Bad DM habits Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. relies way too much on improv
2. doesn't read player backstories
3. not sleeping before the session
4. doesn't vet the character sheets
5. overuses rule of cool
6. everything is a fetch quest
7. no plan for campaign end
8. afraid to tell players NO
9. the DM forgetting they're ALSO a player and their fun matters at the table too
10. over-prepping for the session
11. overuse of time travel
12. incoherent NPC motivations
13. making death meaningless
14. DMPC's, generally
15. way too much exposition
16. focusing too much on a single PC
17. WAY too ambitious
18. afraid to tell players YES
19. too many different stat blocks in combat
20. underestimating the players
21. excessive worldbuilding
22. overestimating the players
23. abusing rule zero (DM always has final say)
24. never writes ideas down