{"id":19165,"date":"2019-12-03T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?p=19165"},"modified":"2019-11-27T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T19:18:48","slug":"campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five years ago, after a long hiatus, I finally returned to one of the things that gives me great joy: creating stories as a Game Master.\u00a0 Nothing thrills me more than being with good friends and weaving a tale together that is set in the universe of Star Wars.\u00a0 It had been almost 10 years for me since I last sat behind the GM screen.\u00a0 The closest thing to an RPG that I had played during that time had been Star Wars: The Old Republic<\/em>, and, frankly that doesn\u2019t really count.\u00a0 In this article, I want to share with you my foray back into Star Wars roleplaying using the Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) system.<\/p>\n

During my time away from the GM role, Star Wars Saga Edition<\/em> came and went with hardly a whimper in my world.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 I thought it was a wonderful system and what D&D 4th<\/sup>\u00a0Edition<\/em> should have been.\u00a0 I collected all of the books, wrote down ideas, and made some characters and NPC\u2019s.\u00a0 And I promptly liquidated it all for store credit once FFG\u2019s new games were announced.<\/p>\n

At 50 years old, I could probably be called a Grognard, but that would be a mistake.\u00a0 I don\u2019t cling stubbornly to the Old Ways.\u00a0 I\u2019m \u201cdown with change\u201d, as my kids might say.\u00a0 Graying Fatbeard?\u00a0 I have little gray and no beard and let\u2019s just leave it at that.\u00a0 I blame my weight gain on the comforts of a long marriage and an aversion to running when I don\u2019t have someone yelling at me to do so.\u00a0 In college however I was in Army ROTC, ran just about every day, and kept my hair high-and-tight.\u00a0 I was the guy that always ran a Paladin in AD&D and one of my gaming buddies even referred to me as \u201cThe Paladin.\u201d\u00a0 But the nickname with my gaming friends that stuck was \u201cDobie\u201d after the main character after the old television show Dobie Gillis.\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0There was a passing resemblance, but I was really too devious as a GM to be thought of quite as wholesome as he was.\u00a0 I can\u2019t repeat the names my players sometimes called me.<\/p>\n

And I threw myself into the d20 version of the Star Wars<\/em> RPG as much as I did with d6 or anything else in my life including AD&D.\u00a0 I introduced the members of my old d6 campaign to d20 Star Wars<\/em> during a weekend at my house as I had moved away and the Fellowship was broken.\u00a0 We got together during a quasi-annual event we had dubbed \u201cDobie-Con.\u201d\u00a0 Basically, 8-10 guys sleeping on couches and floors and gaming as much as they could over a weekend with my wife\u2019s blessing; she understood that I wanted to stay in contact with my college friends.\u00a0 Everybody chipped in some cash and we stocked the kitchen with coolers of drinks, snacks, and food.\u00a0 My wife kept out a table of cookies, fruit, and nacho fixings all the time.\u00a0 We only had one real meal around the table and that was a steak dinner with all the trimmings.<\/p>\n

At Dobie-Con 2.0 (Actually the 3rd<\/sup> Dobie-Con; we had two during the previous year and the second had been just an overnight event which we dubbed Dobie-Con 1.5.)\u00a0 I introduced my old group to the d20 Star Wars system.\u00a0 Everyone had fun, but there were issues with the system and I\u2019m not going to get bogged down into an analysis of it.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t enough to convert them from d6 and our campaign was still very alive for everyone, and we were building up to the \u201cfinal act.\u201d\u00a0 I say final act as it was getting harder and harder to gather everyone together.\u00a0 Jobs and marriages were taking us to multiple states. Two of my college friends lived near me in the St. Louis area and we did play both d6 and d20 Star Wars<\/em> for about six years.\u00a0 We added three other friends and played a couple of times a month with new campaigns.\u00a0 Eventually, my career took me away from St. Louis and I sold off all of my RPG materials: Star Wars, AD&D, GURP\u2019s, Vampire the Masquerade, etc.<\/p>\n

During Saga\u2019s run, I had few opportunities to play and missed my window.\u00a0 With the advent of SWTOR, I succumbed to the lure of an MMO and didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever get back to tabletop RPG\u2019s.\u00a0 Then I discovered FFG and the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beta<\/em> and I became excited to GM Star Wars<\/em> again. In September of 2014, I found myself visiting southeast Missouri for several days and I called some of the guys from the old group to pull as many of them together as I could to play Star Wars<\/em>.\u00a0 The first one I reached was Larry and I knew he would be willing to try Edge of the Empire<\/em> as long as he was available.\u00a0 I told him I wanted to game on the Saturday afternoon and evening when I was in town and I needed his help to rally the group.\u00a0 He was excited by the opportunity to play Star Wars<\/em> again, but commented that he wasn\u2019t sure if he knew where his d6 character sheet was.\u00a0 I told him I wanted to try Edge and he thought that would be cool, but wondered what I had in mind for the campaign setting.<\/p>\n

