupled with moving the goals around so wherever they go is the ""correct"" place to move the story forward."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen and Paper, Computer and Internet, Maps and Minis","Playing no prep work games on occasion to improve improvisational skills."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Ambient-mixer.com, roll20, Adobe Acrobat","If you start to lose one party member during a particular scene, make sure to offer up a scene later that highlights them"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","BE FLEXIBLE. This cannot be emphasized enough!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","Monster manual and online maps of dungeons and labirynth's.","Spending time with each player on ensuring I understand what their characters are about so I can optimise a session where they all have a part to play and are not felt like they haven't been as productive in any particular session. Also every time a player rolls a one they have to do a forfeit  if they roll a 20 they have to have a shot of their choice"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Google Docs",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dm guide, reddit/r/dndnext, donjon","KISS"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","Short guides, encounter sheets, maps","Balanced inebriation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","improvisation, stream of conciousness"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Obsidian Portal, Google Keep, Graph paper","Always make it player-centric!  Listen to your players ideas that they mention haphazardly.  They will forget them, and you can surprise them easily with them!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft One Note to organize
DM's guild for ideas
Kobold Fight Club","handing surveys to your players to find out what kinds of things interest them."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","Donjon, fight club 5, lots of fun miniature accessories from all diferent sources","Roll with it, the players are going to change your plans but remember actions can have consequences "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Docs, The standard books, and Google searching","Say ""Yes"" to the players."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","One Drive, Adobe, Google Chrome","Query the players to find out what kind of game they want to be involved in and use that information to craft a story that will capture their attention.  Keeping players motivated to go forward rather than wandering off into the weeds is pretty much (I think) one of the hardest things to manage.  "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Right now, my three favorite tools are Google Documents for my own notes before a run, Obsidian Portal to keep track of of what happened in previous runs, and a GM screen with a slab of steel in it so I can shuffle around magnetic names for initiative.","Wish I had one. Mostly I just try to be prepared enough to keep the adventure moving and fake it when they go another direction."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Adventure modules, Player's handbook, Monster manual","Colorful NPCs; Say ""Yes""; Give players choices"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","One note, generators",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM Guide, Kobold Fight Club, a notebook","Decent audio"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Evernote, Gimp, JRiver MediaCenter for organizing & control of audio & images ","Record the game and learn what to improve for the next one"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","NPCs, a full story intertwining the characters as important heroes with bigger destinies, and unique encounter situations","Having NPCs sometimes give vague or incomplete or even incorrect information about the bad guys! Makes the story believable and the NPCs lovable since they are often sincerely remorseful that they put good friends in such danger. Also a fluid, changing story that links and meshes with character interactions that allow them to often ""steer"" the game. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","I dont usually use tools to prep or run my sessions, I write down my plans and goals for each session and usually improvise if things go off track.","Use the Rule of Cool to let players have fun and not get bogged down by particular rules."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","- An adventure log where I write summaries of each adventure along with the date they took place. I can direct new players to the adventure log, and I can refer back to this if I need to refer to an event or NPC.
- Maps, whether rough or detailed. Knowing where important places are helps players visualize the world their PCs live in.
- My tablet's D&D dice physics simulator app. I love the feel of real dice, but having a dice app on a tablet or phone is very convenient.","Flowchart dungeons. All dungeons can be abstracted as flowcharts with how rooms connect to each other. They can be mapped out in detail later, or if you're not using a grid and strictly working with theatre of the mind, you can just use the flowchart for the entire map."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Relevant inspiration from books and other games (dnd or other).","Go with the flow. Dont be afraid to change things on the fly if you feel like it will benefit the immersion and involvement. It might require an extra while afterwards to connect the dots but the players will be grateful for it."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","core books, websites like sly flourish","really truly listen to what your players are saying, not what you expect them to be saying."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dungeon Master's guide 5e, Epic music, Custom add-ons","Letting the players make their own decisions, good or not"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","The old adnd cyclopedia, forgotten realms races of faerune and the old dnd gazzetters ","Simple answer for seemingly complicated problem"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","core rule books, gm videos on youtube, drawing","having a great group makes for great games"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","The mind. Plan ahead excessively, and expect to go off the rails.
The 5e books. Know the rules as they apply to your plans.
Fiction books. Read, read, and read more. Understand good storytelling.","Make sure each player has a heroic act per session."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, donjon, my custom built gaming table with dm station and LCD TV sunk into tabletop for quick maps....and pathfinder pawns.","Steal relentlessly from your favorite media sources. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","MS OneNote; Google Drive; My Pen and Paper.","It's about them, not about you.  Always maintain an air of mystery - they should never know what is going to happen next.  And dance like no one is watching."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Spreadsheets with locations/npcs, my notebook that im constantly jotting things down on, imagination!","I try to give my players as many options as possible, and engage them in conversations as the npcs. I make a lot of it up as we go!"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","roll20, google keep, notepad","Include at least one rp element to each session; either an encounter, or something to foreshadow a future encounter. Keeps characters engaged."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, notebook ","Improvise the numbers. Skill DCs are just estimated; reinforcements can show up if the encounter is too easy; fudge the number of hit points an enemy has left if it would not be dramatic for them to die right now. However, always err on the side of entertaining the players. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Goblinist RPG tools, donjon, ","Doing a lot of prep prior to first couple sessions, populating world with NPCs, etc., and then just letting the players go.  After doing a big prep, I can run for around 8 sessions with almost no prep."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, tablet computer for organizing materials","write out items, important NPCs, etc. on notecards so that you can dispense them to players immediately."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","http://www.aidedd.org/ http://rpgtinker.com/index.php Various blogs","Look up for blogs of DM that already ran the published aventure"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM screen, music for inspiration, and DM workshop section of the DMG.","Give the players what they want but twist it in a way they dot expect. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Spells App on Android, Notebook full of important info, Sticky Notes of Things not to forget (Like passive perception, weight, etc)","Cater to your players while making sure that you're not spoon feeding them. 
And roll with it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Maps in Roll20
DM's Guild for quest and magic item ideas
Roll20 character sheets for NPCs","Fully building out NPC character sheets, spells, and abilities, giving NPCs depth, and myself and the players a taste of all character classes."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Game journal for notes laptop for easy info grabs.","Find out what your players want out of the game and provide it. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, websites with quick SRD lookups, google drive","Create areas and NPCs with lives of their own, allow players to run wild without tightly planning events or trying to anticipate their actions."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dnd resource books to reference
A tablet or phone for music
Pen and paper for notes","My favorite trick for running a great game is to set up a scene and really paint an environment so my player's faces go _Ù÷Ä"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, DMG, Homebrew Material","Using different voices, not stifling players' creativity, even when I know they can't succeed."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","Dnd Wiki, Imagination, and Friends input","Unexpected occurances"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Beer, Grid paper, resource books","Go off book. It is inevitable that players will get their hands on the source material. In such cases I pick scenes or encounters that are not critical to the story and make them critical and twist them beyond recognition."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Poker chips (inspiration),  3 x 5 card with DM notes, pawns or minis","I include a puzzle or riddle for the party to solve."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","Evernote, Google Hangouts, Dicestream","Make the players' backstories part of the plot."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheet","Know where the story goes. Read The Angry GM. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM's Guide, Adventure Guide, Pencil and Notebook","Let the player's do the heavy lifting. Have a few encounter archetypes ready in case they go in a different direction. Not focusing on the path as laid out in the adventure (purchased or home-made) as much as the general features of the zone. Breadcrumbs everywhere, but not force players to take them. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","MS Word (story and encounters, stats, handouts, etc)
Paper + Pen (maps, diagrams, notes)
The Shower (best place for creating story :)","Don't be afraid to say yes even when the rules don't support an player's choice of action if it makes sense; don't be afraid to say no when the rules support an action but it doesn't make sense."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Wikipedia, DnD related podcasts. ","My favorite trick as a DM is being very animated with my characters. I enjoy when my players develop relationships with NPCs. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
Google Drive / Docs
OneNote","Lots of print outs, lots of prep time, labor of love"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Battle Map, Monster Manuel, Player's Handbook","Get players who are interested in getting into character. Don't be afraid to spend a lot of time out of combat."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Google Drive, PDF of texts (old Volo's guides), forgotten realms wiki.","Be a ""Yes And"" DM as much as you can; but always prepare."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Scrivener, dokuwiki, Roll20","Voices & characterization"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM Guide, Monster Manual, Donjon website","Being adaptable and letting my players participate in world building"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The DMG, a battlemat with wet-erase markers and a box of wooden tokens.","Letting each character become invested in something of their own choosing, and developing it along with the story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","5th edition dm tools 
5th edition spells
Monster manual","Be aware of you PCs needs and wants. They effectively run the story, so be open to their suggestions "
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Play interesting NPCs for the players to interact with."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","A mapgrid, my laptop, Dice","make the enemies out of candy so when someone kills an enemy they get to eat the candy"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My wife is my favorite resource as a dungeon master, being able to bounce ideas and mechanics off a similarly minded, but different person is such an amazing thing to have. After that, its a tie between the dungeon master's guide and scrolling through google image searches for inspiration. ","I tend to run my games a little on the silly, playful side, but without being ridiculous, however, dropping a thoroughly described scene, image, or object almost immediately shunts my players into serious mode. Works especially well with corpses and smells. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Fantasy Name Generator, Spotify","Look at your players. See what they enjoy the most. Making their evening unforgetable will make it unforgetable for you as well."
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Easily searchable sourcebook PDFs, paint tool sai for quick tokens if needed, dnd-spells.com","Insanity."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, OneNote, DonJon","I have a crap ton of laminated products that sit on the table, but the best are laminated stat and character tent sheets that sit over my DM screen, to show turn order."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","DONJON, Micrsoft Word, Roll20","Maintain Sandersons 0th law. ""Always err on the side of awesome."""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Paper pencil and Skype ","Being spontaneous "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","iPad GameMaster 5, Photoshop, One Note","Having lists for names, personalities, quirks and encounters"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, DMG, Kobold Fight Club","Make sure to vary the challenges and give multiple possible solutions"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Laptop/iPad, Dwarven Forge, Miniatures","Music and Images"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","Improv always leads to hilarity; Enable the ""Rule-of-cool""; Remember the whole game is just meant to be fun for everyobe"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Graphic design software, name generators, notepad","Improvisational skills"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Actively pull from online forums (reddit, gitp etc). Older edition books (mainly 3.5 and pathfinder). And Worldspinner, although still in beta, gives me neat ideas while looking at landscapes. (special shout-out to Sly Flourish as your advice was one of the few things that made HotDQ playable)","My favorite trick is to create as much of an actively moving world as possible if the players weren't even involved. I've created so many stories off the top of my head where my players went in the exact opposite direction of the adventure I had set up for them. I'm open to guiding players but I don't like to put their adventure on rails, as I feel that pulls away from the theater of the mind. However I also have groups that are prone to getting caught up on small meaningless parts of the world (The first small stream that could get their feet wet was certainly the lair of an abyssal creature) so I set up events that happen to draw player's attention to avoid anything getting stale."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Whiteboard-material grid. Scratchpad for notes, HP, and resource tracking. Spellbook ap for quick and easy access.","Easter Eggs - I keep track of certain character interactions in-game - and across campaigns - to give the players a treat when they realise who they've been talking to/ bumping into."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, DMG/MM, pencil & paper","Giving the players space to allow their characters to enjoy the world and make it come to life for each other and themselves. (Preparing the world for them to enjoy.)"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Homebrewery.com, Google Docs",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","A small ""math"" book with a tiny grid, perfect for drawing encounters on one page and post it notes with story etc. on the other page.","Don't just flat out say no the players, enable their ideas but don't overdo it."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, Goblinist, Kobold Fight Club","Ignore the adventure author‰Ûªs plot, let the players create their own consequences"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster Manual, DMG, D&D tumblr blogs for inspiration","Really inhabit your characters, don't half-ass it"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon Random Genarators, Kobold Fight Klub, Swan Song Press Treasure Hoards","Allow the players to describe everything in a scene whilst mearly adding detail, It keeps the players heartily invested whilst marginalising my work."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Rinkworks Fantasy Name Generator, Kobold Fight Club, AnyDice (for re-balancing monster stats)","Ask players what their characters are doing (or how they are reacting) instead of waiting for them to speak up."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","None","Donjon (multiple tools from that site)","Allowing player agency, I have several notes before going into EACH session of how the party's actions can affect their path. Most of the time, I don't come up with anything that affects the major storyline, but I also allow that the players probably will. I always allow their wishes to affect the overall story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","DMG, Monster Manual, Matthew Mercer/Critical Role","Be flexible and ready to improvise"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, 5edmscreen.com, easydamus.com/alignment.html","Keep a ""dramatis personae"" document alphabetically listing all NPCs, what they want, and what they fear."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DMG, Google Drive, published adventure books","Improvisation is the skill I constantly tap to ensure proper flow, excitement, etc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","https://donjon.bin.sh, Roll20, Google Docs","Make changes on the fly based on player's table-talk speculation."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","None","None","Paper and Clip board
Minifigs
Premade cue cards of vital information","I prepare loosely and allow the players more freedom, giving one or two solid hints as to where to go next. Less is more in terms of specific prep, but having a knowledge of NPC goals, fears and personalities is vital."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Previous D&D adventures (for story inspiration!), The DMs Screen (because its magical!), the Internet (also magical!)for tips and tricks from other DMs ","My players are crazy and random, but all like to make a good story, so alot of improv on my part helps =)"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, Syrinscape","Humor in improve is key. It happens every session, and it keeps people engaged."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Trello, Lion's Den's Game Master 5, TV Tropes website","Improv, reading the audience (e.g., the players), saying yes"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","About two hours","More than two hours","Evernote, Laptop, iPod","wing it!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Player's Handbook, Monster Manual and the DM Screen","Have an idea of what the general actions of the NPCs will be and how they generally react, then wing the rest in reaction to the Players actions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","","Learn what play styles your players respond best to, and cater to them. If your players are looking for a few hours of self-indulgence by smashing things, run a combat session with lots of simple mechanics. If they want a high-level strategy game, throw in environmental effects and interesting terrain. If they want to portray an interesting character, give them equally-interesting NPCs and engaging plotlines to interact with. If they're interested in learning about your world, add narrative details and color commentary.

Also, the more important an NPC is, the more distinctive and/or memorable their mannerisms and speech should be. Caveat: don't commit to a certain portrayal of an NPC ifor you can't keep it consistent. You know who the NPC is, but the players don't."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","Excel, Hero Lab, Obsidian Portal","tell a great story"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Source Books, Google Docs, My imagination","Re-skinning monsters"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","PHB, Drive Thru RPG, Real Play Podcasts (like Adventure Zone & Godsfall)","Keeping it loose--I let my players tell me what they are interested in doing and I try my best to facilitate that. The stories are about their characters so I try to focus on role play moments that come up organically."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","A simple whiteboard, background music, and the handy DM guide","winging it hardcore"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","Beer
Vodka
Cigarettes","Knowing exactly how the players like to play. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","pencil, paper, dice","communicate with players."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Game Master 5, Props for counters (e.g. quiver with tootpicks, d4 for a suspense die), Timer","The biggest slow down are people not ready to make their combat actions, so I'll use a timer if people get too slow. I'll use this outside of combat as well. Gotta keep the pace moving."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen and paper, Tabletop Audio and 5th ed. Spellbook app","""You can certainly try."""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Google Docs (gather monster stats, game flow, NPC key characteristics), Spell Cards and/or Fight Club 5 iOS app with Open SRD content, Homemade paper props and helpers (character handing tent, paper minis when I don't have real ones, etc)","Insta-Bonds has worked very well before https://www.evernote.com/l/AAFTRmrvWU5Pp77vame-yFaWoCCJYXNq3j8"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Dungeon Masters Guide, Lots of Paper and a Pencil, Internet","Knowing your players well enough to anticipate their decisions to various choices, so as to use mind games to allow them to direct the plot but in such a way that it follows what I have prepared for. Ensuring everyone has a stake in the session and contributes to the fun makes sure everyone is enjoying the game. If someone isn't having fun, the game can't be ""great""."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random Generated Loot Tables","Improv, I find the more I plan out a story the worse it goes because I forget things to add. When I improv it always seems to be more fun for the Players"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Google Docs, D&D Books (Dungeon Masters Guide), any purchased pdfs from Dungeon Masters Guild","Using information or fears from a PC's backstory."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Dungeon World Game Master advice
Home made maps rendered in a 5ft, 100ft, city district & province scale
Vornheim: The Complete City Kit by Zak Sabbath","Adventure & Campaign fronts"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","#NAME?","1. (mostly) Always say ""Yes, and...""
2. When in doubt for what happens next, I question myself: ""What's the most awesome thing that could possibly happen next?""
3. The philosophy of preparing situations, not stories"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","Other than your blog and other DM tip blogs, I mainly just use the core books.","It's an old saw, but...the best DM's know how to say ""Yes, and"" and make it work."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Player's handbook, Dungeon Master's guide, a piece of card board with a grid poorly drawn on it.","improvise and think vaguely of what should overarchingly happen while taking showers/listening to music."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","""Mind brewing"" aka thinking of a char/theme/idea and then build it out with game rules. Donjon's sit, and the official books.","""out of the butt!"" aka winging it/improvising! Often players will go/do something not expected and have to, but I enjoy doing that!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","1) Custom made random tables that you can pull from if you need to (Names, encounters, minor plot threads, flavor events)
2) Syrinscape to set the mood
3) 1 page notes sheet on the day's game. (Plots, npcs, encounters, treasure)","Have a list of Random encounters that are 25% setting building, 50% character development, 25% Odd features that have no explanation.   Then if things get slow or you get stuck, roll a random event and get the story flow going again."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Index cards - I use these to keep track of players, initiative, combat stats, etc.

Google docs - I write all my materials here.  Calendars, NPC lists, scenarios, etc. it's all here and easily accessible from all my devices.

mdsrd5: https://github.com/gguillotte/mdsrd5.  This is really useful when I'm writing up a scenario and I need to integrate or re-skin a creature.","In short, I follow the advice of ""Don't Prep Plots"" given on the blog ""The Alexandrian"": http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/4147/roleplaying-games/dont-prep-plots

It's great for my style of DM'ing: off the cuff and improvisational.  It also allows me to quickly move situations around.  My players are very unpredictable."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","DMG, PH & MM. That's all I use.","Ask the players to describe/create places, NPCs or other aspects of the world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","pen, paper, DMG","and way the players pick will lead them to where I want them to go"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dropbox, Game Master 5, DMG","Go with it, have fun, don't get bogged down in rules."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20, I use it at our table, everyone has a laptop
http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/ for base maps
Gimp for tokens","keeping mystery behind what creatures/npcs they encounter"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Lots of tables for randomness mixed with prewritten adventures","Be very good at improve and being able to tell the story your players want to play"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The Internet, D&D Monster Maker, and DonJon","Always have a backup plan in case players go too far off the beaten path"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notepad++, Gimp, Reddit","Do things the players want but enforce consequences"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Note cards
Trello (app)
Kobold fight club","Ask the players what they enjoy in the game, then give it to them."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Learn your players so you can get them properly invested in the setting and story."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","GIMP, Inkscape","Giving players opportunities for buy in and campaign ownership"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","pen, paper, maps","using environment against the players to make them try to become more aware of their surroundings
"
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","google docs, index cards, my battlemat","keeping the players engaged and excited "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Inkarnate, google drive for music/images/word docs, and chromebook","Preparation before you even run your first game. I build my world out so I know what is where and why over a couple of weeks beforehand, at least."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Npc Notes, note cards, minis","I've been constantly immersed in fantasy for most of my life."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","Donjon, Kobold Fight Club, Google images","Build encounter, ask self ""if I were a player in this, is it interesting, is it fun?"" If the answer to both isn't yes, rebuild the encounter."
"More than twice weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","A dark room, backround music, ","music
"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM screen
Fantasy writting prompts
DM's guide","Be prepared to throw all your plans out of the window and give your players an epic moment."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster generators (online, Monster Manual, etc.), NPC name generator, pre-gen maps that I can re-purpose for this adventure. I WISH there was an Eberron book (like SCAG, or maybe even more extensive than SCAG but set in Eberron)","Opportunities for characters to interact/RP with each other and not just with NPCS"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DonJon (for ideas on random loot drops)","Whatever NPC the players gravitate or latch onto in a given session, I take that NPC and run with them.  They provide the necessary queues and beats (within reason and common sense) to bring the game world to life for that session."
"Twice a week","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","A table, A group of Friends, and Dm's gear.","Music, and scents. Incenses, and other scents, to help put players int he situation they're in."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold.club/fight. MapTool. DMG","Always go for the humorous option, making PCs laugh leads to more fun!"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Music, Facecards, dry erase map","theme music and accents"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club,  angry gm blog, reddit, official adventure books","Open communication with the players, find out what they want out of the game and what is fun for them."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Scrivener, photoshop, players and their characters","Learn the art of prepping and planning in the moment and develop that improve style"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Roll20 by putting the maps, character sheets and tokens all in one place it makes prepping these things very easy.

Mind Map Software, I like to map out the various situations that are happening in the game and how the players can know about them. Mind mapping is a great way to visualize this.

