Better informed by his brush with death, Joe questions Matt about Foucault and the medical gaze. Together, they'll figure out how best to heal someone in and out of game. Thank goodness for our fearless heroes.

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modva. "Yes, Healing Is Good and Valuable in 5e (and why we should stop comparing it directly to damage)". 2021.⁠

⁠Natural Card. "Mastering Action Economy - The Most Important Tactic in 5e". 2023.⁠

⁠Pantagruel666. "The problem with combat healing in 5e". 2020.⁠

Where has your favorite podcast been for the past three months? Tune in and find out how Joe almost died of tuberculosis and tonsillitis and how Matt supported from afar. But more importantly, find out what PHILOSOPHY can tell us about his experience and MOST IMPORTANTLY, what it tells us about the game. Everything is content.

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Sources:

Foucault, Michel. The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception. 1963.

modva. "Yes, Healing Is Good and Valuable in 5e (and why we should stop comparing it directly to damage)". 2021.

Natural Card. "Mastering Action Economy - The Most Important Tactic in 5e". 2023.

Pantagruel666. "The problem with combat healing in 5e". 2020.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "Edmund Husserl". 2022.⁠

⁠⁠Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "Phenomenology". 2013.⁠⁠

Holy Pinkertons Batman! Wizards of the Coast sent corporate henchmen to intimidate an innocent fan of Magic: The Gathering? Sounds Lawful Evil to me... Hear our hot takes as Joe the lifelong D&D fan and Matt the union man.

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Sources:

Carter, Chase. "Magic: The Gathering publisher hires Pinkerton to seize leaked cards from YouTuber’s house". 2023.

Codega, Linda. "Magic 'Raid' Wasn't the First Time Wizards of the Coast Hired Pinkertons [UPDATED]". 2023.

Wikipedia. "Pinkerton (detective agency)". 2023.

In this SHOCKING episode of Dungeons and Dialectics, Matt and Joe discuss the idea of ending and the possibility of an end of history as this applies to Dungeons and Dragons. Is One DND really the last stop on the line, such that we will never need another edition--a final synthesis to rule them all? Witness Joey's radical Star Wars ignorance first-hand as Handsome Matt explains everything.

It's been a long month, but the OGL drama is finally at an end. Wizards of the Coast has capitulated and left intact the original Open Gaming License, as well as updating the 5th edition System Reference Document (basically all the core rules of the game) to the Creative Commons. Check in with Matt and Joe to talk about the future, lessons learned and getting some tips for new games.

For us, this is an issue of justice. We just watched a large, wealthy corporation try to squeeze money out of smaller creators or shut them down when they become too big. But the small creators won (this time). We hope this organizing power can inspire us and equip us with tools for organizing in the face of more pressing justice issues, especially in the wake of more and more police violence in the U.S..

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Sources:

Brink, Kyle. OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons. 2023.

Chancey, Tyler. The Possible Future of D&D Beyond Has Leaked. 2023.

Demopoulos, Alaina. ‘People are leaving the game’: Dungeons & Dragons fans revolt against new restrictions. 2023.

Hall, Charlie. The story of Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons' most popular offspring. 2016.

Is Pathfinder Selling Better than D&D?

Luscombe, Richard. ‘He had a beautiful soul’: Tyre Nichols’s parents reflect on the son who was taken from them. 2023.

Sims, Chris S. To Kill a Myth: D&D 4e did fine financially. 2021.

Wizards of the Coast DnD 4th Ed GSL

Games to Play besides D&D:

Blades in the Dark

Call of Cthulhu

Honey Heist

Pathfinder

Shadow of the Demon Lord

Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight): Edge Of The Empire, Age Of Rebellion, & Force And Destiny (2012)

Troika!

One D&D to rule them all, One D&D to find them! One D&D to bring them all and in the darkness BIND THEM! That's right, D&D is no longer an edition, it's just... D&D. What's coming down the line from Wizards? And what does all this talk of the future of D&D mean? What sinister plans do this neoliberal cabal of sorcerers craft in the shadows? Only one way to find out...

So you could find out by reading the news... This was recorded before news of the OGL debacle over the past couple of weeks, but if anything, past Matt and Joe had no idea just how bad it would be. Most of the same analysis of neoliberal tendencies applies, so take a listen!

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Sources:

D&D One Unearthed Arcana

Fukuyama, Francis. The End of History and the Last Man. 1992

Wizards of the Coast. Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. 2022.

Strange Assembly. Review: SpellJammer. 2022.

The Washington Consensus

If you liked our two episodes on Endings, you only have one person to thank: Matt himself! Because he ignored all of my suggestions about how to edit an episode, so I had no hand in it. But they were two of our most listened-to episodes so... what do I know? Have a listen about Matt's editing tribulations!

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Sources:

Joe. "How to Edit an Episode". 2022.

Matt and Joe. "Ep. 29 Ending Campaigns pt 1: Garyx the Destroyer." 2022.

Matt and Joe. "Ep. 30 Ending Campaigns pt 2: The time of my life" 2022.

What's the one thing missing from the Nativity story? That's right... DRAGONS! Uncover the secret lost story of Jesus the dragon tamer and find all the secret hidden dragons in the Bible! Plus a DEEP dive into the real Tiamat.

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Sources:

Chapters 14 & 18. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. 800.

Whatham, A. E. . "The Yahweh-Tehom Myth." 1910. 

Unknown. "Enuma Elish." Really old.

Holy Bible. New International Version. 1984.

Happy holidays from Dungeons & Dialectics! Last week we looked at a more nuanced view of prophecy. Now let's talk about what happens when you ignore those pearls of wisdom and use biblical prophecy to take over the world! Or whatever.

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Sources:

Mesters, Carlos. Lectura profética de la historia. 1999.

Trotter, William. "The Second Coming of Christ Pre-Millennial." 1890.

The Niagara Bible Conference. 1996.

Seventh Day Adventist Church. "Who was Ellen G. White?" 2022.

Holy Bible. New International Version. 1984.

Happy holidays from Dungeons & Dialectics! This year, we're diving into the biblical prophecies that foretell the birth of our savior... Or DO THEY??? In classic Dungeons & Dialectics fashion, there's a twist. What if these prophecies didn't predict the future, but instead referenced the past? What if it's all made up? But what if that's the point??? Find out how a deeper reading of biblical prophecy and a more complex understanding of the role prophets play can help us improve the ways we use prophecy in our own games!

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Sources:

Mesters, Carlos. Lectura profética de la historia. 1999.

Chapters 14 & 18. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. 800.

N.W.A. "Straight Outta Compton." 1988.

Rufio & JL. "Straight Outta Nazareth." 2010.

Holy Bible. New International Version. 1984.