I told him that I wanted everyone to re-imagine their old characters in the new system.\u00a0 It was going to be a reboot of our d6 Team Maverick Campaign \u00e0 la<\/em> J. J. Abrams; familiar characters and locations, but not the same universe.\u00a0 I wanted to catch everyone as brand new adventurers living on the Fringe and, much like my old campaign, not have them start as members of the Rebellion.<\/p>\n

He and I contacted several guys from the old group; Gary (aka Gus), Chris (aka Mookie), and Scott.\u00a0 Of those three, only Chris was available that day.\u00a0 Larry\u2019s wife, Heather, would be our third player as she had played in my secondary d6 campaign for a number of years.\u00a0 Finally, Larry invited a Pathfinder<\/em> friend of his named Tim to join us and he was the fourth PC.<\/p>\n

On the appointed day, I was driving over to Larry\u2019s house to run my first session using the FFG rules and I was feeling anxiety.\u00a0 A nagging thought was stuck in my head and that thought was:\u00a0 \u201cYou aren\u2019t ready.\u201dI didn\u2019t feel ready and I wanted everything to be perfect.\u00a0 It was not that I had never made a mistake as a GM.\u00a0 I\u2019ve made plenty.\u00a0 That infamous Star Wars<\/em>\/Star Trek<\/em> crossover I did once still carries a big mark of personal shame for me.\u00a0 But I did not feel prepared and I wanted to cancel the game.<\/p>\n

I had only a thread of an idea ready for play and I was going to tie it into a pre-generated adventure.\u00a0 I had finished reading 90% of the EotE Core Rulebook.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t entirely certain I understood the narrative dice.\u00a0 In my younger days I was able to rattle off numbers about the crew complement of an Imperial Star Destroyer, knew the stats of Stormtroopers by heart, knew the difficulty chart and number ranges without looking, etc.\u00a0 Here I was less than an hour from game time and still trying to remember how combat works, how weapon qualities activate, etc.<\/p>\n

But I had made a commitment to my friends and I continued on my way.\u00a0 The worst case scenario was that I struggled with the rules, they got frustrated with the rules, and it was a one-time-and-done game session.\u00a0 All I can say now in hindsight is that I have great friends. My anxiety was such a load of nerf dung.\u00a0 Once I was seated at the end of the table in Larry and Heather\u2019s basement it just felt right.\u00a0 I was there with my friends who know me better than anyone.\u00a0 We\u2019ve supported each other through ups and downs for over 20 years, and I knew that they were excited to play Star Wars<\/em> again.<\/p>\n

My players came up with the following for their characters:<\/p>\n

Chris aka Mookie<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mookbacca (aka Mookie)<\/em><\/strong>, a young-adult male Wookiee<\/a> from Kashyyyk<\/a>.\u00a0 After being captured by slavers, Mookbacca managed to break free and escape at one of their ports-of-call.\u00a0 He made his way to Tatooine<\/a> where his strength and ferocity made him an easy hire for Teemo<\/a> the Hutt<\/a>.\u00a0 He was assigned to the crew of\u00a0The Gilded Mynock<\/em>, a light freighter making low-profile smuggling runs for Teemo.\u00a0 A being of few words, he prefers to wade into combat swinging his fists or his deadly vibro-ax.\u00a0 (Career \u2013 Hired Gun; Specialization \u2013 Marauder; Motivation \u2013 Freedom)<\/p>\n

Tim \u2013\u00a0Zorushaa<\/em><\/strong>, a Chiss<\/a> female from the Unknown Regions<\/a>. \u00a0Little is known of how this young Chiss came to be on Tatooine and she is not too talkative with her new companions. Suffice it to say that her loyalties, for now, lie with the Chiss Ascendancy<\/a> and whatever mission they have given her in the fringes of the Galactic Empire<\/a>. \u00a0While on Tatooine, she has been entrusted to pilot\u00a0The Gilded Mynock<\/em>\u00a0for Teemo the Hutt. \u00a0(Career \u2013 Explorer; Specialization \u2013 Scout; Motivation \u2013 Ambition)<\/p>\n

Heather \u2013\u00a0Neza L\u2019lic<\/em><\/strong>, a Twi\u2019Lek<\/a> female from Ryloth<\/a>. \u00a0Freed from a life of servitude to her own uncle, Neza has left Ryloth and is now plying the space lanes to find others like her and help them to escape the chains of enslavement which often find the females of her species. \u00a0Full of charm, with an underlying layer of grit, Neza is determined to never be a victim again. \u00a0She too found employment with Teemo the Hutt as co-pilot and face for the crew of\u00a0The Gilded Mynock<\/em>. \u00a0(Career \u2013 Smuggler; Specialization \u2013 Scoundrel; Motivation \u2013 Freedom and Wanderlust)<\/p>\n

