The True Campaign Managery Series

There’s more to running a campaign than just stringing adventures together week after week. And I ain’t talking about figuring out how to string adventures together. Just getting players to show up is a chore. Then there’s getting characters generated, agreeing to rules, and keeping all their little conflicts from ripping your game apart.

This series is about all the unpleasant bits of managing a campaign. The planning, the people managing, and the conflict resolving.

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Part I: Introduction

True Campaign Managery Course Introduction and Outline

November 27, 2023

With this new, ongoing series of lessons, I — the Angry GM — intend to teach you everything you need to know to keep a Campaign alive until you grant it the sweet mercy of death.

A Campaign Manager’s Guide to Selfishness

February 14, 2024

You can’t manage a social gaming club that provides your friends with hours of fun unless you’re willing to be a selfish prick. Trust me; if there’s one thing I know, it’s being a selfish prick.

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Part II: Planning Your Campaign

Game First or Group First

February 28, 2024

You can’t run a campaign without starting a campaign. And you can’t start a campaign without making ten thousand choices. And of all those choices, it’s the second one that’ll get you.

Envisioning a Campaign

March 13, 2024

Now that you’ve decided to start a campaign and ignore your players’ input — you master of selfishness you — it’s time to start having visions.