Ryan and Ben talk about the newest update for Maps, get excited about Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, hope about potential 3rd party outsourcing, and gush over all of the Villainous content coming.

Community Pages: Character Sheet in Maps; Ravenloft Ultimate Bundle; Ravenloft Digital and Physical; D&D scaling up as a franchise; Bringing back the Book of Vile Darkness; D&D Beyond Book of Vile Darkness; Designer Insights from Unearthed Arcana: Villainous Options; Villainous Options Unearthed Arcana; Villainous Options survey; Neon Odyssey cinematic trailer.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben look forward to the recent module announcement, play with the new character quick builder, and discuss various levels of meta gaming.

Community Pages: D&D Modules announcement; The announcement of an upcoming announcement at Gen Con; Wes Schneider is the Product Lead for Ravenloft; Character Quickbuilder deep dive; Behind the Screen Quickbuilder post; Dungeon Dudes Youtube channel.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben look at the course plotted on the 2026 roadmap, then discuss different ways to incorporate one-on-one RP.

Community Pages: D&D 2026 Calendar Release; Q2 2026 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Dungeons and Dragons State of the Game; Sneak Peek to D&D’s new books; Kickstarter: Big Bads: Most Wanted; Legends of Vox Machina Season 4 Release date teaser.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben go over some highlights from the most recent AMA, the current D&D Beyond roadmap, and encumbrance.

Community Pages: AMA w/ DDB Executive Producer and Maps Product Manager; D&D Beyond Changelog; D&D Beyond Roadmap; D&D 2024 now 5.5 edition; Mutants & Masterminds Kickstarter.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben dive into the possibilities for the HBO Baldur’s Gate TV series then discuss wrapping up a campaign.

Community Pages: Baldur’s Gate TV series info; Forgotten Realms Humble Bundle.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben talk about the 3rd party release roadmap, dig into what they’d like to see this year, and give some monsters a legendary fixer upper.

Community Pages: Q1 Partnered Content Release Schedule; Taylor Navarro’s WotC announcement; Mystic Subclass Survey.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben look back to the end of 2025 through today and recap all of the news and goings on in Wizards of the Coast and D&D Beyond!

Community Page: D&D Beyond 2025 Wrap-Up; Brian Perry’s Reddit AMA; D&D Beyond Library update; Map Reveals; The Road Ahead for D&D Beyond’s VTT; Dungeons and Dragons video game Warlock reveal; Justice Arman’s Game Design Director post; James Haeck hired as Senior Game Designer; Leon Barillaro’s post; Erin Roberts added to the design team; Nothing planned yet for 2026; Designer Insights for Unearthed Arcana: Mystic Subclasses; Unearthed Arcana Mystic Subclasses.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben talk about the newest Forgotten Realms and Eberron books then dive into their yearly holiday oneshot.

Community Pages: Everything you need to know about the new Forgotten Realms books; What’s new with the Artificer; Forge your story with 5 inventive artificer subclasses; Polygon’s Eberron: Forge of the Artificer article; Ed Greenwood’s Realmsbound: The Dalelands; Screenrant’s Hallmark Christmas movie tropes.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben look over the newest Unearthed Arcana Subclass Insights and then answer a listener question looking for tips and tricks!

Community Pages: Unearthed Arcana Designer Insights; Updated Unearthed Arcana Subclasses; How Deborah Ann Woll makes D&D so immersive; Tales from Woodcreek: Episode 1; Critical Role Comic Humble Bundle; Tome of Mystical Tattoos III Kickstarter.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky

Ryan and Ben cover some news, discuss magic circles, and put beasts into the Monster Fixer.

Community Pages: Core Rulebooks have strongest start; Game Designer Job Posting at WotC; D&D Returns to Dragonlance; Closing the chapter on Sigil; Circle Magic; Forgotten Realms 8 new Subclasses; Free Forgotten Realms Adventure; Dungeon Alchemist update; Tales from Woodcreek Session 0.

Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky