Mastering Dungeons

[Editor’s Note: Thanks for being patient with this episode. There will be two eps of Down with D&D, this week. Enjoy!]

Meagan Maricle and Wolfgang Baur from Kobold Press join Shawn to talk about an alternate take on the Underdark with undead! They break down the philosophy of Kobold Press’ publishing and go into the logic of undead ruling the Underdark! Plus: the bureaucracy of the living impaired!

• Kobold Press can be found here!
• Warlock, the Kobold Press Patreon!
• The Kobold Press & Midgard Facebook Page!
• Meagan on Twitter!
• Wolfgang on Twitter!

Content manager for the Adventurer’s League and super-DM, Greg Marks joins Shawn to dig into what is needed to be a DM for Fifth Edition D&D.

• Follow Greg on Twitter
• Check out Greg’s Stuff on the Adventurer’s League

Shawn is joined by the creator of Esper Genesis, Rich Lescouflair, and they have a chat about using the rules of 5e to adapt to other settings, games, and concepts! What follows is just a great introduction on what to consider when adapting a rules system to a setting other than the one it was built for!

• Follow Rich on Twitter
• Check out his work on the DM’s Guild
• Check out everything Esper Genesis from Alligator Alley!

LaTia Bryant joins Shawn to talk about the amazing D&D Community and how it’s expanding and evolving!

• Follow LaTia on Twitter
• Follow LaTia on Instagram
• Keep up with LaTia on D&D Beyond
• Check out LaTia on Rivals of Waterdeep!
• And, hey, buy LaTia a Diet Coke!

Joining the Mad Wizard is the ENie-Award Winning Ashley Warren to talk about what it takes to really get into writing great stories for RPGs! These two powerhouse writers really break down the process of crafting adventures!

• Ashley’s Twitter
• RPG Writer Workshop
• Scribemind, Ashley’s Website

Chris joins Shawn to talk about the effects of the Pandemic on gaming currently, and how it may affect the future. This is a powerful and hopeful conversation that we can all learn a lot from.

• Chris on Twitter
• Some of Chris’ Dungeons & Dragons Articles

It’s finally happened! Doc Palindrome, himself, joins Shawn in chatting about comedy in gaming!

• Doc on Twitter

D&D Beyond head writer James Haeck joins the Mad Wizard chatting about the experience of adding new players to the group! Given what is happening in the world, this comes just in time to add those D&D curious pals of your to your online game!

• James Haeck is on Twitter
• James talks New Players on D&D Beyond

The prolific Jeff Stevens joins Shawn to talk about possibly the most important topic in the gaming (or any) industry: expanding the audience.

• Jeff is on Twitter
• Jeff’s website
• Jeff on the DM’s Guild

Podcaster, game designer, and Venture Maiden, Celeste Conowitch, chats with Shawn about something we can all learn more about, Gaming Online. Tips and tricks and boundless fun to be had on this week’s episode, plus, Celeste’s D&D Supplement ‘The Ultimate Guide to Hair’ is Kickstarting right now, so give her the money!

• ‘The Ultimate Guide to Hair’ Kickstarter
• Celeste on Twitter
• Celeste’s Website
• DM-Nastics on Twitter
• Venture Maidens on Twitter