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The best dungeons and dragons podcasts are a click away, with top D&D podcast listings for 2020, including our own: The UnEarthed Arcana podcast, Speaking Common - our D&D weekly news podcast and our upcoming Actual Play podcast, Charisma Check.

Speaking Common – D&D News for Saturday, June 20Weekly D&D news podcast and stream from around the web, including official dungeons and dragons news from Wizards of the Coast, as well as D&D conventions, new adventures and official campaigns, new dungeons and dragons games and online providers like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, community news and Dungeon Master Tips!

For all your weekly Dungeons & Dragons news, subscribe to Speaking Common!

In this episode:

Community anouncements regarding a NEW approach to D&D DAILY news on the ShambazzleGames website Launching a new Twitch, Mixer and YOuTube LIVE streaming schedule! A Live recording of the D&D news weekly podcast, including:

• Bsck from hiatus with new shows: TooPlay co-op gaming Mon 7pm-10pmET, DMsGuild Feature Showcase bi-weekly Wed 7pm-10pmET and adding a second half to Speaking Common for map-making, campaign planning and game prep
• Dungeons and Dragons new story campaign released: Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frost Maiden, leaks and community hype for the new storyline
• Baldur's Gate 3 NEW Gameplay Reveal and Early Access info
• Three main things to look out for with D&D LIVE 2020
• Game of Thrones D&D game and reunion - who's who
• Netflix makes a Magic the Gathering Animated Series

Catch the Speaking Common DM Chat, Game Prep and Live Recording Weekly Stream - 11am-2pm ET: www.twitch.tv/ShambazzleGames www.mixer.com/ShambazzleGames www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames

Watch The Speaking Common Video Highlights on YouTube Every Saturday, I record the Speaking Common Dungeons and Dragons news – Subscribe on YouTube for the video version, highlight clips as well as map-making, miniature painting and lots of other fun, watchable D&D content!

Connect with me for tons of great Dungeons and Dragons content EVERY day: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

The best dungeons and dragons podcasts are a click away, with top D&D podcast listings for 2020, including our own: The UnEarthed Arcana podcast, Speaking Common - our D&D weekly news podcast and our upcoming Actual Play podcast, Charisma Check.

Speaking Common – D&D News for Saturday, May 9Weekly D&D news podcast and stream from around the web, including official dungeons and dragons news from Wizards of the Coast, as well as D&D conventions, new adventures and official campaigns, new dungeons and dragons games and online providers like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, community news and Dungeon Master Tips!

For all your weekly Dungeons & Dragons news, subscribe to Speaking Common!

In this episode:

A welcome return to my weekly LIVE Dungeons and Dragons stream, plus some great news on the ShambazzleGames website and the future of NEW content! A Live recording of the D&D news weekly podcast, including:

• Join me every Saturday morning at 11am ET for all the DM chat, D&D campaign prep, map-making and, of course, the live recording of the Speaking Common D&D weekly news
• Comic Relief and Wizards of the Coast team up with some of the UKs most beloved comics for COVID-19 relief
• Introducing the DMsGuild Showcase and community D&D stream bi-weekly Wednesday at 7pm ET on Twitch, Mixer, YouTube and Twitter
• DMsGuild Play It Forward event sends 100% of revenue to content creators, forgoing their 50/50 split
• D&D Beyond Make Moves towards a virtual tabletop (VTT)
• I spent $50 on DMsGuild during PlayItForward - I share my experience, what I got and what influenced my buying decisions

Catch the Speaking Common DM Chat, Game Prep and Live Recording Weekly Stream - 11am-2pm ET: www.twitch.tv/ShambazzleGames www.mixer.com/ShambazzleGames www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames

Watch The Speaking Common Video Highlights on YouTube Every Saturday, I record the Speaking Common Dungeons and Dragons news – Subscribe on YouTube for the video version, highlight clips as well as map-making, miniature painting and lots of other fun, watchable D&D content!

Connect with me for tons of great Dungeons and Dragons content EVERY day: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

The best dungeons and dragons podcasts are a click away, with top D&D podcast listings for 2020, including our own: The UnEarthed Arcana podcast, Speaking Common - our D&D weekly news podcast and our upcoming Actual Play podcast, Charisma Check.

Speaking Common – D&D News for Saturday, April 25Weekly D&D news podcast and stream from around the web, including official dungeons and dragons news from Wizards of the Coast, as well as D&D conventions, new adventures and official campaigns, new dungeons and dragons games and online providers like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, community news and Dungeon Master Tips!

For all your weekly Dungeons & Dragons news, subscribe to Speaking Common!

