Dungeons & Dialectics

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.

• Genesis 1:1-5
• Isaiah 1:2-3, 7:13-17, 9:2-7, 11:1, 53:3, 58:1-14
• Hosea 11:1
• Micah 5:1-6
• Proverbs 3:20
• Psalm 22:6–7, 118, 148:7
• Matthew 1:18-23, 2:1-23, 23:37-39, 24:34
• Luke 1:26-33, 2:4-7
• John 1:46

It's TIME to talk about TIME! What even is time? Does it always point to an ending? Is the ending after or before? Earlier or later? These may seem like really simple questions. Questions people might look at and say "Wow this is obvious are they really going to spend an hour talking about this?" Well... this IS Dungeons & Dialectics, so strap in for a long, drawn-out discussion of something no one really cares about!

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Sources:

Dan's Campaign

Overcooked. Ghost Town Games. 2016.

Experience Matt’s copium as he explains away his devastating loss to Mike over the fate of the world. Part one of our series on Endings and Eschatology. What is an ending? How does a campaign end? What the f*ck is a copium?  Well, in classic Dungeons & Dialectics you'll have to look elsewhere for the answers! Because we're just reminiscing about the Overcooked-based end of our last campaign.

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Sources:

Dan's Campaign

Overcooked. Ghost Town Games. 2016.

Back again with a follow-up to our last episode on the problem of THEODICY: is God just when evil and suffering exist? How have theologians historically and contemporarily wrestled with these questions? Join us as we choose our own theological adventure and answer the biggest question this raises: how can we be better Dungeon Masters?

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Sources:

Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1–13. The Bible. New Revised Standard Version. 1989.

Oord, Thomas Jay. God: Can't How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils. 2019.

Sollereder, Bethany. Why Is There Suffering?: Pick Your Own Theological Expedition. 2021.

Well isn't this a sticky situation!

When sh*t happens in real life, we don't always know who to blame. God? Myself? Bad f*cking luck?

But in the GAME, we know exactly who's responsible. Join Matt and Joe as we dive into one of the thorniest questions of theology: THEODICY, the question of God's justice and the problem of evil. How do we reconcile an all-loving God with the aforementioned sh*t that happens? Can we? Does it even matter? What does this tell us about the relationship between the DM and their Players? In part 1, we look at how biblical writers tackle these questions in the books of Job and Ezekiel.

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Sources:

Faust, Avraham. "Deportation and Demography in Sixth-Century b.c.e. Judah". Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. 2011.

Garber Jr., David. "A Vocabulary of Trauma in the Exilic Writings". Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. 2011.

Job, Ezekiel. The Bible. New International Version. 1973.

Sollereder, Bethany. Why Is There Suffering?: Pick Your Own Theological Expedition. 2021.

Zuckerman, Bruce. Job the Silent. 1991.

Learn more about the Stranger Things Monster: The Mind Flayer! and how Joe has used them in his games! Matt takes us on an analysis of the many inspirations that led to the mind flayer and what its significance is for us as humans.

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Sources:

The Strategic Review Volume 1

Eldritch Wizardry

Dragon Magazine #79

Dragon Magazine #150

The Illithiad

Dragon Magazine #337

Lords of Madness

Monster Manual V

Fiend Folio 1st Ed

Burrowers Beneath

Expanded Psionics Handbook