The Dice Society

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about another RPG being made by MCDM: Crows!

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• JotT #2: Ancestries of the Timescape
• Stawl Supplement Index
• Nightmare Scenario
• The Kiln
• It's Complicated
• Weapons of Lore
• The Two-Soul
• Stormbreakers
• The Snow Queen's Fury
• The MATTER of an OVERMIND
• Doom of the Dragon Grafter
• The Scion - A Spellsword Class
• The Vessel
• Carnophage Booklet
• Ratcatcher Magazine Issue 02
• The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #5
• Translated Rule Graphics
• Player Map of Blackbottom
• Vintage Cover Template
• Draw Steel Community+ Glyphs Font
• Gub's Theory of Mapping
• Draw Steel Adventure Tools
• Party Continuity
• Power Rolls from Stat Blocks

More from The Dice Society:

• Discord
• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

More from MCDM:

• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:17 - Community & News

23:09 - Crows

50:59 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society podcast, I talk about Draw Steel's Year One crowdfunder: Crack the Sun!

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Links:

• Hooked on Crafting
• The Cave of Amber Tears
• A Refugee's Guide to Nomas
• Do Nomasians Dream of Psionic Sheep?
• To Defy the Stars
• From the Ashes
• The Bale Crossing
• You Meet in an Ambush: Codex Edition
• Ratcatcher Magazine Issue 2
• Blacksmith's Guild Issue 4
• NPC Generator
• Codex Fabuludens
• Masterful Smithing
• Dwarves Art Pack
• Draw Steel Ajax Edition Unboxing
• November Roundup
• Testing the Encounters Book

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• Discord
• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:15 - Community

05:08 - News

07:34 - Year One Crowdfunder

28:05 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about Crack the Sun, MCDM's upcoming campaign for Draw Steel!

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• Memories of the North Wind
• Solgado's Master Chef Tools
• Looking Through the Best JotT #1 Submissions LIVE!
• Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel
• Dread Abbey
• Halloween Sale 2025
• Customizable Character Sheet (PSD Files)
• Steel Cauldron
• Hero Playmat
• Draw Steel Encounter Generator
• The Beastheart and Summoner Take on Gnolls!
• CROWS The MCDM Crawler?
• Thread about DS's symbols

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• Discord
• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:55 - Community

04:43 - News

08:27 - Crack the Sun

16:41 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I share my thoughts on Daggerheart, comparing it to Draw Steel so you know if this game is for you!

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• Omios Ures
• Jams of the Timescape #1: Treasure Sets of the Timescape
• How to Draw Steel
• Ability Card PDF Generator
• Draw Steel Ability Cards
• Printable Retainer Cards
• Free DS Symbol Font
• Statblock Icons and Potency Fonts
• Draw Steel Template - Affinity + InDesign + Google Docs
• Cave of Amber Tears Backerkit
• MacGraw Hideaway
• Stawl
• Forge Steel
• Steel Compendium
• Owlbear Rodeo Ranges
• Essentians - A Draw Steel Ancestry
• On the Edge
• Alchemical Consumables
• Draw Steel Errata
• The Summoner Open Playtest
• Start Playing Games: Draw Steel Launch
• Draw Steel Minis by TitanCraft
• Codex Wiki
• DMHub YouTube
• 368 - Draw Steel: Heroes!
• Combat in Draw Steel Crushes D&D (Except for This One Thing)
• Daggerheart VS Draw Steel VS my sanity
• TPT #393: Draw Steel Review
• 17 Reasons You Should Try Draw Steel
• Draw Steel at Level 1! (MD 254)
• My Favorite Part of Draw Steel?
• Draw Steel Actual Play ROAD TO BROADHURST
• Daggerheart Fixed (Almost) Everything

More from The Dice Society:

• Discord
• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:29 - Community

06:08 - News

09:06 - Draw Steel & Daggerheart

46:12 - Outro

DRAW STEEL IS OUT! In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the release of the game as well as the two adventures meant to onboard new players.

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• The Road to Broadhurst
• The Delian Tomb
• The Delian Tomb on DTRPG
• Draw Steel Review: Perfect*
• Draw Steel core (PDF)
• Draw Steel core (Hardcover + PDF)
• Custom Heroes for Draw Steel by Titancraft
• The Delian Tomb - Episode 01
• What Is This Game? | How to Draw Steel #0
• Where to Get Started With Draw Steel
• Its Time To Draw Steel | Why YOU Should Run The MCDM RPG
• Draw Steel Crash Course v1.0
• One-page, two-sided Draw Steel cheat sheet
• Newbie Director Helper
• Changelog December Backer Packet --> Full Release
• Build Reccomendations Guide
• MCDM RPG to Draw Steel - Let's see how far we've come
• PDF GIVEAWAY! | Draw Steel PDF Launch Special
• Running Draw Steel in Owlbear Rodeo
• Roll20 Macros
• Montage Test Runner in Stawl
• Stawl for patrons
• Steel Compendium updated
• DS Style Template in Google Docs
• Blank Class-specific Character Sheets
• Kobold Ancestry
• Weapons of Legend
• Tomb of the Crescent Moon
• The Blacksmith's Guild - Issue 2

More from The Dice Society:

• Discord
• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:39 - Draw Steel release

07:51 - News

10:35 - Community

14:09 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I give my first impressions of the Draw Steel PDFs that MCDM recently released on Patreon!

