Dungeons & Dialectics

Ready for the new season of Stranger Things? Or could you use a brush up on who Vecna is?

Well join us for an hour of minutia about the origins of Vecna in D&D. Go through EVERY SINGLE ADVENTURE he appears in which will certainly have no relevance to the show whatsoever!

Hey... you knew what you were getting yourself into!

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It's the end of the world and we know it!

This spooky season, join us for our recap of our first time playing Shadow of the Demon Lord, a medieval-renaissance fantasy roleplaying game at the end of the world. Did our heroes* stop the Demon Lord from rising? Did they die trying? Did Matt drink demon breastmilk straight from the witch's titties?

The answers lie within. Happy Halloween!

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We're back and better than ever on SEASON 2 of Dungeons & Dialectics! After a year's hiatus, catch up with your favorite podcast about tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology.

Part II of our dive into sin! Sounds like Joe does believe in sin, but as always, he's obnoxiously pedantic about it. Can Matt get a straight answer out of this guy and settle the debate once and for all?

There's only one way to find out... PART II

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We're back and better than ever on SEASON 2 of Dungeons & Dialectics! After a year's hiatus, catch up with your favorite podcast about tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology.

What is sin??? Does Joe even believe in sin? And what would Dietrich Bonhoeffer have to say about shooting your friend in the back on accident?

There's only one way to find out...

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⁠Take the Quiz here before Matt does!⁠⁠

Welcome back travelers! We're celebrating TWO YEARS of Tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology by finishing up this big, bad quiz about EVERYTHING we've ever said on the podcast! Go toe to toe with Matt and Joe as we finish the quiz and reveal more secrets.

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⁠Take the Quiz here before Matt does!⁠

Welcome travelers! We're celebrating TWO YEARS of Tabletop RPGs, philosophy and theology with a big, bad quiz about EVERYTHING we've discussed on the podcast so far! REAL fans can test their knowledge of the deep deep lore of Dungeons & Dialectics and compare their results to Matt's score after he takes the quiz LIVE on our podcast. Today.

Where does Christmas come from? Some of you may have heard it's secretly a pagan subterfuge infiltrating our beloved Jesus's bday with trees and demon worship. Some of you may have heard actually all that plus the rampant consumerism was all part of God's plan! Matt and Joe are here to set the record straight once and for all about the magical beginnings of Christmas.

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Sources

Arthur George. "Yahweh’s Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden". 2014.

Joe Wheeler. Saint Nicholas. 2010.

Kirk Cameron. Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas. 2014.

Paul Bradshaw. "The Dating of Christmas". The Oxford Handbook of Christmas. 2020.

Wikipedia. "Feast of the Annunciation". 2023.

Bible. The Holy Bible (New International Version). 1973.

• 1 Kings 18:17-20
• Jeremiah 10:1-5

More than just a review of the hot new TTRPG Mothership! Hear about our new favorite sci-fi horror RPG by Sean McCoy, and dive into the meaning of technology and how viewing technology through Heidegger's analysis can help us understand capitalism: the true horror of Mothership.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Sources:

⁠⁠Guignion, David. Theory and Philosophy Podcast: "Martin Heidegger’s ”Being and Time” (Part 1/8)". 2023.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Heidegger. The Question Concerning Technology. 1954.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Matt and Joe. "32. One D&D and the Future of D&D". 2023.⁠⁠⁠⁠

McCoy, Sean. Mothership 1e. 2023.⁠⁠

Quick disclaimer: Heidegger was a terrible person and a dedicated Nazi, and we will dive into what is useful about his philosophy as well as the ways his antisemitism are ingrained in his philosophy.

More than just a review of the hot new TTRPG Mothership! Hear about our new favorite sci-fi horror RPG by Sean McCoy, and dive into the meaning of technology and how viewing technology through Heidegger's analysis can help us understand capitalism: the true horror of Mothership.

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Sources:

⁠Guignion, David. Theory and Philosophy Podcast: "Martin Heidegger’s ”Being and Time” (Part 1/8)". 2023.⁠

⁠Heidegger. The Question Concerning Technology. 1954.⁠

⁠Matt and Joe. "32. One D&D and the Future of D&D". 2023.⁠

⁠McCoy, Sean. Mothership 1e. 2023.⁠

Quick disclaimer: Heidegger was a terrible person and a dedicated Nazi, and we will dive into what is useful about his philosophy as well as the ways his antisemitism are ingrained in his philosophy.

THERE'S MORE??? Hell yea there is! Learn about the future potentials of AI in D&D and other TTRPGs... What about an AI for every NPC in history??? Is this exciting... or terrifying?

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Sources:

The vast knowledge of Faraz

⁠⁠Cairn RPG⁠⁠

⁠Owen S. Good, D&D publisher updates policies after AI art discovered in latest book, 2023.