In this THRILLING episode, Matt and Joe discuss their favorite Gods--money, medicine, and sports! Given the ambiguous nature of religion, how might one play a non-standard cleric who isn't bogged down by Abrahamic presuppositions? Could my cleric score a home run while performing a triple bypass heart surgery? Seek the answers within.

Matt is being attacked from all angles by a heinous hoard of the Lord's many cruelties, so we will be back next week with a full episode. In the meantime, this is the perfect chance to acquire intimate knowledge of the person whom my bank teller won't shut up about: God "the Rod" Jehovah.

Matt offers the definitive definition of religion that captures all that we want and also everything else in this can't miss episode of DnD! 

Further Adventures in the World of Metagaming from Matt and Joe

Back in 3.5 there was a terrible feat called Leadership. Find out about the surprising history of this feat and the ways it tries to solve problems and just makes more. Keep in mind, Joe has never played with this feat, but that has never stopped him from having strong opinions before!

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Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams. Dungeon Master's Guide. 2003.

We begin our journey into the most despised tactic any player of TTRPG's

One day, Joe woke up at 4am, spent 12 hours traveling through Panamá and Colombia, got drunk and played a game of Blades in the Dark with some friends. Listen as he struggles to remember whether or not he liked the game or even what he did, while Matt berates him for his life choices.

If we've convinced you, check out Blades in the Dark, a low-prep heist TTRPG. It's either great or terrible depending on Joe's mood.

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Find out if Joe believes in God on this special episode of Dungeons & Dialectics! Take a dive into the theological currents which promote atheism and how they interpret Christian mission.

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Sources:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Letters and Papers from Prison. 1951.

Homebrewed Christianity. "Delvyn Case: Jesus in Pop Music". 2022.

⁠Nietzche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. 1882.⁠⁠

Peterson, Jon. Playing at the World. 2012.

⁠Rollins, Pete. "Atheism for Lent". 2023.

Wikipedia. "Christian Atheism". 2023.

Matt & Joe. Dungeons & Dialectics. 2022.

Can you play an atheist cleric? The answer is... listen and find out! Today, Matt and Joe go into the history of the cleric, why they need a god in the first place, and the Christian roots of Dungeons and Dragons! Does a game that's so Christian have space for clerics without a deity? Do Christians even NEED to believe in God??? Some of this and more will be answered today on Dungeons & Dialectics!

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Sources:

Nietzche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. 1882.

Peterson, Jon. Playing at the World. 2012.

Matt & Joe. Dungeons & Dialectics. 2022.

A few weeks ago, we dove into the medical gaze! But there was so much more to Joe's tale of woe than we could fit in the episode. If you want the full story, not bogged down by philosophy or game design, take a listen. But be warned! It gets icky!

Enjoy!

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