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #1
• Ratcatcher Magazine - Issue 01
• Raiders of Ivywatch
• You Meet in an Ambush
• Steel Drawer
• The Cave of Amber Tears
• Renée's Pixel Art Token Markers
• Power Cards
• The Vessel
• Class Retainers
• Flockle Ancestry
• Summoning the Summoner in the Draw Steel Codex!

More from The Dice Society:

• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - Community

04:30 - News

14:28 - PDF first impressions

27:40 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I interview none other than James Introcaso! We talk about Draw Steel's game design process and principles. Plus, a short summary of last month's DS news at the end.

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• James Introcaso on Tactical RPGs and Draw Steel
• Future Draw Steel Products, Djordice Are Shipping, Flee Mortals on Foundry | April Roundup
• Triggered Actions Updated! | The Danger Room | Draw Steel Codex Actual Play
• Good King Omund’s Box of Dice | Hero Titles
• A-a-ron custom Draw Steel dice
• Draw Steel IRL Cards
• Gol Ancestry for Draw Steel!
• Fanzine for Draw Steel
• A Vampire Class for Draw Steel

More from The Dice Society:

• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:25 - Interview

01:14:13 - News and Community

01:16:49 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk the upcoming Draw Steel politics system based on MCDM's Strongholds & Followers & Kingdoms & Warfare.

Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety

Links:

• The Great Rebirth
• You Meet in an Ambush v1.3
• Six more ancestries
• Plasmoid ancestry
• Automation for Character Sheet Toolkit
• Homebrew monsters on Stawl
• Heroic Resources
• Condition Labels Owlbear extension
• Weapons of Legend
• Codex Marches setting guide
• Treasure materials organized into categories
• Chess subsystem
• Heroic retainers

More from The Dice Society:

• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - Community

05:35 - Intermission

05:56 - News

09:21 - Strongholds & Warfare

15:36 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the much-awaited VTT that DMHub is making for Draw Steel: the Codex!

Become a member of the Society: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1ciM2mEyft9kF-RGjwDGA/join

Links:

• Goblins Take Over The Codex!
• DMHub Discord server
• Codex devlog channel
• Codex chat channel
• Codex feedback form
• Codex Marches onboarding
• 10th level Shadow
• Draw Steel Codex tutorial video list
• How to Direct a Game in the Codex
• Forge Steel Character Importer for the Codex
• Draw Steel Foundry System
• Module Guide for Draw Steel in Foundry
• Death to Ajax!
• How to Introduce Draw Steel to Your Friends
• Compact character sheets
• Andie Margolskee Interview
• James Introcaso on Becoming a Professional Designer
• Band of Goblins ancestry
• Vampire ancestry
• Vampire class for Draw Steel
• Character Sheets but not for Ants
• Monsters on Forge Steel
• Themed playlists

More from The Dice Society:

• Mailing list
• Today's transcript
• Bluesky
• YouTube

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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:03 - Codex VTT

08:37 - Membership

09:00 - News

13:55 - Community

20:29 - Outro

In today's episode of The Dice Society Podcast, I talk about the two new classes coming to Draw Steel after the core rules: the Beastheart and the Summoner.

For a transcript of this episode, go to: ⁠⁠https://thedicesociety.com/tds015-ds-new-classes

Links:

• THE SUMMONER! Draw Steel Playtesting
• Codex's smart targeting system
• Codex's forced movement automation
• The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire
• Bay of Blackbottom w/ the author for SoCal Fire Relief
• More Adventure Brainstorming, Part III!
• Danger Room in The Draw Steel Codex!
• The Ten Thousand Year Cataclysm
• The Dice Goblin Episode
• Dael Kingsmill on Mythology and Draw Steel
• Custom character sheet
• Digital Character Sheets on Stawl
• Three Little Guys in a Trenchcoat
• Introducing Friends to Draw Steel
• Gunslinger Class
• Onboarding Slides for Classes & Ancestries
• Monster Math!
• Draw Steel Ability Cards
• Character Creation: Ancestries and Cultures

More from The Dice Society:

• Mailing list
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• Bluesky
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• Matt on Bluesky
• James on Bluesky
• MCDM on Bluesky
• MCDM on Discord

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:59 - New classes

07:45 - News

10:19 - Community

17:54 - Outro