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Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster

Created by Mike Shea

Run great tabletop RPGs by preparing less.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Incredible First Week!
3 months ago – Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 09:16:08 AM

Thanks to you we had an incredible first week for the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! We’re so glad you’re as excited for this book as we are.

This week we’re diving deep into the campaign planning chapters of the book. You can read about it and listen to it here:

Prepping and Running Campaigns

https://slyflourish.com/prepping_and_running_lazy_campaigns.html

The Lazy RPG Talk Show — Prep and Run Lazy Campaigns

https://youtu.be/Espvo1fynqM

I spent a lot of time last week getting the word out on various shows and podcasts, with more appearances coming later this week.

Mike on Mastering Dungeons with Shawn Merwin

https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/e/rise-of-the-lazy-gamemaster-with-mike-shea-aka-sly-flourish/

Mike on the Tome Show with Jeff Greiner

http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/the-tome-show-presents-mike-shea-rise-of-the-lazy-gamemaster/

We had a few articles talking about Rise of the Lazy Game Master come out this week as well including:

Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster on Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/lazy-dungeon-master-sly-flourish-new-book-kickstarter/

Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster on Techraptor

https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/mike-sheas-rise-of-lazy-gamemaster-kickstarter-campaign-offers-vital-table-advice

Next week we’ll take a deeper dive into adventure types — the third major section of Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster.

Thank you again for your outstanding support! Please share the campaign with your friends!

Mike & MIchelle



 

Still interested?
3 months ago – Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 08:59:03 AM

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