Well done! I'm a DM of nearly 25 years and I run an always-open, online table, a weekly voice table, a monthly in-person table, a kids table (whenever they all want to play at the same time), and then I guest-DM for my local cosplay guild when their DM is sick or needs a break. Prep does NOT have to take a whole week to do. Honestly, I often do it a few hours before session - my brain is always working; it's just getting those details into the physical format so that I can pass them on to the players that requires the transfer. You did great. Adding a sub so I can keep track of your DM progress

Thank you so much for that perspective. I myself have worked out a lot of sessions in the hours before so seeing the raw kind of process is actually really inspiring to me. Also your island model is something I have seen people try to describe a lot before, but you really narrowed it down well and I think thinking about my campaign in that way might help me out with some of my struggles in prep. So thank you for sharing those insights!

Bro, we should play together sometime. You are brilliant

You know… a tavern hidden in the underworld… Ima use that