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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Mastering Dungeons episodes:

August 28, 2018DwDnD#158 – Challenge Levels
Challenge levels!?! We’re talking about challenge levels?!? Do they even matter and what is this edition of D&D trying to do with them. All that and more as we get down with some D&D.
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Adventures Outlined Coloring Book
Update on the Changes to the Adventurers League Rules, Plus Eberron!
Moonshae Isles Regional Guide is Electrum Best Seller
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42min
August 21, 2018DwDnD#157 – D&D Organized Play
It’s OP. IT’S OP. No, not over powered. It’s organized play. So get O, get O, and get P because the mad wizard Merwin and Chris do on this episode of Down with DnD.
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Pudding Faire, a new D&D Guild Adept Adventure
Curtain Call: A Sharn Adventure
Survey is up for Races of Eberron, and new UA is Races of Ravnica.
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55min
August 14, 2018DwDnD#156 – The State of the Adventurers League with Lysa & Alan
We’re going to the admins on this one. It’s Lysa Chen and Alan Patrick to talk about all the new changes coming to the Adventurer’s League starting at the end of this month and moving forward. Enjoy and get down with some OP.
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Bite of D&D
The D&D Adventurer’s League
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52min
July 31, 2018DwDnD#155 – Two New Settings: Eberron and Ravnica
New settings. Alert. We have new settings. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down with Eberron and Ravnica, the two newest upcoming releases for D&D 5e. Get magically down with some Neo-noir, two fisted magic inspired DnD action.
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Dungeons & Dragons is having its best year ever, Hasbro CEO says
Jasper’s Game Day
Encounters in Sharn
Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron
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42min
July 24, 2018DwDnD#154 – One-Shots. Design vs. Publication
Punch up a game for one night only. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down on One Shots this week. How to structure them, write them up, and the kinds of formats they take when published. If you’re only gonna get down once get down with this.
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Exploring the Wilderness: Creating Dynamic Encounter Areas
On Brevity, Clarity and Adventure Writing
Top 9 D&D Video Games of All Time
Eye of the Beholder
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54min
July 17, 2018DwDnD#153 – Design: Complexity vs. Simplicity
Is it elegant and does it matter. Chris and the Mad Wizard Merwin get down on the level of depth in D&D, where it is, where it isn’t, and why it matters. Get Simple or get Complex but always get down.
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Alternatives to Fighting: Creative Win Conditions in D&D
Avoiding the Awkward D&D Moment When a Priest, a Wizard, and a Dwarf Enter a Bar and Nothing Happens
The Lost Temple of the Eshowdow
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58min
July 10, 2018DwDnD#152 – Alex Kammer, GameholeCon, and The Borderlands
It’s time to get down with the Gamehole, the Borderlands, and the convention the Gamehole is named for. It’s Alex Kammer and he’s here to dish about everything him up to and including True Dungeon which he’s the co-owner of. Can you dig it.
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Border Kingdoms: A Forgotten Realms Campaign Supplement
GameholeCon
True Dungeon
2018 Ennie Awards
The Unintended Consequence That Ruined Fourth Edition D&D’s Chance of Success, But Proved Great for Gamers
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51min
July 03, 2018DwDnD#151 – Social Interactions
Let’s get down with talking. Actually we talk a lot about challenges that aren’t about fighting and ways to approach them. Enjoy and we’ll talk to you next week.
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Gen Con Needs DMs
Neverwinter: Ravenloft now available for PCs
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52min
June 26, 2018 DwD&D#150 – Origins 2018 Wrap Up
Let’s get down with Origins 2018. We had a good time. You probably heard the audio from our panel. This week, since Chris did zero D&D at Origins Cindy is on to relate some of her experiences with D&D at the con to go along with Shawns. Get down.
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46min
June 19, 2018 DwDnD at Origins 2018 – The Buisness of D&D panel
Lets get down with the buisness of Dungeons and Dragons. Shawn and Chris talk about making money and how it works from the outside as freelancers and small publishing company owners. Enjoy and we’ll catch you again next week. Sorry for any audio mishaps and the missing questions. We forgot to repeat them all.
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48min

FAQs about Mastering Dungeons:

How many episodes does Mastering Dungeons have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.