Are Game Master Styles Useless? | Art of the Game

Do “GM styles” actually help you become a better Game Master… or hold you back?
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Do “GM styles” actually help you become a better Game Master… or hold you back? In this episode of Art of the Game, we react to Matt Colville’s take on GM styles and dig into a bigger question: Should Game Masters focus on identity or skill? We challenge the idea of labeling GMs as “directors,” “planners,” or “pantsers,” and explore why tabletop RPGs are far more collaborative and unpredictable than those labels suggest.

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