Introduction · Game Master's Laboratory

Introduction

Hello, my name is Jonathan. I’m from Denmark and relatively new to both being a player and a Game Master and I'm hooked.

I’ve been a Game Master for my 11-year-old son and a couple of his friends for about a year. I’ve also been playing in a group with other adults for a year, where we take turns being the Game Master, and now it’s my turn. In both groups, we use D&D 5e.

In this context, I’ve become very interested in proactive role-playing and think it makes a lot of sense to give the players more responsibility for the story. That’s why I’m here—to exchange ideas and seek advice. We’ve just had our Session 0, where we created character goals, and all the players are on board and excited for the next part of the adventure. Now I’ve started preparing factions, NPC goals, and the first possible encounters.

I'm considering using proactive role-playing for my son's group as well. I might modify it a bit so they can engage with it. Does anyone else have experience using it with children?

Looking forward to being part of this forum. And thank you for a great book and introduction to proactive role-playing.

4 comments