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Sharing GM Responsibilities (episode 18)
What are the responsibilities of the GM, and do they really NEED to be her responsibility?
### Scheduling (2:11)
Setting a date for the meetings, making sure everyone can make it or inform us if they can’t.
We discussed using a WhatsApp group on [Too Tired to Play (episode 17)](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35fd4bfdbc4c5e/)
### Hosting (3:55)
### Food! (6:07)
Ordering the pizza. In the Purple Orange, Aviv Or was in charge of the food ordering. In Uri's current Pathfinder game, one of the players is in charge of handling the food (either making it or ordering it).
### Recapping (7:30)
We talked about this in episode 4 - [Recap](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35b5aaeaa2ea42/)
### Knowing the rules (8:10)
Someone else can know the rules; the GM just needs to make a rulling.
### Entertaining the players (10:14)
The GM is not the entertainer, and the players are not the audience. As a player, Know what you enjoy, make it known to others, and strive for it. Be a good player, use the tips we’ve reviewed at [Episode 11](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35dc2e1458f9c0/)
### Keeper of the sacred timeline (10:20)
Remembering past canon. [In Narrative Analysis we differentiate](https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/narratology/terms/story.html) between story (the actual events in chronological order) and discourse (the way the story is told). So Uri sees it as: the story is everything the GM knows that happened and the discourse is what the players did.
### Keeping The focus on the game (17:40)
### Scene Painting (19:00)
Inventing new details about the world. Ask a leading question, “What is strange/unusual/angering/exciting about this X?”
You can read about the improv technique [here](http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/Scene_Painting.html).
### Combat management (24:10)
Tracking things during combat.
Initiative, monster HP, the Escalation Die from [13th Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Age).
Playing NPCs during combats.
### Bookkeeping (28:10)
Keeping track of loot/monies/XP.
### Chronicling (31:15)
Documenting events/NPCs.
### Summary
“Be helpful unto one another”.
### Sponsorship (36:05)
### Taking the load off (36:42)
Eran - Bennies of eight! [Learn Savage Worlds](http://www.uptofourplayers.com/comic/1-campaign-pitch/)
The weekly article was about [NPC vs NPC action, should it be rolled](http://www.uptofourplayers.com/2018/03/npc-npc-action/)
Uri - We have a new segment in our website called [“How Uri…”](https://dwarves.podiant.co/how-uri/) where Uri specifies how he does all sorts of things, this week it’s all about [How Uri creates customised character tokens](https://dwarves.podiant.co/how-uri-make-customized-tokens/).
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What are the responsibilities of the GM, and do they really NEED to be her responsibility?
### Scheduling (2:11)
Setting a date for the meetings, making sure everyone can make it or inform us if they can’t.
We discussed using a WhatsApp group on [Too Tired to Play (episode 17)](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35fd4bfdbc4c5e/)
### Hosting (3:55)
### Food! (6:07)
Ordering the pizza. In the Purple Orange, Aviv Or was in charge of the food ordering. In Uri's current Pathfinder game, one of the players is in charge of handling the food (either making it or ordering it).
### Recapping (7:30)
We talked about this in episode 4 - [Recap](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35b5aaeaa2ea42/)
### Knowing the rules (8:10)
Someone else can know the rules; the GM just needs to make a rulling.
### Entertaining the players (10:14)
The GM is not the entertainer, and the players are not the audience. As a player, Know what you enjoy, make it known to others, and strive for it. Be a good player, use the tips we’ve reviewed at [Episode 11](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/35dc2e1458f9c0/)
### Keeper of the sacred timeline (10:20)
Remembering past canon. [In Narrative Analysis we differentiate](https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/narratology/terms/story.html) between story (the actual events in chronological order) and discourse (the way the story is told). So Uri sees it as: the story is everything the GM knows that happened and the discourse is what the players did.
### Keeping The focus on the game (17:40)
### Scene Painting (19:00)
Inventing new details about the world. Ask a leading question, “What is strange/unusual/angering/exciting about this X?”
You can read about the improv technique [here](http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/Scene_Painting.html).
### Combat management (24:10)
Tracking things during combat.
Initiative, monster HP, the Escalation Die from [13th Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Age).
Playing NPCs during combats.
### Bookkeeping (28:10)
Keeping track of loot/monies/XP.
### Chronicling (31:15)
Documenting events/NPCs.
### Summary
“Be helpful unto one another”.
### Sponsorship (36:05)
### Taking the load off (36:42)
Eran - Bennies of eight! [Learn Savage Worlds](http://www.uptofourplayers.com/comic/1-campaign-pitch/)
The weekly article was about [NPC vs NPC action, should it be rolled](http://www.uptofourplayers.com/2018/03/npc-npc-action/)
Uri - We have a new segment in our website called [“How Uri…”](https://dwarves.podiant.co/how-uri/) where Uri specifies how he does all sorts of things, this week it’s all about [How Uri creates customised character tokens](https://dwarves.podiant.co/how-uri-make-customized-tokens/).