Larry \u2013\u00a0G\u2019nash Endlighter<\/em><\/strong>, a human male from Coruscant<\/a>.\u00a0 Shunning the privileged lifestyle of his parents, G\u2019nash set out for adventure the easiest way he knew how; he secretly applied to the Imperial Military Academy<\/a> on Carida<\/a> and shipped off.\u00a0 The young man quickly made his mark at the Academy; within the first week he punched a superior officer and found himself facing assault charges and imprisonment.\u00a0 Highly resourceful, G\u2019nash escaped from Carida as a stowaway on an outbound shuttle and added desertion to the charges against him. \u00a0Arriving at Kuat<\/a>, he made contact with the crew of\u00a0The Gilded Mynock<\/em>\u00a0and booked passage for Tatooine. \u00a0(Career \u2013 Bounty Hunter; Specialization \u2013 Gadgeteer; Motivation \u2013 Cause)<\/p>\n

We began playing the Escape From Mos Shuuta<\/em><\/a> scenario from the Edge of the Empire Beginner Game<\/em> <\/a>in that first session.\u00a0 In Part 2 of this article, I will describe how I worked these characters into that adventure and share some of the things we discovered together about the FFG system.\u00a0 It was a learning experience and one that we all enjoyed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years ago, after a long hiatus, I finally returned to one of the things that gives me great joy: creating stories as a Game […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":911,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[179,2582],"tags":[65,64,38,61,47,181],"class_list":["post-19165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-campaign-headquarters","tag-edge-of-the-empire","tag-fantasy-flight-games","tag-ffg","tag-gm-advice","tag-star-wars","tag-swrpg"],"yoast_head":"\nCampaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five years ago, after a long hiatus, I finally returned to one of the things that gives me great joy: creating stories as a Game [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"d20 Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"219\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brian Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6268cd2a78b3caa663494474e4ea639f\"},\"headline\":\"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1)\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1847,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/edge.png\",\"keywords\":[\"edge of the empire\",\"fantasy flight games\",\"FFG\",\"gm advice\",\"Star Wars\",\"SWRPG\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles- Staff Columns\",\"Campaign Headquarters\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/\",\"name\":\"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/edge.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/edge.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/edge.png\",\"width\":219,\"height\":296,\"caption\":\"Copyright Fantasy Flight Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/\",\"name\":\"d20 Radio\",\"description\":\"Where Gamers Roll\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"d20 Radio\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/cropped-gamernation_logo_siteheader-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/cropped-gamernation_logo_siteheader-2.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"d20 Radio\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6268cd2a78b3caa663494474e4ea639f\",\"name\":\"Brian Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Brian Wilson\"},\"description\":\"Brian (aka Stayker) got started with RPGs playing and DMing the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (red box) back in 1982. He has played or GMed RPGs across all genres since then, but his primary focus since 1989 has been on Star Wars RPGs. His first d6 Star Wars campaign continued for 13 years of adventures in that galaxy far, far away. Brian currently lives in Wisconsin and he has a wife and three children. He has a 20+ year career in local government and previously served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a First Lieutenant. He has always wanted to be a writer and is very happy for the opportunity to write articles for d20radio.com!\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/staykerblog.wordpress.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.d20radio.com\\\/main\\\/author\\\/stayker\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio","og_description":"Five years ago, after a long hiatus, I finally returned to one of the things that gives me great joy: creating stories as a Game [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/","og_site_name":"d20 Radio","article_published_time":"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":219,"height":296,"url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Brian Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brian Wilson","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/"},"author":{"name":"Brian Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#\/schema\/person\/6268cd2a78b3caa663494474e4ea639f"},"headline":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1)","datePublished":"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/"},"wordCount":1847,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png","keywords":["edge of the empire","fantasy flight games","FFG","gm advice","Star Wars","SWRPG"],"articleSection":["Articles- Staff Columns","Campaign Headquarters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/","url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/","name":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1) - d20 Radio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png","datePublished":"2019-12-03T13:00:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.png","width":219,"height":296,"caption":"Copyright Fantasy Flight Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/campaign-hq-getting-back-into-the-gm-chair-pt-1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Campaign HQ \u2013 Getting Back Into the GM Chair (Pt. 1)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/","name":"d20 Radio","description":"Where Gamers Roll","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#organization","name":"d20 Radio","url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cropped-gamernation_logo_siteheader-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cropped-gamernation_logo_siteheader-2.jpg","width":300,"height":100,"caption":"d20 Radio"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/#\/schema\/person\/6268cd2a78b3caa663494474e4ea639f","name":"Brian Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f80b3f0c6b4c4b95592ac0b25bb2ea22cb99a90d14b03fa0c290a6fbe8d7340e?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Brian Wilson"},"description":"Brian (aka Stayker) got started with RPGs playing and DMing the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (red box) back in 1982. He has played or GMed RPGs across all genres since then, but his primary focus since 1989 has been on Star Wars RPGs. His first d6 Star Wars campaign continued for 13 years of adventures in that galaxy far, far away. Brian currently lives in Wisconsin and he has a wife and three children. He has a 20+ year career in local government and previously served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a First Lieutenant. He has always wanted to be a writer and is very happy for the opportunity to write articles for d20radio.com!","sameAs":["http:\/\/staykerblog.wordpress.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/author\/stayker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19165"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19172,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19165\/revisions\/19172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}