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The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM

Created by Guy Sclanders

250+ pages packed with all the tools you need to begin & master the GM journey!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

29.10.21 The KS ends, but the journey has just begun!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 05:12:58 AM

Hello everyone,

Wow, what an amazing finish, we cannot express how delighted we are to be able to bring you not one but two books! 


Next steps

Kickstarter will begin billing your Credit Cards from today. Over the next week they will try to collect your pledge funds. Please make sure your cards are ready! If there are insufficient funds, Kickstarter will attempt to draw from your card again the following day. 


Editing

The edit continues on 'The Practical guide to becoming a Great GM' and that should be complete by the end of the year. 


NPC Cards

If you were 1 of the 90 folks who took this Add-On, in the next few weeks (we're hoping December) you'll be getting an email from us with the outline of how you go about submitting your character for the cards. 


Backerkit

This is the system you'll be using to finalize your orders and shipping information. As we cannot know for certain what the world will be like in 2022, we're only going to open Backerkit up towards February 2022. This will allow our suppliers the chance to give us accurate shipping fees and so on. 


Further updates

We'll release an update once a month or as something new and exciting pops up as we don't want to bombard you with 'and the editing continues' messages. Until then, thank you all! 


Regards

The team

26.10.22 48 Hours and a whole new way to bring your campaigns to life!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 05:27:52 AM

Hello all,

We are in the last 48 hours of this amazing Kickstarter project! We have tried to make sure that you are getting the best possible product and the best price and I think we've achieved that. Someone made a suggestion however on a final tweak we could do (so thank you for that suggestion!). Here it is.

We have 50 copies available and it is only for the USA, the UK and Europe. To upgrade, simply upgrade your tier.


You will find the tier is now available for you to select. 

As usual I cannot thank you all enough for your help and support thus far and can only hope that in the next 48 hours we raise even more awareness of the project so that more GMs can benefit from a great gaming experience. 


Thank you all!


Regards

Guy, Derrick and the team.

23.10.21 Smashed - hardcopy of the books now available
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 02:40:41 AM

Hello all,

It happened last night - the last stretch goal was smashing! This means you can now add a copy of the remastered, hardcover, The complete guide to Epic Campaigns! Find it in the add-on section. 


This means you'll be able to get both books shipped to you at once saving on shipping costs, as well as having both resources at your fingertips to create the most amazing campaigns ever!

We could not have done this without you! Thank you!

This also means we've wrapped up on all our stretch goals. I never dreamed this would happen! This is a mega-project now, and I am so proud and pleased to have been part of it. 


Thank you all,

Regards

Guy and the team

20.10.21 Epic update to Practical Guide...
over 2 years ago – Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:53:37 PM

Hello all! 


We are chasing that stretch goal! I cannot thank you all enough for your support thus far, and I just know that we'll reach that goal before the end. Remember you can always share this project with others! 

The complete guide to creating Epic Campaigns

I promised you something exciting yesterday and here it finally is!

Like all projects, this is still in the Kickstarter phase and the cover may change slightly in production!

We have finally got a cover for you to look at! And, we have a figure. Thanks to your amazing support this hardcover book will be available on the this kickstarter at the exclusive add-on rate of £35.  Furthermore, if you add the hardcopy of the book as an add-on (if and when it becomes available), you'll get the updated PDF free! It also means you'll save on shipping as both books will ship at the same time! 


Judge me by your cover

You'll notice that this book has a similar cover to The Practical guide to becoming a Great GM. We intend it to be that way. We've also color-coded the books, so that at a glance you can pick up from your shelf whichever volume you need. 

The internal layout of the book however, will be in the same style as Practical guide, so once you familiarize yourself with our chapter and reference system, you'll know exactly where to look and how to find it!


Will we hit our stretch-goal?

It looks like we most definitely will! At the current rates it may take us another five days or so, but we will get there. Again, this would not have been possible without your amazing support!


YouTube

In case you missed this, here is my video from Monday where I go into explaining in some detail the surface ideas behind the book. 

 Click here to watch the video 

In the next few weeks I'll be talking about how it all gets integrated into a working system. 


Until the next update, happy gaming!

Guy and Derrick

14.10.22 Something fun to have
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 01:27:36 AM

Hello everyone,

Please tell me to stop if you don't like me sharing other KS projects I've backed with you. 

 Dice - so many pretty dice... click the link to follow through to the KS.

These folks are making these really awesome nebula/space dice. I just love the colour on them, and the fact that the numbers are bold and (for more) clearly visible. If you know my channel, you know I talk a lot about dice, and love collecting different types of dice, and I'm super excited to add these to my collection.

I've pledged to get my set, as I just think these are beautiful dice. Paintingswow - the makers of the dice, have also backed us as we both believe in one another's projects. 


As I said earlier, if you don't like me sharing other KS products, just let me know and I'll stop!

Happy gaming everyone

Guy and the team