Your D&D Party Is Too Big

12K views • 10 months ago • 28:44 If your D&D campaign keeps stalling, players keep leaving, the real problem might be your party is too big. ⚔️👹 Get No Quarter alpha rules on the DM Lair Patreon. Each month you'll also get a new issue of No Quarter Magazine which contains adventures and monsters! https://www.patreon.com/thedmlair Schedules & Conflicts shirt https://www.etsy.com/listing/1865524163/schedules-and-conflicts-retro-parody-tee Why do so many D&D campaigns fall apart even with a great dungeon master, solid prep, and enthusiastic players? In this video, I break down the real reason most tabletop RPG campaigns quietly fail: oversized D&D parties. Drawing from nearly 30 years of DM experience, I explain how large groups create scheduling nightmares, spotlight starvation, slow combat, and disengaged players—and why these problems aren’t about GM skill, but structural design. If you want to run a D&D 5e campaign that lasts, keeps players engaged, and survives real life, this video will show you why smaller parties work—and what to do if your group is already too big. ⚔️ See my current TTRPG game listings and become a player! https://startplaying.games/gm/thedmlair 🔴 Sign up here if you want me to email you when I launch new games I'm running. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3K4CoXd3xYpA8Hrd270Qey3bmzYGANsEjvjE0o_Oe7vnlKA/viewform?usp=header 🔴 ASK ME YOUR QUESTIONS https://forms.gle/zKXscNMuUdbj4EAo6 🔴 SUPPORT & GM RESOURCES Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thedmlair The DM Lair Store https://thedmlair.com/ Feybound: Trickery of the Wilds https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedmlair/feybound-trickery-of-the-wilds?ref=3dv965 Lairs & Legends 2 https://thedmlair.com/pages/lairs-legends-2 Lairs & Legends https://thedmlair.com/pages/lairs-legends The Secret Art of Game Mastery https://thedmlair.com/pages/the-secret-art-of-game-mastery-1 on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Secret-Art-of-Game-Mastery-Audiobook/B0D73ZN1D2?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp Newsletter https://thedmlair.getresponsepages.com/ Firelight Fables Candles Use promo code THEDMLAIR to get 10% off. https://www.firelightfables.com/ Start Playing Games https://startplaying.games/referral/clmrmo1bw000vl108aukekk2o 🔴 SOCIALS Discord https://discord.gg/thedmlair X (Twitter) https://x.com/TheDMLair ~~Convention Schedule~~ Please come up and say hi if you see me! Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo (PAGE) | Jan. 15-18 http://www.phillygamingexpo.com/ Gary Con | Mar. 19-22 https://garycon.com/ Gen Con | July 30 - Aug. 2 https://www.gencon.com/ #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmaster #ttrpg