Stone Cold Crazy – How a First-Time DM Ran a Crazy One-Shot With Four Kurt Russell’s!

3 Wise DMs

We recently shared a post about our Halloween one-shot adventure that we started referring to as the “Kurt Russell Campaign.” Four players, all playing one of the legendary roles made famous by your favorite, and ours, Mr. Kurt Russell. The response was fantastic, so we thought we’d do a deeper dive.

In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave are joined by return guests Bonnie and the Monster Wrangler himself, and now official DM, Matt, who decided that for his first official session behind the screen, he was going to do something that might even challenge even seasoned DMs.

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1:48 Player Introductions and The Kurt Russell One-Shot.

7:40 DM Matt shares the high overview of his homebrew concept for the Kurt Russell One-Shot.

11:21 The players experiences with a first-time DM running an incredibly customized homebrew game and lessons learned as a first-time DM.

27:20 Preparing for the adventure knowing that nothing will go as you expect it.

29:25 Timing a one-shot game to run in the time allotted.

31:15 The pros and cons of running a one-shot in a new vs. familiar system. Click here for our episode on D&D as Therapy.

34:10 The pros and cons of running your first game as a homebrew vs. published adventure.

37:25 Kitbashing to ease your preparation in a homebrew adventure.

38:53 Final Thoughts.