Published Adventures, usually for the maps or maybe inspirational ideas.","Offer a wuestion or situation that you don't know the answer to and encourage your players to find it out. This could be a piece of terrain like a big hole that you need to get past, or an npc - how are you going to kill the evil king?"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","One Note, Hero Lab, Monster Manual","I like to run my game cinematically. I skip the boaring stuff if the pc's let me. I sometimes ask the players for a npc's name and how they know them. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Online encounter generator, gdrive (for writing), online treasure generator ","NPC voices"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Word, roll20, cue cards","Get into character. Play to your strenght and trample your players emotions. pluck at those heartstrings :)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","D&D 5e guidebook
Internet
talkin to other people","never tell your player they can't do something 
everything that happensa has consequences"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Beer I guess"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","None","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","Pen, paper, printed cards (for reference)","Present the players with tough choices as often as possible"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, Pencils, Laptop","Never taking myself or my campaign setting too seriously."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","The MM, drunkens and dragons, fantasy book","Don't give the player much time to respond"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's guide, the relevant Adventure book","Assigning one of my players to keep track of initiative and statuses for combat encounters"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Story Cubes","When player's won't go where you want them to steal something from them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM's Guide, Notecards, Monster Manual","Giving my players the spotlight to shine."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote
Dungeonographer
Reddit",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20, google drive, Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Kobot fight club","leave some of the world building to players to help invest them
"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","http://kobold.club/fight/, http://www.digitalwanderer.net/darksun/, https://pixlr.com/express/",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Wet erase gaming mats, atmospheric sound tracks","Pay attention to players' interests, and follow the path of most fun"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","On-line threads at reddit, giantitp, etc.  Write-ups of game sessions give me lots of great ideas.","Keep combat fast and intense.  Throw in lots of humour with the descriptions."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Archives of ambiance music and sound effects for immersion, the modules themselves, and a phone app for dice rolling.","My favorite trick is to accept my players rediculous ideas while making sure they result in real game consequences. It makes them think twice before fighting the helplesss drunk."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","google docs, sketchbook, copy machine","run dungeon world instead. but no seriously, steal a bunch of rules from dungeon world. like gm should make moves on failed checks, fronts are the best way to run a campaign, partial successes just make sense, etc"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","1. Random Generators - Typically custom made for the setting/area/purpose
2. Card handouts - Secret notes, puzzles, item descriptions + rules
3. Dry wipe game map - To draw locations, sights, or names. I let the PCs also use this for notes or sketching plans. 
(Sneaky Bonus: the 30s egg timer, keeps combat swift and great for putting on the pressure)","Think like a movie, end on a cliff hanger/point of tension - always gets them coming back.."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","A notebook, my brain, and a whiteboard.","Let your players roleplay, you don't need to create any special NPC encounters. Your players will create their own quests, and NPC encounters."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","About an hour","Grid paper, the SRD, Trello","Focus on player input and build the world off of how they interact with it."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pyromancer's Dungeon Drawing tool // Gimp2 for image (token and handout customization) // Story Cubes to get criaivity flowing.","Using hooks from PCs background so everyone has a reason to be there gets the players hooked up. (And a really good, not obvious, plot twist)"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM screen, Index Cards, Inspiration Dice","Setpiece battles involving skill rolls and roleplaying actions with the environment, rather than depleting HP."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Fantasy music and sound tracks to get the creative juices flowing , complete 5th app on android , Matthew collvilles Running The Game YouTube show .","Enhancing monsters with abilities that make them unique and extra challenging ."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Any spell card database, and encounter randomizers.","Get the players invested in the NPC's and plot."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Random encounter chart, what tokens I have available, paper","a twist. Thing A is actually not Thing A but Thing B. An example, the mimic is actually a golem that can be controlled, the chicken is a polymorphed villager, or the building is just an illusion and isn't there in the first place. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google Drive, PH DMG MM and other sources of monster ideas, The players.","Knowing the players well enough to know what would drive them to take the bait of plothooks."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Rory's story dice, various books of mythology, checklist","Improvise more than you plan."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Rulebooks, pen, paper","Managin a healthy ratio of improving and planning "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Google docs, roll 20, 5esrd ","Prepare as far ahead as posible. Need to improve? Use something planned"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","my imagination, my trusty binder and a pencil","when you don't know what to do, add more descriptions"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","DMG randomization tables for making encounters, roll20 online resources, DMG randomization tables for equipment","Vivid descriptions of scenes or characters, some times with the use of visual art to make my characters better picture and engage with the game."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","NPC/Monster Cards and battle mats","visual aids and something the PC's don't expects aka surprises"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Drawing flow charts for links between locations and plot points. using Pinterest (primarily) to find images to show players. youtube and podcasts for seeing how others may have run a particular published module","say yes to player choices as many times as (reasonably) possible"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","","The ""Yes and"" rule"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Gale Force 9 Spellcards, Roll20 rules index","Building off the PCs and their relationship with NPCs and the world. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, notepad++","Listen to / watch for what players want."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, a pre-written adventure and google image for inspiration","Have an uncredibly strange NPC as an aside for the plot (the sage is the skull of an undead bard, the demon is the ""parrot"" of an efreet captain, etc). Strange discussions and actions will keep the sense of descovery that tends to dissapear with time during a campaign. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","youtube.com, the books, the spellcards","Give attention to the scenes, with deskriptions of the sensens (what do you see, smell fell etc.), be ready to take meta talks during the game, if something doesent work, or if someone makes ""that guy"" moves. Give the players opportunity to describe their moves (matt Mercer style!). Encourage creative play and well though solutions. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Laptop, printer, photocopier/scanner","Write a Bio/Background for each PC connecting them to the story somehow."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","For prepping, I stay away from popular culture (movie plots, tv shows, etc.). All my players are voracious consumers and know every single show, movie, and comic that has come out in the past 20 years. However, I read constantly and love history.  There are some fantastic ideas for intrigue and campaign and encounter planning if you read in world history.  Just add  a sprinkle of magic and fantastic monsters and you've got plenty of fodder for your imagination.  As for that 'sprinkle,'  I use a mix of ideas gleaned from books and magazines collected over the years, such as The Citybooks from Flying Buffalo (old, but still awesome), Jim Pinto's Toolbox and Ultimate Toolbox (I just flip though this when I'm stuck and _every_ _single_ _time_ I find something I can use and adapt), and then just various tables and ephemera I've come up with over the years.

As for tools, I use a homemade party tracker sheet to keep up with who is poisoned, charmed, weakened, etc (long-term effects) along with some other notes.  For battles, I use the Pathfinder Combat Pad from Paizo (although we run 5E, it works just fine) to keep up with initiative, status, and any in-encounter short term effects (slowed, hasted, hexed, etc.).  Last but not least, a notebook.  Every game, one of the players will say something that will spark an idea for a future game session, whether it's on off-the-cuff remark, or even a path to solve a problem/riddle I've presented to them that I never even thought was a possible solution.","1) I don't keep up with player HPs/money/encumbrance - I have 6 players right now and don't want to do all that accounting.  I will allow the player to manage all that by themselves.  So if they find a chest of 1000 silver pieces (the pay chest for a small army), they have to tell me how they are going to move all that weight/bulk.  If they can come up with a logical way to do it, then OK.  Game moves on...  If not, oh well... they leave it behind...
2) If a player wants to do something that's not 'in the books,' I will ALWAYS allow the possibility.  If it's a skill check that's in the player's core abilities, we will talk it through and I'll allow them to role play a scenario where that idea could come to fruition, and if it's a spur of the moment thing (""I'll climb the wall and attempt to jump on the back of the monster and stab it in the eye""), we'll come up with a couple of ability/percentage roles on possible outcomes (I don't want to rewrite the rule book in the middle of the game), and let them try.  If it's a long term thing (""I want to attract people to this area, and start homesteading it""), we'll work it offline between games over the phone or at lunch during the week.  Eventually, we'll come up with a game mechanic (could just be role play) that will allow the player to attempt to achieve their goal.  Win/win for player and GM!  :)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","roll20 modules, online guides, youtube vids like Matt Colville/Matt Mercer","Bare minimum planning, embrace improvisation, evolve the story around the players, alcohol"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","MapTools, Google Images, Spreadsheet","Preperation"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Microsoft Surface Tablet, OneNote, Handbooks.","Rollplaying"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","I mostly just write things out by hand or in a word processing program.","I use improvisation for 90% of what happens in a game I run. Mostly I have little islands of activity, like I like duergar so a duergar with a certain agenda pops up. I leave everything else up in the air and let the players build the world and story."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","DM Minion for Android and Windows, Core Books, Index Cards and such.","Keep the player involved in whats happening."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","1. Maps: mix of previous edition poster maps, Paizo flip mats, large format prints of official adventure Schley/Blando maps, and hand drawn on a wet-erase vinyl mat, all with an acrylic sheet thrown on top for protection from dice and sketching temporary effects.
2. Handouts, particularly for magic items. I use the copper parchment paper Sly Flourish recommended and usually get color prints with art from the DMG/adventure if possible, along with a description of where/under what circumstances it was obtained, and full mechanical details. Players like receiving them, especially since AL phased out certs, and it saves time later so we don't have to check the DMG for how it works.
3. iPad with session/encounter outlines and stat blocks in Google Docs, monster/location art to show players.","I had trouble remembering to hand out inspiration, especially when running public AL games with 7 players and time constraints. I've delegated inspiration to the players by giving them all a d20/token at the start of the session. They can't use it, but they can award it to other players."
"More than twice weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen,Paper,Book","Really great with beer and a beef casserole"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Monster Manual, Volo's Guide to Monsters, DMG (the PH never hurts). Also, the interwebs. Most of my props are found (not made) there, though I do modify them.","Visuals: Every major NPC and most monsters and locations have some sort of visual aid, such as a picture from the internet I can display on my tablet or computer."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Make the players fears become reality "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Too many","Creating a mysterious ""bad"" figure that turns out to be an ally or vice-versa (mysterious ""good"" figure into antagonist)"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Don.jon.bish, DMG, Other people's maps","Steal liberaly"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","pen, paper, eraser","background music"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Fantasy Grounds","Using the players story to engage them into the main story."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pencil, Paper, Dice","Knowing my players and going with the flow"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Journal, pen","Be loose, let the players make the story"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Donjon, City of Brass, Google Docs","Put the players in a rich and vibrant world and let the story emerge from the players' action. Prep a few level-appropriate encounters, recycle them if unused, and reskin as needed."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Scrivener, Microsoft  Excel, Notecards","Listening to my players to guide the game in a way that they want, without them realizing."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh; dmsguild.com; Forgotten Realms wiki","Take player comments and incorporate them; like when they state, ""wouldn't it be cool if..."" and then I build that into play."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Magnetic initiative tracker, grid layout with dry erase markers","Let the players do it. It's your job to say yes and then present consequences and implications. But say yes."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About two hours","None","None","","Be prepared to improvise."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club
DMG
Monster manual","We use initiative cards. After a few games with the characters, we usually make magic card versions of the characters and use those for the initiative cards. It looks cool at the table and helps people think about the game and get excited between sessions."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Canva, Google Sheets, Goblinist Random Encounter Generator","Asking players questions about their characters and make it part of the world (small visual things, quirks or story details). ""What does it look like when you cast cure wounds?"" ""You've been to this town before and you have a friend here, who is he?"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Small notebook of grid paper for personal use, random generation tables out of the DMG, story hooks for monsters out of the MM","Listen to your players. Sometimes the things they want to do end up being the most fun moments of improvisation you will ever have."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pathfinder Pawns Chessex Battlemat, Pathfinder Initiative Tracking Pad","let the players have choice in deciding where the campaign is going, have at least one adventure ready for each hook option"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Battlebards, Google Drive, and a notebook!","Player input. What do you want to do, what's this character's name, describe an NPC, etc."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Me myself and i","Don't get caught up on the rules as long as nothing is getting ruined"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Evernote, Obsidian Portal, Photoshop","Always start with action."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club Encounter Builder
donjon.bin.sh spell and random table tools
Player's handbook (as online full spell guide, but that got taken down)","Give the player's what they want, which in my group's case is basically fun/challenging combat encounters."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Trello, GameMaster 5e App","React to the players"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20, ""what if"" questions & DMG","""You can try"" it  makes for a highly entertaining check p"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Herolab, Evernote, iPad Pro","Using 4e Skill Challenges"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DMG monster creation table, donjon random generators, map generators","Integrating cypher-style GM intrusion into d&d utilizing inspiration as a reward. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","Improved Initiative Combat Tracker, Roll20, Trello","Having a prepared series of ""story encounters"" - that is, major character/NPC moments on the backburner which don't have to happen at a particular time or linear point in the campaign but that can be dropped in to enliven the game at the most dramatically appropriate moment based on the players' choices. I generally have these involve major actors in the PCs' lives and backgrounds, or present story beats they're particularly set on following. I also try to have an area-appropriate module (or two) on-hand that can be thrown in as an ""encounter"" all of its own if the A-plot is stagnating or the players are growing bored with the trend of a particular session. Basically a twist on the classic advice for writer's block: ""if nothing's happening, just have a gun go off, and the characters will write their own story from there."""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Fantasy Grounds software, epic mood music, my imagination","Always remember that it's the players' story. A GM should provide the setting and the framework, but ultimately it is the PCs, and the choices they make, who write the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google Docs, The Monster Manuel, Reddit","Sound effects"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, my folder full of homebrew stuff (is that cheating?), Matt Colville.","don't be the DM, be the story, the world, the characters, etc. Remove the 4th wall!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hexographer, Word and a notebook","The devil is in the details, and the great details and depth don't appear at the table, but by refining ideas and returning to sketched material. I'm trying to be more economic in my prep, but idea development in any creative setting is iterative. So it is not a trick. It is thinking ahead and refining ideas, instead of cramming things in the night before the next session. 
 "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dmg, Phb, MM","The rule of cool"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Battlemat, large sized dice, bottle of cheap red wine","I always invest lots of effort in dank and evocative flavor text"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Word 2016, tons of pictures and inspiration (google mostly), books","Well organised document on your pc, neat and clear Word/text document"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Minis. Maps.","Voice acting. Narrative style. Ambient music."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","donjon, 5e Magic card generator, ","Not really a trick, but just making sure all npc's have cool voices."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","(1) Bulleted lists of important information for locations, NPCs, and situations.  (2) Pre-written lists that I can pull details from at a moment's notice, such as: individual and family names; establishment and farm-hold names; in-season meals, food, and drink; what players find when foraging; nonsense sentences and turns of phrase to use when an NPC is speaking in thieves' cant.  (3) Audio recordings of my session (captured with my phone's voice recorder) that I can listen back to during prep so that I don't forget a detail that I improvised. ","Start a longer game with a split party and an unstructured session that introduces the players to each other and the starting location.  Just put them all in the starting place with a bunch of NPCs to talk to and let them wander around, explore, and bump into each other.  End it on a cliffhanger, just after introducing combat, or some other compelling threat.  "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","NPC Cards
Prebuilt dungeon maps (just in case)
Snacks as rewards","Having a riddle, puzzle or  mystery be intentionally vague then let the players solve it once they have a reasonable solution or argument."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","PowerScore Blog, Monster Manual, Players guide","Listen to the players, as they can fill in the colour of your adventure"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster manual, Homebrew stuff, and the D&D 5E wiki","critical fails and successes have extraordinary effects that sometimes change the story"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Chessex battle mat, kobold.club, core rulebooks","PROPS"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The Lazy Dungeon Master's Guide, /r/d&dnext, /r/behindthedmscreen","Don't fret on meticulous details. Let the story progress naturally without railroading players."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll 20, Kobold Fight Club, and Token Tools","Each session I work in some aspect of a previous session to create an ethical or moral choice for the characters. If the take an unethical path, at some point their subconscious mind will bring it up. All of my characters are currently good characters "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Apple Notes App
Handwritten Notes
MS Publisher (for making my own Monster Cards)","I wrap the story around the PCs, even in published adventures."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google, my printer, core books","Casual, verbally cinematic."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","orcpub, pyromancers, inkarnate"," perfect balance of suspense, horror, humor, and action. with some roleplaying of course"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A graph ruled notebook
Players handbook
Dungeon masters guide","I let the players control the pace as long as everyone is having fun. And making sure everyone is involved. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","None","None","Monster manual, dice, a nice seat","Let your players lead"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon","Rewarding the players for their immersion in the world/story/roleplay"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, donjon","Soundtracks"
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen paper and thought
","Just make sure everyone has fun and enjoys themselves"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","","Keep the story moving and let the characters drive the direction"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","DM screen, wet erase grid mat, iPad for quick note reference","Doing all life and death rolls behind DM screen so they don't know if I'm fudging or not."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/dungeon/, all books","Improvisation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PDFs of monsters with the spells already described (ala 4e)
Flowcharts
Ready Made NPCs","Minimum one interesting thing, one exciting thing, and one world-building thing per session"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Making stuff up on the fly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Name list (I use Chris Pound's random name generator page)
Graph paper
Evernote","Make the world responsive to the events of previous sessions and previous games. Recycle everything. Reskin like a maniac."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","Watching movies for inspiration, reading the materials again, and old fashioned spontaneity. ","Draw the players into your game by interacting with them as your NPCs. If you can do accents or funny dialects, it helps, but just be the character and they'll be their characters. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Maps, tokens, OneNote","Player immersion. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Imagination, inquisitivness and questions/actions my players take. I run the game with these things in primary. ","Get the players to build their own world. Just give them the changes they need to overcome. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Tablet, books, mind","Improvisation "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Sticky notes, Initiative tents, Spell cards","""How do you want to do this?"""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","My computer, monster manual, and google","Just having fun."
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","DMG, MM, CoS","Playing by candlelight in Ravenloft"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Notecards, miniatures, scenery/props","Fleshed out NPCs"
"Twice a week","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Pencil, paper and my imagination ","Get everyone involved, happy and laughing at the start. They will always have a great time all night."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","minis, extra dice for new players, all my books are available to me ","i have everyone know what they are doing in advance. i they don't think ahead i tell them they are assisting. that way,  next time they are up they will know to be prepared"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A binder or card keeper to keep notes and notecards; notecards to track NPC stats, equipment, personalities and goals; my DM screen with personalized tables used in the current game (such as horror track for CoS)","Before even starting a game, I get to know what all my players want out of the game, then they create their characters and write each of their backgrounds on notecards and hand them to me. I use these these notecards to plant plot devices throughout the world. Also, being able to predict what my players do next becomes really easy so that I can have encounters ready, or reactions by NPC readied."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Giving the party a dragon egg."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","","Be open minded and have a backup plan/encounter/dungeon ready "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google docs, Facebook messenger, Donjon","Sending pictures of monsters/NPCs/secrets/clues to players via Facebook messenger"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","internet, LOTR, ","alcohol"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","miniatures, dry erase mat, and index cards","I use voices for the different NPC's"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dm guide, monster manual, player handbook","Arrange a setting and dont restrict players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Evernote, Donjon, Roll20","Just go with the flow"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","My notebook, my dice, and my dry erase map.","Space Cow. If my players act out of character, a cow plumits to a fiery death from the depths of space right where they are standing ."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Published campaign books, internet, podcasts","Using humor and personal knowledge of my players' interests and lives. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Random name generators, Hexographer, Tome of Beasts","Give the players things to think about. Supply one character with information and another with contradictory information and see how it plays out."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasynamegenerator laptop tabletopaudio","Create a realistic world and put passion and hard work into the game"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Game master 5   
Fight club 5
Feudz loot","Tell a story "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Highlighter, pencil, paper",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","I use notebooks and pencils, but google docs is handy for sharing my setting run-downs, and sometimes going through my minis can inspire new adventures.","I like using turn cards when not in combat, so no one gets left out, and everyone gets a chance to talk. It even forces quiet players to talk."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Pinterest (for images), Excel (for combat tracking), Discord.","Use the PCs background in the story."
"Twice a week","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Photocopier, adventure books","If players know creatures too well, I reskin the creatures"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","GM5 by Lion's Den
","Allowing the players to take control of the game and steer it where they want to go. Just go with the flow."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Spreadsheets, sourcebooks, fiction","NPCs that act like people"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","books, orc pub, online websites.","describe how that looks please."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Google docs, Adobe acrobat pro, photoshop, ","Strong understanding of the local game world"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","","mood music"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","1. Kobold Fight Club 2. Donjon 3. DMG","Listening to the players and using their ideas to drive the narrative. "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Syrinscape sound system, lots of flashy terrain, minis and foliage and lots of npc development, attachment to the world they live in","Slower advancement than the regular pace.  Let players get attached to their characters, develop the personalities, and immerse in the struggles of early levels.   I always say there needs to be ""experiences"" to justify the ""experience gain"""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Master maze. Minis. PC printer. ",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fight Club 5, Game Master 5, and Feudz Loot","Combat depth and explanation. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Maps, campaign boon, and miniatures","Letting the players do some work story wise. Taking one of their ideas and working it in to the story."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Grid paper, dmg-monsters by terrain & challenge rating, lots of reading","Keep it moving, do a reveal or two to give the players more clues about the big they are after."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Phone apps, the dmg, online blogs","Just make it fun."
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","","Let players be heroes, let them be and feel powerful."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","A notebook, the monster manual, and a small dry erase board for initiative tracking, notes, reminders, etc.","Let the players be free to affect the story. Let them develop their characters in such a way that their growth becomes a part of the world, and let their characters affect the world in meaningful ways according to how they interact with it."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","A spell-finding program, dungeon tiles, and wooden building blocks","Using whatever talents I have to enhance the game--namely, writing programs to represent books and such that change when read or sort spells, etc."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Fantasy grounds, excel sheets with macros.","Never throw the rule book at anyone creative."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, monster manual, and players handbook.","Always say yes."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Paint, Spell cards, FB groups","Read the entire module first and be familiar with it. Don't tell the players they can't do something, let the story flow from them, whilst guiding it "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobolds Fight Club, Roll20, Dungeon Painter","Moving the story to fit where the players are going, rather than moving the players to the story"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","I use a notepad app, the core books, and an iPad app called game master 5","Start with a challenge rating that's higher than you think the party can handle, then fudge it's stats if necessary."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","A binder with charts, maps, notebook, and my party tracker"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","1. Kobold Fight Club's encounter builder: http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder
2. Donjon's random generators for 5e: https://donjon.bin.sh/
3. Sean McGovern's campaign guides are invaluable: http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/

DM's Guild has some great articles too and Roll20 is fantastic!","It's hard for me to brief with this, so I'll just state everything on my mind.

