A general interest podcast for fans of Dungeons and Dragons and RPGs
Matt and Rob talk about the new Amazon Prime short film anthology, Secret Level, especially the episode about Dungeons and Dragons! It's got dragons, it's got paladins, it's got spells (it does NOT h…
DMs Rob and Matt are here to wish you a happy holiday season and to answer your Dungeon Master and TTRPG questions and letters: how to start a campaign collaboratively, dealing with identity with gam…
Matt and Rob return to Greyhawk to talk about the setting guide included in the new 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide, discuss what's there, and what you can use for your games.
John Harper is back in Doskvol with an expansion set of rules, lore, and systems for Blades in the Dark. DMs Matt and Rob discuss the great set of ideas for anyone who runs a Forged in the Dark game,…
Rob talks about Pillars of Eternity, one of the best CRPGs of the last twenty years, what's cool about it, what you can learn from it, and how to incorporate it into your games.
Pack your bags and stuff your turkeys! Let's discuss building calendars and holidays for your campaigns and one-shots.
DMs Rob and Matt are back to discuss the good, the bad, and baffling of the new 2024 5th edition (revised!) Dungeon Master's Guide.
Matt and Rob talk about some exciting news in the TTRPG world, talk through some sticky bits in their games, and reflect on the state of the world and the hobby (but in a chill way, we promise)
The making of great TTRPG mixtape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You got to kick it off with a killer, to grab attention. Then, you got to take it up a notch, but you don't want to blow your wad. …
Hey, we were working in the lab late one night...well, you know the rest! DMs Matt and Rob are here to discuss some of the best science fiction creatures, NPCs, allies, and antagonists to drop into y…
Ready your vans and your airbrushes, because we are back to video and trip down memory lane to put into context the art of the new 2024 D&D Player's Handbook: cool art, bad art, trends, nitpicks, and…
Matt and Rob discuss Gradient Descent, a module for Mothership and the greatest sci-fi megadungeon made out of an abandoned android manufacturing facility in deep space (and also maybe the best sci-…
Hey bud, listen up. Your D&D edition is going through some changes. Changes can be scary! But changes can also be good for us. The Ranger? No, not for the Ranger, but good for other better classes. L…
Matt and Rob review DUNGEON MASTERS, a very slickly produced audio drama podcast starring Wil Wheaton and Jon Hamm, which is even more confusing than it sounds. Spoiler: it's not very good!
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Matt and Rob talk with Chase Carter of Rascal News about how Hasbro is trying to integrate AI into Dungeons and Dragons and what, if anything, we need to be worried about.
This review "is a nonliving, distinct thing." After ten years of Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons, several years of playtesting and teasing, and many months of hype, the 2024 Revised Player's Handb…
Draw Steel? Yes, we will! DMs Matt and Rob review the first backer playtest for MCDM's tactical heroic cinematic fantasy role-playing game, Draw Steel!
Matt & Rob review three more Pathfinder Adventure Paths, Jade Regent, Skull & Shackles, and Shattered Star! Ninjas, pirates, and, um, sin, we guess.
We are come forth out of that First Mystery, which is the last mystery, that is the four-and-twentieth mystery!
DMs Rob and Matt have returned with the hidden and secret rules in Dungeons and Dragons…
Matt and Rob review How To Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck, a collection of essays on adventure design by Goodman Games -- a fascinating collection of advice and tips from over a dozen experi…