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The DM‘s Book Club

Do you like a good book? Do you like Dungeons & Dragons? Fancy combining them? Us too! Come join Fiona & Hamilton for ‘The DM’s Book Club’: a weekly podcast where we read about some Dungeons and Dragons and discuss how we might include it in our role-playing campaigns!

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46:23

Bonus: Let's (solo) quest! Faerie Mound of Dragonkind...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/11/06

Show notesThis week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind, a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playing adventure. Analytical powers would be tested to the utmost as readers must decide how to deal with

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01:10:24

Episode #14: Lightning in a Bottle - The Between with...

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2024/10/30

Show notesThis week, Fiona is joined by guest cohost, Matt from The Bad Spot, to talk about their joint love for 'The Between' a Powered By The Apocoalyspe x Carved from Brindlewood tabletop roleplaying game by Jason Cordova about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London.From 'The Between' bio:'The hunters are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and neutralize monstrous threats terrorizing the city—threats that Scotland Yard won’t or can’t handle themselves

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03:19

Announcement: OneShot Patreon Drive - You Awaken In A...

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2024/10/23

Show notesThis week, Fiona gives a quick announcement about what she is up to over the OneShot Podcast Network as part of their October Patreon Drive.She will be running 'You Awaken In A Strange Place' on the OneShot Podcast Twitch channel on Wednesday 23rd October at 8pm EST with guests Brianna and Emily (from the Gamewoven Podcast) and Taylor and Dan (from Backwater Bastards). 'You Awaken In A Strange Place' by Jacob Andrews is a fully improvised TTRPG where everything is made up on the fly! Grab

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42:59

Bonus: Let's (solo) quest! Faerie Mound of Dragonkind...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/10/16

Show notesThis week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind, a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playing adventure. Analytical powers would be tested to the utmost as readers must decide how to deal with

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40:41

Bonus: Let's (solo) quest! Faerie Mound of Dragonkind...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/10/09

Show notesThis week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she starts her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind, a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playing adventure. Analytical powers would be tested to the utmost as readers must decide how to deal with the

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08:20

Bonus: Big Announcement From WAIR - Fall Update 2024!

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/10/02

Show NotesThis episode originally aired on the What Am I Rolling? podcast on Sunday 29th September 2024 and we just wanted to signal boost it. Normal service will resume next week!From the WAIR show notesThis episode is a little different to our usual fortnightly release as it’s an announcement kind of episode! WAIR's host Fiona talks through some exciting updates and announcements which have been happening over the last few weeks!TimestampsIntro: 00:00:00Big announcement reveal: 00:00:30Tales of

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45:36

Bonus: Put a hat on! Keeping in character!

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/09/25

Show notesThis week, Fiona sit down with guest co-host Shamini Bundell of the RPGeeks to talk about ways to develop your depictions of player characters (PCs) and non-player characters (NPC) and ways to stay in those characters.Shamini is part of the RPGeeks who stream every Wednesday at 7pm.Check out Once A Hero: D&D Series on the RPGeeks YouTube channel.Other series mentioned: Orbital Blues and Alien: Destroyer of Worlds.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's

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52:46

Bonus: Tools to help you build stories together:...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/09/18

Show notesThis week, Fiona is joined by guest cohost Ty from Side Character Quest once again to discuss two different RPG tools/games to help supplement worldbuilding when running campaigns: Timeskip and Artefact.Timeskip by A.A. Voigt is a collaborative worldbuilding tool for jumping characters from a previously-established tabletop campaign into the future. Together with your table, imagine new outfits, new jobs, and even new family members that arrive in your characters' lives as time continues

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01:09:06

Episode #13: The Infinite Staircase

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/09/11

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton talk about their first impressions of 'Quests from the Infinite Staircase': a collection of six remastered quests will allow players to experience treasured adventures from D&D's first edition, updated for fifth edition. 'Quests from the Infinite Staircase' Bio:'Enter the Infinite Staircase - a dreamlike expanse with doors leading to fantastical worlds and planes of existence.Quests from the Infinite Staircase embraces the magic of the most beloved

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01:08:23

Episode #12: Eberron: Rising from the Last War Pt. 3...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/09/04

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their look at 'Eberron: Rising from the Last War' - the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron combines a fantasy tone with pulp and dark adventure elements, and some non-traditional fantasy technologies such as trains, skyships, and mechanical

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57:14

Bonus: The Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set!

