Tavern Talks: Essential Online Resources for Dungeons & Dragons Players and DMs

Adam and Zac discuss online resources for Dungeons & Dragons, organizing them into player tools, dungeon master tools, and community/content resources. For players, they highlight character creation and digital references via D&D Beyond (including subscription tiers, digital book purchases, character sheets, spell lists, campaign invites, and roll tracking), plus alternatives like Dungeon Master’s Vault (descended from OrcPub) and Fight Club 5E, as well as virtual tabletops such as Roll20, AboveVTT (Patreon-supported), Foundry VTT, and the map tool Dungeon Alchemist. For DMs, they cover campaign management options like World Anvil, Campfire, Obsidian, OneNote, and a Kickstarter-backed Amsel Suite, plus mapmaking with Wonderdraft, Dungeon Fog, Dungeondraft, Inkarnate, Campaign Cartographer, and the free city generator Watabou. They also recommend monster/encounter tools including D&D Beyond, Kobold Fight Club, and DonJon, then point to community forums and shows like Reddit subreddits, DMs Guild, Giant in the Playground, EN World, Critical Role, Dimension 20, Matt Colville, Dungeons & Daddies, Green’s Adventures, and Dungeon Cast, and share Tavern Talks social handles.

00:00 Welcome to Tavern Talks
01:25 Episode Roadmap
02:22 D&D Beyond Basics
07:18 DM View in Beyond
08:14 More Character Builders
11:18 Virtual Tabletops Overview
14:41 Foundry and Map Imports
16:47 DM Resources Intro
17:50 Campaign Management Tools
21:04 Amsel Suite Spotlight
23:52 Mapmaking Tools Deep Dive
31:12 More Mapping Options
31:47 Map Tool Picks
32:13 Watabou City Generator
33:41 Monster Tools Overview
34:09 D&D Beyond Monsters
39:09 Kobold Fight Club
40:03 DonJon Generator Demo
44:00 HeroForge Characters
47:09 Reddit And Forums
49:22 Podcasts And Channels
53:09 Final Farewell