It kind of goes without saying that this is one of the bestDM resources out there. I found out about this book from several recomendations from DMs online and I checked it out and just, phwoah. Sly Flourish knocks quick and actually useful prep tips out of the water. It's a must have for any DM who feels they either; never have time to prep well enough, or; don't feel like they quite have everything they wanted prepared ready in time for games. That describes me to a tee, and it worked for my prep and DM confidence. A must read, and it's short too!

Absolutely necessary and incredibly helpful. Everything from Sly Flourish has helped my D&D games, helped me to get more confident in my planning, and helped how I think about DMing. Great stuff!

Really good, step by step how to gm, I've been gaming regularly for 35 years and I was able to take a lot of value from it. It fills the space between the "i can wing the session entirely" and the "i have hours of prep for every hour of table time".

A really good book by Mike. To the point and good examples. This really helped me "get my act together". Not that it was that bad, but really helpful points to prep more efficiently and save myself some time and nerves. It also made me feel better prepared if players go a different way than you anticipated (which happens all the time). The Secrets & Clues step, and trying to define 10 of them each time, is really helpful when you need to move to improv.

It is not limited to D&D, it would probably work for most RPGs. The steps described are pretty general. I would recommend it to every GM.

If you are not sure if you want to buy the book, you can go to the Sly Flourish youtube channel and watch his playlist on this book.

This is fantastic. But beware, in one read-through, you won't incorporate the suggestions here. There is still talent needed, and this particular book does not help on improving your creativity, but rather a checklist of all things one needs to do in order to achieve a good level of quality. Coming up with fantastic awesome super-duper locations is way easier said than done :D however this has helped me structure my games, and recognize what did I do wrong during prep (or what did I miss completely) as the game started. Recommended.

RotLDM is absolutely essential reading for any GM. I use this book every single week while planning my sessions.

This is full of great information, presented in an easy and intuitive format. Strongly recommended for DMs who want to have fun and make sure their players have fun. The "Secrets and Clues" advice alone is worth the investment.

Genius! This book gave me the tools and courage to follow my instincts and unchain my creativity No more semi-railroading to keep my plans in play. Way less prep time for me and a MUCH better experience for my players. It's truly shocking how this book (and its YouTube support videos) improved my GMing and made my life simpler and much better! Reading it opens an explosion of creativity and freedom while also reducing GM workloads Must buy!!!

Since purchasing those years ago, this reference book as been a guiding force in reducing my game prep and making it far more enjoyable to plan out next sessions and campaigns with my players. While it may seem silly, this book was life-changing for me. Before reading and engaging with the entire Sly Flourish ecosystem (website, blogs, adventures, Discord server, Twitch TV Sunday morning preps) I was overwhelmed with preparation for game sessions and campaigns.

This reference changed all of that and I am grateful for Sly Flourish sharing insights and templates that might seem simple, but eased my anxiety going into game nights. As I said, "life changing", as in anxiety was preventing me from enjoying the experience of being a DM.

I cannot recommend enough, and I am a patron now, of Sly Flourish, as a thank you to the positive impact his published materials have given me.

This is possibly the best book I have purchased for DMing! The content is very useful and empowering, with great ideas for simplifying and organizing your D&D session preparation and play. I really appreciate how the material is presented, too: concise, to the point, well-organized, with solid examples and practical checklists. The book is not long, but it's rich with ideas, and very easy to read. I look forward to applying some of its principles right away!

This is a solid, albeit shorter than I expected, read for focusing prep time on the most important aspects of a game. The bits on secrets and campaign fronts are probably my biggest takeaways, and make me think I really need to read more of the Dungeon World book. But there's some really good stuff on topics like joint storytelling, combat methods, and player rewards, among other things.

My only real pain point is that it feels very focused on fairly low stakes high fantasy games. Unfortunately, if you want to have a fairly challenging game that is still fun there often needs to be more prep done in places like combat encounters and dungeon mapping. But that's more of a D&D flaw than a flaw of this book, so meh, I'd still recommend this heartily.

Really useful book. This could be very useful for you or your DM friend(s).

Fantastic Product, highly recommended. It's to the point and concise, whilst providing a wealth of information, ideas and guidelines. Has made writing scenarios a lot more fun

This book changed my life. I always use to overprepare my sessions anticipating my player's moves and imagining possible scenarios. This has made my games more like movies than an RPG. Thanks to this book I can now prepare an entire evening in less than an hour. Then I can spend the rest of my time being creative and making props and cool stuff for the table. Thank you Sly for this amazing book. Just get it... It's money well spent.

This is an amazing book - there were two absolutely solid 'I never thought of that before' revelations for me. I would recommend it for any DM from starters to ancients; even if you don't need to prep in a rush it is great to have highlighted what are the key points that must be covered.