1. Always root for the players; the game is not the DM vs. The Players.  It's about creating an enjoyable game for everyone and my fun is proportional to the player's fun.  Allow the players everything in the normal ruleset and tweak them or house rule as little as possible. D&D 5e went through extensive playtesting for a reason.  Work with the players to give them what they want, but sometimes they have to work for it in game or make a compromise.
2. Use logic to create interesting situations that will be remembered.  If the PC casts a Thunderwave in a tight underground tunnel, there should be consequences, but don't do it to only screw over the PCs every time.  The NPCs can make mistakes too.  And play to the monster's Intelligence.
3. Allow the players to think outside the box and solve situations by not resorting to combat or doing the obvious thing in a situation.  Allow adversaries to give up, attempt to flee, beg for mercy, teleport away, etc.
4. You don't need to roll for everything.  Go with the flow and try to streamline the game so that it doesn't get dull.  Pay attention to your players; engage the sleepy or quiet ones; concentrate attacks on the tanks (that's what the player designed their character to do); attack the hard hitting PCs if you can and make them sweat."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh/ (RPG Tools), Monster Manual, Inspiration from various novels and books.","Everyone should have fun, and lots and LOTS of humor !"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Using the characters past actions and interactions as motivators of future events.  Linking a past minor interaction to a current plot point can be very rewarding for players, it shows their actions matter"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Fantasy Grounds
OneNote","Flow everything off the top of your head."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Natural Crit's Homebrewery, Roll20.net, DonJon Random Adventure Generator","When I'm stuck on what to do for a session, I give my players a mystery and just enough clues to create their own solution. When they do, I reward them as if that's how I planned it all along.  It builds their sense of accomplishment, and provides me valuable information on what they enjoy."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","my mind my imagination and my players","don't plan to hard be adamant on nothing and improvise "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fantasy Grounds and Donjon's Random Generators, and flowcharts.","I flow chart each session so I can pre-plan what will happen even if the players do the opposite of what I first expect them to do."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20.net, paint.net (free!), and www.5esrd.com","Give them enough rope to hang themselves."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notepad, GM screen, index cards","Involving my player's in their character's stories. Make the player feel invested and empowered, let them fly off the rails rather than lead by the nose (but always be ready to improv as needed). :)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","Books, Grid Paper and a Pencil","Improvising "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Keep, Hangouts, Friends for sounding boards of my ideas","COMMUNICATION, knowing your players expecations, and COMMUNICATION"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Token Generator, Discord(Voice chat with different channels for private chats, or when i want to talk personally to a player)","Randomness, i generate npcs randomly (monsters, allies and enemies), flaws & virtues, maybe the orc is blind, maybe he also can fart fire. Unique stories are made."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","","Get the players to help. (Draw encounter maps, track initiative etc.)"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Skype, Notepads, Voice Changer","Freedom of player choice, elaborate ""sandbox"" framework for the campaign where the story changes with the main party's choices."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Initiative tent cards, magic item cards, roll 4 initiative dry wipe map tiles","Keep things moving "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hour glass
Index cards
Post-it notes ","asking them on what they want to see more of in game"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencils, paper, creativity","Mimics for low search, spot, and random looking around"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","Grimtooth's, Tower of God and Mr. Welch's List","Give your players as much autonomy as they can manage."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Not saying no to a player outright, but making them realise if they made a bad/good decision. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Projector, online maps, d&d core books","Any D&D game (for me at least) has to have a highlight on a player, a plot-twist, some type of emotional attachment (anger/care) towards an NPC and most importantly: cliffhanger because you want your players to be hooked and come back for more. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20 DMG and Players Handbook","Letting the players decide everything hence lots of prep per game"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club is great for setting up combat encounters","Involve each of the players equally and single them out if they haven't been very active,"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Inkarnate Maps, Microsoft Word, SRD","Extremely detailed world-building prior to first-ever session, allows easier improvisation later. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","We are all there to have fun. Let the players have free range."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","photoshop, youtube (for music/special sound effects), battle mat for maps","plot twists here and there to create drama and interest"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Walking around and talking to myself, watching movies or great television for ideas, carrying around a notebook and pen wherever I go so I can jot down ideas at any time they strike me.","I get a firm handle on my NPCs' motivations and run the entire game off the cuff, rolling with whatever my players want to do. If they interact with the plot, cool. If they avoid it, the plot still happens and often creates trouble that the players cannot therefore ignore any more."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My campaign is pretty much 100% homebrew, with semi-random selections from all branches of fantasy.  A lot of the general rules are based off of my memory of the PH.","Work a lot on story.  If you have a good story, especially one with lots of twists and moral issues, your players will have a much better, more fulfilling, and fun time."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dm genie, ink art, office","Keeping players interested in what's going to happen"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","GIMP, Tokentool, Roll20","Know your players and play to their actual character as much as their player character."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen and paper, lions den GameMaster for iPhone, D&D wiki online","Ensure there is enough in a campaign to surprise the group at least every couple sessions, keep the pace up even at the expense of hard rules. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About two hours","Talking with the players about that they actually wanted to do/ get out of this game of D&D","Tailor everything around the players, we usually spend the first hour talking about our characters and Im im the GM I spend this time  brainstorming ideas for where this session will lead"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20
Adobe CS/Online created maps
Surface pro3 with Microsoft hdmi dongle","Push roll20 onto a screen and give the players a wireless mouse. Keep them on the pre-made storyline with intrigue, but ensure a 20 or 1 every time leads to story changing happenings,  even on ability checks. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Monster manual, Pen, Paper ","Running with player ideas, Improvise every moment, no one knows what to expect"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","- Campaign Logger
- MS Excel
- Kobold Fight Club Encounter Builder (http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder) ","Always be prepared for the unexpected"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","donjon, goblinist","Improvise"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pen, Paper, Rulebooks","Fundamentals. Develop the location and the ecology of the area, and everything flows naturally. The NPCs would act in a certain way, the monsters fit the ecology of the area (so encounters are already more or less set), weather patterns are already there, hooks are all but asking to be used.

Everything flows from the worldbuilding. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","D&D sources",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Google drive
Fantasy name generator
Map generators","Imagination"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Ye olde map maker, teamspeak, join.me","Only prepare the absolute necessities, improv is the most fun and is usually the most enjoyable for my players"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Book with Notes
Flipmat from Paizo
Trello","Change story elements, if the players have better ideas than I, but without telling them"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Pen
Paper
Immagination","Alyways seem om control, the players know nothing, so never tell them you've made a mistake"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","The MM, Excell, CR encounter calculators ","Distinguish characters by using voices, describe new locations in vivid detail "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","D&D Dungeon Master Guide, D&D Monster Manual, My own d&d ""screen""","explain the situation they are in and react according to your preparation or act freely as they progress the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","My mind, the players minds and of Course, the Hivemind! (The 5th edition group on facebook)","Trying to get the group together, letting them pick a cool name. Not making NPCs memorable, but rather the PCs. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Internet, PHB, DMG","I give the players creative freedom like that of any sandbox style game. I let them help make a memorable game."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Inkarnate, onenote, homebrewery","Yes to everything"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft word, donjon dungeon generator, D&D 5e books","Prepare, prepare and prepare. Then, when the party goes off course, wing it. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","My notebook, Google docs, initiative tracer cards","Have the characters choices be meaningful"
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Creativity, Skype, Spell Lists","Be adaptive, be ready for the players' creativity or playstyles, and react accordingly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","1 inch graph paper, sharpie, double-sided tape","Plot general dialogue ahead of time"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pdfs
5th ed complete resource app
Donjon website","Keep it going and loose."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None"," Random dungeon generators
Musical inspirations 
Players paranoid conjecture","I always try to get every player into the role play aspect as much as possible for their own character. I promote reward people who stay in character"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","OneNote program, graph paper, dry erase maps","I try to create a compelling story with the PC backgrounds so that the players have story buy in. I just want them to have a great time. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, DM guide, D&D wiki","A good imagination and improv.
Also years of playing videogame rpg's to steal ideas from. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Wizards books, The internet, Faerun Wikki","let the players do what they want to do, i just find the rules that let them try to do it"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","My mind
My body
My party","Using the players flaws against them. There flaws for a reason"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Donjon, DMG, SRD","BE ENTERTAINING"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","iTunes for my music, Evernote for campaign database, Excel for any extra spreadsheet material.","Rule of Cool - if they do something awesome and only a bit outside normal rules, I might allow it so we have memorable moments in the night."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pencil, Paper, Dice","Improv.  I write my encounters based on Average party level, X creatures per PC, keeps it simple.  Build scaleable treasure and I'm done. I do many things on the fly at the table.  My notes are loose enough to remain flexible and adapt for improv.  If you prepare to improv, you're never under prepared for your players."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","pop,pizza,subs","just have fun with it and let your players alter the story."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","I tend to stick to standard official rule books.  We've used the MapTool program from http://rptools.net for online play with great results.  For 3.5e, we loved the Character Builder (I think it was called) program for creating characters - it was an amazing tool for both players and, I think, especially the DM for quickly building NPCs and monsters.","Even if you run published adventures, don't be afraid to change things to suit your vision.  And don't get hung up too much on the minutiae of the rules - make something up rather than spend too much time looking up a rule - or the dice roles - fudge them if it will enhance the narrative. :)"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","","Give everyone a bit of spotlight and play up the NPCs."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Good blogs, kobold fight Club, wizards 5e books","Always say yes and set a difficulty"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Sketchbook, D&D forums(facebook/reddit), Core books","Have fun and only say no if you have to"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","The rule books, of course. I also use online die rollers since I roll individual HP for enemies and the computer makes that go much faster. My own notes of ideas and concepts are kept in a folder that I can pull out at any time.","Being flexible, able to think on your feet and bend the story to player choices rather than forcing players to do as I wish."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","MS word and i can program in javascript... so i make my own tools, and skype for remote players","roll initiative at the start of the session and after an encounter. Makes the players not do the ""final fantasy swoosh"" ooh combat, lets smash it. Makes them think about the encounter differently."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pdf, graph paper, ruler","Meaningful player choices, challenging and interesting combat
"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","IPad, dungeon master screen, washable square tiles to connect as map","Having the villains be friendly no matter how viciously they are attacking. Only when their HP goes to a third left do they become angry, then I give them some king of boost for the rest of the fight"
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","The Noteboard, highlighters, erasable marker","The occasional humorous voice or skit."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pencil, paper, shameless plagiarism.","Make NPCs memorable, even if it makes them silly. Allow any attempt, even if it's impossible. Keep combat short."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","RPGTINKER, Goblinist Encounter Generator, Kobold Fight Club","I like to run an open game with sub plots that encourage players to investigate things that dont necessarily but help the character grow and reward the player for finding something easily missed. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Inkarnate, WordPad, Complete 5th Edition reference App","Funny voices and making the players choices central to gameplay, I make an open sandbox and let them have fun inside it."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Index cards, Random tables, Notes from the previous session(s)","Pretending everything occurred exactly as I intended, pretending the characters random adventures have a singular story arc and letting them do most of the work by building off what they say and do."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","currently working on a large random encounter table where I can add NPC's, special events, etc- so encounter list and brainstorming session."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","The books, minis and grid paper","Play with a great group of friends"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon, Spotify, Google  Drive","never say no, let them at least try"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","PHB, Computer, Office Tools","Modifying the campaign and story around the players."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","DM Screen","Wing it!"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Old 1e modules (to convert), blank graph paper (for maps), legal pad.","Keep it simple."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","D&D source books, syrenscape, and kobold.club","Letting the players choose where they go and me adapting to what they want to do."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","I really only use two - Kobold Fight Club and my own NPC generator (https://capsomere.earth.gkhs.net/command/npcindex/race:cr )","Take the ideas the players come up with and run with them in directions they don't expect."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Books, computer and Notepad++","Know your players"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Graph paper, pencil, paper","No trick. Prepublished adventures + adequate prep time. "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google, Microsoft Word, D&D Manuals","Don't prep plots, prep situations"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Battle Map, World Building, loose and general NPC/history guideliness","Build the world full of color and factions, epic combat encounters and history guidelines that floats around player characters Back stories "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20!, Players Handbook, my notebook.","Use only the players Handbook mechanics. Need a big Bag Ogre, its just a level 3 Barbarian. Sneak Wolf? Is like a rogue... Just have the stats of generic npcs and describe as you will. Focus on story line."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","DMG, Monster Manual, My mind","Keep it fun, use humor and make it challenging.  If you don't want a chance of death, then read a comic book in your footie pajamas and stay home!"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Nerd culture, choices, consequences.","Randomly rolling a d20 and smiling "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A notebook (paper), a pen/pencil, my imagination","First I find out what type of game the players want to play.  Then I prep up a starting adventure that fits (often I don't have complete PC info at this stage) .  Once the action has begun then I write further adventures based upon the characters the players have brought.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Play mat , music , published books ","Know your audience, keep it smooth"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dungeon Masters guild, pen and paper, other online resources.","Not over preparing, the game can stray before too long."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Obsidian portal, donjon, a good friends ideas.","Deception.   And allowing the players to actually shape the world, let them take liberties with world events and plots."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Miniatures, monster manual, published quests","Finding good players"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Treasure hoard generator, paint","Go with the flow.  Describe but not too much let the players figure it out or not."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","donjon tools!","Create several NPC's related to each other to make the cities feel alive."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tabletopaudio.com,   donjon.bis.sh,    massive noteblock",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, DMG & Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide","Make decisions that don't have necessarily right answers available to the players. I draw a lot of roleplaying inspiration from the Dragon Age games."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Index cards, dry erase markers, music","Roleplay! "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Chaotic Shiny, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint","Be prepared to be unprepared"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","DungeonPainter, Word, Reddit","Plan ahead, don't railroad, don't be scared to use new and interesting mechanics, be careful not to have players doing nothing for longer than certain periods of time."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fightclub, Donjon","Funny goblin voices"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","