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2024/08/28

Show notesThis week, Fiona and guest cohost Ty from Side Character Quest chat about their impressions of 'Dragons of Stormwreck Isle' Starter Set. The 'Dragons of Stormwreck Isle' Bio:'The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle is your gateway to action-packed adventures in the cooperative storytelling game Dungeons & Dragons, where heroes battle monsters, find treasure, and undertake epic quests.'Check out Side Character Quest wherever you listen to podcasts!Consider

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01:23:19

Episode #11: Eberron: Rising from the Last War Pt. 2...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/08/21

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their look at 'Eberron: Rising from the Last War' - the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron combines a fantasy tone with pulp and dark adventure elements, and some non-traditional fantasy technologies such as trains, skyships, and mechanical

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01:30:51

Episode #10: Eberron: Rising from the Last War Pt. 1...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/08/14

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton crack out their copies of 'Eberron: Rising from the Last War' and start their initial exploration of the Eberron campaign setting for the 5th edition. Created by game designer Keith Baker, Eberron was the winning entry for Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search, a competition run in 2002 to establish a new setting for the D&D game. Eberron combines a fantasy tone with pulp and dark adventure elements, and some non-traditional fantasy technologies

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49:17

Bonus: Contacting your deity is but a mere D100 roll...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/08/07

Show notesThis week Fiona and guest cohost Naomi sit down to chat about Clerics - a playable class from the original 5e Player's Handbook. Both capable in combat and skilled in the use of divine magic, Clerics are often seen powerful healers whose divinely-granted abilities over life or death, give them to powers to repel or control undead creatures.According to the Player's Handbook (2014):'Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the gods

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59:20

Bonus: So what do you want to do? Proactive Roleplaying!

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/07/31

Show notesThis week, Fiona and guest co-host Liz sit down and chat about 'The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying: Guidelines and strategies for running PC-driven narratives in 5E adventures' by Jonah and Tristan Fishel, writers and longtime RPG players. As part of the 'Game Master's Books' series published by Media Lab Books, this book suggests that by putting the players and their characters in the driver’s seat, every battle has tension, every faction has a function and every session

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50:16

Episode #9: That's NOT a secret! Vecna: Eve of Ruin!

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/07/24

Spoiler Warning for Vecna: Eve of Ruin (and a little bit of Curse of Strahd!)Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton give their verdict on 'Vecna: Eve of Ruin': a high-stakes Dungeons & Dragons adventure in which the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance! Vecna: Eve of Ruin bio: 'Save existence from annihilation in this epic, multiverse-spanning adventure.The notorious lich Vecna is weaving a ritual to eliminate good, obliterate the gods, and subjugate all worlds. To stop Vecna before he

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01:05:12

Episode #8: The Vecna Dossier & Nest of the Eldritch Eye

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/07/17

Show notesThis week, in the lead up to the release of 'Vecna: Eve of Ruin', Fiona and Hamilton discuss two tie in pre-quel products:'The Vecna Dossier': A digital supplement released in June 2022, detailing the legacy and statistics of the Undying King himself!'Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye': A low-level adventure as a digital-only preorder-exclusive tie-in prequel released in April 2024.The Vecna Dossier bio:'The archlich Vecna is one of the most iconic villains of Dungeons & Dragons lore

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01:38

Bonus: Fiona is going to GenCon!

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/07/10

Show notesMore of an update this week (due to Fiona's move, various life commitments and US holidays - normal service will resume next week!). Fiona will be heading to GenCon at the beginning of August as part of Rowan Rook and Decard, running some of their games, including Orc Borg and DIE the RPG and selling their wares!She has also been nominated for Best Podcast Host(s) at the CRIT Awards - find out more info on the CRIT Awards here.Feel free to drop by either Rowan Rook and Decard stands (the

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01:18:34

The DM's Travel Bookclub: 12. The Quasielemental...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/07/03

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Inner Planes!In each episode, we'll explore the Inner Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. Our hosts, Fiona and Hamilton, finish their journey of the Inner Planes by visiting the Quasielemental Planes of Salt & Vacuum. Markedly different than their positive counterparts, these four negative Quasielemental planes

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01:16:35

The DM's Travel Bookclub: 11. The Quasielemental...

The DM‘s Book Club ·

2024/06/26

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Inner Planes!In each episode, we'll explore the Inner Planes of Existence as outlined in the Great Wheel cosmology in the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. Our hosts, Fiona and Hamilton, continue their journey of the Inner Planes by visiting the Quasielemental Planes of Ash & Dust. Markedly different than their positive counterparts, these four negative Quasielemental planes

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