“I want you to be a great Game Master!”
The Elements Of Game Mastering
“The Elements of Game Mastering” is a live, twenty-hour, online course designed to enhance and sharpen your Game Mastering skills and is taught under the philosophy that what works best is what works best for you.
Each class is two hours in length and focuses on a different aspect of Game Mastering. Together, you and five other students will examine and practice the foundational elements of roleplaying, dissecting the techniques and methodologies of some of the best storytellers and brightest Game Masters around.
No special equipment is required, except for pencil, paper, and a computer strong enough to run Zoom.
The syllabus.
The schedule.
August 22 — CLASS 1: Foundation: RPG Theory & Philosophy
August 29 — CLASS 2: Gathering Data 1: The Session Zero
September 5 — ***NO CLASS DUE TO LABOR DAY HOLIDAY***
September 12 — CLASS 3: Structure 1: Narrative & Geographic Landscapes
September 19 — CLASS 4: Structure 2: Planning & Preparation
September 26 — CLASS 5: Building Scenes 1: Narrative Engagement
October 3 — CLASS 6: Building Scenes 2: Combat & Conflict
October 10 — CLASS 7: Building Worlds 1: Setting, Mood & Description
October 17 — CLASS 8: Building Worlds 2: NPCs & Description
October 24 — CLASS 9: Structure 3: Running The Game
October 31 — ***NO CLASS DUE TO HALLOWEEN HOLIDAY***
November 7 — CLASS 10: Gathering Data 2: Assess & Course Correct
Each two-hour class will consist of a mixture of lectures, group discussions and pair work, and activities and practice geared toward sharpening your game mastering tools and expanding your toolkit. You’ll build scenes, scenarios, and characters, then present and run them, and finally critique and discuss them in specific, measurable, and actionable ways that will make what you do even better.
While the ten classes have been designed to work together, should you be interested in focusing on particular aspects they can also be taken individually. And so, sign up for one class, sign up for a few, or sign up for the entire course — it’s entirely up to you.
Access to the entire course — ten two-hour classes in total — is only $300. A set of five classes is $175, and individual classes are $40 each.
Would you like to know more about The Elements Of Game Mastering?
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Boston, Massachusetts