","Keep things basic when planning and let the players flesh the ideas out while playing "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","dnd-spells.com, random encounter tables, core rulebooks","I am inexperienced, but have found success weaving story elements into random ecounter tables give players an exploratory feel, but still have a plot."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Donjon, Inspiration from Forums/Other's campaign logs, The Genius' Monster Maker","Make the world my own and add details I know each player finds interesting/fun."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","","donjon; Abulafia Random Generators; XOCOMP Room Generator"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM Guide, M Manual, Player Handbook","Sometimes more is less when it comes to description."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","GM Screen, iPad and Laptop.","Method acting all the NPCs from the standpoint of knowing their personalities, motivations and goals - so when the PCs step off the beaten track I know how the NPCs will react."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","I mostly just use Microsoft Word.","A little while ago I stumbled across a blog post discussing a ""four act structure"" used in most modern films and TV shows. That, coupled with treating each 3-hour session as roughly equivalent to an episode in an hour-long drama, really helped structure sessions."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","The ability to develop your own tools and house rule things as you will, with the willingness to admit mistakes and alter things when you decide they need to be altered.","Have a great party."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Post-its, published adventures, monster manual","Always say yes and let the players dictate the direction of the story"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Random encounter generators, plot hook generators, treasure generators.","Generate random stuff and develop it into a plot."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Myth Weavers, Orcpub, Donjon.","Great story and great players mixed with a bit of interest."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Source books, stumbleupon.com for fun pictures and ideas, pen and paper.","I'm a fiction writer by trade, so I have way more story and character and behind the scenes stuff that my players will only get hints at. I definitely overprepare. My favorite trick is to make even basic enemies interesting. Name them, have NPCs know of some of them, have PCs remember something about them, then have them survive. Recurring enemies are great. Players will get angry at the mage who gets hit once and then casts sleep and flees. They will target her immediately when they see her. They will actively ask NPCs about her, how to make her angry, how to lure her out. And this is just for one of my goblins. They've fought her twice now, and she got away both times. The players are adamant the they won't let Dakdak escape again."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","roll20, token tools, and Angry GM columns","I like to develop interesting mechanics for large-scale encounters or skill challenges (e.g. a modified d20 roll for troops on each side where highest roll wins, so combat can be resolved quickly for each side - -first side to accumulate two successful rolls wins the combat. This allowed me to cut away to PCs and come back to a massive battle and create suspense. I could also have multiple units 'gang up' on a force, by giving advantage to one of the rolls.)"
"More than twice weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM's guide, player handbook, starter set","using the dice"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Word, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master Guide","Repeating  NPCs, mystery, intrigue and making sure it is fun"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen and paper, Lego minifigs, Monster Manual","Getting the players to routinely summarize for me their understanding of what is going on in the narrative, and to ask me questions about anything they are unclear on"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold.club, roll20.net, enworld.org","Making a great map in advance"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Excel, books from older editions, blogs (i.e.: SlyFlourish)","Use characters background history "
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Handbooks, Online Blogs, Kobold Fight Club","Getting your players emotionally invested in the campaign by tying backstorys to the world, story, & npcs at large "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","PATHFINDER PAWNS, FLIP MATS, PAGE TABS","DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF, IGNORE RULES LAWYERS"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club, improved-initiative.com, trello","I love when my players catch that I'm hinting something, but run the wrong way with it."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","UltraModern5 by Dias Ex Machina, PHB, Goblinist.com Combat Generator for quick random encounters in-game","Helping develop PCs with the players in advance, learning backstory, and incorporating their history into the game directly."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon's random generators, hex grids printed on white paper and pencil crayons.","Trying to incorporate Witcher-style quest design, with moral dilemmas and no clear right answer. (This has met with varying success TBH.)"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20, Official Published Materials from all editions","Pre-Campaign Player Survey"
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","index cards, figs, battlemat","the game is an emergent condition, let it happen of it's own accord"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","A well appointed DM screen; flip-maps; dice tower.","Giving the players ownership of the world; *if* they make prudent choices needed to get their own way, and overcome the obstacles that stand in their way."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Reddit",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Googling for pictures
Printing pictures off
Spellbook app","Use unusual creatures.
Work with my own stats & spells for them.
Go with some of the daft ideas players joke about. ie, have players using my idea of voodoo dolls & they're sticking pins in the clothes of folk their following to a hideout. Guys are freaking out."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","Google Drive, Facebook Groups, Spotify","Say ""Yes"" to everything, then cause drama when giving the party what they want doesn't turn out how the expected"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google+, Roll20, the classic notebook/pencil combo","Have an end goal and only your next session prepped.  Let the players fill in the blanks. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","The core rule books, the art library in Roll20 (and formerly the soundcloud audio stuff before that was yanked), and drawing inspiration from music.","I do my best to make sure everyone stays involved in the story. Even if it's only a small thing, having a hook for their character that game can help them stay motivated and focused."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual
Maps
Summary of the last session","Make the Players believe i am prepared for every eventuality"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Make sure great people are at the table."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Magnetic whiteboard for encounters.
Excel sheets for items and encounter balance.
Dwarven Forge dungeon tiles. ","When your players come up with something you didn't prep for, roll with it and take notes. Consistency and permanence of their choices/actions make players very invested. The most detailed, creative, pre-made plot item can easily be over-shadowed by a random player decision. Embrace it. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","GitHub grimoire & homebrew mobster collections","I am not that great at getting into character and doing voices so I invite an extra ""player"" who solely plays NPCs whose back story and info we discuss beforehand"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Tome of Adventure Design, DMG, dice!","Fun voices and mannerisms for NPCs"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","","Iisten to your players. Don't be so rigid in what you want to see in a campaign."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The goblin encounter builder (don't remember exact name), hexographer, Inkwell Ideas encounter decks","Being comfortable with improvising. The best way to do that is to be familiar with NPC motivations, at least for me. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Game Books, loose leaf campaign book, lots of coloured pens","Shut up and let the players make their own disasters then foul them dramatically out of the fire"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Random generators, art supplies, Google Docs","Balance (between serious gameplay and humor, between combat and other encounters, between active play and passive play, etc)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","5x7 index cards, laptop","Note Cards"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Gridded mats/paper, minis, preprinted encounter mats",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","D&D Blogs/Campaign journals, Spiral notebook, and a recording device","Building off the players' ideas and making them think I planned it all along"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","I just stick to hand written notes, and a couple of rule books.","As long as the NPCs are memorable, my players tend to enjoy the session. I keep a list of names and random personality quirks in my notebook for creating interesting NPCs on the fly. The notes might just be a name and a few words scribbled nearby, just enough to get me started. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit D&D subreddits, heaps of amazing resources from great minds. Roll20. ","Remember that you're a narrator, helping to give life to the world around your player's characters. It's their story, and you're the world they live in. You're not the enemy, nor the ally. You're the Narrator. Also, people play to have fun. Remember that. If what you're doing is Lessening the amount of fun being had, find a different way of doing it, or stop doing it - Rule of Cool."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","cardboard minis (esp. TrashMob minis, Printable Heroes), printable maps (esp. Heroic Maps), and 3x5 index cards","always end a session on a cliffhanger"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","PHB,DMG and reddit","Create ethically challenging scenarios, make characters question their morals"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, DM's Guide, D&D Forums","Allowing each player to have a great heroic moment in the campaign."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Index cards (multiple colors), small hair ties",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","5e Spellbooks app. Youtube for atmosphere music. Pen and paper. ","Method acting"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Published adventures, ","Good NPC acting"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Printed monster cards (or statblocks on index cards), grid paper, a rules lawyer (conscripted player)","I'm trying to force myself to plan less and do more on the fly. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","Miniatures, Word Processor, Index Cards","For specific scenarios/questions created by your PCs, keep a few generic ideas on hand that can be modified for the situation."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The Core Books, Fantasy Grounds itself, a notepad for outlining and creating contingencies","improvise - listen to what the players say and use their ideas so that things happen the way they expect them to, and sometimes the way they don't expect them to."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Realm Works
Kobold Fight Club
Core Books","Know the world and what's happening in it (large scale). Know the NPC's motivation. Make the Player's decisions matter. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","","small details"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Drive, Pencil, Graph Paper","I write an outline to keep me on point, summarizing my goals, PC goals, NPC goals, locations, scenes, random encounters, and random treasures.  It's about 1 page of info stored on Google Drive."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","http://kobold.club/fight/
https://www.reddit.com/r/monsteraday/
http://redkatart.com/dnd5tools/","Rather than prepping a lot, I often insert cryptic things in my games and then wait for my players to speculate about what they think it means, and then I select one of their speculations and run with it. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Realm Works, iTabletop, TeamSpeak","Improvising interesting NPCs"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Pre written adventures",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Campaign Logger; MapTools; an projector mounted on the ceiling for projecting maps downward.","Over-the-top NPCs bearing ulterior motives."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Monster Manual, Dungeon Masters Guide, Campaign Book","Improvise on the fly"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Graph Paper, Miscellaneous tokens, Random encounter charts","Never say no. Have an open mind and be creative."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Google docs, a story board","Preparation + Spontaneity"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google Drive
Amazon Music
","Incorporate the PCs backgrounds and in game decisions into the narrative. This builds the story beyond the published adventure and gives them more things to do that they actually care about."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","An Exercise Book for keeping track of stuff. Means you don't lose your notes after the game. A whiteboard for keeping track of INitiative.  Writing up the Monsters as Word Documents, and printing them out on as few sheets of paper as possible so they're easy to refer to to during the game. ","Following your whims as a GM. The memorable stuff is usually the oddest, and you only get that by letting yourself go for it."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Microsoft Office Suite (Word and Excel), old published adventures, Dwarven  Forge 3D terrain","Wing it - a lot. If it's too easy, turn the dial up. If it's too hard, turn the dial up even more and make it really scary."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Notebook, dwarven forge, microsoft office enterprise","Just play the game. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","A srd phone app, paper notes, and a dice roller","Don't let the players know how much I make up on the spot"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Dm's Guild, Aeg Toolbox, Old Modules","Keeping everyone involved - directing the scenes and gameplay as a director would a movie. Lots of cut scenes, switching from character to character, describing the changes to environment npc's and pc's during the game "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fight Club, 5E Quick Reference Sheet","Let each player have some time in the spotlight."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Monster Manual, some grid paper, a pencil","Keep things interesting?  I dunno."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","3X5 note cards, Printing on card stock Monster cards Spell cards","Humor, making pop culture references to the situation at hand.  Maybe the frost giant looks like Vanilla Ice, Or you fearsome dragon talks like Urkele. "
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Onenote, Reddit, Photoshop","Focus on story elements (the villain, his plan, his minions, their plans, the cities, the ship...). The details will come naturally when needed, and the players are more free to do as they please without braking your planned session."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google+ Hangouts, Excel spreadsheets, Index cards","Try to come up with something memorable and concise each session, and something flexible enough to change if the PCs interact with it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","[An Official Module],  Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual","Go over the top. It'll either come out funny, or awesome."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","spell cards, Note book, ","A Relationship Map of the Major NPCs and their goals."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","Player's Handbook
Dungeon Master's Guide
Reddit","Getting rid of initiative. I run with a lot of people, and initiative just takes too long."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Cue cards, Dice and books","Allow the players freedom to choose what to do and be OK if they go slightly off track or do something you weren't expecting. This leads to great experiences and stories. There is a limit though, keep them involved in the story of the adventure."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Encounter Builder",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Discord, Mythweavers, Dungeon Masters Guide","Giving as much freedom to the players as possible"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The unofficial apps are fantastic. Specifically the DM one. It allows me to keep everything much more organized.","Making sure I have an element that calls to every individuals strength. Provide a way for the rogue to shine via stealth or the barbarian via strength. Everyone wants the spotlight."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Forgotten Realms wiki, reddit, One Note","Easy to understand plot line, plot twists when they think they've figured it out,  2-3 encounters per session,  spises in ""epicness"" once every three sessions. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Campaign guides. Maps. Backlog books from previous editions.","Never say no. Just make a DC. Let chance determine the rest."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, pathfinder face cards and pathfinder plot twist cards",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","(1) Google Documents for campaign management; (2) PDFs of published rules and modules (when available); (3) On-line Dice Roller for randomizing monster hit points. I feel strongly, however, that the current set of digital tools for 5e is  sadly inadequate, and this has been a real source of frustration for me.","Preparation, preparation, preparation. Have at least twice as much material prepared before the session as you're going need during the session."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Monster Manual, Dungeom Master's Guide, Player's Handbook","Let the players describe their own combat, flesh out NPCs."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Microsoft Word","Adding details on the fly and improvising."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","My personal notebook, my Bag O' Dice, and my 5e starter books","Play off the ideas the players have, talk with them regularly outside the game and see what makes them tick, throw in things that fit, but that will also engage specific players in the roleplay group"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Miniatures, general session outline with prepared descriptions, combat tracker ","Take a player's offhanded comment about something happening and make it happen to remind them that they're creating the world/telling the story with you. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pencil, paper, DM guide","Pizza, so the players will come"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Initiative counter, notes app, DM screen","Manipulating the players into creating an adventure. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","OneNote, reddit, source books","just go with it"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","I kinda wing a lot of it; makes it more fun for me."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Evernote, Photoshop, PDF software","Setting prep. Know the sandbox so you can make things up on the fly."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Good hook for the plot, battles which just might kill a PC so they have a feel of accomplishment, and good of scenes. And always letting my players do whatever they want in any situation, if it is in their powers. Letting the imagination go wild is the best part. Want to screw my game and kill the king, go for it, there is always consequences. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","laptop","trick the players, do the unexpected"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My brain","Let the players interact with everything they want to, however they want to, and know the world and NPCs well enough to lead them through the main plot with that."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Lazy DM, Robins Laws to good GMing","Improvisation, Listening to your players reactions"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Paper props
Generic Tokens (for monsters/npcs)
Reddit","Allowing time for the players to explore the world and mess around (even if that means nothing gets done in terms of story)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","A flip mat, minis, and the books","Always have fun"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club
Don Jon 
Internet blogs who have already run through the adventure","Say yes to everything that's within reason. "
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google Drive, Kobold Fight Club, The players ","Nothing is true unless it is "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&D/RPG related subreddits; Kobold Fight Club for encounters; my endless bookmark list!","Empower your players!"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Roll20, Microsoft Excel, Photoshop, Cartographer","I develop a high level story and run a sandbox where the players make the story as they go."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Pinterest, 2nd & 3rd edition D&D FR sourcebooks, Forgotten Realms Wiki","Prepping, prepping, and even more prepping"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Projector for maps, a 30 second hourglass and fumble charts","Rolling 5 initiatives at the start of the game, doesn't hurt flow and speed of the game"
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Just a list of random names, helps maintain a seamless world"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","Grid booklet, reddit, character history. ","Getting the players involved, making combat horribly difficult so they can roleplay. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","koboldfightclub, excel","Pre-write your adventure and have good flow charts either prepared or thought out."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Personal adventure design tables
Treasure tables post mortem
Homemade terrain","High energy, gonzo shit"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Monster manual, dm guide, and an open mind ","Improvisation (say yes) "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","5e complete reference, players handbook, dm handbook","Lots of snacks available. Hungry isn't happy."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","I will use some old, adapted and adventures (first edition mostly) to fill gaps, first edition DMG tables and lists for flavor, and experience.","Having a well thought and developed setting and getting the characters invested in their places there."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Donjon's random generators, The Homebrewery, Map Archives","Prepare everything. Literally everything."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Microsoft OneNote, Fantasynamegenerator.com, Kobold Fight Club","Stack the deck against your players and then let them stack it back against the world."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Hexographer
DMs Guild
Matt Colville","Give consequence to actions and make things happen as time progresses. Make the world dynamic. "
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Core Books, Internet and be fait","Be fair "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Goblist random encounters
The Dmg
The angry gm blog","Don't ever say the name of the creature."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold.club, Donjon, dnd-spells","Always play to the players wants, you're all here to have fun. So let their plans go right sometimes, even if they should go wrong."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon Generators, bookmarked Monster Manual","There is no solution so specific that a PC's ""close enough"" attempt will not count. Verisimilitude has more to do with evocative feel (sight, smell, sound not just one of the three). Genre is a tool; even subversion of genre need to establish genre first."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG
donjon.bin.sh
fantasynamegenerator","Know what the overall story is going to be and the main NPCs but be very prepared to improvise!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Complete Reference for 5e Android app, reddit posts, dm guide","recognizing running inside jokes and incorporating them into the game"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Tome of Beasts, Players Handbook","Voices and characterisation of NPCs"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeons generator tables
Notebook
Matt mercer/collville gm tips",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","More than two hours","The official books (MM, DMG, Volo's), bottle caps (so I know which targets are affect by spells or conditions), maps (always good to know where PC's and the enemies are) ","Tricking the party to think that they defeat all of the enemies. In reality, those were just the appetizers for the main course X)"
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","1) finding my minis on hand in the Monster Manuel, 2) my imagination, 3) forgiveness and understanding from players","I run the one-offs. I skip the crap, as much as possible, and get straight to the challenge. I make choices clear. I encourage impulsivity, but hold characters to their choices. Rolls of 1 are critical fails and ALWAYS funny.  ...I guess that's always been key for me: it's  a game. Don't take it so seriously you can't  have fun. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Google docs, notepad, my wondrous brain. ","Adapt to the party! It's as much of their story, as it is yours. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Master plan
Master plan
Master plan",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","roll20, kobold.club, inkarnate to make battle maps","don't prepare too much like specific DC skill checks. it'll save time and make the game more fluid. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","pen, note, book, campaign book","alcohol"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Roll20, google","Deadly combat"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&D Fight Club 5 (For spells), Having the core books on hand, Google Drive (For organization)","Try to run by the rules, but in the end the game is about friends having fun."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","3x5 notes, random tables, my mind _Ù÷Ä","Surprising PC's with strong personal quests that got them emotionally involved "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen and Paper, Google Drive, Dmg/MM/VgtM","What a great evil idea you thought I had, turns out you're now correct."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","The DM guide and Monster Manual","Lots of random tables"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kabold fight club, lighting and music","Keeping a good flow "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Notecards, giant graph paper, monster templates","""Yes, and"" from improv "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Online encounter builders, D&D wiki, DMG","Bee flexible and let the players run the game, I just fill in the consequences (good or bad)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Monster Manual, Volo's Guide to Monsters","Make the party have to come up with a plan or make a decision. They get really into it then. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","A tablet, the dnd handbooks, and the dnd character app on android.","The rule of fun."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Excel, Word, Hexographer","Let the players run the story, and adjust it to their input."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","PHB, Dice (nice and random), devious thoughts ","The players write the story, however I write them as well and offer hooks wherever I see fit. Sometimes it's just great fun to go with whatever is happening!"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","PDFs on Wizards website. Spotify. PowerPoint presentations","Make sure you always tie the characters into the story, make sure there is a moment for each character to shine "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Tavle top simulator.",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Vis a Vis Markers, Monster Manual","Angry GM's advice for keeping combat moving: recap what just happened near the character whose turn it is then ask them how they respond."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Game master 5, PBH, DMG","Just keep the flow going."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club, Reddit ","It is the player's story and I'm just helping them tell it"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The Monster Manual, the DMG, and my notes.","Make sure to pay attention to everyone. Have fun with them. Be a fan of their characters. And most importantly: genuinely try to kill them."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Google, Combat Calculator, PDF of books","Keep it moving. Always encourage. Don't discourage. Shoot for a fun game and deal with the potential logical inaccuracies of an unintended direction at a later date."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Monster manual, inkarnate, beer","Questioning the detail of the players"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, kobold fight club, MS one note","If the party figures out a plot hook, it becomes true even if it wasn't what I was planning. I love how that will change the story in unexpected ways."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight club, official DND source books, DND Reddit sites. ","Use dynamic environments for battles, and dynamic settings and NPCs for the roleplay. Dynamic meaning ""subject to change""."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Excel, Microsoft paint","Let the players develop the story. They are the cause, and I am the effect. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The module I am running.  Online random generators. A word document.","I have learned the art of telling players yes.  This creates excitement from the players and allows them to do cool things.  What they want may not be exactly what they get, but their input is heard.

Bonus trick:  Make monster combat tactical.  Most monsters are relatively smart, and having them use tactics, beyond run forward and use best attack has made combats much more enjoyable."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Google Docs for notes and preparation, Chessex battle mat and homebrew Initiative tracking sheet.","I usually try to make my players think that they know whats what."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Discord, and the the grimiore","Hiding as many mechanics as possible from the players. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold.club, roll20, excel","Never present a choice that is as simple as black and white. Always dwell in areas of grey."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google docs, reddit, books","Improvise"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","Handbooks
Reddit
My own insanity","If whatever we're doing is getting boring or the players, be it combat or the role-play scene I worked for days on, I try to end it and move on. Fun is goal one and boring ain't fun. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","The DMG, Weak magic items generator, orcpub",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","Anydice.com 
Dmsguild.com","Let the players get what they want, just not the way they wanted it."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","WotC website, Android apps","Try to maintain a steady flow with just enough downtime for R&R."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DMG, Tome of Monsters, and a similar book to the campaign I'm running.","Only having a general layout of what is going to happen. The players have a tendency to jump around and ruin hard core plans. Myself included. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","homebrewery.naturalcrit.com; the random tables in the core rulebooks and on the official DM screen; talking my ideas at family members/dogs","It's one of these two: either assessing everyone's style and what they enjoy, or talking with the players away from the table about where the characters/campaign are/is going. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon Master's Guide, Kobold Fight Club, various resources on Reddit","Reward creativity with advantage and/or loot"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club
MS One Note
DM DJ app
","In game adjustments to keep the fun factor high"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","G+, keynote, roll20","Know your NPCs goals and motivations "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Itunes ofr the music backgrounds, Word documents for NPCs names and guidelines on the adventure, paper sheets when hints are needed","I try to create a specific scene for almost every player"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Always keep the story and setting and mind during play to keep players feeling immersed."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Someone posted a photoshop mapmaker which is awesome. Also MPMB's character sheets make running the game for middle schoolers","Press on. Listen to your players and begin to make them feel time pressure as soon as conversation stalls - unless the conversation is in character!"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Detailed maps, fully created NPCs, and a vibrant world.","I like to know all my NPCs for better RP opportunities."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Listening to the players and building the story from them."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","My brain, books and internet","Say yes whenever possible. Let the players be silly and amazing, so long as it doesn't bring the game to a screeching halt."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Grid Paper, Compass, Markers.","Never let them see you sweat, whether they guessed the plot or they couldn't be further away from actuality. Let them theory craft and hypothesize. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Lion's Den Game Master (iOS), Lion's Den Fight Club (iOS), SimpleNote","Don't stress too much about admitting things like ""shit, I didn't prepare for that"". You're only human, and if you set the tone to remind your players as such, there'll be less tension.

As you learn to DM you'll get get better at preparing or improvising anyway, and the problem will disappear. So while you're learning, do yourself a favor and accept those tiny defeats."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Note book
R/DnD
Roll20","Allow PC's to help ke build the world through role play 
"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manuel, dms guide, fantasy fiction ","Role playing, and challenging the players through moral or problem solving ways "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20 , Kobald Fight club, Premade adventure supppliments","Don't be afraid to invent the encounter the players want to play on the fly"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Audacity, excel","Try not to suck"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Drive, Fantasynamegenerator.com, fourthblight.com","Make sure every character has a meaningful connection to the world."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Google,Reddit,Inspiration from shows or books","Know what your players want and give them everything they didnt know they wanted."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Kobold fight club, donjon, Evernote ","Visuals are key, soundtracks are great, flavor text, flavor text, flavor text!"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","donjon, lots of books for other RPGs, the DMG","Recharging monster abilities are great for boss fights"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit
Talking to other DM's
Watch Matt Colville on YouTube ","When in doubt... Give the NPC a funny voice.. Players will love it. "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Published material, roll20, homebrewery","Expanding the story beyond what the players will play through to develop a complete history/personality for the NPCs and the world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon.com, Fantasy Name Generator, Roll20","I like to think about every threat or adventure hook unfolding as if the player's weren't there, particularly as to its effects or stages. I then think about the opposition and difficulties that will obstruct the players when they arrive. This way, play is more organic when the players do enter the picture."
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Notepad, Handbooks, Imagination ","Storytelling "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Homemade time tracking sheets, graph paper, beer","Expect players to know the rules (spells, feats, etc.) pertaining to their characters "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","pyromancer dungeon maker, gimp for tokens, roll20 for characters + NPCS","Go broad and connect people, improvised shit about 10 people will always be better than shit you spend hours making up about one person"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I like to give my players their own chance to shine during combat encounters. When an enemy has very low health I typically give a character the chance to finish them off in their own way

My barbarian likes to rip apart the enemy. 
My Paladin likes to completly dominate the enemy in a badass fashion. 
My rogue likes to try choose the most stupid way of doing it. 
My ranger likes to do the weirdest trickshot he can.
My Bard likes to try the most show off way possible "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","The Books, DM Screen, A lot of Notes","Have notes for npcs and enemies to make combat flow much more nicely"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Specific character development,
Character reprocasions to story,
Maps","On the spot decisions on NPC's or character decisions becoming major plot developments."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","realm works, hero lab, campaign cartographer","Every time there is a roll, it has a consequence. There are no ""nothing happens"" rolls, even when at first it may appear than nothing happened."
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","dmg dice, and mah brain",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote
Pathfinder pawns
Bluetooth speaker","Pacing: I keep track of whether scenes in the game are fast or slow,, and vary the pacing to keep my players engaged."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Live your story. Breathe it. Dream it during your commutes and before bed. If you know your characters and your world you can adapt to any craziness your players throw at you. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Android phone
5e Character Creator
Notepad","Music
Lighting
Experience"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Gamemaster 5, Roll20, Kobold Fight Club","Focus on NPC and monster objectives. What is it they want, how badly, and how far are they willing to go in order to get it? Then, just play out their responses to situations with that as your guiding light."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Adventurers league adventures, graph paper, index cards","Practice all the lines ahead of time"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","kobold fight club, 1inch graph paper, minis","Let the players discuss things among themselves"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes",".dnd-spells.com/spells, Sword Coast Adv Guide, Monster Manual","Have an overview Plan of Major Shit. Then roll w/ the punches as to where said shit fits in."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","easel pad paper, kobold fight club","Make clear that certain social interactions are in 'real time' "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","OneNote, donjon.com, RPGCrossing.com","Give players agency and let them guide the story "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The open gaming license, donjon dungeon/encounter/treasure generators, blogs on other people's campaigns ","1) If you want a premade: Pick a good premade your players don't know, then replace all the boring parts with stuff you like. 
2) If you want to make a new adventure: Combine a bunch of elements from other premades/movies/video games/books you like.


Also, please print a semi-scifi adventure (like barrier peaks) or planescape or spelljammer or something with alternate material planes."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Smoking cannabis in ludicrous amounts."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Onenote","Improve mixed with deep preparation."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Lions den dm tools iPad app. Burned spellbook app on different tablet for players. Note cards",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Grid paper, google, D&D subreddits.","Plan the nouns (people, places and things). Let the players supply the verbs‰ÛÓ the actions that will connect everything."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","never turning a player idea down"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club","i don't know any"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","Reddit, Soundscape, encounter calculator",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google hangouts, MS One Note, Fight Club GameMaster 5","Lots of sandbox style world building before the campaign starts, mostly improv afterwards"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Give the players what they want, but make them work for it."
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","Laptop, spell app, pen & paper","Improvisation"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","The Books, imagination, Reddit groups ","Remember that the players are writing the story too. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Monsters Manuel, DMG, PH","Be excited "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20 map maker, Core Books","Listen to players ideas, even if it's not what you planned, they can be good."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","5th edition DM tools app, Kindle for PC, Notepad for Windows","Story is the key, and creating a situation where the players must make a tough decision at least every few gaming sessions."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Notepad
OCR PDFs (sorry)
kobold fight club","Easy bake four hour session: Start with an impossible puzzle. If progress gets slow, throw monsters at them. When they get stuck, make them find a McGuffin. Apply combat before and after the McGuffin. If role-players are bored, throw in some NPCs with knowledge of the puzzle. At the end, throw magic items at them."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","tables, procedures","short sessions but no time pressure"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","MM, donjon and YouTube ","Have look up tables ready and improvise"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","","Keeping the players in focus and their actions to bear consequences"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Core ruleset, reddit for inspiration, grim-fantasy books for inspiration","Any seemingly insignificant NPC can be extremely plot-important at a moments notice."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","PHB, DMG, Roll20","Getting the players involved by giving open ended questions causing them to lead the story"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google
Dice
Fools ","Figure out what kind of game your players want to play and try to meet their needs. "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon's loot generators, a self-mathing character sheet (great for NPCs with levels), and my large collection of 1e, 2e, and 3e materials. Never know what could prove useful with a quick conversion.","A sense of timing is invaluable. It helps to keep the tension at the table where you want it, and to make the players eager for more. I like to structure events so that there's a minor cliffhanger at our mid-session break, and a chapter break or a major cliffhanger at the end of a session. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","official dnd books, /r/dndbehindthescreen, and youtube channels","allow characters to narrate the story and make up their own stuff on the fly. For example, we get a random encounter with bandits on a bridge. I explain what they see and as they approach, the main bandit speaks up and says that he knows one of the party members. I then let them explain how they knew the bandit. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Books, maps, notebook","Don't know"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","","Go with the flow"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Ipad, Projector, Computer","Subtle music and lighting"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Random generators,",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon
Kobold Fight Club
Web FM videos",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Lions den Dm 5e app
Dmg 
Monster manual","Marijuana"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","MS Excel
Special spreadsheet I made
Lexan sheet for combat map. ","Theft of other ideas and then smashing them together. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Music
My trusty notebook
My imagination ","Never say no, unless it's absolutely ridiculous "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google docs, notebook",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Dungeon Master Guide
Johnn Four Blog
Unearthed Arcana","""Yes, and..."""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","Donjon",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Letting PCs describe as much as possible"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","Foam board for maps, DM Tome for notes, Adventre Guide book (ie Curse of strahd)","Great Miniatures! "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Microsoft OneNote, graph paper, monster manual","Give players agency. If they're able to impact actual changes in the game world, they'll become more invested."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club, dmg, phb","Descriptive detail to get and keep players involved. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, evernote, ","Pacing and alcohol"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","","I dont know. Im new"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","PHB, DMG, kobold fight club","Great friends "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, Roll20, GIMP, Google Sheets","Collaborative player input in world building"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobald Fight Club, roll20, google","Have your players drink"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Club, /r/dnd, Matthew Colville","Be a fan of the player characters. Treat them like your favorite characters in a TV show, and see how you can make their journey as cool and dramatic as possible."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","The Core books, One Note, Reddit DND subs ","Just go with it."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Maps, Microsoft Word (for writing out pre-prepared dialog and descriptions), & notebook (for keeping notes about the session to be used in future sessions)","Consistent voices for NPCs, the players enjoy having easy to identify NPCs. They will ALWAYS notice if you mess up the voice for a NPC. ALWAYS."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pathfinder pawns, Dry erase boards, and dnd Handbook, monster manual, etc","Faster combat, so we can story and build characters. "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster manual, dungeon Master's guide, donjon.bin.sh","Say yes to the shenanigans the players want to do. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DM Screen (app), monster manual, map maker","Let the players tell the story"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","5e spellbook app for Android, 5e complete reference guide app for Android, Kobold fight club","Rewarding creative thinking and fun roleplaying with inspiration or advantage"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Natural crit homebrew
Reddit 
Pen and paper","All the characters how they feel"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","My imagination, roll20, google search. ","Describing something that seems to be planned beforehand, but is actually made in the spot. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Clip boards,  blank paper, dice","Never say a player flat out can't do something "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","older D&D books, Reddit Forums, Youtube videos about D&D","Having my players contribute to world building "
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Android spells app
Android recap app
Monster-a-day compendium","Better something mediocre that players can interact with than something fantastic they can't."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Vornheim, Kobold Fight Club, donjon's 5e stuff","Make stuff up. Learn to do it on the fly. Have random tables and charts and lists of names to help you make stuff up. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Notebook, Roll20, books","Lying NPC"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Reddit, paper notebook, custom dm screen with dozens of pages on there","Dont let the players try and figure everything out"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","dndmagic.com, crobi quickref, official rulebooks like volos, dungeon master guide, monster manual, etc.","Allow your players to be creative and go off the rails, and when they don't and things get a little slow, plan for ways to make the rails go off of them!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","More than two hours","Kobolds fight club, Matt Colville/Matt Mercer, the books","Flowcharts and clif notes"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, fantasy name generators, Dungeon Master Guide encounter ideas","Flexibility; I always plan the skeleton of a session, but the players are ultimately the ones who craft the rest of the story through their decisions."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Miniatures, notebook and grid.","Reminding the players it isn't a video game."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, DMG, Ideas from Reddit or online sources","Be really good at role playing/improv and take most of the cues from players and make it their game more than your own."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About an hour","Roll20, graph paper, pencil","Let the players control the rolling as much as possible"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","r/dndnext, inspiration from things like acquisitions incorporated, the recent cooperation between wotc and roll20 (storm kings)","Slightly less than two drinks."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon","Rule of Awesome"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Reddit, Youtube","Get the players trust: Otherwise they may blame a oddity on the world on bad GMing rather than realise it's a part of the puzzle for example. Trust allows a more in depth world that players will get active in"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Imagination, Bing image search, Published materials","Trick? I let the players play. No tricks involved"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","Post-It notes and flags
My Monster Box
Lollipops ","I load my Monster Box with index cards, one per potential enemy (they can be colour coded ahead of time for easy party strength adjustment). Each card has the creature type, individual name if applicable (thanks, SKT), and AC at the top; hit points in the middle; and XP at the bottom. I use index card deviders to sort them into rooms or areas. When combat occurs, the cards from that area come out. The ones that aren't appropriate for party strength can be set aside while the others can be used to track down the creature's HP and note conditions like ""prone"" or spell effects like ""hex.""
When an adversary is defeated or the obstacle they present is overcome, the card is put into the back of the box vertically. Undefeated/overcome foes go back in horizontally.  
At the end of the session, add up the XP from the vertical cards. 
Less book keeping time = more play time!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Monster Manual, Volo's Guide to Monsters","Some of the best games have been run on the fly. 100% improvisation, 0 prep"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","Printouts of Monster Images for players and separate stat blocks for DM, Pre-rolled d20s on a spreadsheet, printed and assembled maps","Trying to engage players personally in the story.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Monster Manual, Personal Journal, ","Always remember, it's not DM vs the players. Never punish the PCs for doing well."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, Seventh Sanctum, DruvethruRPG","At the beginning of each game, I ask them a question, to be answered in character then, tell them to write each answer down. Then, when I'm
Working on the campaign, I can incorporate an answer or two. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","#NAME?",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Google images, old source books like Arms and Equipment Guide, and random generator apps","Have a general story outline and be ready for the unexpected.  Also have multiple paths for players to take afterwards so they don't feel railroaded."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dmg, Phb, mm","Include story  elements from the characters background. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core rule books, past D&D experiences, D&D reddit.","Improvising my ass off, Improve classes help a shit ton."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","my books, paper and pen","initiative cards, helps keep track who's turn it is"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","MPMB's Character Sheets, Roll 20's Token system, the official books.","Having back-up plans, traps, or story twists that I can drop into any situation depending on the players choices."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dnd reddit, donjon.com, inkarnate for mapping","Have elements of humour in it"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Atmosphere/sound mixers, Google Docs/notebook and paper, the official campaign books.","Follow the flow. If they want to go off the beaten path, let them. Especially if you think they'll fail or that the idea is stupid. Follow them anyway and let them fail. It turns out to be much more fun, and makes the game/world/story feel real and organic. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Note Cards for Monsters.  Faerun wiki sites for back story.  Google plus community for campaign notes and questions.","I like to mix campaign exposition and a session climax to keep the pace of the campaign escalating.  "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Screwdriver, Plyers and a small handsaw.","Juggling."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Microsoft Word to make handouts.  Photoshop to combine cool photos to create the scene I want. Notebooks for ideas.","When a player says his PC is  gonna see a friend or go to a place they know ask the player the name and location.  It gets them thinking about the game world. 

