Mindful Gaming: GM Tips: How managing your ego can lead to better immersion in your TTRPGs

Continuing our Mindful Gaming series! This week, I've got Gerry with me to discuss how to get better immersion in your games by managing your ego and being intentional about your feelings. We talk about what immersion is, why its important, not being too precious about your creations, sharing enough information with PCs to make context-appropriate decisions, and how to figure out when your ego is getting in the way of you having a good time and maybe what you can do about it.

Gerry also shared the following: "In the many times self-examination, mindfulness, and intentionality are referenced in this chat- the last thing I want to imply or suggest is that this stuff is easy or that it came naturally to me. When I speak of "mindfulness" I am speaking about a very specific practice of meditation and self-reflection. To many (my past self included) this kind of talk may seem very 'wu wu' but to anyone interested in learning more, a very good point of entry into these practices is Dan Harris. Author of 10% Happier and founder of a free meditation app of the same name. He is funny, straight forward and no nonsense. Here is a link to his very amusing and informative TED Talk" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuhIzO57HVk