On The Shoulders Of Dwarves

### The danger of preparing too little or too much (1:20) Unless you are a both a very veteran GM and a professional improviser, you should prepare, and even if you are - preparing things will help you raise the level of your game. ### General advice (4:10) Always be ready to throw everything away at a moment notice. GM prep is like a battle plan, it rarely survives an encounter with the players. Done is better than perfect (AKA perfect is the enemy of done). Prep contributes only a certain percent to the experience. The prep you THINK matters most might not be the best use of your time. The players don’t know what was planned. After a game, the GM is usually the only one who remembers their GM ‘mistakes’. Players usually only remember the general experience. So take it easy, eh? ### How Uri prepare (11:00) Is this a campaign or a one shot? What is the mechanic? (high crunch or low crunch and GM build vs collaborative build) Is there a specific meaning/theme/idea I wish to convey? One-shots are l