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Video Preview: Offer Three Options

Hello! Here's a sneak preview of my YouTube D&D tip video on Offering Three Options. Enjoy!

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October Patreon Q&A Thread for Upcoming Videos

Hello patrons of Sly Flourish!

We've had wonderful success with the Patreon questions feeding into the Lazy D&D Talk Show and  D&D Tip videos! Thank you...

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Lazy DM's Companion Kickstarter Launched!

Hello friend!

I just launched the Kickstarter for my latest book, the Lazy DM's Companion! As a patron, you've seen much of the material in the book through Uncovere...

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Video Preview: Customizing Published Adventures

Here's a preview of an upcoming video on customizing published adventures. Enjoy!

Note, if the video is marked "private", that means I've scheduled it to post on YouTube and it will be back up in a couple of days.

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Video Preview: Customizing Published D&D Adventures

Here's a preview of an upcoming YouTube video on Customizing Published Adventures. Thanks Richard B, for the question!

If this video is coming up as "private", that means it's queued up to show up on my YouTube channel and will be back up in a few days.

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Video Preview: Spiral Campaign Development

Here's a preview of an upcoming video on Spiral Campaign Development. Thanks for the question, Andrew R!

If this video is showing up as "private", that means it's queued up to show up on my YouTube channel and will be back up in a few days.

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Lazy DM's Companion Kickstarter coming 28 September!

Hello patron of Sly Flourish!

On 28 September 2021 I'm launching the Kickstarter for the Lazy DM's Companion! This is the third book in the Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master series and puts together much of the material you've ...

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Video Preview on Random Encounters

Here's a sneak preview of an upcoming YouTube video on random encounters! Enjoy!

If the video is marked "private" that means it's been queued up for release later this week on YouTube.

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September 2021 Sly Flourish Patreon Newsletter

Welcome to the Sly Flourish Patreon newsletter for September 2021!

As a reminder, your patronage gives you access to the following perks:

Video Preview: Good Behaviors for D&D Players

Enjoy this video preview of the first video focused on a Sly Flourish patron's question! Thanks David H! 

If the video is unavailable, that means I've queued it up for release on YouTube and it will be back in a few days.

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Q & A from Patrons of Sly Flourish on Upcoming Videos

Hello patrons of Sly Flourish!

I want to try an experiment.

Every week I shoot and post the "Lazy D&D Talk Show" and I'm considering shooting more D&D Tip ...

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Video Preview: Improvising Legendary D&D Boss Monsters

Hello, friend! Here's a sneak preview of an upcoming video on Improvising Legendary D&D Boss Monsters!

I've been playing around with new processes for making these videos. I'd love feedback on the video and audio quality, particularly from those who have experience with audio mixing, compression, and the like.

If the video is unavailable it's because I queued it up to appear on ...

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Video Preview: Ten Uses for Index Cards

Here's a sneak preview of an upcoming video on Ten Uses for Index Cards. Enjoy!

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Lazy DM's Workbook on sale for $3.34

Hey there!

I wanted to let you know that the Lazy DM's Workbook, my best-selling book of tools and maps to help you improvise your D&D games, is now on sale for $3.34 on DriveThruRPG! You can pick it up here: View Post

Recovering from a Bad D&D Game

Here's a video preview on an important topic on how to recover from a "bad" D&D game.


If the video is marked "private" that means I've scheduled it for public posting and it will be back up in a few days.

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August 2021 Sly Flourish Patreon Newsletter

Hello patron of Sly Flourish! Thank you for your continued support!

As a reminder, you have access to all of the following exclusive content for being a member:

Video Preview: "You Are Not Prepared". Fighting back against the Resistance.

Here's an early video preview of a video looking at the anxiety we often feel before we prepare or run a D&D game and how to help combat it. Enjoy!!

If you find the video is marked "private", that means I've queued it up for publication on YouTube and it will be back in in a few days. Thanks!

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Video Preview: Reinforce a Cooperative Character Motivation

Hello!

Here's a video preview for a video I shot on the importance of reinforcing a cooperative character motivation in the session zero of our D&D games.

Enjoy!

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Video Preview: Go for a Walk!

Howdy!

Here's a preview of a fun little YouTube video I put together. Enjoy!

If the video is marked "private", that means it's scheduled to go up on YouTube shortly.

Thank you again for your support!

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Video Preview: Tools of the Lazy DM - 2021

Hi friend! 

I wanted to give you a sneak preview of my video "Tools of the Lazy Dungeon Master 2021". 

Enjoy!

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Poll: Lazy DM's Companion Final Uncovered Secret

Hello, friend!

We're in the process of putting together the Kickstarter sample for the Lazy DM's Companion, the third book in the Lazy DM series next to Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master and the Lazy DM's Workbook. This new book will be the fully edited, developed, and laid-out version of the 2021-07-19 22:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Video Preview: Wielding Knives in D&D – Using the Fiction Players Bring to the Table

Hi friend! 

Here's a video preview of an upcoming YouTube video called "Wielding Knives". Enjoy!

Please note, if the video is marked "private" and you can't see it, that means I've scheduled it to appear on the general YouTube page and it will be back up in two or three days. When I schedule it, the video goes from "unlisted" to "private". There doesn't seem to be a way around ...

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Updated Adventure Generators and Uncovered Secrets

Happy Friday! 

Today I updated a few of the older pages in Uncovered Secrets and Adventure Generators and wanted to...

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Video Preview: Facilitating Decisions in D&D

Howdy! Here's an exclusive preview of an upcoming D&D Tip YouTube Video on the importance of facilitating decisions in D&D.

If you see this post and the video is marked "private", that means I've scheduled it for publication to YouTube in a few days. It'll be back up in a few days.

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July 2021 Sly Flourish Patreon Newsletter

Behold the Sly Flourish Patreon-exclusive newsletter for July 2021!

As you've hopefully seen, I've been doubling and tripling down on YouTube videos recently. Thanks to your support here and the growth of our hobby I find myself able to dedicate more time to the Sly Flourish empire and found that this whole new-fangled...

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Video Preview: Types of Secrets and How to Find Them

Here's a sneak preview of an upcoming Sly Flourish video on the Types of Secrets and How to Find Them. Enjoy!

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Patreon Preview: Let's Build an Adventure, Keep of the Black Gate Part 2

Here's the second of two preview videos in which I use the Adventure Generators and Uncovered Secrets to build an adventure I was running this weekend called Ke...

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Patreon Preview: Let's Build an Adventure, Keep of the Black Gate Part 1

Hello! 

I wanted to give you an early preview of a video I shot a couple of days ago in which I use the Patreon exclusive Adventure Generators and Uncove...

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Video Preview: Using Stars and Wishes in your D&D Game

Here's a sneak preview of a video I shot this week on using Stars and Wishes in your D&D game!

You might see the video disppear when I schedule it for posting to YouTube in a week or so. If you see this, it will be back in a few days. I try to preview a video for at least a week before it gets scheduled but once scheduled it goes private again.

Enjoy!

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Video Preview: Villainous Heralds

Note: The video is currently offline until it gets posted on its schedule. Sorry for the downtime!

Here’s a sneak preview of my YouTube video on Villainous Heralds. Enjoy!


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