What Makes a Professional Game Master? ft. Alec Azzam

Join us for this episode where we talk to Alec Azzam a Professional TTRPG Game Master and Content Creator.Professional Game Masters run TTRPGs and D&D for a living and today we talk about what it means to get paid for running a session of D&D. Alec runs 12 to 15 sessions of TTRPGs a week and with that Alec runs more games a week than most of us do in a month. We talk about how he is able to balance all that and what it means for a session to be a paid session. We ask Alec all kinds of questions many people have when they first meet a Pro GM and also dive deeper into how to get started as a Pro GM, what it means to be a professional GM, and how being a professional GM changes your views about playing and running games than a normal kitchen table game master.For more information see these timestamps:9:00: Let's meet Alec Azzam12:30: How do you prep as a Pro GM?16:30: Whats the difference between Hobby and Job GMing?24:30: How does being a Pro GM work?34:00: Does it ever get boring?39:00: Pro Gming is a new concept how does it feel to be in this new field?45:30: How much of Pro GMing is D&D?47:30: What happens before Session 1?56:30: Consume a lot of Content60:00: Don't plan for the partyYou can find Alec with these links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alec_AzzamTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/alec_azzamKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/alec_azzamYou can find the Show on Social Media and the Web to stay up to date with the latest content, schedules, and more:Website, Twitter, Instagram, Ko-Fi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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DoubleDM is a show by two passionate game masters, Nils and Emil, where we take you on a fun, insightful, and inspiring journey into the world of Tabletop Roleplaying every single week!We dive deep into key aspects of running TTRPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, Masks: A New Generation, or Cyberpunk Red, from crafting great and compelling stories and plots to developing new and exciting homebrew content for your games. Every Episode comes packed with actionable Game Mastering Advice ready for you to implement directly, Ideas and Inspiration for you to use, develop, and expand upon, and a massive amount of Insight from two Game Masters that have run games for nearly 25 years combined!And then we also invite and host guests on our shows that can give you a peek behind the curtain of their projects and products and share their insightful wisdom with us and you!So come on, sit down, Play Games, have fun, and don't forget to talk about it! Join us now on the Journey that is DoubleDM!Do you have a topic you want us to cover? Hit us up on social media (@doubledmpod nearly everywhere) or email us at doubledm@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.