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!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 286
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Bonus: Got to start somewhere...Creating your first 5th edition D&D character!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona has on a very special guest host to create their very first D&D 5th edition character...
Chapter discussed: 'Chapter 1: Step-by-Step characters'
Book discussed: 'Player's Han…
Episode #6: Minsc & Boo‘s Journal of Villainy
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton check out 'Minsc & Boo's Journal of Villany' - a D&D 5e sourcebook that had a surprise release in October this year.
The journal stars two fan-favourite charact…
Bonus: ‘Silence in the library!‘ - Exploring Candlekeep!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Ben explore the Forgotten Realms most famous repository/fortress of knowledge - Candlekeep!
Candlekeep houses a magnificent collection of books and scrolls of…
Episode #5: Ghostwalk and the city of Manifest!
Show Notes
This week, for our Halloween-inspired episode, Fiona and Hamilton get into the spooky season with 'Ghostwalk', a 3rd edition campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.
The setting is centred a…
Bonus: ”It‘s the end of the world as we know it!” Storytelling with apocalypses!
Story spoilers for Critical Role Series 1 & 2 and Dimension 20 RPG shows
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Darren chat about apocalypses and how to use them as a storytelling device in your RP…
Episode #4: Critical Role Campaigns Special!
Story spoilers for Critical Role Series 1 & 2
Show Notes
This week, in anticipation of the 3rd Critical Role campaign launch, Fiona and Hamilton discuss the previous two series of the weekly live-stre…
Bonus: ‘It doesn‘t have to end like this!‘ Building combat encounters!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Ben talk about the different approaches to building combat encounters for adventures.
As well as looking at the guidelines provided in the 'Dungeon Master's …
Episode #3: The Future of D&D
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton discuss what the future holds for D&D after watching the 'Future of D&D' panel from D&D Celebration weekend (September 2021).
This episode's audio was taken fro…
Bonus: So...you‘re level 0...Dungeon Crawl Classics!
Show Notes
This week, guest co-host Hreg introduces Fiona to the completely random world of 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' RPG, a fast-paced, open-feeling rules set allowing for epic game experiences withou…
Episode #2: Feywild Companion by Splinterverse!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton continue with their fey shenanigans with the 'Feywild Companion', a homebrew 150-page treasury of Feywild inspired content published by Splinterverse!
This epis…
Bonus: Monster Mashup with Derrick from How Not To DM!
CW/TW: Body Horror, Gore, Death, Trypophobia.
Show Notes
This week, Fiona is joined by Derrick (@HN2DM), host of the 'How Not To DM' podcast, to pick out a team of horror monstrosities, perfect for you…
Episode #1: The Wild Beyond The Witchlight - First Impressions!
Series 3 of The DM's Book Club is here!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and new co-host Hamilton give their first initial impressions of the latest D&D adventure module: 'The Wild Beyond The Witchlight'.
Th…
Bonus: Iron Kingdoms - Borderlands & Beyond with Chris Handley
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest co-host Chris Handley, talk about the upcoming expansion for Iron Kingdoms: Requiem 5e campaign setting, Iron Kingdoms: Borderlands and Beyond by Privateer Press.
…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 6
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the final instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'Ho…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 5
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the fifth instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'Ho…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 4
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the fourth instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'H…
Series 3 Announcement - New Series! New Collaboration! Same Old DnD!
Show Notes
New Series! New Collaboration! Same old DnD shenanigans!
We are delighted to announce that Series 3 of the DM’s Book Club will be streamed on the Dragons Duel’s Twitch channel! We are also d…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 3
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the third instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'Ho…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 2
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the second instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'H…
Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 1
CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.
Show Notes
This week, in the first instalment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam to a haunted house in 'Ho…