Setting the Stage Episode 70 – Sensei Suplex and Project Aurora

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December 3, 2025

Sensei Suplex joins us to talk about his campaign, Project Aurora. Suplex started Project Aurora in college with some friends. They agreed to have a few different campaigns done by different DMs to all exist within the same shared world. Suplex transitioned to paid DMing and the world expanded beyond that into a huge RPG experience with dozens of DMs and thousands of people playing, all in a shared universe.

With such a large pool of players and DMs there’s a decent effort to match groups in style, tone, and schedule so that everyone is happy with what they’re doing. There are full campaigns and pickup West Marches style adventures as well. Sensei Suplex believes in matching what players want with his DMing style. Thus the world/universe for Project Aurora is varied with different cultures, technology levels, and themes for whatever a particular group is interested in playing.

Sensei Suplex also has a YouTube channel with some great videos on how to be a better DM. The most popular of those videos being one on how to create something the TTRPG equivalent to the Nemesis System from the Lord of the Rings: Shadow of War video game.
Sensei Suplex also recommended a Ginny Di video on paid DMing that you can talk a look at.

If you’d like to learn more about Sensei Suplex, his YouTube videos, or Project Aurora, it’s all available at the Sensei Suplex Beacon page.

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