Finding Your Niche - Supply, Demand, and Not Burning Out
A free webinar for all aspiring Professional GMs! What kind of games could/should/would you run?
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Free
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Once / Saturday – 6:00 PM UTC
May 24
1.5–2 Hour Duration
40 / 40 Seats Filled
Schedule
About the adventure
Struggling to stand out in a crowded market? Feeling drained running games that don't light you up? Join this free, actionable webinar designed specifically for professional GMs. Discover how to find your niche—the games and styles that match your strengths, attract your ideal clients, and keep your energy high. 🎯 We'll discuss: - Identifying what you do best as a GM - Understanding player demand and market trends - Building a sustainable GM career without burning out Whether you're just getting started or refining your brand, this session will help you align passion with your freelancing aspirations. ---- This webinar will start with a presentation from yours truly, followed by periods of facilitated discussions as we work together to workshop some of our niche-finding abilities. This webinar is free, sponsored by StartPlaying.Games! ---- About the GM: Salman Corbette has been doing this job for over 4 years, full time, and maybe has figured out what he wants to do when he grows up. He has also led workshops all about Roleplaying and Gamemastering for dozens of professionals on and off this platform.
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
2 years on StartPlaying
828 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
🦎 He/Him 🦎 StartPlaying's resident roleplay expert, with over a decade of experience performing, directing, and teaching theatrical improvisation. Based out of Montréal, Québec. Aside from running RPGs, I also offer roleplaying workshops and coaching sessions. If you would like to commission a session for you and/or your players and/or other GMs, please DM me. Or keep an eye out for my free webinars! I'm also a published children's author. I run weekly volunteer games for neurodivergent youth. I can play the piano and ukulele. I beat the final boss in Elden Ring. My favourite apple is Mcintosh. If you enjoy a bit of humour and a focus on growing your character and the world around your character, we're going to be like two peas in a pod. Or two goblins in a cave. Or two owls on a branch. Or two bananas in one peel - which is quite rare, but can happen.
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Creating your character
Hopefully you'll come as yourself.
This webinar is semi-participatory, we'll be sharing our perspectives and ideas together. So make sure you have a working mic! Cameras are also welcome. By joining this webinar, you affirm: - You're a cool person and won't engage in any transphobia, ableism, misogyny, racism, etc. -You're interested in taking a deeper perspective on GMing as a business, and yourself as a freelancer - You are not joining this game hoping for a French tart with a savoury, cheesy filling. Finding Your Quiche will be available at a future date.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Make sure you have a working mic and headset, and a Discord account!
What Salman Corbette/TOTAL IMPROV brings to the table
Everything you'll ever need to know to become the greatest game master of all time. And maybe cat pictures.
Equipment needed to play
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Salman Corbette/TOTAL IMPROV creates a safe table
This will be a facilitated discussion setting, utilizing Discord's hands-up feature
Content warnings
Safety tools used