Don't feel like you have to create everything.  Get input from the players when they take an action you are not prepared for.  ""I go to an inn.""  Ok what is the inn called?  Put that location into your game.  Use it repeatedly.  Gets the players invested."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","Spotify playlists, internet resources (Merric, Sly Flourish, DM's Guild, etc), Paint.NET/GIMP + Excel (for printing full sized maps to scale)","Try to engage everyone directly or give them a moment to shine. Also,initiative tents on the DM screen"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Excel combat encounters, moleskine notebook, Pilot G2 .7mm","Offer multiple choice during exploration and role playing, to help groups with agreeing on a thing. Be the moderator. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","1) Donjon! 2) GIMP (for maps) 3) Asking the advise of other DMs","In all seriousness: Always order the same kind of pizza. You can save so much time rather than debating who wants what."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Volo's Guide, DMG, and Kobold Fight Club","Making my PCs realize enemies aren't always black and white."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club
Roll20",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About two hours","More than two hours","Encounters generator: http://tools.goblinist.com/5enc
Name generator (great): http://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?number=2&gender=both&surname=&all=no&usage_cat=1&usage_esp=1&usage_fin=1&usage_gal=1&usage_hun=1&usage_ice=1&usage_nor=1&usage_rmn=1&usage_ser=1&usage_slk=1&usage_sln=1&usage_swe=1&usage_wel=1&usage_yor=1&usage_grem=1&usage_romm=1&usage_celm=1&usage_scam=1&usage_indm=1&usage_grea=1&usage_roma=1&usage_cela=1&usage_scaa=1&usage_fairy=1&usage_goth=1&usage_kk=1&usage_witch=1&usage_fntsy=1&usage_fntsg=1&usage_fntsm=1&usage_fntsr=1&usage_fntss=1&usage_fntst=1&usage_fntsx=1
Name generator (ok): http://fantasynamegenerators.com/dimension-names.php#.V9YidvkrJhE
How to make minions: http://www.tribality.com/2014/10/03/minions/
Random encounter,loot,item,etc. generator: https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/random/#type=encounter;n_pc=4;level=1;difficulty=any;environment=Underdark
Pregen NPC DataBase: http://www.thegm.org/npcs.php

Free adventure to run later? http://shards-of-light-and-shadow.obsidianportal.com/wikis/the-world
Google hangouts
Google drive and associated office like suites.","Throwing higher level monsters at the players and on the fly weakening them so my players have a challenge but are not wipedout. I find it hard to increase the difficulty of an encounter but easy to lower the difficulty."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, Realm Works, GIMP","Stories aren't static"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","https://thegrimoire.xyz/ http://kobold.club PHB","No preparation and let the PCs do roll play, can go wrong though."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Source material, Laptop, Fun.","Involvement of all players"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","More than two hours","None","None","Dmsguild, Roll20 maps, flipping through the MM until I have an idea","""Yes, and..."""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Chessex map, dice, WOTC module","Keep everything flowing smoothly and quickly; don't get bogged down or let the players get too bogged down."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate.com, heroforge.com, core rulebooks","Creating puzzles that rely on creativity and using your character's abilities; not every challenge needs to come in combat form. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Trello, Kobold Fight Club, WOTC books","Say yes to things the players want"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","Roll20, Orcpub, Pyromancers","Your player will break your story/game, build short then expand"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","The core books, various online sources, reddit,  srds image boards","Style of world, mystery, immersove story telling"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Imagination, Wet Erase Hex Grid, a group chat to pass little teasers between games","Balance in combat and ensuring that there is in fact a chance to die. If its too easy, combat is boring and party does things fearing no consequences."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon.bin. Merricb.com and reddit","Make it tough, but rewarding. Go with themes the party enjoys. Download maps and make stuff up on the fly depending on what the players do, but guided towards specific story goals. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, graphing set, multiple colors of pens","The ol' improv ""Yes and"" method.  I improv a lot of NPC interaction, and end up creating quests or plotslines from what the players contribute."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club. Google drive. Spotify ",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","Spotfy, Donjon.bin, Kobold fight club","Music to set the mood, and doing voices and getting into character for NPCs. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","www.improved-initiative.com, donjon's site","Enable the characters goals, without causing imbalance between players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Don Jon, Fantasy Name Generator, 5e WotC Books","Decrease enemies health but up their damage. It decreases the length of combat but intensifies encounters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight Club, onenote, roll20.","Create the world and the campaign, let the players create the adventure"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","Kobold Fight club, Source Books, Reddit","When creating random npcs, I tend to start voicing the character, and build their personality, and background off of the random-ass voice that I just ended up doing."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Never say no"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Have fun!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Game Master 5e App","Reactionary humor"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG, my mind and sometimes ideas i pick up from other places ie reddit facebook","not a trick but just  be flexible "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Books, encounter builders, reddit","Your plans are going to fail or your players will go completely off script, prepare for that and roll with it."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit music playlists, inkarnate, pen and paper","Epic music, difficult rp heavy choices, smart bosses"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Google images, Photoshop","Try to involve each player/character even if they aren't as outgoing as others. Also try to weave personal storylines into the main plot. "
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Matt Colville, Books and other Media (primarily Fantasy), Kobold Fight Club","When unsure how to continue, ask the PCs what they would like to do or try to understand what they expect."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","","Out of combat, ask any of the players who didn't just do or day something what they think about what the other player just did/said . It gets them to role play between each other, gets more players involved and is less work for you."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","character sheets/ core rule books/ my brain","know your players and what they want from the game the rest is being lenient to them have fun even if it goes against what you had planned."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","PHB, DMG, Volo's",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Trello, Donjon tools, DMG","Let the most fun outcome be the one that happens, even if you didn't plan for it."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","Skirmish!, D20Pro","Make players choose what you want without them knowing it."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","/","Alcohol in moderation"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Player's Handbook, Monsters Manual & Dungeon Masters Guide","Experience, experience, experience."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, Reddit, Online Maps","Flexibility!"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Obsidian Portal, Squire 5E (Android app) ",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, photoshop, donjon.com","Have fun! "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Various subreddits",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Paint.net, Google Docs, D&D DM guidelines","Let everyone roll the die."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&D subreddit, monster Manual and books","Plan long and hard, it's worth it"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","kobold fight club, markov name generator, various treasure generators","thorough and compelling npcs"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Skype, Apple Notes","Giving players the illusion of choice"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold fight Club, dmg","Rule of cool"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","MapTool, Kobold Fight Club, ???","If the players show interest in something inconsequential in your adventure, let them follow their own lead and improvise. Nothing should ever be boring!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About an hour","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","roll20, cherry tree, dnd-spells.com","Fun is more important than the DM's story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Paint.net, Kobold.club, Google Drive","I try to make sure everybody gets something out of the game. It's sometimes hard, but I plant seeds all over the place for people to pick up on. Cool stuff for the guy that likes the cool stuff, combat for the one that likes combat, and diplomatic avenues for the one who doesn't always want to fight but maybe wants to befriend the awakened wolf that's terrorizing the town and convince him and his pack to work for the town as highway patrol and keeping the baits away in exchange for food and being left alone to do wolf things."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","ask players questions about the world and people and use their answers.  "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","Phb, dmg, mm","Get everyone involved, describe the emotions of a scene. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Modules, Maps, Roll Tables","Make everyone feel involved, never forget about someone, reward everybody even for the little things"
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Usable maps that aren't so big you can't print them and use them (PotA) maps were too big to use, and had to hand draw every room in a mat.","Throwing Lovecraftian creatures at the group, and have them make a madness INT check."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Whiteboards, an initiative board, and my brain.","Take input from my player characters out of game on their opinion. Asking them if they like, or liked something, or what they think their character would want to be the outcome of a situation, ites they could be looking or, etc."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Whiteboard, dry-erase markers and scrap paper. ","Listen to your players, it's a group game. You have to be able to manage people and the rest will flow. Make sure everybody is compatable before the game even starts too, that's a biggie. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google documents to store my notes. That's about it.","Invest heavily in Npcs, they can make or break a great game."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Roll20, Tabletop Audio, My Notebook","Read Apocalypse World"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","tabletopaudio.com for ambiance, Pen and Paper for taking notes, Paint for general quick maps that I can display on a tablet.","""Yes, And"" or ""No, But"" or ""You can certainly try"" - Don't just shut people down. Get them to keep talking and working on ideas with these phrases."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, graph paper, google docs",""
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","the official books, one note, and donjon","just go with the flow"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google, notepad, DMG","Listen to my players, and find creative ways to implement what they want out of the game into my story."
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","pen, paper and my imagination","not using any published bullshit and bouncing off random tables."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Walter Kammerer's Suite of D&D apps, roll20, OneNote",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Reddit Forums
Published WoTC books
Roll20","Letting the Players do what they want and improv the consequences"
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Willingness to improv, to incorporate player ideas."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20","Fexibility"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","I primarily just use the books.","Play off of your players. Bring their character backgrounds into play and play to their ambitions and they'll love that they're a part of the world instead of just passengers on a ride."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Hand drawn maps. 
Microsoft one note. 
Atmospheric music.","I like to describe in great detail the ways that my players end up attacking enemy creatures. They haven't gotten into doing it themselves yet."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Can't really say, differs depending on what I want to do. The books are a great tool, but also using subreddits and other different websites. (Shit answer i know)","Engage your players, either through their own characters, a special NPC, or just with a very intriguing plot."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","pen, paper, imagination.","/don't/ plan too much. In my experience, the best things have happened when I've just allowed things to flow and occur organically. I have maps of important locations, such as a hostile keep they may have to sneak through, and I have some notes on what they might encounter in certain areas or what plot hooks they come across. Never do I plan second-by-second, and that has always helped the most."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Online dice rolling apps, 5th edition spellbound app, 5th edition DM screen","Confident improv skills. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Game Master 5 (app for iPad), an encounter calculator spreadsheet I built on google docs, DM binder where I collect my ideas and select published content for use on the fly","Plan for improv at the table. Define the current state of your world, not what will happen. If you don't know what was supposed to happen during the session you won't be disappointed when something else comes up and you won't be inclined to guide your players 'back on track.'  Know where your NPCs are and plan the vectors (desires?) your NPCs are on. Expect your players to push them off course. Build/collect tools to help you improv. Remember random generators offer suggestions that require at least a little polish. Keep it simple to leave room for improv at the table. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","File cards, iPad, DM Screen","Give the players what they want (within reason). My players kept mentioning Goblin Eldorado and I said why the hell not at one point. I went from semi railroading my players to having a grand adventure where I put things in their way to get to their target and they don't mind."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Reddit and imgur for ideas/inspiration, Forgotten Realms Wiki and the DMG","My strength as a DM lies in improvising. So i guess my trick would be to not over-prepare. I don't script anything for NPC's or have many cutscene type events because I want the players to know and feel that they have a significant impact on the story and where it goes.  Getting my players to go where I'd like them to is made easier by the fact that I have known them for almost two decades, so I understand what will spark their interest, and they in turn know when I'm trying to drop a plot hook."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","5e rulebooks, roll20 (streamed to the tv for battlemaps), reddit","Improvise details"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon, Matt coleville, reddit","Prep the world and let the players drive the story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Fight Club 5 for iOS, Natural Crit Homebrewery","Ask the players to describe a small aspect of the world."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Photoshop CS2, Inkarnate","Flexibility and player agency above all. No matter how much time you spend preparing, make sure you've got two or three backup plans!"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Onenote, inkarnate, CC3","Improv "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Kobold.club, Skype","Ask players what their characters think"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Drive, Realm Works, Pencil and Paper","Let the players describe someone or something that their character sees and then weave that person or thing into events."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pencil, dice, notebook","Improvising "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, Monster a day, Dungeon Masters Guide","Ending on a cliffhanger, with a ""to be continued"" screen complete with epic music. It frustrates the players in a good way, as they are excited for the next session."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM Guide, R/gamertales, Giant Word Doc","Items that interact with the world beyond simple stat bonus, combined with cool problems insures fun scenarios "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&D 5e spell book cards app on android, pyromancers dungeon builder, Reddit","Preparation, preparation, preparation"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, /r/dndnext, /r/worldbuilding","Think of yourself as a real-time game engine and developer, get buy-in from the players on what kind of content they'd like to see and how they felt about the tone and content of each event"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Existing fiction structures","Strong personalities for NPCs but work with the carecters to build them into what the player wants."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20
GIMP 2
Personal game wiki","Be ready to improv your pants off"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Kolbold fight club, monster manual, DMG","Adding some fun or exciting twist"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Roll20, DMG, reddit question threads","No matter your plan, if the players think something is really cool then do more of it. Play on expectations."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Music, grid, minis","Music "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","core books","a grid, miniatures"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","/r/dndnext, homebrewery","be flexible"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, monster manual, donjon generators  ","Make set pieces and put them in the players' path instead of designing the players' path"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Paper, pencil, notecard. ","Good storytelling with invested players"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Docs, various subreddits, DM Guild","Find an obscure piece of background for a character and exploit it"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Donjon. Grimoire. Reddit","Know your world. I personally do not like to just tell the players an adventure. I work out all the big (and sometimes smaller players) of the world and how it interacts with eachother. then, when we are playing, I respond to the players choices by how the world would respond. in my opinion, thats the best kind of dnd."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold.club, donjon, http://www.gozzys.com/","Give each NPC as little backstory as possible, and allow them to be flexible to fit the situation. Ad Lib their first introduction, then use the downtime between sessions to flesh them out enough to fill their new role. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon
OneNote
DM Screen","Trying to think about what I implied would happen in the previous session and then deliver on it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About two hours","None","Pencil, paper, printer","Make monster stat cards, spell cards for easy reference in the game."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Unearthed Arcana, ","Just try to have fun. It's invisible, imaginary fun. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","DMG, MM, Reddit behind the screen","Let the players do the talking - their nightmares are the best antagonists."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","None","General literature and classical literature, dungeon master's guide, random tables","Preparation and random tables"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kfc, fantasy grounds, boh5e","Make it about the players, not about yourself or your story. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight club","Saying yes to all my PC'S requests, within reasons. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Post its,  name generator, mats",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fight Club, donjon.bin.sh","Always say ""Yes"" when a player want to do something. (Of course, make sure the player understand the context if it doesn't make sense, but never say ""No"". )"
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Reddit, Donjon, PHB","Descriptiveness"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Minis, grid maps (I use a projector), Evernote","Lots and lots of improvisation "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","Photoshop a notebook and minis","The DMs left turn"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","The 3 stones. 

