GM 101: What are the elements of an RPG Campaign?

01/24/21 • 9 min

Hey Storytellers,
We have covered the elements of a good game session, but what do you need for an RPG Campaign?
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The RPG campaign is the entirety of your story. This could be a one-off session (really easy to plan) or a story that lasts for decades.
We cover the main elements of what you should plan out for each of your longer campaigns.
These are things like genre, what RPG you will use, the basic story, and the main conflict.
Listen to the episode for more information.

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GM 101: How to Build an RPG Campaign

Hey Storytellers,
Here is where we take the elements from yesterday's RPG Campaign episode and actually start to flesh out a campaign.
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Today we create an RPG Campaign from scratch.
We pick a genre, RPG system, villain, villain's motivations, as well as the conflict / mystery (main genre) for the campaign.
We also begin to build out each of the three acts. Remember that these are held loosely, but give you an idea of where you are going in your story months before you get there.
I have found doing this helpful (and yes it always changes) to keep me on track and not just running random encounters because I don't know what to do next.