
Between Prep and Improv – Two Sides of GMing an RPG – interview with Andreas Lundström
This is an interview with Andreas Lundström, RPG Game Master, podcaster, and music composer. His Sweden Rolls podcast was recently chosen as The Best Actual Play podcast of 2021 in the EN World poll. On the show, he has GMed Forbidden Lands, Tales from the Loop, Coriolis, D&D, and Vaesen – along with a handful of shorter episodes with other systems. He also produces music for several settings – he’s the one behind the official scores for Forbidden Lands – Bitter Reach, Vaesen, Twilight: 2000, and Cthulhu Sverige. You should definitely take a look around his Soundcloud profile! Today, he’ll share with us a good deal of his experiences and reflections from being a GM. You’ll find in this interview: How you transit from being an RPG noob to being a great GM (in a short time)? What are the basics of the sucessful GM’s prep routine? How to get better with improvising skills and why is that vital?