Every person gets 3 tokens to expend as they do things. When they reach 0, they must wait until the tokens are returned before doing things. It keeps certain players from taking over the game while allowing people who are more shy to have the chance to participate."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tabletop Simulator","Knowing when to let players bend the rules for the sake of fun."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","/r/behindthescreen - koboldfightclub - PHB/MonsterManual","Reddit is your friend"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","I've actually been doing this so long now, I really don't need any prep time.  I tend to make the adventure up completely on the fly.  Been able to do this for over 10 years now.","Be willing to let your players come up with a ""solution"" for a situation you've come up with.  Even if it is different than the solution you've thought of.  When you hear your players say ""Oh my god!  What if the answer is actually this thing (and that thing is actually even smarter than what you've come up with)..."" let that be the answer.  Makes them feel really smart for having come up with the solution, and you look really good for having ""come up with such a smart answer""."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Source books
Notebook
Pencil","Listen to your players. Be attentive and in the moment."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","I have my players supply me with 5 sets of initiative rolls pre-start. That way I can roll right into combat without pausing the action, it also prevents the players from knowing the turn order the first round of combat."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","Homebrew, Pinterest, Reddit","Incorporating the players' background into the adventure"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote, tabletop audio, adventure books (not just the one being run, steal from multiple others)","Let the players make it up, have problems with no planned solutions"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","Roll20, monster stat block","Go with the flow"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Graph paper, cellphone camera, roll20","Yes and..."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Dm Guide, Volo's Guide, PHB","Let the players run the game. Shape the story around their actions"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Reddit, dms guild, fantasy books/movies","Constant twists that my players attempt to guess"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Gimpshop, combat manager, yellow legal pad",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Excel, Word, DMG","Always say yes to player actions"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Goblinist, Kobold Fight Club","Description of all experiences and senses."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core Books, Unrelated Fantasy Stories, my laptop","I think of 1-3 encounters and weave them into my player's actions. I tend to let my players wander and do as they please. The stories emerge on their own."
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Fight Club 5 iOS App, Player's Handbook, Monster Manual","Players can try to do anything, whether they succeed is up to the dice"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","onenote, Kobold Fight club, the monster manual","say ""yes but"" instead of ""no""."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Be Flexible. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Google, Hexographer, Realms Work","Winging it "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","The core rulebooks, various subreddits, fantasynamegenerator.com","Say ""yes"" as often as you can!"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Small notepads, using a digital program for maps, and a small notepad for initiative tracking and such.",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, spellbook app,  and loot generator ",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","","The rule of cool"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Naturalcrit, a 5e-style markdown text editor; Microsoft Word/a paper journal; all 5e source material, including published campaigns, SCAG, Unearthed Arcana, and the core books.","Improvising out of my ass, letting my players derail the story (to a reasonable extent), and being prepared for them to take option E out of A, B, C, or D"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon, complete reference","Still learning how to do that..."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Graph paper, thesaurus, tablet","No plan works as planned."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, Kobold Fight Club, OrcPub","Including in-game talking during fights, to break up the roll-play"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","donjon, /r/UnearthedArcana, random tables of all kinds","Make everyone important"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","OneNote, Roll20, r/DnD","Prewriting dialogue that will be used in one way or another, like the BBEG explaining their motives. It really helps keep to the character."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit, source books, my head","Flexibility"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club
Donjon loot generator
Random name generator ","The best puzzles are ones you don't know the solution to. Let the players try, and let them pass when someone has come up with a solution you think to be clever. "
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","donjon, YouTube playlists, & Google Docs","Just prepare the scene, let the players do most of the work when it comes to decision making, then have consequences happen appropriately. Not every evil act goes punished, but also not every good act goes rewarded."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","Inkscape, Google Sheets, D&D books (DMG/MM)","Do everything in character"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Paper, Spell cards, monster cards if I had them","For a large group I let the players go in any order they want.  So everyone who beat the monster gets to then the monsters get to go.  Then everyone gets to go.  This means that fast thinkers go first and slower players have time to think.  No one is ever really waiting for their turn."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","One note, Excel, pen and paper","Rule of cool all the way. Negotiate statistically fair rolls for the way outside the box ideas my party comes up with."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Fifth edition DM tools app (paid version), hex map, notebook","Take the standardized monsters in the encounters and changes them by either their appearance, stats, abilities of any mix of them"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold.club roll20.net any word document","Focus on the players and how they want to connect with the world. Don't craft some amazing story, craft little bits and see what they do with it. Make sure each session has one challenge for each party member, that way they can feel like they are involved."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club.","Yes and... Yes but... No but... No and..."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","","Wing it "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Pinterest, DM guild, Google","One word: Doppelgangers. My players have yet to see through one and they are paranoid as fuck"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, reading the material,  a note book and pen","describing the npcs well "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","More than two hours","Kobold Fight club, roll20, photoshop",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Graph paper, the MM, and booze","Giving the players absolute freedom"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Imagination, getting ideas from Reddit, taking inspiration form other campaigns","Make everything interesting "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Players handbook, moster manual, dmg ","Don't over prepare let the game grow organically. Players do cool and sometimes stupid things play off these. Have a skeleton plot and some one shots ready but all in all let it go where it goes."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Tabletop audio, kobold fight club, DnD subreddit","Yes but, or yes and....."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Pinterest, roll20, tokentools ","With first time players, instead of selecting pregenerated sheets or creating characters, let the players select from a set of fantasy portraits and then make a character to match. This way they can immediately visualize and invest and easily choose their preference. What you see is what you get."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Photoshop, Maps","Allow the players to bring themselves into the game. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Hero labs, gf9 spell cards, minis","Initiative tents "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Fight club, donjon, goblinist","Online resources for random encounters"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","None","http://kobold.club/fight/
http://donjon.bin.sh/
https://www.reddit.com/r/DMToolkit/",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/
http://tools.goblinist.com/5enc
Microsoft OneNote","Having handouts"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","Players handbook, reddit, D&D podcasts for inspiration (The Adventure Zone)","Enthusiastic players to DM for. Also finding a balance between serious play and comedy."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Roll20, DND Complete Reference, EbberonWiki","Little-to-no combat."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 30 minutes","Whiskey, Music, Years of fantasy literature","Offloading most of the NPC onto players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","5thsrd.com, Sly Flourish advice pages, orcpub.com","Very simple: no two NPC names start with the same letter of the alphabet. Much easier for the players to keep track. Stolen from the author Chris Wooding :)"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","","Music"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A pencil","Don't tell your players when you're making stuff up as you go."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","DMG, Eureka by Engine Publishing, using people I've met as NPC personality templates","Make problems, not solutions.  Let the players go with their own plans."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","I run 3 different one shots that were all very different one was mainly rp one was mainly combat and the third was a mix and asked my players what they liked the most"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Fight Club 5 app, chessex grid, and note cards","Create the world, let the players go where they want. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","","I'm not very experienced yet so I only use Fantasy Grounds but our group is having a good time :) "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Voices, Improve, Maps","Getting them involved through major character discovery."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","One Note, Pen and Paper, Kobold Fight Club","have fun yo"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Excel, music, mapd",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Evernote, PHB/DMG/MM",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","dunjon website
video games
player ideas
","Music. Hands down. Sets the tone for the adventure."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","OneNote, DonJon, DMG","Let the players speculate (in character), then steal their best ideas!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Loosely following pre-made adventures, zen buddhism, wit","figure out what your players want and put it behind a wall"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Skype, Tabletop Simulator, Roll20","Random generators for everything, then take the best results and add them in"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Monster manual, Dungeon Master's guide, reddit","The rule books are more guidelines than the absolute law"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","DM's guide, kobold encounters, inkarnate","When roleplaying, directly address a player."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pen and a stack of plain white printer paper.","Beer"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20, google drive, pinterest","let the players talk to each other without interrupting"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, Rolladvantage","Presentinf morally grey scenarios"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","fantasynamegenerator.com, DMG, r/dndnext and r/dnd","Ask the players a lot of questions about what they want and preparing based on that"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll20, donjon tools, aidedndn encounter calc",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote, Roll20, Reddit","Let the players talk and roleplay as much as possible; they're the main characters. Talk only when you have to."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dice, pen and paper, my creativity","Flexibility, and willingness to roll with the PCs choices"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","DMG, PHB, MM","Tricky monsters"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen
Paper 
Mind","Confidence"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","I support Sharia Law in Canada","I want to kill heathens"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","A bowl of red d20s in the middle of the table so players can give each other inspiration dice. A moleskin notepad full of details. Jenga blocks used to quickly outline dungeon walls.","Write sensory tags next to everything, using specifics. Eg smell of burned bone, small wisps of fog that curl around the gravestones, every hair lifting into goosebumps around the altar, etc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Paint.Net, dry erase battlemat","Knowing the NPCs and enemies well enough to be able to roll with anything the players choose to do.  Being able to adjust on the fly. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Published adventures and notes","React to players, don't make them react to you. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Onenote. ","Steal shamelessly"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&D reddit / Unearthed Arcana","My criticl failure random magical event table."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My own Microsoft Excel templates with each scene/encounter in a separate tab, tabletopaudio.com and photocopies of monster stat blocks","Humour. I definitely try to have some laughs with the NPCs, mostly I use bad impersonations of famous people for voices. I list NPCs and decide who I will try to emulate with the voices."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Roll 20 Jukebox, Goblinist Random Encounter Generator, and Kobold Fight Club","Don't plan every last detail out. have a general idea of what will happen and play it by ear from then on."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Google Docs",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Roll20, Inkarnate, OneNote","Dry humor best humor"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, Tabletop Simulator, Inkarnate","Have fun, let the players do what thier characters are good at"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Guide books, Reddit, encounter builders","The answer is always yes,but..."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, DMG, Volo's, Kobold Fight Club","I set it in a mythic-Earth setting that draws from our own world history (circa 1444 because I play a lot of Europa Universalis IV) as well as anything handy from Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Eberron, Warhammer, Azeroth, etc. That way I have a rich and living world without having to think too much about it."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Random Encounter Generator","Leaving just enough to improv"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","official books, Reaper minis, paper notebook","big bad villain/boss that says silly things then gets murderous"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Player's handbook, monster manual,   Google docs",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About an hour","Grid paper
Google docs
Reddit","Player engagement"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Core books, kobold fight club and don jon","I rule with an iron fist inside a marshmallow glove"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Talking with others
A graph paper notebook
Roll20 tools","I like to create a loose outline of possibilities and allow the players to nartually progress as they would like to instead of trying to force them down a certain path. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","DM guide

Notebook

Bic mechanical pencil","Don't be afraid to split the party, and use ""yes, and"" prompts to keep the action moving"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobolt fight club, phb, reddit","If I need time I just have the team come to a door. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Paper
Dnd Wiki","Let them do what they want
Ask, what are you doing? Over and over"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","D&d 5e Dms Tools (android) 
DMs Guild
Google Keep","Don't over think things. The players will zig when you want them to zag. Just roll with it."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Legal pad and pen, appropriate book(s), copious amounts of alcohol","Whatever happens, roll forward with it."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","Google Docs, Graph Paper, A collection of Online tools","If I don't have a descriptionready for something and can't come up with one quickly I ask one of my players to describe what they see or tell me a past experience they had with it when applicable. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","One Note, Pen&Paper, Evernote","don't make the game something it wasn't designed to do."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Notebook, pen, dice",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","5e sourcebooks (primarily MM and DMG), paper and pencil (drawing maps, making lists of potential monsters, items, NPCs, etc- I'll often tend to think in writing), the Internet - for both inspiration and research (Forgotten Realms lore, real life geology, cool plants and animals, photos of interesting architecture and landscapes, folklore and fantasy tropes, etc.)","End every recap and description with one or two suggestions for what the players might want to do next.  Allow other courses of action, of course, but never list a whole bunch of options, and never leave it completely open ended."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Brainsorming, pen, paper","Preparation, Improvisational skills"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","open5e, beastiary, dnd-spells","Describe stuff"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","","Improvisation and voice acting"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","My brain and the books","Let the players do whatever they want and have your plot line look like a bulletpoint for a story nothing should be pre scripted "
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Players handbook
Monster manual
Tome of beasts","Moral dilemmas "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","A strong narrative that keeps the characters thinking and guessing with lots of subtle clues and twists. "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","More than two hours","About an hour","Published adventure summaries, printable maps, item cards","Running with things as they happen without being too rigid but still massaging branches back into the main narrative without railroading"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, paper, roll20","Saying yes, but knowing when it could set a bad precedent"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","roll20, MS Paint (don't judge)",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Gamemaster 5e app, laminated grid, flash cards for items ","I'm new! Still learning tricks. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","5e complete reference app. Books. Reddit ","Twists "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Campaign Cartographer 3, Fantasy Grounds, and Kobold Fight Club","Layout what the goals for each NPC in your campaign, this will help you when your players perform actions or make decisions you didn't expect them to."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Notebook","Let them try. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","DM's Guide, Graph paper/pen, Dice","Know your players, anticipate them, reward creativity."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","GameMaster 5 iOS ","Drawing attention to ""Red Herrings"" within locations in order to throw off my players"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Index cards, ipad, PDF of monster manual","Make the players have difficult choices that aren't clearly black and white. And make their choices have real consequences."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Kobold.Club, Discord(?)",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Google drive
Donjon 
Table top audio ","Be prepared to throw your prep out the window and enjoy the wonderful creativeness of your player's choices. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dry erase mats
Evernote
2nd edition sourcebooks","Design the plans of the evil doers, design events that will occur. Allow the party to interface and disrupt that plan. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","3D printer, magnetic init tracker, tons of minis","Surprising players with terrain effects and weird monster abilities. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","","Working backstories into the game."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Index cards, 3-ring binders, Paizo Comabt tracker","Asking myself ""What is most fun and awesome thing that could happen right now based on the situation"", then making that happen."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","DMG, Spotify, Battle map","Vivid descriptions"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Excel
Donjon's site","Let the players succeed, but with complications."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Quick sheets, google, book","Asking questions to the players and bouncing ideas. Ever evolving environment."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual, Matt colvilles videos, tablet","The answer is almost always yes to players, with appropriate consequences.  "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Phb, tablet, adventure book","."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club ",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Lion's Den, Kobold Fight Club, Volo's Guide to Monsters, DMG, Dungeon World","Get the players talking. Rolling dice is not playing, anyone can roll the dice - your hands aren't magic. You're only playing when you talk, make 'em talk."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Reddit, Books such as Tolkien's unfinished tales and Elder Scrolls Library, and the DnD Bookset","I don't have a specific storyline, I'm running three separate groups in the same world, allowing them to shape the world any way they wish."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","None","Kobold fight club, Reddit, Matt Colville and Matt Mercer",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","r/UnearthedArcana, Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual","Have a large scale world already setup"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manual, Hexographer, Reddit","Building everything around, but not To your players."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&D Character Builder, a notebook, and the Monster Manual ","I develop three potential plots and let the players choose which holds to follow. That way, they feel like they have agency and I maintain a degree of preparation. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Skype, Online Dice Rollers, Adobe PDF viewer","Creating twists that pit the characters against difficult encounters, but has plenty of ways to avoid it entirely."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club 
Donjon random generators
Matt Colville","Go with the flow"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Books, Laptop, Notebook","Let your players try crazy things, they're always more fun than just sticking to the same boring ideas."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","5e spellbook
A notepad
The sourcebooks","Have fun!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","Pathfinder Pawns, battle grid, cartographers guild",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, Volo's Guide to Monsters","Equal parts roleplaying, exploration/puzzle solving, and combat"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Club
Official Materials from Wizard of the Coast
Matt Colville Videos","Minimize downtime and try to make sure everyone is engaged in the game"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","My mind.","Linked stories. Sub-stories and NPCs that interconnect over time leading to the grand conclusion to a campaign."
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Be super flexible"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll tables, pulling from video games, movies, books, TV.","Keeping myself ready to respond with ""yes, and..."" rather than saying no.  Or actually making my players roll what they jokingly say, occasionally.  ""I'd like to flirt with the male guard "" (the 6' 8"" half orc barb says) ""Okay, roll a charisma check"" ""....wait....I wasn't serious!?"" ""Go for it ;) you said it!"""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Inkarnate for world maps, Roll20 for battlemaps, and random name generators for quick npcs.","Having a timer per turn during combat to keep things going smoothly and keeps the players invested in the encounter."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll 20, Fifth Edition Treasure Generator app., Fantasy Name Generator. ","Improv classes."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20
Kobold fight club
Donjon","Always ask players what they want to do next. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, music, and awful voice acting","Music really helps set the mood more than any map or description. Use it!"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google docs, reddit, and the WOTC website.","Using multiply sagas, rather than a massive campaign"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Initiative cue cards, being prepared to improvise various situations, lots of communication with the players.","Having a developed world and narrative."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold club, donjon, anamap","Understanding your players"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","Google Hangouts, Roll20 when it works, published materials","Rule of cool"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM Screen, Notepad, and Dice
",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","RPG blogs, 5E source books, old adventure modules","Seek inspiration from elsewhere with my own spin on it to fit with my players' characters and backstories."
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Miniatures, Dwarvenforge/Tilesets, Mats","Memorable moments"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Tokentool, questionable PDFs.","Say ""umm"" a lot."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Microsoft OneNote, donjon, D&D Spellbook (Android app)","Letting my players build the world"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","D&D Moduls, hexographer, Monster Manual","Drama and detailed descriptions "
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Matthew Coleville","Improv"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notepad, tabletop sim","do funny voices"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, ",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","The Books, Google Docs, and Paper","Preparing"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","kobold fight club, roll20, fantasynamegenerator.com","I try to make published content my own by giving it my own flourish and putting it in a different world."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","paper, pencil, dice","letting the Adventurers lead the story"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","iPad, Projector, Online Name Generators","Alcohol"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Monster Manual, Maps, Minis","Improv and monster variety"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Word, kobold fight club, roll 20","Saying yes"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","Computer, dice, dm guide",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh, kobold Club, Matthew Colville ","Learn and integrate PC back stories "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","published adventures
laptop
google","don't let people get bogged down researching rules.  If you can get away with it, make a judgement call and move on"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Koboldfightclub.com is essential. One note. 
Reddit","90% improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Official Dnd books, donjon.bin.sh, roll20 info","Be flexible and make reasonable things on the fly. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","Quip, Paizo Flipmats, Pathfinder Pawns","The story is what happens at the table, so it's about the players not me."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Reddit, Pyromancer maps, the books","Practicing voices"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Reddit, old pdf files, notepad.",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Deviantart, kobold fight club, /r/unearthedarcana","Bullshitting, making things up on the fly. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","DMG, Monster Manual, PHB","Do what your players like."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Roll 20, Pencil, Paper","Don't overprepare. Have a very general outline for what should happen and when things go off the rails, move encounters, npc's etc. around. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Roll20, TokenTool","Being really good at improv"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","KFC,  YouTube , reddit ","Never say no "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, DMG, Volos","Prep"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","My notes, monster manual, fantasy inspiration (books) ","Epic bosses"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","5e Spellbook, 5e Character Creator, Name Generator ","Listen to your players and what they want for there character. Making sure to allow them to role play as much as possible. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","GM Tips by Matt Mercer, Spellbook 5e, Monster Manual","Prepare for improv!"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon.bin dungeon generation. 
Dms guide xp rationing encounter builder, the campaign I'm building off which is usually am old dungeon magazine","A few well fleshed out npcs in each town go a long way"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Photoshop, Roll20",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 is good for the maps and resrouces, as well as the character sheets. I haven't done that much dm'ing to know 3 resources unfortunately.","I try to offer a new big piece of campaign info or world building info to my players if they're asking the right questions or going to the right place (somewhat open world campaign)"
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Note pad 
Pencil
Dice
","Never saying no.
Letting my players dictate the story."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","DMG, monster manual, and player's handbook","No tricks"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","The books, pen and paper. Minis.","Improv is everything. I've been entirely improving my latest game and I love it."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manuel, One Note, Paper","Just go with it"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Donjon

