Mastering Dungeons

By Mastering Dungeons

RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadia and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the produ... more

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The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.

Mastering Dungeons episodes:

July 13, 2019 DwDnD – Interview with Elyssa Grant
Shawn interviews the incomparable Elyssa Grant, producer with Penny Arcade and project manager for Acquisitions Inc!
@Hobbitzez
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48min
July 01, 2019DwDnD – Mike Shea and Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot
Sly Flourish is getting down with us to talk about the Grendleroot and his newest book, kickstarter, and methodology for adventures
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Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot
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1h 11min
June 20, 2019 DwD&D – Origins Filler Episode
Doc attempts to distract the listeners from the fact that everyone is too tired from Origins to get the usual quality of content. Results may vary.
New episode next week!
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4min
June 14, 2019DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 7) Adventure Flow
Flow: the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream. We’re talking about the concept of creating flow in your adventures today. Enjoy and we’ll catch you next week.
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Baldur’s Gate III announced by Larian Studios
New Kickstarter from Mike “SlyFlourish” Shea
New Guild Adept Product – Xanathar’s Enemies and Allies
Topic – Designing Adventures – Adventure Flow
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1h
June 10, 2019DwDnD – Baldur’s Gate. Descent into Avernus
Descend into a hell of infernal machines from a city that chews up and spits out adventurers. We delve into the newest storyline from Dungeons and Dragons along with DnD Live, since Shawn was there. Enjoy and we’ll catch you next week with more about adventure design.
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Artificer Survey
Topic – Baldur’s Gate. Descent into Avernus and DnD Live
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58min
May 30, 2019DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 6) Box Text
We’re talking about Box Text. That’s right. Box Text. Think we can’t do a whole episode about Box Text. Well, you’d be wrong. We can and we do. Enjoy and we’ll catch you next week.
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‘Elder Scrolls’ Tabletop Game Pulled, Facing Plagiarism Accusation
Teos and I talk Acq Inc on Adventure They Wrote
Paizo Jumping on the 5e Bandwagon with Kingmaker Conversion
Topic – Box Text
More Boxed Text and Artifacts of the Guild
Fierce Debate Breaks Out Over ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Boxed Text in Adventures
We Can Do Better Than Boxed Text
The Twitter Thread
https://critical-hits.com/blog/2010/08/27/thinking-outside-the-boxed-text/
https://critical-hits.com/blog/2010/09/02/the-unneccesary-evil/
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51min
May 23, 2019DwDnD – Interview with Alex Kammer
The Mad Wizard chats with Alex Kammer, Director of Gamehole Con, on his new Kickstarter for D&D, the Sea King’s Malice!
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Alex Kammer’s Twitter
The Sea King’s Malice Kickstarter
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54min
May 20, 2019DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 5) Hooks and Openings
Shawn and Chris’ conversation about adventure design moves into hooks and openings but before they get to that Shawn interviews AL Administrator Amy Lynn Dzura. Enjoy and we’ll catch you next week.
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Kobold Press Kickstarter – Empire of the Ghouls
WotC Opens New Studio in Austin TX
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1h 18min
May 09, 2019DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 4) Adventure Types Cont’
Shawn and Chris talk continue to talk about frameworks and how they can help you design adventures. This is the second of two parts where we talk about Frameworks during our adventure designing conversations.
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Print Version of Adventure Atlas in now available
Boxed Text Discussion Leaks out onto Social Media and Beyond
Washington Post article on D&D: How Dungeons & Dragons somehow became more popular than ever
Stranger Things Red Box Set
Amazon now has its own D&D Market page
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51min
April 26, 2019DwDnD – Designing Adventures (Part 3) Adventure Types
Shawn and Chris talk about frameworks and how they can help you design adventures. This is the first of two parts where we talk about Frameworks during our adventure designing conversations.
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The DESCENT!
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1h 7min

FAQs about Mastering Dungeons:

How many episodes does Mastering Dungeons have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.