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Mastering Dungeons

Mastering Dungeons

RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!

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01:17:09

13th Age 2E Design with Rob Heinsoo! (MD 191)

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2024/05/22

Episode 191 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: 13th Age 2E Design with Rob Heinsoo! The much admired 13th Age RPG has a second edition on kickstarter! Designer Rob Heinsoo discusses the game’s innovations and takes a look back at leading 4E design, the OGL as seen by WotC, and much more! News: Greyhawk in the DMG, Homebrew vs Prewritten, D&D Worlds & Realms, and more! Contents 00:00 New MD Search Engine! 01:59 Digital vs Paper Future? 06:23 Scene Transitions? 10:49 Greyhawk in the

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01:36:05

Daggerheart’s Amazing GM Advice (MD 190)

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2024/05/15

Episode 190 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Review – GM Advice! We found the heart of Critical Role, and it’s in the GM advice section. Shawn and Teos dig into this advice, fantastic for any game but tailor-made for Daggerheart’s play. News: Critical Role Launches Beacon, MCDM on D&D Beyond, 2024 PH Art Reveal, and more! Contents 00:00 Mother's Day 02:04 RPG vs Video Game ROI? 07:19 Vancian vs Roll to Cast? 15:11 D&D SRD 5.2 in February! 18:56 2024 PH Art Sneak Peak 22:31

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01:24:06

Daggerheart Domains and Actions (MD 189)

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2024/05/08

Episode 189 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Domains and Actions! Cards in an RPG? Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker! News: Hasbro $1M Investment, D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace, Monster Symmetry, and more! Contents 00:00 Alien Sun 03:03 HP Increase Design? 08:17 Stay on 2014? 15:06 BG3 impacts? 19:13 Favorite Snack? 19:59 Arena Sizes? 21:03 D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace 24:38 Hasbro's 1M

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01:46:55

Daggerheart’s Character Creation (MD 188)

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2024/05/01

Episode 188 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Character Creation! A nine-step process provides a robust mix of crunch and narrative options. See what this blend tells us about this and other RPGs. News: Hasbro’s Q1 Results, WotC Completing the PH, Roll20 Discord Integration, and more! Contents 00:00 Far Out 02:26 Vecna Prequel Review 04:12 Monster Hunter 06:05 Backgrounds Approach? 11:23 Age and Time? 19:53 BG3 for Other Stories? 26:23 D&D Fireside Chat 35:13 Hasbro

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01:21:02

Daggerheart Review: Core Rules (MD 187)

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2024/04/24

Episode 187 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Core Rules! Hope, Fear, Stress, and so much more! We take a look at Daggerheart’s design and how it encourages narrative and tactical gameplay. News: WotC President Departs, Colville on Adventure Length, DriveThru Sales Data, and more! Contents 00:00 Deck of Campaign Derailments 02:45 Reworking Design? 07:51 Best Adventure Format? 15:52 Fix D&D Like MTG? 19:02 Cynthia Williams Departs 26:20 D&D Maps Tips 27:39 Colville on

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01:20:00

Keep a New Campaign Healthy and Strong (MD 186)

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2024/04/17

Episode 185 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: How to Keep Your New Campaign Healthy and Strong! If the average campaign lasts only 3-5 sessions, how do we avoid that fate and maintain a healthy long-term campaign? News: Hasbro CEO Interview Reimagined, Vecna is Coming, Fallout TV Sells RPG, and more! Contents 00:00 Kids are Alright 01:39 The Black Ballad 03:42 Is 5E Indirectly Modular? 12:45 Fallout TV Sells Books 15:49 Hasbro CEO Interview Reimagined 25:13 Vecna is Coming 27:28 Lich PCs 29:44

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01:18:31

Design Player-Facing Campaign Options (MD 185)

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2024/04/10

Episode 185 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Designing Player-Facing Options for New Campaigns! How do you create or leverage player-facing rules that will intrigue them and ground them in your new world and your new campaign? How do you give them meaningful, informed choices early in the campaign? News: Prep vs Improv? Dimension 20 in the Garden, Schwalb on 5E, and more! Contents 00:00 Path of Totality 01:16 Prep vs Improv? 08:57 Con for Crits? 20:22 D20 at the Garden 22:10 Schwalb on