/r/dndbehindthescreen

Official wizards of the coast content

","Be flexible. Change your outline for the session as the players go through it. Modify things behind the scenes to make a better experience overall. Dnd is unique because it is real time entertainment that can be modified to best fit your players."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Forgotten realms wiki , DMG,  Google","spotify playlists ready for each encounter and area example the song Lavander town from pokemon to represent the village of Barovia from curse of strahd"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Android loot generation apps, AutoCAD, word.","Being reactive to the players, in the sense that it's their actions which drive the world and it's my job to provide them a backdrop and props so they can forge their story."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","1) Relationship mapping.  Having a web of NPC/location/faction/pc relationships allows for very natural reincorporation and cuts down a lot on NPC/plot development work since it flows more naturally.  2) Roll20.  It's so easy to set up a good looking map on it and track monster stats and combat with all the built in calculations.  Dynamic lighting is the only reason we use vision rules at all since it does the heavy lifting for us.  We play in person but still use it every game.  3) Donjon.  I spend 0 time on treasure.  I just click a button.","Prep in wide strokes and fill in the details during the game.  If you give an NPC a goal, and means to achieve it, then it doesn't matter how your players approach the situation."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Tabletop audio. Donjon. ","Moral consequences "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Photoshop, Roll20, Google Hangouts","Use published materials (1E through 5E) and existing worlds as a foundation, then mix, match, and add in your own campaign story and ideas.  This gives you a safety net (publish mats in case you overlook something), the players feel of being part of some bigger universe (""Bigby's Hand?  Wait, wasn't Bigby that mage we went to for guidance?""), while still allowing you to tell your own unique story."
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Dms guide
Monster manual
My own notes","Get each character invested, and choose your players wisely. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","donjon, kobold fight club. pen and paper","wing it. don't ever say no"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","r/DNDBehindTheScreen Donjon Homebrewery","Improvising"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Internet google search for maps","Never reveal that you don't know what's gonna happen next"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Manuals, Reddit, youtube","Organization is everything"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper, imagination ","There's no 'trick'. The more you play, the better you get. "
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","5e spellbound for Android, index cards and a dry erase gridded mat","Listen to the players. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Microsoft Excell, DM screen, Tabletop Audio",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","The books","Keeping things light"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Group chats for the players during the run-up to each session, a simple online timeline and lore suppository for the game and a big bag of metal dice to throw at players who can't put their phones down.","Have everyone bring their own miniature, or let them pick and keep one for the duration of the character. It's a small touch that really adds a sense of connection to your character."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","","Improvisation."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Docs, Web searches, D&D Wiki","Have a general plan but then make most of it up on the fly"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Your guidelines for narrative combat, the hardcover for this seasons AL storyline, Jim Beam. ","Don't be a slave to the text of the adventure. Use it for the story and adventure framework, but concentrate on making the game fun! "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","roll20 map","find interesting problems and just go with an answer a player comes up with if it sounds possible"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","WOTC 5e books (phb, dmg, mm), Reddit, Matt Mercer's GM Tips","Create engaging NPCs with secrets. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","dhmholley.co.uk encounter calculator, my Scrivener campaign document, DMG","Everything I plan is based on what the group have done and have told me they plan to do. I'm also always prepared to throw out all of my planning and run with whatever the group decide to do. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","Donjin map generator, Poison Kit addon found here on Reddit & Lots of sticky notes in my Storm King's Thunder Book","Always keep players' fun and enjoyment at the forefront of your mind. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Google Drive, Google Spreads, and Google Music","Music can make or break a game night so I always take the time to create a good playlist."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","kobolds fight club, eraseable mat","let the players enjoy themselves"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The books, random generators, online resources for lore","Go with the flow. ""Yes, and..."""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Lion's Den GM app
Kobold Fight Club
5E Character Creator App","Make use of improv storytelling to give the players the most freedom. Using inside jokes as substitutes for content is a great way to give you time to think while entertaining the party, so try to make sure there's a lot of these running throughout the campaign."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Monster Manuel, Dungeon Master Guide and Onenote","Make it light hearted "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","pencil, paper, dice","adaptability"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","5th edition character creator for android
Donjon's random encounter tables
Dnd wiki for creature stats","Making sure the villain is either really campy or emotionally relatable, especially if he was one for the last session. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Random tables, files full of pretty fantasy pictures and big list of NPC names.","Figure out anything your players are willing to invest emotionally into and threaten that thing."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","Computer, Roll 20, Internet","Keep everyone engaged and be prepared ahead of time"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Letting the players think i have planned out much more than i really did."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","OneNote, blogs, online generators (such as DonJon)","My favorite thing to do to my players is to plant the seed of doubt. If they finally get to the fabled artifact that they're supposed to retrieve, but they aren't sure they're about to hand it over to the good guys, or destroying it could be a very bad idea.. That always keeps things interesting"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","My pc, the orginal books and lore books.","Since I been playing some background music, it helped the mood of adventuring."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","Roll20
rptools.net","Make the funny voices and never worry about embarrassment."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","1"" grid easel pad for combat maps, an organized Folder for keeping track of NPCs and campaign notes, weed. ","Play with people who are good people! A single bad person WILL ruin your campaign eventually. If you invite anyone to the table who is a jerk (people who ""act"" like jerks are jerks, no ""they are a nice person most of the time, but..."" allowed) not only are you going to lose players, but your players are going to lose respect for you."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Print handouts
","Do not hesitate to destroy the status quo. Make the players actions have effects! "
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Excel, Word, Inkarnate","Relax"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Whiteboard, Google Docs, Photoshop","Improvisation "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Google Drive,  online generators,  youtube","Take lots of notes and reference them often "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Reddit, homebrew Tumblr, webdm","Make the players think you're going to kill them"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","","WHen I'm under prepared, I'll just be more vague than usual. When my players ask questions I'll ""yes and"" my way through the session"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Monster Manual, Reddit, tv shows for inspiration","Rollable random loot or effects"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","PDF, Core Books, and youtube","entice the players but always give them free will no matter what"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","Players handbook 
Dungeons masters guide
Monsters Manuel ","Let the players do what they want and attempt to adjust accordingly. Make it possible but not super easy"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Pyromancers.com, Roll20","Intricate plots / detailed scene descriptions / Open world Sandbox / Doing Voices and acting out actions."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","kobold.club, a spreadsheet, 5th edition character sheet app","improvisation combined with planning"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","roll20, ",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pfsrd, DM's guides, PDF's ","Roleplay NPC's that catch the party off guard"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Reddit","Pick players who are good listeners, communicators, and have a solid rapport together if possible. Then give them meaningful, interesting, and consequential choices. Enjoyable sessions will naturally grow if you're even a half-decent DM."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, tools.goblinist.com/5enc, DICE!","Player input"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Historical maps/art (for inspiration), the 4th Edition Dungeon Tiles set, and the website donjon.bin.sh","Stick to your guns. Know your strengths as a DM and stick to them. Also, try to kill your players, because they will inevitably avoid death at every turn."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, the open 5e SRD, Google Docs","Play off of your players"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Matt Colville, Google, Imagination ","Talk a lot and describe "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Google images, Gimp, pinterest","encourage and use players sugestions"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Google Images, Books","Getting into the fiction without shame"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","A projector.
My Surface Book.
My Surface 3.","Kill the troublesome player."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","Hot Glue, Monster Manual, Google Docs","Let the players run the adventure, I just populate the people and encounters."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Music, loot generator, and reading reddit for ideas","Taking something from the party to get them to go anywhere"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","The entire Dungeon Master's Guide, gauging player interests and priorities, and any tome of fiction or history you can get your hands on. Watch documentaries, read books, learn history. It helps.","Make the players feel important. Like their words carry weight, like they matter to the story as a whole. In the campaign I'm currently running, the players are Corporals of what is essentially a Special Operations Capable unit. It makes sense that they're generally at least within the top 3 best warriors, healers or skulkers in the room."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Google Docs",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","D&D wizards books, free maps online, http://autorolltables.github.io/#","http://autorolltables.github.io/# using this site to quick roll characters and use what they want as the basis of the story"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Whiteboards, Grid Paper, and hand drawn maps","Make sure every player has a moment to shine... or at least fail brilliantly"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","The 3 core books, reddit, goblinpunch","Have an overall idea each session but follow their lead and create the story"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Random name gen. Random map gen. And my dm screen","Know what your players want."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Alcohol. Lots of alcohol. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club
Google drive
Dnd 5e character sheet","making sure each player gets to do that one thing they've wanted to do.  But remember as the DM you have to do stuff you know you will have fun doing as well."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Reddit, Matt Colville, Critical Role (Matthew Mercer)","Creative combat encounters (multi-stage fights and enemies seems to be a hit.) Also creating puzzles/problems with no specific solutions, and letting the players come up with something really creative (I'll often block simple/boring solutions.) And adding quirky NPCs is always fun as well... though my players seem to enjoy content that I've made up on the spot more than anything I plan."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Monster manual, pencil and paper","Give each person an individual goal/development as well as having a group goal"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","/r/DnD, Operas, Friends","Ask the players to narrate, give input, create the story. Make them work."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","NaturalCrit, for making nice looking homebrew stuff.
Dave's Mapper, for dungeons.
FantasyNameGenerators, for naming stuff.","Let the players do whatever they want (within reason) and improvise off of their choices."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","TokenTool, donjon.bin.sh (easy sortable lists of monsters/spells/magic items), Google Drive is basically my entire campaign notes","If your players become more sympathetic to an NPC or monster than you intended (especially if they started out nameless), you're doing something right."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Google Spreadsheets, Aurora Toolset, Roll20","Make sure there's food."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, Kobold Fight Club, Gimp",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Kobold Fight club and good old pen/paper","disregarding what should happen and just let what can happen fly."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DND apps, note cards, play mat","I have note cards with the players names on one side and their trinkets and other info facing me. I also use the cards so everyone knows the initiative order."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dm Cheatsheet, Donjon generators, maps","Rule of three: To have three was of resolving or moving forward the narrative."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Computer, Index Cards, speakers","Prepare things for many scenarios"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20 and Books","Variety - helps keeps the players engaged and avoid making things stale."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","","30 second limit on turns -- only applies to choosing an action, not DM interaction / dice rolling / etc"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","","Never say ""no"". let the players ""TRY"" anything they want.  "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Notebook, DMG, Google","Re purpose ideas to align with what the party does to allow them the sense of choice while not wasting prep time on unused items"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","A notebook, PDFs of the books, and a bunch of online resources (http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/blueroom/demog.htm was invaluable for help worldbuilding).","The tried and true ""Yes, and"" method."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Grid map,  marker,  dm screen","Hide answers.  Give hints "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Monster manual, myths, Reddit","Flexibility"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Donjon.bin.sh
WoTC published books
Reddit","With eight players its pretty rough but i try to touch a bit every session on each Clique's interests. My Treasure fiends, role playing  squad, and monster hunters"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Monster manual, myths, Reddit","Flexibility"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","Immagination, Other Games and Google Drive","Pretend you have prepared everything but actually improvise 95% of the game."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The D&D source books and Kobold Fight Club.","I'm new at this do I don't have many. Just try to do my best and borrow from Reddit!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","Kobold.club website, excel, Obsidian Portal website","During exploration where the party is split, keep people moving in turns so everyone gets a chance to play and keep tension up."
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Reddit!","Be flexible"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Youtube for music, Donjon, Google Drive","Make the players feel awesome. They will love seeing their characters do awesome stuff. Make the game difficult so that when cool stuff happens, the players feel empowered. I've noticed a lot of players love the game much more after they've done something awesome."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","PHB, DMG, Prepared adventure path",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, free dungeons, and the books","The Trait system is beautiful for quick NPC's."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","MS OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, Bombzen's Github Grimoire","Try and encourage your players to support other player's characters through interactions with each other. Have them think of questions they can ask each other during quiet moments, or think of things that they can say that would instigate conversation or thought. Mostly, get them to engage each other. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Homebrewery, Reddit, Matt Colville.","Not having a ""campaign"" - more an area filled with side quests that are all inter-linked - or atleast can be interlinked in the future while preparing for future sessions."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Photoshop, ","Having a good mixture of detail and action to keep the players immersed. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Google Docs, kobold.club, Reddit","Improvisation + taking it easy = recipe for fun"
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, youtube, google drive","Make every last-moment decision sound like it was the plan from the beginning."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club
DMs Guid
Monster Manual","When possible I try to think about my players and their characters to sculpt the story."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","The core rule books, kobold fight club, donjon","Outside of details for opponents, don't overdo it with the specifics. You want enough information to keep everything consistent, but not so much that it will bog you down. Roll with what the party does (literally), they can be better storytellers than you more than you'd expect. And keep it fun!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","imagination.improv.comedy","My secret that no one know. All my bosses have no HP. When i feel the fight is ""done"" I let the player ""win"" the fight. So those fights are fun and player are always at the edge."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Android Apps, Wizards website, paper and pencil","My players are all 12 - 14 years old. I've been playing this game for upwards of 20 years, and i've never had so much fun. So I guess my trick is: play with kids. They have a ton more enthusiasm and creativity."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","youtube, library, just a pad of paper/pens","steal ideas from other sources... yeah I'm not super original but there's plenty of good source material out there."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","Monster cards, snipping tool, clay","Taking a player's idea/answer to a problem and incorporating it into the answer"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Roll20, Reddit, and Google","I employ a long term strategy to minimize player inconvenience and maximize their attendance. I make sure that my players only need to show up. I have extra dice, I keep all the sheets secure and all the notes and maps organized, I'm usually the host, and there's almost guaranteed to be food and other substances available. When there is so little demanded of players, they are more likely to come back, and that's sort of the foundation of anything interesting in D&D. Developing strongholds, rare+ magic item crafting, unwinding complex narrative threads involving intricate networks, and epic tier combat are all pretty much out of reach if people don't invest the time to get there. And after every session, like clockwork, I ask people verbally, ""Did everybody have fun?"" Players love to affirm their good times, and if there is a problem, it's an opportunity to address it for next game, as opposed to somebody feeling left out or had a bad break with the rules, eventually until they decide the DM doesn't care about them and their contributions and stops coming. Everybody's game is different, and players are all different, but if a DM is focused on providing good humor and a comfortable environment for entertainment, everything else clicks into place quite easily."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Word, Excel, Paint.net","Knowing why your players play to make sure their needs are met and making sure everyone has a chance to shine."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","DMG
PH
Dnd wiki sites","Having the illusion of something being a threat. For example character asks to roll for stealth, search for traps etc. Roll high and talk up the scenario to have them open a chest or door with minimal results. Just flavor, not too often, and only spur-of-the-moment"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club. Core books.  Index cards","Having random npc names on hand"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon RPG Tools, notebook with my made information","Remembering that it is about your players not yourself."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Various online calculators, mostly for balancing out in regards to RAW. Stories/Video Games, I shamelessly  assimilate. Google searches of encapsulated questions.","Letting the players decide their fate, and their conduct without letting your personal feelings influence them. Once you learn to keep a straight face, you'll have such better stories. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, excel, fantasynamegenerator.com","Let the players do what they want, just make sure it's not overpowered"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","Google images, DMG, Monster Manuel","Give the players a reason to come back, whether it be not finishing up a mystery or making them wonder what is next.  Just make the story something they want to continue"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","kobold fight club, google docs/notes, tokens and hand drawn maps","have fun"
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Pen and paper, donjon, handbooks","Good players"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","A well written adventure ","As much as possible, let the players drive the story. "
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit r/dndnext, dndwiki, obsidion portal","I make the party track initiative order in combat, I also allow the villains to monologue as a reaction"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20  Google drive.  Donion. ","Don't get committed to outcomes.  Focus on dealing with what happens, not on what you think should happen."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Adobe InDesign","Bullshitting around every corner"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Good drive, Adobe inDesign, Field Notes notebook","""Yes, and..."""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Spell cards, Gridded maps, Player and monster tokens","Embracing the players through roleplay, it gets them entirely into it and they love it"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","My laptop, the DMG, my players","Create hooks and encounters based on specific characters"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Donjon RPG tools, specific encounters in published adventures, stealing ideas from TV and movies","Inhabit your characters- think about how they would really respond to the PCs. And give them funny voices."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Roll20 is an amazing tool. I also like Hero Lab for keeping my NPCs and Characters in. ","Grab the characters by the story, make them care about the tale being told. Once they buy into the legend then the story will tell itself. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, One Note, Paint.NET","Drink Heavily"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Laptop, OneNote, TV with chromecast","The mind flayer says that there is no trick."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Fantasy Grounds, Hero Labs, Google Drive","I am a new DM, I don't have tricks yet!"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Home brewed resources, Microsoft Excel, & marijuana ","Background music. Having YouTube or Spotify playing in the background for dramatis. "
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, /r/unearthedarcana, kobold fight club","Personalize it and make the PC's feel like they matter"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold.club
Matt Colville
One Note","Prep locations and let the Characters choose what to do in them, without too many preconceived notions about what they should be doing once they get there. "
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google.","Spontaneity and embracing the moment."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Encounter builders online; /r/dnd for ideas; spotify","Roll with my player's ideas. They're often stupid but it makes them happy"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","","Trying to be more sandbox-y than railroad-y. If a player does something unexpected, try to roll with it and decide how the world would react to it."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Reddit, roll20, fellow dm","I like to get my players emotionally involved."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Monster Manual Cards, Dungeon Dice, Small Notepad","Add terrain features or hazards to combat encounters for extra depth."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Dungeon Masters Guide 
Monster Manual
Internet","""How do you wanna do this?"""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, Pinterest, Dungeon Masters Guild",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Inkaente, Google docs, ambient tracks","Start with a small roleplaying question, what does your character wear? What are your morning rituals, what do you sound like? To get them into their characters minds."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20
Kobold Fight Club
Random generators","Leave room in your story for the players to mess it up."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Donjon OneNote notepad","Making eccentric characters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","r/dndbehindthescreen, kolboldfightclub, donjon","Difficult Moral Decisions/Encounters"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dungeon master's guide, monster manual, R/dndnext","Find an interesting monster/combat encounter and work out how to fit it into the plot"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","Google, Word, Books","Being able to ad lib and improvise"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","pen, graph paper, monster manual","Create a dozen factions (leaders, goals, troops), draw a map, locate the factions HQ-outposts-battlegrounds, and set up the first few  dungeons/adventures.

