Mike Shea

Nobody understood how weapon speed worked. Nobody understood how initiative worked. There were whole components of the game that were missing. And yet it was still a really popular game and people really liked playing with it.

That, you know, it's easy to get caught up in all of that mechanic stuff and just forget that like what really matters is getting together with our friends around the table and playing the game. It's also like the one of the both the benefit and the and the hazard of our interconnected world now. And it's been interconnected as long as D&D has been around.

That, you know, it's easy to get caught up in all of that mechanic stuff and just forget that like what really matters is getting together with our friends around the table and playing the game. It's also like the one of the both the benefit and the and the hazard of our interconnected world now. And it's been interconnected as long as D&D has been around.

That, you know, it's easy to get caught up in all of that mechanic stuff and just forget that like what really matters is getting together with our friends around the table and playing the game. It's also like the one of the both the benefit and the and the hazard of our interconnected world now. And it's been interconnected as long as D&D has been around.

Like we've had Usenet and we've had forums and we've had newsletters and magazines and stuff like that where we've been connecting with other fans of the game since the game has been around 50 years ago.

Like we've had Usenet and we've had forums and we've had newsletters and magazines and stuff like that where we've been connecting with other fans of the game since the game has been around 50 years ago.

Like we've had Usenet and we've had forums and we've had newsletters and magazines and stuff like that where we've been connecting with other fans of the game since the game has been around 50 years ago.

But certainly now with forums and social media and videos and podcasts and all of these kinds of things, it's been easier and easier for us to connect to other hobbyists of the game, to creators of the game and to everybody else and have all of these conversations. And the benefit of there's a huge benefit to that. which I'll get to, but there's also the drawback.

But certainly now with forums and social media and videos and podcasts and all of these kinds of things, it's been easier and easier for us to connect to other hobbyists of the game, to creators of the game and to everybody else and have all of these conversations. And the benefit of there's a huge benefit to that. which I'll get to, but there's also the drawback.

But certainly now with forums and social media and videos and podcasts and all of these kinds of things, it's been easier and easier for us to connect to other hobbyists of the game, to creators of the game and to everybody else and have all of these conversations. And the benefit of there's a huge benefit to that. which I'll get to, but there's also the drawback.

And the drawback is that we could get so caught up in those conversations. We forget about what the core of the game is, or we ignore the core of the game, or it even could draw us away from the core of the game. We could get worried about things or depressed about things or, or just feel bad about it.

And the drawback is that we could get so caught up in those conversations. We forget about what the core of the game is, or we ignore the core of the game, or it even could draw us away from the core of the game. We could get worried about things or depressed about things or, or just feel bad about it.

And the drawback is that we could get so caught up in those conversations. We forget about what the core of the game is, or we ignore the core of the game, or it even could draw us away from the core of the game. We could get worried about things or depressed about things or, or just feel bad about it.

And then actually pull ourselves away from the game that matters to us, the actual thing itself, the core of the thing itself. The benefit is we learn from everyone. We have the opportunity to learn from everyone. And we can learn new ways to play. We can learn new games to try out. We can learn solutions to problems that we have.

And then actually pull ourselves away from the game that matters to us, the actual thing itself, the core of the thing itself. The benefit is we learn from everyone. We have the opportunity to learn from everyone. And we can learn new ways to play. We can learn new games to try out. We can learn solutions to problems that we have.

And then actually pull ourselves away from the game that matters to us, the actual thing itself, the core of the thing itself. The benefit is we learn from everyone. We have the opportunity to learn from everyone. And we can learn new ways to play. We can learn new games to try out. We can learn solutions to problems that we have.

My whole goal in this entire industry is to help GMs run great games by both understanding the games themselves and how people play them, and then refining that down to things that can help each of us run our games. That's my whole racket, right? I've been doing it on Sly Flourish for more than 10 years. 15 years about that 15 years I've been doing it.

My whole goal in this entire industry is to help GMs run great games by both understanding the games themselves and how people play them, and then refining that down to things that can help each of us run our games. That's my whole racket, right? I've been doing it on Sly Flourish for more than 10 years. 15 years about that 15 years I've been doing it.

My whole goal in this entire industry is to help GMs run great games by both understanding the games themselves and how people play them, and then refining that down to things that can help each of us run our games. That's my whole racket, right? I've been doing it on Sly Flourish for more than 10 years. 15 years about that 15 years I've been doing it.

I do it in my book, return to the lazy dungeon master. I've done it lots of places. I want to learn from everywhere, take the good stuff, filter it down, refine it, and then bring it back out as tips that we can use to actually help our games at our table. And in that way, the larger zeitgeist is a huge benefit. It's been a huge benefit to the game overall.