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01:29:48

Design an RPG Starting Encounter (MD 184)

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2024/04/03

Episode 184 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Design an RPG Starting Encounter! Continuing the discussion of designing a first adventure in our world, how do we design the first adventure? We look at creating an encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs! News: Core Book Prices, Free Tsojcanth and LEGO Adventures, D&D Sales Drop! Contents 00:00 Two Fools 01:28 Adventure Curriculum? 12:34 MCDM Daggerheart Initiative? 19:37 Flaws Mechanic? 30:27 D&D Beyond

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01:23:32

Design an RPG Starting Adventure (MD 183)

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2024/03/27

Episode 183 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Designing an RPG Starting Adventure! Continuing the discussion of worldbuilding and village design, how do we start an adventure? We provide an approach to get the most out of your campaign and adventure starts! News: GaryCon Review, Remembering Jim Ward, Daggerheart Review! Contents 00:00 March Madness 01:42 GaryCon Review 05:52 Criticize Shadowdark? 14:45 Remembering Jim Ward 18:58 Stores Get D&D Early 21:07 Free Tsojcanth 22:38 MtG D&D

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01:25:10

Design an RPG Starting Village! (MD 182)

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2024/03/20

Episode 182 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Designing an RPG Starting Village! Continuing the discussion of worldbuilding, a great place to start is a village. What must a starting village contain and what isn’t needed? How do we make it relevant and interesting? We dig into the design and examples that have and haven’t worked for us. News: Critical Role launches Daggerheart, Hasbro CEO vs D&D on AI, Starforged Terrain! Contents 00:00 Podcasting for Relatives 01:39 Exhaustion vs HPs? 10:39

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01:36:21

Shadowdark Finale – GM Tips, Monsters, and Treasure...

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2024/03/13

Episode 181 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark GM Tips, Monsters, and Treasure! The finale of our Shadowdark series! We take a look the excellent advice, plus how the game provides monsters and treasure. News: Reviewing The Fallbacks, Adv League to Beyond, NASA RPG and Challenge, and more! Contents 00:00 Teos Has Seen Things 02:45 Emerald City Comic-Con 06:32 Adventure as User Guide? 15:16 Exhaustion Currency? 22:43 Modes of Play? 28:34 AL Moves to Beyond 31:33 Greasy Snitches 36:41

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01:20:13

Building and Changing Rules to Fit Your RPG World (MD...

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2024/03/06

Episode 180 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Building and Changing Rules to Fit Your RPG World! Dan Dillon and Jason Ward join Shawn to discuss how to pick the best rules, or change them, when designing an RPG world. News: Dan Dillon and Jason Ward, Daggerheart Playtesting, Discworld RPG, and more! Contents 00:00 Dan and Jason! 02:11 Defining Success? 07:13 Worldbuilding Process? 12:35 Discworld RPG 18:54 Daggerheart 31:07 Beyond Dev Update 36:55 Surviving Strangehollow 39:08 Rules to Fit an

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01:18:44

Worldbuilding Tips and Tricks (MD 179)

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2024/02/28

Episode 179 of Mastering Dungeons!Main topic: Worldbuilding Tips and Tricks! How do we create worlds that reflect the RPGs used to play them? How do we serve our readers, GMs, and players? Let’s talk worldbuilding! News: Surviving Strangehollow,| No D&D in Portuguese, D&D Off-Broadway, and more! Contents 00:00 Dark Weekend 01:01 Running Factions? 12:51 Mechanic Struggles? 21:51 Surviving Strangehollow 22:42 No D&D in Portuguese 26:01 Off-Broadway D&D 28:22 Star Trek 2E

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01:32:57

Shadowdark RPG – Combat, Travel, and Downtime (MD 178)

