How to Be a Better DM
Hosted by Danny Barrett and Tanner and Justin · Justin Lewis
4.6from 262 ratings
- 306
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- 262
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 97K
- YouTube views
About How to Be a Better DM
Learn how to be a better DM (Dungeon Master) so you can tell better stories for yourself and your friends. Learn things like how to start a campaign, how to create realistic NPCs, how to move the plot along, and how and why to use session 0's for your party. Join hosts Justin Lewis, Cayden Ottley and Tanner Weyland as they distill all the DM tips, tools and resources for the beginner DM, for the DM with a few years of experience and for the Forever DM who's been playing for 20 years. If you're sick of searching for things like, "How to create a homebrew DND campaign?", click the play button and listen to become the best dungeon master you ever could be! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/betterdungeonmaster Discord Server: https://discord.gg/g77qt8quM2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtobeabetterdmpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@session0studios YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@session0studios Professional Dungeon Master Services: https://session0studios.com/dungeon-master-for-hire/ DM Coaching: https://session0studios.com/coaching/
- Publisher
- Justin Lewis
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 306 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Balanced Encounters Are a Myth: Here's What Actually Matters
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 1 - Well… We’re in Hell. || The Pact & Boon
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
You've Been Building Encounters Wrong This Whole Time: The DICE Framework Explained
Inside a recent episode
Balanced Encounters Are a Myth: Here's What Actually Matters
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's just something special about an encounter that looks easy, turns out to be life threatening, and then forces the party to figure something out anyways. And then when they actually do figure something out, wow, magic doesn't even begin to describe it. That's what encounter balancers miss. Gosh, that was a hard sentence. When the odds are stacked against your party and your group succeeds anyway, it's unforgettable. And the reason why I say it's unforgettable is because it's your players who don't let you forget about it. They reminisce and relive those moments all the time. See, balanced encounters are too sanitary. […]
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- Justin Lewis
- DM Neal
- Tanner Weyland
- Cayden Ottley
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- YouTube views
- 96,937
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 51 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 211 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 92
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