Drop the PCs into a first encounter and see which way they go."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, /r/UnearthedArcana, /r/DnDBehindTheScreen","Adaptability and don't over-plan. Make a plan for how you expect the players to take the session, try to plan for other possibilities, but if needed, adapt to the new circumstances. Many of the things my players remember most, I don't really remember myself because they were spur-of-the-moment adaptations that I hadn't spent an hour planning like everything else."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight club, Google Hangouts, Forgotten Realms Wiki","Build in player backstories, background features, and uses for their proficiencies"
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","The DMG","Making a sandbox setting out of location-based modules"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Sketch Pad, OneNote, Tablet","Keep notes on everything"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Miniatures
DM Screen
Lots of notes/notebooks/books","I enjoy using the Phantom Ogre trick, where you give 2 options but it's really only one. It helps to save time, but shouldn't be used more than once every few sessions."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Online lists, pics, map generators","Create interesting npcs, world, and a clear direction to head in"
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Battle Mat, white board, 5E screen ","Memorable NPCs"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","Dungeon Masters Guide, Gaming wikis/fourms (such as reddit and 1d4chan), Volo's Guide to Monsters","Make characters, not stories. The players can interact with these people as they choose. "
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold fight club, DMG npc generation tables","Characters first, DM plot second"
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","","Improvising"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","OneNote, Roll20","Think of each session individually, rather than sticking with an overall story."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","DMG, Campaign Books, Notebook","Get to know what your players want out of a game, and ensure that it is included. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20!  Wooooo!","Don't say No unless you have to."
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Pen/Paper, Photoshop, Name generator","
The rules and dice are secondary, what matters is a fun session, so sometimes I will bend both rules and dice if nessesary"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Onenote, roll20",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Goblinist
Donjon
Chaoticshiny","Fun and comical consequences"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","The PHB, the DMG, and the backstories of my players/ the world.","It isn't mine, but deftly turning an off-the-rails moment into an established story point is the best."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","google docs, roll20, pafthfinder srd.","ignore like half the rules. Give the players more freedom, free feats, extra powers. the system is so front loaded for character creation that after level 3 there are no real interesting character sheet choices. In fact, play a different system altogether. 13th age is fun, or dungeon world. or for chaotic clusterfuck of a system try pathfinder."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold fight club
Random name generators",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","Pathfinder Initiative tracker, Player's Handbook, personal notebook","Be flexible, have fun, don't be afraid to let your player's change the story."
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Excel, Database apps, Music","Study video-game design"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, dunjon, a refrence app.","Player agency "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Tabletop Simulator, improved-inititive, online dm screen ","Working with planned material and letting the rails go loose. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pen, paper, DMG","Developing NPCs and then killing them"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pixelmator, One Note","Keep rules loose. They are there to serve the game not limit it"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, Reddit, DMG","Don' be afraid to try improving some things. Prepare the barebones basics, and try fleshing it out as you go along."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Note cards, tabletop audio, excel","Show the players less, rather than more. Make the world seem fallible and make npcs imperfect."
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Premise modules","Playing with kids!"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Onenote
Name Generators
Music","Setting out the rules and preferred playstyle ahead of time, so everyone is on the same page."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Encounter Calculator, Critter DB, Spotify","Rolling for no reason. Keeps them on their toes."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Monster manual, players handbook, notebook+pen although I would kill for a first party properly supported web API that covered the whole set of core books(PHB, MM, DMG) and the first party campaign expansions (ToD,PoA,EE,ItA,CoS,etc.)","Immersion. I'll sacrifice almost any plot point, encounter, item, whatever for an opportunity to deepen immersion into the game. Anything that increases (or stops decreases in) in game immersion naturally makes the game flow better, be better roleplayed, less meta, etc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","S notes on my tablet. Google docs.  ","I have explayers playing faction leaders. Generates story for free xD"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","DM guide, Reddit, non D&D material (fantasy novels, movies, comics, etc.)","Keep it lose and improv friendly"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","Pen, paper, books","Pitting the players against each other"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","Books, dice, and a few generators on Donjon. Lots of scratch paper though.","Don't be afraid to improvise. I spend most of my prep time getting an idea of what I need to be ready for based on what I think my players want to or are likely to do. All of my NPCs, except major characters like kings and big bosses, are improvised. It feels rougher than a fully fleshed setting, but it lets the world and the setting develop around the players and their actions, which is awesome."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","Order of the stick
Roll20
Players handbook",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Pathfinder Pawns
Dry erase grids
DM screen","Preperation"
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","fantasynamegenerator.com, donjon.bin.sh, reddit.com","Knowing your players and what makes them enjoy D&D."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Google,  mm, and scrap papper","Using the characters back story "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Spell Cards, Dry-Erase Map, Excel","Combat with unique gimmick mechanics"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Onenote, http://npcgenerator.azurewebsites.net/","Prepare rough lines. Players will never do what you expect, so paint broad strokes that can easily accommodate player agency."
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","NVAlt, Open5e, Ulysseys","Strategic Silence. Players will fill in the blanks with more depth than you could ever imagine."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Donjon
Google Docs 
Dice","Giving your players freedom and being flexible "
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","lotsa random tables"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","pencil and dungeonographer","my mind"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","More than two hours","Photoshop, Evernote, Pen and Paper","Pokerface and on the fly thinking. nothing goes as planned. but if you can bullshit it, you're all good. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club","Listening"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","5th Edition Character Sheet app for Android and iOS/ Donjon Tools/ Tabletop Simulator ","Improv, describe small, simple situations, and see where the players take it. Let their actions guide the adventure."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","online spell/monster lists, graph paper, and the phrases ""You do that"" and ""You can try""","Keeping a poker face when things go off the rails, having to ad-lib half a dozen NPCs, a mini-dungeon, and three encounters, then pretending everything worked out how you expected it to."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs (for writing about my huge ass world, easily up to 50 pages), my DMs screen, and the monsters manual. {and also my ability to improvise}","Expect anything. Let the players try to do whatever they want (whether or not they succeed is a different story)"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","donjon; 5e Random Generator, homebrewery.naturalcrit.com, Initiative Cards
From MrMcSkuzzy","Asking Players to make perception checks when nothing is there. It freaks them out"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobald fight club, 5e books, DnD wiki","Sound effects - ambient sound mixer"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll 20, Dms Guild, and Google search ","Letting my players feel like their choices matter and their ability to make meaningful changes"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold.club, donjon.bin.sh, any info I can scavenge","Ad lib and player's characters as unwilling actors XD"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Word Processor, DM Screen w/ my own tips, Journal for during play","Set-pieces are great for establishing a clear visual setting and it allows for players to more easily imagine themselves performing actions in that environment."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","roleplayingtips.com, MS OneNote, gridless maps","Consequences for big choices, and no chaotic neutral characters."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pages (the word processor), the books, my notebook","Focus on the NPCs. Describe the world through its effects on NPCs. Give the PCs allies, rivals, and other connections to create real community-driven stakes to motivate their actions. Everything else will follow."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club. Unaware of other D&D specific tools that would be helpful for game prep",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","I simply use skype or discord since i dont use a grid. so i guess my third tool would be an automatic dice roller","run the sort of game you want to play, make player choices matter and give the players freedom. make the world feel alive"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","5E DMG, Magic the Gathering cards (for inspiration & improv), and Deviant Art website (for pictures)","Buy a booster pack of Magic or some other game, make the cards in it inspire an adventure or location either through art, quotes, NPCs, etc."
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Game master 5
Minis
Environment sounds",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold, Monster Workbench, The books","Having good friends"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Magazine (old issues); Web DM (YouTube channel), r/DnDNext (subreddit)","Coming up with interesting NPCs. Improvisation helps. Also, stealing ideas from Dungeon Mag, lol."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Composition Notebook, Pencil, and source books.","Using a lot of detail to describe scenes."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Roll20, a DM binder, and my tablet to play music","Roll dice to scare players"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","Monster manual
Graph paper
Fractal mapper","Adjusting loot, outcomes, or events based on localized fears or desires of the party."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","PHB, DMG, MM","Pretend you know what you're doing"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","pen and paper, kobold fight club","NPC Voices"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Photoshop for maps
Word for creating paper minis
The core rulebooks ","Let the players go where they want"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll 20
Excel
Obsidian Portal","Track monster hp using excel formulas"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","PHB, internet and Roll20","Make sure everyone has the same expectations."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","Volo's Guide, Monster Manual, Internet","The best thing to remember is to be flexible and willing to veer from what was planned."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Spellbook ap. Online dice rollers and websites for quick reference","Critical success and failure tables"
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Grid paper, player tracker, D&D soundtrack","Voice acting"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","Donjon","Try to accommodate as much as you can for the PC's"
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","OneNote, Photoshop, DonJon","Open with a straightforward objective, then muddy the moral waters when more information is found by the characters."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Books, notes & character backgrounds. ","Be prepared but not open to going on the fly. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","White erase board, combat grid, world/area map","Eh, just roll with it. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Don.jon.bin is really just my favourite one","If its a cool idea and you can make it work, do it, its canon now."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","microsoft word, ipad, roll20 5th edition rule lookup","As a dm, making player ""choice"" feel meaningfull. And getting to know the characters intimately through encounters. Is what makes a great D&D game. "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","A Notebook, Kobold Fight Club, Crobi RPG Card Generator","Don't get bogged down by looking up specific rules during a session, just make it up as you go along"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","Music, pictures, photoshop.","Voices for NPCs"
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Lost Mines of Phandelver, Player's Handbook, DM's Guide","Hourglass for combat"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","PHB, DMG, current module I am running",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","The D&D complete reference app, loot generator app and the d&d 5e spellbook app","A crap ton of improv"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Roll20, books and evernote.","Consequences of player's actions coming back to bite them."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","About two hours","About an hour","Other Worldly Mapper","Just go with it!"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","dndbehindthescreen, various magic item websites","Improvise alongside your players and make sure they always have a reason to advance"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","","Know what the PCs want, and what the NPCs want. That's what tells you how things should go down. Also, be excited, or nothing can save you. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes"," pen paper imagination","Suspense, and challenge of mixed variety."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","my favorite fiction books for inspiration, reddit and other forums, and good mood music and soundtracks ","Getting the players invested into the world through well thought out storytelling/roleplaying."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","DM Minion, Kobold Fight Club, Cue Cards","For encounters only plan as far as: ""why is the encounter there (i.e. motivation)"" and ""how does the encounter react when the players show up (e.g. hostile, unfriendly, indifferent or friendly)"". After that, let the players take the lead. I can't tell you how many cue cards I have thrown over my shoulder when I stupidly planned the narrative of an encounter that the players immediately took down some other, unexpected, path."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","free online maps, printing 3 x 5 cards, electronic resources","Make the players think you are against them when secretly you want them to win"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","donjon.bin.sh, Ultimate Monster Index, DnD 5e Spell Viewer, published core books, r/dndnext, r/dnd","World plasticity - players have a great impact on the story progression and world/lore"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Pyromancers mapping website and kobold fight club. Also just plain old Google.","The monster spawner. Easy way to give an encounter some urgency and scale on the go."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","Masterplan",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The core books, my own rulebook/campaign note, a binder full of random tables","Dunno, I guess it's a combination of many things, compelling open universe where the PC matter, filled with unique npcs and incredible treasure guarded by legendary monsters."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Roll20, Official Books, Photoshop","I like to mess with my players to keep them guessing so that nothing ever becomes routine. I will do things like make an entire encounter around a pun, design a plot twist, create enemies that are prepared for and can outsmart the players, use illusions or other magic to change the terrain on them, etc."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Monster Manual, notebook/pen, evernote","Be modular in your approach to adventure design, players always do something unexpected. You can always use an encounter elsewhere if they avoid it the first time!"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","A few websites who's urls I can't remember","Idk"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","5e moble app, spell list app, whiteboards","A multi layered world for players to explore and chose their own path"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, GIMP, Google Docs",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Goblinist, 4chan","Incorporate lore your players want to bring into the game. Unless it's bad, it will make the game all the richer and keep your players more interested than ever."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","White Board, Spotify for Music, 5e Fight Club App","Skill Challenges "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","I have prepared playlists and play music during my sessions. I have some wooden 1x1 inch blocks that I use to create structures/elevation/big creatures. Finally, I have an active imagination, so between sessions I daydream about the setting and campaign, and walk into each session ready to tackle anything the players might do, go, meet, or see.","Improv. Being able to think quickly, and change things on the fly, are the most important aspects to my DM style. My players tend to be very chaotic, and can ruin any plans I might make, break any encounters I might think of, or skip dungeons I've built. Being able to roll with the punches and changing my plans easily and quickly, have proven to be the best tool for the game. With improv as well, I can describe actions and interactions with a great amount of theatrics, which draws in players and creates wonderful stories."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","List of Names, and  list of plot hooks. ","Wing'n it. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","google sheets (encounter building), roll20.net",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","MediaWiki, Illustrator, ambient-mixer.com","Ambient Soundscapes"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Core books, online (reddit), onenote","Practice, creativity, and effort. Theres no one quick rule that makes a game good, its all the small tools and tricks that add up to a good game"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Matthew Colville, Microsoft Word, OneDrive ","I don't know "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/ ; http://hardcodex.ru/ ; A spreadsheet with all characters and all locations the party will probably visit, together with descriptions of their physical characteristics (how I would describe them), secrets, character and motivation (how they would act or develop), and special events that can be triggered by the characters' actions","Careful timing and delivery for those witty and/or comic relief NPCs; if I hit the my mark, the players automatically try to RP in character "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Homebrewery, Don jon, my girlfriend who draws my art","Good role playing skills "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Discord 
Roll20
WotC Books","Adaption. Just because it sounds cool in your head and its something you want to see. Your painting a world for others. They may see it very differently. "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google docs
Moleskin notebook
The angry GM's content","Having something for all of my players to enjoy. Research the different types of gamers and the eight types of fun. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Pencils, paper, random fantasy book/movie","Communication with the players of what they/you want out of the game."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","Kobold fight club, e5 spellbook, microsoft word","Resolve the combat if it gets bogged down"
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","OneNote 2016, Photoshop, 3D Printer (Minis)","Make it about the players"
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","A pencil, the DMG/MM, a calculator","Have confidence and don't ever let the players think you don't know what you're doing."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Really appreciate obsidianportal, dms guild, and fight club","Pre-generated NPCs, names, and villains makes for a smooth session"
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Reddit ,the Handbooks and homebrew",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","Map making tools, wax seal stamps, roll20","Play the game the players want, not the story you want to tell."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Donjon, Homebrewery, Map software","Making characters' backstory a part of the plot."
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","","Be Prepared to Adapt and Improvise"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","D&d 5e Monster Manual, D&d 5e encounter calculator, Google docs","Have a cool lamp or other light source which dimly illuminates the table, mine is a wall mounted dragon head with a light hanging from it's mouth, and extinguish all other sources of light. I think the dim light has a dramatic effect, and the dimming of that real world sensory input helps everyone slip into character and be more immersed."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","inkarnate.com, reddit.com/dndnext, a pen and paper","Remember your job is to maximise the amount of fun had in a room"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","1. Keep a small notepad nearby for when inspiration strikes at a moments notice in between sessions. 2. Random generation websites such as donjon.bin.sh aid in inspiring new ideas. 3. A GM screen or tablet assist greatly in quickly gleaning information at a moments notice.","Don't save awesome ideas for later. Make that awesome thing you thought of fit the current session's situation the best you can and DO IT! because that later session may never come."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","Lion's Den Fight Club App for IOS, the core 3 books, and the D&D subreddits","Learn to improv. All the preparation in the world does nothing when the party decides to start a political revolution and ultimately get the sovereign of the realm killed and the kingdom thrown into chaos. You can't plan for everything, so learn to just go with it and make it work. Somehow it all comes together in the end."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","5e SRD, DM Screen, Reddit","The story belongs to the players"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Whiteboard, laptop, monster manual","improvisation! And subsequent note taking to stay consistent"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Donjon, Laptop","Acting out NPC:s not merely by voice, but also by gestures. "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Google docs",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Just the monster manual for inspiration","Present the players with a puzzle without having a solution in mind. Let their minds wander"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Pen, Paper and Monsters Manual","Being ready to react to the actions of a player. A willingness for them to lead the adventure in a direction they, or feel their characters would, choose."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","Spellbook App, Donjon Monster List, Roll Advantage Token Stamp","Don't be afraid to look stupid"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","encounter builder, ambient sounds, Dungeon Master's Guide","Introducing physical elements - letters etc"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Wiki, Pen & paper, goblinist",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","miniatures, maps, real puzzles ","let them feel the fear of death (i dont want them to die, but they should be afraid of death by stupid decisions, i will not hesitate to punish ""stupid"" behaviour [dice rolls are not included as ""behaviour"", thats just unlucky])"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","The main books, online homebrew monsters from various sources","Make sure everyone is having fun by adding a little humor where applicable and fudging rolls if nescessary. Also alcohol"
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Volo's Guide to Monsters, Grid paper, and Matthew Colville","Don't force your players to follow that rigid framework you originally set up. Let the game play out how it will play out."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","r/DnDBehindtheScreen, r/Worldbuilding, fantasynamegenerators.com","Prepare a world to play in, not a story to play along"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Dungeon master's guide, monster manual, encounter calculator","Let the players run the game you made"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Google Docs
Donjon
CherryTree","I like to focus on providing a general world for my players, and allowing them to describe the detailed parts.  For example, you walk into a dimly lit tavern with a few patrons, describe who you see and their appearance/demeanor.  Helps to minimize prep, give players agency, and I can always throw in hooks based on the world itself."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","The Internet","Names of characters on cards placed across the top of the DM screen to show initiative order"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","Google Sheets","Don't be attached to what you expect your players to do. Keep their options open."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","Books pathfinder pawns and notes","Respect the dm"
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Fifth edition character sheet app, spell book app, off copies of books","Knowing what the players want out of the time they spend playing and trying to make sure each player gets a chance to do it. IE, which pillar of play does each person like."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Imagination, psychology literature, history books","I create the world and the NPC plots. The players must find their own way (no handholding)."
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Kobold Fight Club, Roll20, Pyromancer's Dungeon Builder","Schroedinger's Gun"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","Apps, books, homebrew","Description of what occurs"
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","r/itsadndmonsternow
Whatever online maps I can get my hands on
Random tables in the DM guide","Say ""Yes but..."" or ""Yes and..."" to whatever the players say."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Grimore, 5edmscreen, donjon, the three core books, rgp tinker","Knowing your players"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club","Use maps of medieval castles and cities for flavour (Carcassonne, Gamla Stan (Stockholm), etc."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Dungeon painter online, Google Drive slide (how we handle real time maps), skype","I don't prepare specific plot points. I just design towns filled with npcs who want things, hate things, etc... with a loose over arching plot that guides the players. My players seem to have fun the more sandbox like I can make each ""quest"" "
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","Game Master 5
Fight Club 5","Keeping an open mind to the player's decisions and working with them. I just have 2 players so i have to run 2 character. It is hard because when i prepare i always think about how i want to do the scenario or the battle. Before each game i have to take a step back from helping them and think about how much my 2 characters know and what they would do. It makes the game fun but also difficult. "
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","MS OneNote, r/dndnext, extensive fantasy literature collection","atmospheric music"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","1) My laptop is vital, I carry there al most everything. 2) sound/music player, having background music to support my storytelling or give something to listen while I'm creating on-the-stop stuff is good.3) Hand-outs be it digital or physical, there are too few ways to show the world to my players so they can use references to imagine, so I search, prepare and print/make PDFs with pictures and small data to give them background when we discover an important/character.","When making the characters with my PCs I include small unique things in their bios wich then I use to create personal adventures inside the world, when they start divocering things related to their bios they tend to focus on those and they let themselves be carried over by the main story because they're engorged in dicovering the rest of themselves that the now know I hid in the world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","D&d 5e spellbook app. Monster Manuel. Tome of beasts","Expect the players to do the unexpected"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Google,monster Manuel and dmg","Horror"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Listen to your players"
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, Player's Handbook","Let the players tell the story, you just oversee it."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google docs, evernote","List of random names for NPCs"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","Audio, text editor, internet","""I had all of that planned"""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper and imagination","Knowing what your players want and giving it to them. But not in the way they wanted it ;)"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","Notepad","Wish I had one"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","PHB, MM, DMG","Construct a framework around which to improvise"
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Minis, maps, snacks.","Be selective with your invitations. The players make the game. "
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Evernote, published books (source books), ","Have fun and be flexible. Your PC's will through curves at you and you can take them and hit home runs if you are flexible. "
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Tome of Beasts, Monster Manual",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","Online resources (subreddits, Kobold Fight Club, etc), PHB, other works of fiction for inspiration.","Rolling with the punches of the players and thinking on my feet to use the resources I have to act accordingly. This seems to create a nice 'living world' feeling rather than 'scripted events'."
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","Google Docs, Google Images, PHB","Only preparing for 1 session at a time, and not limiting the PCs access and direction in the world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","kobold Fight club website, Microsoft OneNote for organisation, donjon website for tables and misc.","Avoid referring to the DMG and PHB during play, grouping multiple monsters of the same type for iniative and attack, creating conflict and consequence through good NPCs"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes"," Name generators, paint, books","Encourage role play and open discussion for decisions."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","One-note, Photoshop, Fantasynamegenerator","""Yes, but"", not ""No, and"""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","","""Yes, but/and..."" mentality of working through problems"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","monster manual, Matthew Colville, inspiration from reddit.","make foes and npc's belivable, and make the PC's try to read your mind"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","iPad, Google Drive, reddit.com/r/MonsterADay","I always ask for feedback from my players to make sure I don't repeat things they hate and continue doing things that they enjoy."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","published or pre-designed maps, miniatures, images","I like to roll all saving throws from character abilities in front of the screen."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","","Borrowing elements from great fantasy-type media, such as switching between two 'sides' of the same world."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold Fight Club, looking through other published adventures for ideas, MPMB's 12.6 edition automated character sheet for NPC creation (http://www.dmsguild.com/product/186823/Character-Sheet--MPMBs-fullyautomated-Printer-Friendly-character-generator)","Try to make sure no one makes the same roll repeatedly.  Doing nothing but swinging your sword for several rounds in a row is not interesting. "
"Less than monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Pics of boobs","Giving PCs boobs"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","Excel, Whiteboard, Syrinscape","A musical cue during a pivotal dialogue line "
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","","Try not to kill the characters but keep them thinking they are constantly on the verge of death."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Laptop, Paper, Pen",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","roll20","gauge the players and adjust on the fly"
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","DMG, minis & terrain pieces, iPad","Always keeping several adventuring/story paths available to the players"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","Kobold fight club",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Google,  Monster manual, and Modules by wizards of paizo","Counting out damage dice after you give the players a difficult decision.  Raises the tension significantly."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Various Pages on the Internet, offical books","Making the Players do random Rolls to get them paranoid"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kfc",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","One note
Roll 20
Critter DB","Tie the characters to lots of different parts of the setting, so they always feel like they are part of the world not just tourists in it."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Roll20, PDF versions of the core books, reddit forums(DNDNEXT, DND and UnearthedArcana)","Having all the books as PDF files, makes it so much easier to look op rules and more. One simply need to fill a search bar and not spend ages looking trough the yourself."
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","Kobold FC, YT vids","Play to find out what happens, not to tell people what happens."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","","Modular encounters. Say you design an encounter where your party meets a grand wizard in his tower dungeon, but your party completely avoids the tower and goes off in a different direction. Because the two designed elements are modular (meeting the wizard, and the tower dungeon itself), you can instead have them meet the wizard on the road and then save the tower dungeon for another time, reskinning the creatures within to fit whatever theme you need it to."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","Craft stores, fight club 5, YouTube (audio)","High quality descriptions that aren't too lengthy."
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","1) Lists of random NPCs by Race and often Class/Trade, 2) DM Crafting channels like DM Scotty, DMG Info, Wyloch and Black Magic Craft 3) DM advice and campaign diaries by Matt Colville","Listen for Players to say things like, ""I hope that X"" or ""I'm afraid of Y"" during gameplay and then alter my plans to tailor the game tension/catharsis to those hopes & fears."
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Fantasy Grounds, donjon, Google!/Reddit! ","Random Encounters can be awesome IF USED as an event and not just a random fight! Mind you, don't over do it! Too many events and it can get tedious as well! "
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","Lion's Den's Game Master 5; Gereon Steffens' InitiativeBoard; my own handy-dandy notebook","I make a separate bullet-point sheet of NPCs' motivations as they relate to the story. That way, when role-playing, and the PCs are really getting into questions and dialog, I have a base to work from in order to keep the conversations moving and informative without either being unrealistic or giving away too much."
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","Roll20, Photoshop, google spreadsheets","Being Prepared and having a stock of ""Generic Enemies"" for when players deviate."
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","DnD books (PHB, SMG, MM), reddit's wiki system (I have a sub for all my notes and info for my own database of info), dnd-spells.com","Design the setting (cities, NPCs, plot hook) and let the players take you on a ride!"
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","Google drive, sketches, music","Be flexible. If the players derail the story, it doesn't end anything, it takes it a new direction."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","/r/worldbuilding, DMs guide, Google Image search","Potempkin Villages. I build several quests, and no matter what the players ""choose"" they end up going there. They get the illusion of choice, and I can present a well prepared adventure."
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","dmb phb mm","so, what's everybody doing?"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","Campaign book (only been running LMOP so far but plan move on to SKT), PHB, Voice recorder to keep track of my npc voices","Err for the player, not against."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","Adventurer's League. ","Have a memorable NPC, and involve EVERYONE at the table at least once. "
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","The books, Matt Mercer, Matt Colville","Improv"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Reddit, NotePad, Roll20","I always like using creatures that are usually a little too tough for the PC's as it makes the world around them feel a lot bigger. I also design maps on Roll20 then transfer them to a 5 ft grid just for the added professionalism."
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","the book or mod
my note book
DMG","knowing general flows on where everything is happening"
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Pen, paper, brain","Be prepared"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club. Roll20. D&D 5edition spellbook app for android.","Dopplegangers. Use them. Keep 'em guessing."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","Notebook. Lion's Den Game Master. Premade adventures/adventure book","I use premade adventures almost entirely. For homebrew I've pre-set a variety of locations and NPCs and possible conflicts/quests and let them wander and make decisions and wing it. Answers above relate to premadadventires since I do those most."
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","1"" grid sheets/mats to pre-draw maps so you're ready to go; 

laser printer to prepare additional hand-outs or anything that would be easier to convey visually instead of verbally; 

1"" tiles with numbers/letters to represent hordes of similar creatures so as to differentiate them from one another (e.g. 'I'm hitting white 8' or 'I'm hitting black K')","If possible, being flexible to players who want to engage with the world; that's free content right there!"
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Evernote, a PDF reader, dice",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","Songs & Dragons (for music and SFX)","custom made 3D terrain"
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","Post-it notes, ",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","Reading through the books, blogs, day dreaming","Read the table, if the players aren't engaged it's the DM's job to engage them."
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","Forgotten Realms Wiki, Fold up maps, miniatures ","Incorporating Lore into the store and ensuring the combat is challenging "
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","Hexographer, dungeonographer, random encounters generator.","Build the world and give NPC's their own life goals, morals and motives. Then let the story come from your players. Let them decide what they want to accomplish."
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Imagination, identifying the players' wants and needs, and content from books that sounds fun.","Creativity, being able to think up things on the fly, whether it's characters or sudden plot twists. Adapt to your players as they make their decisions, allow things to change with the flow of the story. Understand your players' wants and needs, and use them to craft a satisfying story. The best games are the ones where the players and DM both enjoy where the story takes them."
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","Monster Manual",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","Dmg (1st and 5th), reddit.com/r/behindthescreen, dice and random tables. ","Listen"
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","Pre-made adventure league mods, minis, maps.","No tricks. Just lots of energy and a knack for adjusting for difficulty on the fly. Keep it moving and engaging during role play and combat."
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","Excel, photoshop, Notes","Maintain internal consistency "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","OneNote, Kobold Fight Club, I have laminated trackers","I have a bunch of laminated tools that I use to track and prep adventures."
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","Player's Handbook
Dungeon Master's Guide
Module / Book that I'm running","Have fun.  Try to have players have fun."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Talking things out loud to myself to get descriptions and exposition correct, image search online to find accompanying visuals, use of D20pro program to run and coordinate combat encounters.","Communication with players, before, during and after. Feedback both ways enhances the game."
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","Custom made excel character generator. ","Pregenerated list of names for npc's and locations to assign so I don't have to think of them on the spot. Reoccurring villains, political missions"
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","Complete spell list Excel document. Roll20. Monster manual","Music"
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","Kobold Fight Club, the Fight Club/Lion's Den GM 5 app, and good ole pen and paper.","Don't let the published adventure or even the rules get in the way of players having fun. "
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","Tabletopaudio
D&D 5 spellbook app
Roll20","The illusion that I had everything planned. "
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","Alcohol, Grid poster, Outlines","Preparation, Room for improvisation"
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","The core rule books and the internet. ","Don't over plan and go with the group. Figure out which enemies would appear in each section and roll with it. I find that a well thought out world is more useful than a well thought out fight. "
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","Encounter generators","Fake confidence in what you are doing, whether or not you actually planned/know what's about to happen "
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","maptool,onenote,kobold fight club","""Keep your distance, though, Chewie, but don't *look* like you're trying to keeping your distance."" 
Now replace 'keep your distance' with 'bs your way through'"
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","None","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About an hour","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","About an hour","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","None","None","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","More than two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About two hours","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","More than two hours","About an hour","None","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About an hour","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","None","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","About an hour","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","None","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","None","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"More than twice weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About two hours","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About two hours","None","None","None","None","None","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","About 30 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About an hour","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","None","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Another public Location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","None","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","None","About an hour","None","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","None","About two hours","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","None","About 5 minutes","More than two hours","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Another public Location","Another D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"More than twice weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds","Fantasy Grounds","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","I don't prepare at all","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","More than two hours","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Non-D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","None","None","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","More than four hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Another D&D Campaign World","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","About an hour","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About three hours","None","None","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About two hours","About an hour","None","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","I don't prepare at all","More than two hours","More than two hours","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","More than four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 30 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Less than monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","None","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Abstract maps","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About three hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","About two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About four hours","More than two hours","More than two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","More than two hours","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at another public location;I regularly run D&D games at another private location;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","More than two hours","About an hour","About two hours","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About two hours","",""
"Less than monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About two hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20;I regularly run D&D games online using Fantasy Grounds;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Equal mix","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","Theater of the Mind","About 15 minutes","None","None","None","None","None","None","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","Abstract maps","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","",""
"Less than monthly","Longer than eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Monthly","About eight hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","More than two hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 30 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","None","More than two hours","About 15 minutes","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Home","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Twice monthly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Non-D&D Campaign World","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About an hour","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","None","",""
"Twice a week","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About an hour","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games online using another tool","Another online tool","Forgotten Realms","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About three hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About an hour","About an hour","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","More than four hours","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","About an hour","About 30 minutes","None","",""
"Weekly","About six hours","I regularly run D&D games at home","Home","Personal setting","Personal adventures","Theater of the Mind","About two hours","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","",""
"Twice monthly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games at another private location","Another private location","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About 15 minutes","None","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 5 minutes","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About four hours","I regularly run D&D games at home;I regularly run D&D games at a local game shop;I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Local game shop","Forgotten Realms","Published adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","None","About an hour","About an hour","None","None","None","None","",""
"Weekly","About three hours","I regularly run D&D games online using Roll20","Roll20","Personal setting","Personal adventures","5' gridded combat","About two hours","About 15 minutes","About 5 minutes","About 30 minutes","About 15 minutes","About an hour","About 15 minutes","None","",""