Aug 7, 2026 · 46 min · 15 segments
DMs Rob and Matt journeyed to Indianapolis, Indiana for Geneva Convention LIX! Here's the episode as it was broadcasted from the beautiful Tennessee Ballroom in the Marriot Hotel. Follow…
Hello.
Hello.
Howdy, Rob.
Howdy, Matt.
And howdy...
Friends, listeners, attendees, you are all a rarefied bunch.
You don't know this, but this is a very auspicious occasion.
It's our first live show.
First live show.
You've shown yourself to be very discerning in attending.
So congratulations to you.
After 412 episodes of our DM Advice podcast, here's our first live show.
We will answer your questions live.
We also have some of our favorite questions.
we've ever gotten to answer all of your DM problems solved, guaranteed.
Guaranteed, or your money back.
Yeah, I was trying to think, like, why do we struggle? Why is it hard sometimes, even though it's, like, the funnest thing that we all want to do? I would rather be DMing a game any night of the week as opposed to doing anything else.
Yeah, yeah.
It's what we
love to do.
So we
want to go to, like, first principles here, I think.
Yeah.
So...
According to legend, inscribed above the entrance to the Temple of Apollo, the Oracle of Delphi.
Wait, that's where you're starting.
Yes, that's where I'm starting.
Listen, pay attention, everybody.
This is important.
Yeah.
Oh, wait,
I saw the matrix.
Yeah, yeah,
yeah.
Also, in the matrix, it's the advice the Oracle gives.
Would you like a cookie? I would love a cookie if we had been better prepared, we would have
brought cookies.
Okay, know thyself.
Know
thyself.
Not just good advice for ancient kings and sages, it's good for game masters as well.
So to this end, Here are some common pitfalls that the game masters with insufficient self-knowledge fall into.
Yeah, we try to come up with what are the most common DM table problems of all.
That's right.
And there's a big list of these, but we try to boil them down to some major, some grand categories.
The funny ones.
Mostly the ones that are made for good jokes.
You want to start us off, Matt?
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Hello.
Hello.
Howdy, Rob.
Howdy, Matt.
And howdy...
Friends, listeners, attendees, you are all a rarefied bunch.
You don't know this, but this is a very auspicious occasion.
It's our first live show.
First live show.
You've shown yourself to be very discerning in attending.
So congratulations to you.
After 412 episodes of our DM Advice podcast, here's our first live show.
We will answer your questions live.
We also have some of our favorite questions.
we've ever gotten to answer all of your DM problems solved, guaranteed.
Guaranteed, or your money back.
Yeah, I was trying to think, like, why do we struggle? Why is it hard sometimes, even though it's, like, the funnest thing that we all want to do? I would rather be DMing a game any night of the week as opposed to doing anything else.
Yeah, yeah.
It's what we
love to do.
So we
want to go to, like, first principles here, I think.
Yeah.
So...
According to legend, inscribed above the entrance to the Temple of Apollo, the Oracle of Delphi.
Wait, that's where you're starting.
Yes, that's where I'm starting.
Listen, pay attention, everybody.
This is important.
Yeah.
Oh, wait,
I saw the matrix.
Yeah, yeah,
yeah.
Also, in the matrix, it's the advice the Oracle gives.
Would you like a cookie? I would love a cookie if we had been better prepared, we would have
brought cookies.
Okay, know thyself.
Know
thyself.
Not just good advice for ancient kings and sages, it's good for game masters as well.
So to this end, Here are some common pitfalls that the game masters with insufficient self-knowledge fall into.
Yeah, we try to come up with what are the most common DM table problems of all.
That's right.
And there's a big list of these, but we try to boil them down to some major, some grand categories.
The funny ones.
Mostly the ones that are made for good jokes.
You want to start us off, Matt?
