{"id":3257214,"date":"2019-10-17T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3257214"},"modified":"2019-10-03T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T19:17:28","slug":"hitg-028-advice-for-new-gms-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-028-advice-for-new-gms-part-1","title":{"rendered":"HitG 028: Advice for New GMs, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3257215\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-028-advice-for-new-gms-part-1\/attachment\/head_in_the_game_028-advice-for-new-gms-part-1\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head_in_the_game_028 Advice for new GMs part 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-800x800.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3257215\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_028-Advice-for-new-GMs-part-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Everyone has to start somewhere. And just about every game needs someone to referee the rules and run the setting, or establish plot lines and play the NPCs.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we bring together the gang to share advice for people just starting on the path toward one of the most challenging, rewarding, creative, stress-inducing, thrilling, exciting, complicated and very, very fun parts of games.<\/p>\n<p>We start at the beginning, with resources to look out for, some of the things that you need to think about when you are bring a group together, all the way up that first session &#8212; which is in the next episode.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <em>Mark,\u00a0<\/em><em>Chris, Pat<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2772\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20028%20Advice%20For%20New%20GMs%20Part%201.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return 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