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Dealing with Pre-game Nervousness – Sly Flourish Patreon Podcast (Patreon)

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2024-01-19 00:26:06
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Here's our latest episode of Readings and Reflections with Sly Flourish in which we discuss the article "Dealing with Pre-game Nervousness".

I went to this older article since I already talked about this week's article, "My Favorite TTRPG Products of 2023", on a previous episode of the Lazy RPG Talk Show.

You can listen to it here, on your own exclusive Sly Flourish podcast feed on your favorite podcast app, or listen to this exclusive podcast on Spotify by connecting your Spotify account to Patreon.

Keep rolling those 20s!

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The Harry Potter Lexicon

This hits at the perfect time ... all of my regular games have been postponed over the past few weeks and now I'm prepping to get back into them this weekend. And sure enough, those pregame jitters are hitting me. You're right. It's going to be fine. I've been doing this for many years and my players are totally supportive. We all want to succeed together. We all roll with the story we're creating and we all enjoy playing together. I will be prepared for whatever comes and I'm experienced enough at improv to follow wherever the players lead. Thanks for the positive message at the perfect time.

A Name Apart

From, "I'm nervous" to, "My body is excited and is trying to give me extra energy"

game therapy

As a game therapist, you made my decision to subscribe easy with this post!

game therapy

For the record, my number 2 tip for preventing pre-game nervousness descending into anxiety is visualisation. In the time preceding your session, as you are falling asleep, play the scenarios out in your mind. By telling yourself the story, with your players characters front and centre, you can allow your brain to witness multiple events and solutions with the luxury of a mental undo button. (Number 1 tip is hugging dogs for half an hour before the session.)

Anna B. Meyer

A great episode! I've DM'ed since the 1980's and still get nervous before every session. So good to hear that others experience it too.