Do D&D Parties Need Leaders? How does one become a successful Tactician?

The Tactician is a common D&D or TTRPG player archetype, one who (according to Matt Colville) wants to optimize the adventure and the party, not just their characters. There are lots of D&D horror stories about Tacticians, but I believe these are because of skill issues, and not because tacticians or leders are bad for D&D.

Check out Part 2 about generating buyin here:    • 4+3 Tips to Get Out of Tactician HELL...  

Matt Colville's video on player types:    • Different Kinds of Players | Running ...  

0:00 Intro to Tacticians
1:24 Tacticians are Awesome
2:39 Why do people dislike tacticians?
4:32 Getting better as a tactician
6:03 Coming up with good plans
6:31 Sailboat Retrospective
7:53 Sailboat Retrospective Example
10:24 Importance of Holistic Perspectives
11:09 Good Leadership Examples
15:37 Outro

Optimizer Resources
Treantmonk's Temple:    / @treantmonkstemple  
D4: D&D Deep Dive:    / @dnddeepdive  
Tabletop Builds: https://tabletopbuilds.com/

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