Hello, readers!  Thanks for visiting this new blog.  As you could likely tell from the title, the focus of this blog will be on running Dungeons & Dragons games from the Dungeon Master’s point of view.  The format of the typical post will include brief session recaps, but most importantly, what I learned from DMing that particular session.

A little background information about myself is in order.  I am in my mid 30s, married, with two sons, aged 9 and 16, who are both players in my campaign.  The other players are about my age, and range from zero to a few years of RPG experience.  My own experience with D&D began at ten years old, when a friend ran the original Ravenloft adventure with me on the playground.  Until I reached college age, D&D was a big part of my life.  Recently, I picked up the Ravenloft board game and the new Essentials Red Box set, and now I am right back in the thick of things as a DM again.

But, oh, how things have changed!  No longer do I have hours and hours to prepare and study heavy tomes about the details of each character class or minutiae about the campaign setting.  Instead, I have to think on my feet, and learn by experience.  Hopefully, by reflecting on what went right, and what went wrong, I will become a better DM.  And, perhaps, by reading these reflections, you can be a better DM as well.  The purpose is to make my campaign the best it can possibly be; I think this blog will be of great value in making that happen.