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Running the Game

Matt Colville · 116 videos · 41 hr 49 min · View on YouTube

The classic. Matt Colville’s long-running series on how to actually run a D&D game, from your first session to whole campaigns.

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  1. 12:24

    1. Your First Adventure | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  2. 12:38

    2. Your First Session | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  3. 34:24

    3. Running Your First Dungeon | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  4. 23:04

    4. Making Characters | Running the Game

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  5. 11:05

    5. Why Do We Play D&D? | Running the Game

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  6. 13:29

    6. Your Town | Running the Game

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  7. 11:21

    7. The Sociology of D&D | Running the Game

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  8. 16:15

    8. The DM Screen | Running the Game

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  9. 23:04

    9. The Deck of Many Things | Running the Game

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  10. 19:32

    10. Different Kinds of Players | Running the Game

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  11. 17:08

    11. The Sandbox vs the Railroad | Running the Game

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  12. 33:43

    12. Catastrophic Failure | Running the Game

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  13. 35:47

    13. Alignment | Running the Game

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  14. 30:20

    14. Bad Guys! | Running the Game

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  15. 20:19

    15. Alignment Examples

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  16. 29:51

    16. Random Encounters | Running The Game

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  17. 27:28

    17. Miniatures! | Running the Game

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  18. 8:31

    18. Story Vs Adventure | Running The Game

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  19. 22:00

    19. Information | Running the Game

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  20. 23:25

    20. Terrain! | Running the Game

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  21. 22:36

    21. Skill Challenges | Running the Game

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  22. 30:18

    22. NPCs! | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  23. 27:55

    23. Politics 101: The Central Tension | Running the Game

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  24. 23:29

    24. The Politics of Peace | Running the Game

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  25. 29:34

    25. High Level NPCs, Followers, and DMPCs | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  26. 28:40

    26. Sandboxing! | Running the Game

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  27. 58:44

    27. Using 4E to Make 5E Combat More Fun | Running the Game

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  28. 17:45

    28. Fantasy vs Fiction | Running the Game

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  29. 11:19

    29. Ignorance vs Confusion | Running the Game

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  30. 30:39

    30. The West Marches | Running the Game

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  31. 6:34

    31. TIME | Running the Game

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  32. 7:59

    32. Slog | Running the Game

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  33. 21:35

    33. Losing | Running the Game

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  34. 32:00

    34. Building Calendars and Tracking Time | Running the Game

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  35. 9:38

    35. Verbs! | Running the Game

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  36. 14:16

    36. Funhouse Dungeons | Running the Game

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  37. 32:00

    37. Prepping An Adventure | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  38. 11:58

    38. Cinematics | Running the Game

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  39. 19:52

    39. Diplomacy | Running the Game

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  40. 30:02

    40. Monkeying With Monsters | Running the Game

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  41. 9:05

    41. On Rails, | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  42. 15:37

    42. Surrender, Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  43. 13:56

    43. Challenge Rating | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  44. 18:44

    44. Undead | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  45. 19:25

    45. Let's Start In A Tavern! | Running the Game

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  46. 21:52

    46. Undead Again! | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  47. 25:59

    47. Dice Math | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  48. 54:11

    48. Vecna & Running Epic Bad Guys | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  49. 15:41

    49. Pitching Your Campaign | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  50. 50:00

    50. Red Hand of Doom! Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  51. 23:11

    51. Hobgobglins & Low Level Play! | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  52. 13:56

    52. Range and Altitude in Three Dimensions | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  53. 42:05

    53. Metagaming | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  54. 8:36

    54. Stealth Checks | Running the Game

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  55. 18:44

    55. Problem Players | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  56. 24:34

    56. Making Travel Interesting | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  57. 6:17

    57. Speeding Up Combat | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  58. 13:14

    58. The Monster Wrangler | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  59. 14:43

    59. Dead Empires | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  60. 27:38

    60. Your First Town | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  61. 17:01

    61. On Being A Good Player | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  62. 30:12

    62. On Being An Evil Character | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  63. 18:23

    63. Let's Split The Party! | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  64. 15:21

    64. Fudging Die Rolls | Running the Game

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  65. 23:38

    65. Let's Kill A PC! | Running the Game

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  66. 22:52

    66. The Dungeon | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  67. 24:12

    67. Tactics and Strategy | Running the Game

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  68. 10:14

    68. Break Your Heart | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  69. 11:16

    69. Pitching Your Character | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  70. 10:48

    70. The Handout | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  71. 10:56

    71. Orcs Attack! | Running the Game

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  72. 8:02

    72. Onboarding | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  73. 10:51

    73. The Wangrod Defense | Running the Game

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  74. 8:49

    74. The B Plot | Running the Game

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  75. 11:26

    75. Law vs Chaos | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  76. 9:48

    76. Betrayal | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  77. 16:20

    77. The Politics of War | Running the Game

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  78. 12:39

    78. The Local Area | Running the Game

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  79. 17:08

    79. Collaborating With A Player | Running the Game

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  80. 46:40

    80. Roleplaying | Running the Game

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  81. 26:20

    81. Action Oriented Monsters | Running the Game

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  82. 13:52

    82. Inspiration | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  83. 23:12

    83. Downtime | Running the Game

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  84. 9:43

    84. Skill Dogpiling, Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  85. 14:17

    85. Many Fail States | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  86. 20:49

    86. One-on-One D&D, Running The Game

    Matt Colville

  87. 30:55

    87. Politics V: Black Panther & The Origins of Executive Power | Running The Game

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  88. 15:44

    88. Traps!, Running The Game

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  89. 15:15

    89. The DM is also a Player, Running The Game #92

    Matt Colville

  90. 23:08

    90. Railroading, Agency, and Choice | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  91. 18:02

    91. Engaging Your Players | Running the Game

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  92. 21:23

    92. "No." | Running The Game

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  93. 16:03

    93. Hot Start, Running The Game #93

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  94. 15:11

    94. Language, Not Rules

    Matt Colville

  95. 6:41

    95. A Message From Your Dungeon Master | Running The Game

    Matt Colville

  96. 16:06

    96. Everybody Loves Zombies | Running The Game

    Matt Colville

  97. 16:31

    97. Oracles, Visions, and Prophecies! | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  98. 40:36

    98. Running The Game 100

    Matt Colville

  99. 7:22

    99. Fair Warning | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  100. 23:15

    100. Toward Better Rewards | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  101. 12:56

    101. The Map Is Not The Territory

    Matt Colville

  102. 20:43

    102. Retconning | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  103. 8:22

    103. The Danger Room | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  104. 14:21

    104. Running The Game: Lessons From Dusk

    Matt Colville

  105. 16:32

    105. Lore Delivery Systems

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  106. 29:34

    106. What Makes a Good Villain?

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  107. 32:44

    107. What Are Dungeons For?

    Matt Colville

  108. 9:15

    108. When to Roll? | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  109. 34:06

    109. Prep Can Be Literally Easy and Actually Fun

    Matt Colville

  110. 19:49

    110. The Good Worms, BG3 | Running The Game

    Matt Colville

  111. 35:00

    111. The Forever DM

    Matt Colville

  112. 1:13:57

    112. A Chat with Quinns

    Matt Colville

  113. 32:57

    113. What Are Backstories For? | Running the Game

    Matt Colville

  114. 1:03:22

    114. Community

    Matt Colville

  115. 20:18

    115. My DMing Style

    Matt Colville

  116. 43:40

    116. The Tradition, The Hobby, The Hobby Business, The Business

    Matt Colville

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