Paid Dungeon Master - An interview
22Big ol long video today! This one is an interview with a paid GM, which many of you may know by now. It’s Jacob from Avenue Studios! He runs a lot of games every week and he’s racking up experience like there’s no tomorrow! But he also brings a lot of fun insights that some of you might be curious to hear about.
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===== VIDEO INFORMATION =====
=== Chapters ===
ABOUT JACOB
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – Feelings towards paid GMing
03:00 – Paid Game Quality vs Non Paid Quality
04:15 – Is Paid GMing bad for the hobby?
06:38 – How many games a week do you run?
08:07 – How much do you charge?
11:17 – Do you run more campaigns or one shots?
12:10 – What made you want to try Paid GMing?
14:01 – Is it worth it?
16:25 – What’s your favorite game to run professionally?
17:18 – What’s your favorite game to run in a NON-paid situation?
18:30 – What’s your favorite game to run with family?
19:25 – Do you prefer campaigns or one shots?
ABOUT PAID GMING
24:08 – Are most of your customers repeats?
25:58 – Do you ever get first time players?
29:45 – What are some “unfun” parts of Paid GMing?
31:18 – Do you still play TTRPGs just for fun?
34:26 – What are your long-term career goals?
36:30 – Tangent: Creative Labor in Today’s World
39:22 – Do you think Paid GMs will ever go away?
43:25 – Wise words for up and coming Pro GMs?
RANDOM QUESTIONS
46:38 – What’s your best system to introduce new players to the hobby?
49:10 – What are your biggest gripes with the TTRPG community?
49:50 – Bonus: Jacob’s Voices
COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
53:03 – violetwealwright1869
54:40 – ToothacheAZ
55:50 – avengingblowfish9653
57:26 – Mrblahface16385
58:40 – jacobbuckland-seward8038
1:00:40 – BuilderB-dt1f8
1:00:50 – WhisperingWisp
1:03:33 – Tangent: Super Metroid Art
1:05:05 – Sage
1:07:55 – Tangent: Homebrew and Modules
1:09:55 – Tangent: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Vampires
1:11:50 – Parting Words
=== Links ===
== Jacob Stuff
Start Playing Games: https://startplaying.games/gm/jacob-from-avs
Avenue Studios: @AvenueStudios
=== Music ===
Outro Music
Song: Electro Swingity
Artist: ExoNova
Link: • ExoNova - Electro Swingity
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