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
Episode #8: IN SPACEEEEE! Spelljammer: Adventures in Space!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton give their first impressions of the long-awaited 'Spelljammer: Adventures in Space' boxset!
From the 'Spelljammer: Adventures in Space' bio:
'Spelljammer: Advent…
Bonus: Reactions to Wizards Presents 2022 Showcase!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton chat about some of the biggest D&D reveals and announcements from the 'Wizards Presents 2022' Showcase Livestream! Reveals include:
- One D&D: The Future of Dunge…
Bonus: How to Be More D&D! Interview with Kat Kruger!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona interviews freelance game designer, author and professional DM, Kat Kruger about her latest book: 'How to Be More D&D'.
'How to Be More D&D' invites fantasy lovers and fans …
Bonus: Doomed Forgotten Realms: Sword Coast Gazetteer! Interview with Matthew Whitby!
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This week, Fiona and Hamilton interview Matthew Whitby (@WhitbyWrites), game & narrative designer, host of 'Dungeon Master's Guild House' show and the main writer behind 'Doomed Forgotten R…
Episode #7: A Gathering Place of Strangers and Stories! A Preview of The Radiant Citadel!
Show Notes
Ahead of the official release of Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel, Fiona and Hamilton drop everything to review the unlockable preview of the book's first chapter - 'The Radiant Citade…
Episode #6: Let's Cast...D&D
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With the release of the new trailer of 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves', our hosts Fiona and Hamilton take on the challenge of casting the ULTIMATE D&D movie, featuring some of t…
Episode #5: A UA of giant potential! Unearthed Arcana: Giant Options!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton explore playtest material from the latest Unearthed Arcana 'Giant Options'. This playtest document presents a variety of character options related to the magic…
Bonus: She Is The Ancient! Interview with Beth The Bard
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This week, Fiona chats to professional dungeon master and TTRPG writer Beth the Bard (@itsBeththeBard) about her best-seller DnD supplement 'She Is The Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd…
Bonus: A 0th-Level Adventure! Treasure Hunt!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast take a deep dive into 'Treasure Hunt', the first AD&D adventure ever to present general rules for 0-level characters!
From …
Bonus: The Deepest Dungeon of them all! Ruins of Undermountain!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast check out the Ruins of Undermountain; an infamous über-dungeon setting for AD&D 2nd Edition campaign play.
Considered the o…
Episode #4: The Guilds of Ravnica Pt. 2
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This week, Fiona and Hamilton start their exploration of Ravnica, a worldwide cityscape filled to the brim with adventure and intrigue. Within this vast sprawling city, 10 powerful guilds c…
Episode #3: The Guilds of Ravnica Pt. 1
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton start their exploration of Ravnica, a worldwide cityscape filled to the brim with adventure and intrigue. Within this vast sprawling city, 10 powerful guilds c…
Bonus: Land of Fate! Al-Qadim!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast explore the world of Al-Qadim, a 2nd edition DnD campaign setting which draws on 'One Thousand and One Nights' for inspira…
Bonus: The world’s first D&D campaign setting! Blackmoor!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast go back in time to check out possibly the first-ever campaign setting of Dungeons and Dragons -
Originally evolved in the …
Episode #2: Heroes of Krynn Revisited UA
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This week, Fiona and Hamilton do a quick double-take - another Unearthed Arcana for the upcoming Dragonlance campaign setting?
After studying player feedback, Wizards have released a revise…
Episode #1: The DM's Music Club!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and Hamilton draw inspiration from their music collection and pick their top 3 music albums/soundtracks to use when writing or running tabletop roleplaying games!
Hamilton's…
Bonus: Making (Wild) Shapes! Druids!
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This week, Fiona and guest host Dee embrace their inner wild shapes and discuss Druids, a playable character class which is an embodiment of nature's resilience, cunning, and fury. Druids c…
Bonus: (Modrons) lads on tour!
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast talk about one of Fiona's favourite DnD discoveries - Modrons!
Modrons are beings of absolute law that adhere to a hive-lik…
Bonus: Uncaged Goddesses! Interview with David Markiwsky and Jessica Marcrum
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This week, Fiona chats with two members of the creative team behind the latest instalment of the Uncaged Anthology series: Art director David Markiwsky (@DavidMarkiwsky) and writing directo…
Bonus: Reactions to DnD Direct!
Show Notes
In this impromptu/'rough and ready' bonus episode, Fiona and Hamilton share their initial thoughts and reactions to the DnD Direct announcement showcase which premiered on Thursday 21st Apr…