DoubleDM · December 26, 2022 · 1 hr 7 min

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 Azzam 12:30: 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 Content 60:00: Don't plan for the party You can find Alec with these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alec_Azzam Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/alec_azzam Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/alec_azzam You 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.