Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min · 12 segments
Dane, Steve and Marcus sit down to play some D&D using the system Old-School Essentials which is essentially a modern version of the first edition of D&D, the Beginner/Expert (B/X) style. Marcus has…
Dane HurtHostMarcusGuestYeah.
And so, you know, of course, I've got a page here that's like the basic terminology.
Um, I'll go over some of this pretty quick.
You'll get the gist of it.
I mean, and this game uses the term referee or game master.
Universally, everyone says dungeon master, unless, like, you're playing, like, Buck Rogers or something like that.
They'll generally say DM, or sometimes they'll say GM if they're being technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
Um, of course, the word player, so I don't think that needs to be explained to you.
Player character is the guy on the piece of paper that you're pretending to be generally.
Uh, the party is your...
You and everyone that's playing.
I wouldn't be in the party.
I'm gonna be the DM.
Yeah, I can be, but usually I'm gonna be in the party in the form of all the non-player characters and maybe, like, an insert character to break you out of jail or something here and there.
But generally speaking, it's gonna be you guys doing all the, the character-
Of the game? I mean, you-
Like, it, it's like a video game where you're fighting against other people that-
...
but in a vi- like on...
In a video game, those other people could be anybody in their homes.
Yeah.
And so, you know, of course, I've got a page here that's like the basic terminology.
Um, I'll go over some of this pretty quick.
You'll get the gist of it.
I mean, and this game uses the term referee or game master.
Universally, everyone says dungeon master, unless, like, you're playing, like, Buck Rogers or something like that.
They'll generally say DM, or sometimes they'll say GM if they're being technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
Um, of course, the word player, so I don't think that needs to be explained to you.
Player character is the guy on the piece of paper that you're pretending to be generally.
Uh, the party is your...
You and everyone that's playing.
I wouldn't be in the party.
I'm gonna be the DM.
Yeah, I can be, but usually I'm gonna be in the party in the form of all the non-player characters and maybe, like, an insert character to break you out of jail or something here and there.
But generally speaking, it's gonna be you guys doing all the, the character-
Of the game? I mean, you-
Like, it, it's like a video game where you're fighting against other people that-
...
but in a vi- like on...
In a video game, those other people could be anybody in their homes.
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