June 8, 2026

Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! And a Sample For You!

Hello, friend!

I'm proud to announce my next major project, Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, coming to Kickstarter in early July! You can read more about it at the link above or on this Sly Flourish article decribing the new book.

As a patrion of Sly Flourish, I give to you to have the 38 page sample of Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, fully laid out, with art, and ready to use to help you run great games. Grab it here:

https://slyflourish_content.s3.amazonaws.com/rise_of_the_lazy_gamemaster_preview.pdf

Head to the Kickstarter prelaunch page, click the button to be notified for the project's release, and pass the link to your friends!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/rise-of-the-lazy-game-master

Thank you so much for your support!

Mike & Michelle

Comments (12)

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Collin Leverette · June 24, 2026

Looking great so far Mike!

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Eric Fehrman · June 19, 2026

This looks really awesome. The worst part is having to WAIT to get it! Thanks Mike for producing really good books and GM helps! Hurry up and take my money!!

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Tobstar · June 10, 2026

Looking forward for this book, and maybe finally using this opportunity to get some hardcover stuff as kickstarter add-ons. Those pdfs are nice and all, but a good hardcover book will always win for me. And getting your stuff in a big box may ease the shipping to EU ^^

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Lane Mullin · June 10, 2026

I didn’t think I needed this, but the preview convinced me. I already have Return, but this looks like it has enough to justify another edition. Congrats. Also, I have read and listened to enough of your content that I can often guess what you would suggest in any given situation. It will be nice to have everything gathered here though.

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Jonny Bass · June 9, 2026

amazing Preview! TYSM for sharing! I've set notifications up for the kickstarter

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Borius · June 9, 2026

Awesome preview! I think you knocked it out of the park with this one, Mike. Best of luck with it!

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Knights of Roleplay Podcast · June 8, 2026

I (GM Chris) am so excited for this! A couple quick things I noticed. Page 3 reads, in part, "Do a full read through any sections that interested you during your quick appraisal." Should it read, "Do a full read through >>> of <<< any sections that interested you during your quick appraisal."? Also, the chapter numbers (in the same bulleted list) are dollar signs. I'm guessing that's a placeholder, but just in case, I'm mentioning it here. I can't wait for this book and to use it for my group!

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Sly Flourish · June 8, 2026

Sorry! Meant early July!!!

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PinkRose · June 8, 2026

This morning, pre-coffee, I thought you were putting out a book titled, "Rise of the Lady Gamemaster" and I thought that was an odd choice for you to write about. Good luck with this book instead.

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Dan Green · June 8, 2026

Looking forward to your new book!

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Richard Kairon · June 8, 2026

Mike I had no idea this was going to be hardcover. That’s awesome. Thanks. Also I ran an entirely unprepared random session yesterday for the first time. I used The Lazy DMs Companion for the entire thing as I noticed upon bookmarking tables in several books, it had the most of the most useful tables.

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Richard Kairon · June 8, 2026

And I had so much fun even though I was terrified to embrace the fear and do it anyway.