In this episode:

A welcome return to my weekly LIVE Dungeons and Dragons stream, plus some great news on the ShambazzleGames website and the future of NEW content! A Live recording of the D&D news weekly podcast, including:

• A full list and summary of all the great, free DnD 5e adventure content from Wizards of the Coast to combat COVID-19 quarantine
• New revelations for psionics in Dungeons & Dragons 5e and what it could mean for Dark Sun and other psionics-heavy lore and campaign settings
• A review of some big numbers that continue to show growth and popularity of D&D 5e for 2019

Check out the new ShambazzleGames.com website

Watch The Speaking Common Video Highlights on YouTube Every Saturday, I record the Speaking Common Dungeons and Dragons news – Subscribe on YouTube for the video version, highlight clips as well as map-making, miniature painting and lots of other fun, watchable D&D content!

Connect with me for tons of great Dungeons and Dragons content EVERY day: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

The best dungeons and dragons podcasts are a click away, with top D&D podcast listings for 2020, including our own: The UnEarthed Arcana podcast, Speaking Common - our D&D weekly news podcast and our upcoming Actual Play podcast, Charisma Check.

Speaking Common – D&D News for Saturday, April 11Weekly D&D news podcast and stream from around the web, including official dungeons and dragons news from Wizards of the Coast, as well as D&D conventions, new adventures and official campaigns, new dungeons and dragons games and online providers like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, community news and Dungeon Master Tips!

For all your weekly Dungeons & Dragons news, subscribe to Speaking Common!

In this episode:

A special feature on the impressions and details I harvested from the Baldur's Gate Gameplay Demo reveal by Divinity: Original Sin creators, Larian Studios, at Pax East.

I took a deep-dive into the new Dungeons and Dragons video game from the perspective of a dungeon master with a specific analysis of how D&D 5e rules were being handled in the game. I'm really excited about what the Baldur's Gate 3 game has to offer D&D players and video-gamers alike!

Check out the new ShambazzleGames.com website

Watch The Speaking Common Video Highlights on YouTube Every Saturday, I record the Speaking Common Dungeons and Dragons news – Subscribe on YouTube for the video version, highlight clips as well as map-making, miniature painting and lots of other fun, watchable D&D content!

Connect with me for tons of great Dungeons and Dragons content EVERY day: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) PodcastA Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama

Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.

Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!

Season 1, Episode 5 – Good Morning, Littleknight

As the Search for Faerun’s Brightest star launched into full swing, the celebrity panel of judges, including the frigid, notorious Simeon Caldwell we’re blown away by Chyna’s performance and original single. A victory that was short-lived.

An elaborate trap, presumably sprung by the underworld denizens that had previously tracked and attempted to abduct our young bard, wracked the surface world. Promptly ending the jovial festival as the earth itself opened to swallow whole the field where families, merchants, civilians and, of course, our adventurers collected.

The cataclysm at the Talespinner’s Jamboree has left the world above devastated, while our companions number amongst the few survivors below. As the Hand of the Heart desperately tried to secure and count those still living, Chyna was nowhere to be found.

Meet the Charisma Check Cast:

Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames

Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin

Be sure to catch new Speaking Common podcasts every week with D&D News, UnEARthed Arcana, Dungeon Masterful Interviews and Actual plays by subscribing/listening to: dndnews.libsyn.com

Follow @ShambazzleGames for daily Dungeons & Dragons content, dungeon master tips, memes, how to play discussions and more at:

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) PodcastA Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama

Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.

Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!

Season 1, Episode 4 – Faerun's Brightest Star

Our friends and newly anointed “Hand of the Harp” are quickly wrested from home after their brief return. If there’s one thing that can pull the bardling, Chyna Bigly, away it’s the promise of a bigger, better party, especially one that promises fortune and fame. Some of the biggest names in Toril are headed to the Talespinners Jamboree near the mercenary town of Yulash to the east, and Chyna isn’t about to throw away her shot.

But all is not jovial and swell in Hillsfar, for Torin Nomerthal is still broiling from the fact that the companions were able to pluck his prized Shadovar prisoners from under his big nose. He’s not likely to leave the offenders unharrassed for long. While our champions make their way through the Cormanthor forest and on towards Yulash, amidst the woods now thick with Red Plume patrols and scouts carrying Lord Nomerthal’s orders to bring them to his twisted justice, all are yet unaware that a far greater threat is in its infancy in the deep recesses of the forgotten Hillsfar Sewers.

What lies in wait at the dark convergence of our bard’s love of the spotlight and her haunted history of deep loss.

Meet the Charisma Check Cast:

Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames

Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin

Be sure to catch new Speaking Common podcasts every week with D&D News, UnEARthed Arcana, Dungeon Masterful Interviews and Actual plays by subscribing/listening to: dndnews.libsyn.com

Follow @ShambazzleGames for daily Dungeons & Dragons content, dungeon master tips, memes, how to play discussions and more at:

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) PodcastA Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama

Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.

Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!

Season 1, Episode 3 – Hand of the Harp

The newly dubbed Hand of the Harp finds little time to bask in the reception prepared for them in their new home of Elventree, as Chyna sets her sights, intently, on the Search for Faerun's Brightest Star - a contest of performing arts, whimsy and extravaganza near the neighbouring mercenary town of Yulash.