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2024/02/21

Episode 178 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark RPG’s Combat, Travel, and Downtime! Teos shares the exploits in a recent Shadowdark game, adding context as Shawn and Teos review Shadowdark’s rules for combat, travel, and downtime. News: Hasbro’s D&D Finances and Strategy, 2024 Release Info, Humblewood on Beyond, and more! Contents 00:00 More Dragons 01:26 Counterproductive Playtesting? 07:39 Designer Responsability? 15:17 D&D Release Schedule 15:44 2024 Conventions 17:31 Vecna

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01:08:58

Shadowdark RPG – Gameplay (MD 177)

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2024/02/14

Episode 177 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark RPG – Gameplay (MD 177) From initiative and darkness to checks and luck tokens, Shawn and Teos examine the rules that distinguish the game. News: D&D Thanks You, Manganiello Speaks, Pelgrane Blog Rocks, and more! Contents 00:00:00 Winter Fantasy for One 00:01:35 Shadowdark Balance? 00:10:50 Shadowdark Readthrough Review? 00:17:40 D&D 50th Thank You 00:19:33 Joe Manganiello Speaks 00:26:28 Pelgrane Press Blog 00:27:33 Sorcerer's

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News with Graham Ward! (MD 176)

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2024/02/07

Episode 176 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: News with Graham! With Shawn fighting off a cold, Graham joins us to take a look at the news. Back to Shadowdark next week! News: Foundry Gets 2024 5E, Kickstarter Growth, Adventures that Teach, and more! Contents 00:00:00 Graham Ward! 00:02:55 Player-DM Trust 00:10:20 D&D Stewardship 00:23:00 2024 Glimpses 00:25:22 Bigger Books? 00:27:16 Playtest Survey Results 00:30:49 D&D Novels and Journals 00:34:25 D&D Foundry Partnership 00:35:54

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01:35:58

Shadowdark RPG – Characters and Magic (MD 175)

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2024/01/31

Episode 175 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark RPG – Characters and Magic With Shadowdark’s simplicity, how do ancestries, classes, and class features distinguish themselves? Shawn and Teos examine the classes, alignment, and magic systems to see how this game manages to be so good. News: D&D Turned 40, D&D in VR, a Real Fortress Dungeon, and more! Contents 00:00:00 Rub Your Face 00:01:19 Compelling Hooks? 00:11:43 RPGs for New GMs 00:19:02 D&D Turns 50 00:21:56 D&D VR

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01:18:22

Shadowdark RPG - Reviewing the Basics (MD 174)

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2024/01/24

Episode 174 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark RPG – Reviewing the Basics Shawn and Teos delve into Shadowdark. While their torchlight holds, they examine the first chapters of this tome. Learn the basics of Shadowdark’s design and what sets it apart from other similar RPGs. News: New D&D from Random House, How to Have Fun, Fighting AI, and more! Contents 00:00:00 Powerless 00:02:16 Stale RPGs? 00:09:09 BladeThulu? 00:18:54 An RPG's Heart 00:25:32 New Random DnD 00:29:02 Fighting

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01:17:25

Blade Runner Starter Set – Electric Dreams Adventure...

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2024/01/17

Episode 173 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Blade Runner Starter Set – Electric Dreams Adventure Review Mike Shea joins Shawn while Teos hunkers down without power. In the main segment, Shawn and Teos take a look at the adventure included in the Blade Runner starter set by Free League. We review the amazing value and how it provides for open play and interesting choices. News: Remembering Jennell Jaquays, D&D Meta Plots, Evil Hat Shares Finances, and more! Contents 00:00 Mike Shea! 07:22

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01:25:01

Blade Runner Starter Set – Rules Review (MD 172)

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2024/01/10

Episode 172 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Blade Runner Starter Set – Rules Review Shawn and Teos take a look at the packed contents of the Blade Runner starter set by Free League. We review the amazing value and provide an overview of the rules. News: MCDM Raises $4.6M, Golden Ages, Winter Fantasy Signups, and more! Contents 00:00 Renewed 01:10 Half on Miss? 10:24 Stun Condition? 21:49 Creative Actions? 33:45 RPG Sales Mixed 34:55 Winter Fantasy Signups 37:19 2023 Review 39:10 Golden

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