Jeff & Seth take a deeper look at Draw Steel's playtest packet. Matt Coleville and the team at MCDM have released their in-development TTRPG system’s 1st Playtest Packet. Draw Steel was revealed as the name of their custom system and backers received an email with links to the packet for creating a level one character, with only 5 classes to start, but with enough to get playing!

Big changes are coming to D&D 2024, and we’ve got the inside scoop. From revamped classes to game-changing mechanics, we’re breaking down our top 5 favorite changes—and we both agree that number 5 is the most exciting. Let’s dive in!

Join Jeff & Seth as they dive into their unforgettable experience at Gen Con. They share insights on the latest games they explored, the fascinating people they connected with, and their predictions on where D&D is heading by the end of 2024. Whether you're a seasoned RPG player or just curious about the world of tabletop gaming, this episode has something for everyone!

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It’s our premiere episode of Season THREE, and we are freshly back from GenCon, where we had an amazing opportunity to get our hands on the Stormlight Archive RPG (now officially named Cosmere RPG on Kickstarter). We talk about first impressions and what excited us about this new system. 

Find Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG on Kickstarter!

We’ll be back soon with a full GenCon Re-cap episode!

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It’s our final episode of Season TWO, and we are pumped to have played Tales of the Valiant with some of our faithful players! We played the first part of the intro adventure “Caverns of the Spore Lord”. We talk about first impressions and some of the differences we saw between ToV and Wizards D&D.

So much recent news to cover! We talk about Wizards of the Coast changing DnDBeyond (for the worse), Critical Role launching their own paid service, and other recent and upcoming launch news! Plus we talk about going to GenCon!

Jeff & Seth talk about our top ten campaign settings for TTRPGs and take a look at recent TTRPG news.

We’re talking about any news that we missed, as well as take a look at the Virtual Tabletop Seth backed on Kickstarter called AlchemyRPG. We also get back to our regular Campaigns and talk about what we’ve played recently.

We’re reviewing the Daggerheart Beta!! Both of us have had a chance to play the Darrington Press & Critical Role TTRPG that was released in open beta on March 12th. We will talk about what’s in the Beta documents, our playtest experiences, and our thoughts and concerns! Leave a comment and let us know what you think of Daggerheart so far in our episode NINE discussion! (Yes, we accidentally said 10.)

The RPG Rundown continues Season 2 with Episode 8  as we discuss our recent TTRPG products, unbox our next Actual Play system, and talk about the benefits of Random Tables! 

Here are the topics covered this episode:

• NTSD GM Bag and Dice Tower (Mention only, review incoming)
• Humblewood book now on D&D Beyond
• D&D Warriors of Krynn box for $9.99 from Ollie’s Discount
• Digital version of Lancer TTRPG
• Avatar Legends Starter Set
• Target Find: The GM’s Book of Astonishing Random Tables (& Series)
• Using Custom Tables

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