Detentions and Dragons

Detentions and Dragons

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Detentions and Dragons episodes

  • Lesson # 6 - Dice and Dragons
    Lesson # 6 Agenda
    -After an intense fifth lesson, Josh and Matt have a fun and light discussion on the different dice and their functions in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.
    -Matt has dumb but clever(?) names to help students find their dice more easily.
    -There are a lot of bad jokes and puns. Things fly off the rails a bit. Josh sometimes yells into the microphone. It is all in good fun though.
    -Exit Ticket: Gold Star. Our hosts award a gold star to Michael Mordor, miniature figurine artist.
    48 min
  • Lesson # 5 - The First Day of Club and Dragons

    Lesson # 5 Agenda

    -Josh and Matt discuss their most important topic to date: how to prepare for your first day of running Dungeons & Dragons at school.

    -They go over eight steps to follow to help increase your likelihood of success on that first day.Hint: These tips can also help new DMs or DMs introducing new players to the game.

    -Exit Ticket: Is the Bag of Holding a good item for your classroom or club campaign?

    -What is the Bag of Molding?

    -Remember: You can do anything with a D20.

    36 min
  • Lesson # 5 - The First Day of Club and Dragons
    Lesson # 5 Agenda
    Josh and Matt discuss their most important topic to date: how to prepare for your first day of running Dungeons & Dragons at school.
    They go over eight steps to follow to help increase your likelihood of success on that first day. Hint: These tips can also help new DMs or DMs introducing new players to the game.
    Exit Ticket: Is the Bag of Holding a good item for your classroom or club campaign?
    What is the Bag of Molding?
    Remember: you can do anything with a D20.
    36 min
  • Lesson # 4 - Stealing and Dragons

    Lesson # 4 Agenda

    -Josh and Matt discuss how begging, borrowing, and stealing (with permission) campaign ideas will help teacher DMs survive in the classroom setting. Note: These are helpful for any new DM!

    -They talk about excellent sources of free and purchasable campaigns and D&D modules available to DMs.

    -Exit Ticket: Matt passes back papers and the hosts award a gold star to The Raging Swan Press and their contributions to the gaming community.

    Note: At the time of recording, the module Mines of Madness was a free downloadable dungeon crawl on dmsguild.com . It has since been removed. It may still be possible to find to find it online from unofficial sources. We apologize for the inconvenience.

    35 min
  • Lesson # 4 - Stealing and Dragons
    Lesson # 4 Agenda:
    Josh and Matt discuss how begging, borrowing, and stealing (with permission) campaign ideas will help teacher DMs survive in the classroom setting.
    They talk about excellent sources of free and purchasable campaigns and D&D modules available to DMs. Note: Mines of Madness is no longer available. Our apologies.
    Exit Ticket: Matt passes back papers and the hosts award a gold star to The Raging Swan Press for their contributions to the gaming community.
    35 min
  • Lesson # 3 - Pregenerated Characters and Dragons

    Lesson # 3 Agenda -Josh and Matt discuss the benefits of using pre-generated character sheets for D&D in the classroom or club setting. -They discuss the best starting classes for new players. -They introduce helpful online resources to obtain pre-generated character sheets. -Exit Ticket: Is the cloak of Arachnida an effective item for your classroom D&D campaign? -This episode introduces what will probably (and sadly) be the reoccurring character, the Dutch-German boy.

    47 min
  • Lesson # 3 - Pregenerated Characters and Dragons
    Lesson # 3 Agenda
    Josh and Matt discuss the benefits of using pre-generated character sheets for D&D in the classroom or club setting.
    They discuss the best starting classes for new players
    They introduce helpful online resources to obtain pre-generated character sheets.
    Exit Ticket: Is the cloak of Arachnida an effective item for your classroom D&D campaign?
    This episode introduces what will probably (and sadly) be the reoccurring character, the Dutch-German boy.
    47 min
  • Lesson # 2 - Materials and Dragons

    Lesson # 2 - Lesson Plan

    -Josh and Matt discuss their top 5 (maybe more?) materials needed to run Dungeons and Dragons with students at school.

    -Exit Ticket: Is the Wand of Wonder a good item for your school campaign?

    -Matt really loves deals on folders.

    -This begins a trend of really bad puns.

    Help two teachers spread the word about teaching D&D to students by subscribing! Thanks!

    29 min
  • Lesson # 2 - Materials and Dragons
    Lesson # 2 - Lesson Plan
    -Josh and Matt discuss their top 5 (maybe more?) materials needed to run Dungeons and Dragons with students at school.
    -Exit Ticket: Is the Wand of Wonder a good item for your school campaign?
    -Matt really loves deals on folders.
    -This begins a trend of really bad puns...
    Help two teachers spread the word about teaching D&D to students by subscribing! Thanks in advance!
    29 min
  • Lesson # 1 - Syllabi and Dragons

    Welcome to Detentions and Dragons, a podcast dedicated to introducing Dungeons and Dragons into the classroom experience!

    Matt and Josh are highly educated and experienced American public school teachers who want to help provide tips and techniques to effectively run Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition with students.

    They are also confidant that new players, new dungeon masters, and fans of Dungeons and Dragons may enjoy this as well.

    Lesson # 1 Agenda

    -Josh and Matt discuss the importance of developing a D&D "syllabus."

    -Josh and Matt talk about their most important philosophy for running a D&D campaign.

    -Pepperidge Farm remembers....

    Reminder: If you like what is happening in this podcast, please subscribe!

    37 min

About Detentions and Dragons

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Welcome to Detentions and Dragons, a podcast dedicated to introducing Dungeons and Dragons into the classroom experience!