The corrupt ruler of Hillsfar, Torin Nomerthal, doesn't seem keen on forgetting their affront, however, and has his own intentions; to hunt down the gang that unceremoniously ripped his prisoners away - a slap in the face to his rule and a patronization of his authority. What excitement awaits the champions in the brilliant festival of the arts? Will Chyna catch her big break before her dark past catches her? Tune in to find out!

Meet the Charisma Check Cast:

Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames

Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin

Be sure to catch new Speaking Common podcasts every week with D&D News, UnEARthed Arcana, Dungeon Masterful Interviews and Actual plays by subscribing/listening to: dndnews.libsyn.com

Follow @ShambazzleGames for daily Dungeons & Dragons content, dungeon master tips, memes, how to play discussions and more at:

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) PodcastA Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama

Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.

Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!

Season 1, Episode 2 – Free

A well-earned festival erupts in celebration of the return of our adventurers. Individually, we explore the evolving origins of Tamasin, Chyna, Merkesh, Ranquess and Fa'en. While Hilrad turns his attention to defining the ancient evil that now stirs beneath Hillsfar, we are left to ponder the success of their rescue mission and the consequences unknown.

In the meantime, Tamasin, Life Cleric of Selune, makes a long-awaited acquaintance with her mother-figure while the sisters of Selune prepare the young acolyte to take a spectral journey only very few have been gifted to take; all in the interest of discovering her missing past.

Merkesh and Chyna finally come to terms with how deep the pursuant evil runs for the young debutante and Ranquess solidifies his bond with the rescuees from Hillsfar - both his Netherese brethren and perhaps a new romantic interest.

Old kinships are reforged in test and new connections are considered in the wake of short-lived reverie, while something cold, dark and ancient threatens both friend and foe beneath the restless sewers of Hillsfar 

Meet the Charisma Check Cast:

Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames

Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin

Be sure to catch new Speaking Common podcasts every week with D&D News, UnEARthed Arcana, Dungeon Masterful Interviews and Actual plays by subscribing/listening to: dndnews.libsyn.com

Follow @ShambazzleGames for daily Dungeons & Dragons content, dungeon master tips, memes, how to play discussions and more at:

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

The best dungeons and dragons podcasts are a click away, with top D&D podcast listings for 2020, including our own: The UnEarthed Arcana podcast, Speaking Common - our D&D weekly news podcast and our upcoming Actual Play podcast, Charisma Check.

Speaking Common – D&D News for Saturday, February 15Weekly D&D news podcast and stream from around the web, including official dungeons and dragons news from Wizards of the Coast, as well as D&D conventions, new adventures and official campaigns, new dungeons and dragons games and online providers like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, community news and Dungeon Master Tips!

For all your weekly Dungeons & Dragons news, subscribe to Speaking Common!

In this episode:

- Twitter and Community News: We're back after the launch of the Charisma Check actual play D&D 5e podcast! In community news we focused on what Dungeons and Dragons rules are most argued at your table and break them down, plus nearly a dozen great Dungeon Master tips and player tips for D&D 5e.

- Dungeons and Dragons News: Wizards announced the launch of yet ANOTHER video game studio, this time bringing in some heavy hitters from BioWare to create a brand new sci-fi story-driven RPG. I took a long look at who they are, what they're up to and why we should (or shouldn't") trust them! Plus updates to Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter class for DnD 5e, big announcements coming from Wizards of the Coast about D&D and MTG on February 21!

Watch The Speaking Common Video Highlights on YouTube Every Saturday, I record the Speaking Common Dungeons and Dragons news – Subscribe on YouTube for the video version, highlight clips as well as map-making, miniature painting and lots of other fun, watchable D&D content!

Connect with me for tons of great Dungeons and Dragons content EVERY day: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames

Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) PodcastA Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama

Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.

Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!

Season 1, Episode 1 – A Hero’s Welcome

After breaking Ranquess free from a Red Plume garrison near the walls of Hillsfar, Tamasin, Chyna, Merkesh, Fa’en and their liberated sorcerer friend must find a way to break back into the walled city to prevent the execution of Ranquess’ fellow Shadovar agents, who face certain death at the hands of Torin Nomerthal.

A painstakingly calculated incursion to the city proves successful with the help of Harper sympathizers on the inside, but they have unearthed something sinister in the catacombs and sewers below. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of this ancient evil, the companions and their freed prisoners have made their way, safely, to the berth of The Libertine and a planned extraction staged mere miles from the coast of the walled stronghold of the tyrant lord Nomerthal.

This is where the story of Charisma Check begins…

Meet the Charisma Check Cast:

Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames

Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin

Be sure to catch new Speaking Common podcasts every week with D&D News, UnEARthed Arcana, Dungeon Masterful Interviews and Actual plays by subscribing/listening to: dndnews.libsyn.com

Follow @ShambazzleGames for daily Dungeons & Dragons content, dungeon master tips, memes, how to play discussions and more at:

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/ShambazzleGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/ShambazzleGames TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ShambazzleGames