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Wizards of the Coast conducted an Expert DM seminar at D&D Experience this in 2011. This is that audio. Consider yourself warned, I am releasing this audio with only a little editing (for volume and introduction) and I haven't listened to it to know if there is any naughty language. Consider yourself warned.

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This is the Wizards of the Coast, D&D Product Seminar that took place on Sunday of the convention where the lovely folks at WotC discuss upcoming products for D&D. This is almost entirely unedited and unlistened to. I imagine it's probably clean, but I can't actually promise it.

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The latest version of a D&D comic has been released and in this episode we (Jeremiah McCoy, Chris Heard, Jeff Greiner, and Tracy Hurley) review it. We also discuss at some length the latest news from WotC about canceled books, the death of D&D miniatures...and then we speculate that this will either mean the end of D&D for all time or the announcement of 5th edition.

Sponsor:

Pick of the episode - old school D&D comics

Links:

Ampersand article (with WotC news)

Chris Heard's site

Jeremiah McCoy's site

D&D Comic's site

and a HUGE thank you to DMSamuel for taking on the editing duties on the last two episodes. He's doing a great job! You know where else he does a great job...his website about gaming. Check it out!

In this episode Jeff makes a few big announcements. He and Tracy Hurley review D&D in 2010.

Sponsors:

Pick - Hamlet's Hit Points

Links:

Contest Page

Vorpal Network

Player's Handbook 3

Dark Sun

Gamma World

PAX East

Gen Con

Dungeon Talk (Tracy's articles 1, 2)

EN World's Who to Follow List

Temporary Hit Points

Online Character Builder

New Finds:

Epic Words

GameCrafters

The Weem

Robert J Schwalb's Blog

RPG Musings

This is Your Game

In this episode Jon Schindehette, the Sr. Creative Art Director for Wizards of the Coast chatted with Tracy and I about the art of D&D.

Sponsors:

Pick - ORIGINAL Famine in Far-Go

Pick - 4e D&D Gamma World

Links:

Jon on Twitter

Jon's Blog

Jon on Facebook

Tracy on Twitter

Tracy's Blog

Tracy's Podcast

The D&D Insider has made a major update to the Character Builder application, arguably the most popular reason to have a DDI account. Some people love it, some people hate it. I have Aaron Roudabush and Tracy Hurley on to discuss it along with an interview with Trevor Kidd, the Community Manager from Wizards of the Coast. I hope you enjoy!

Sponsors

Noble Knight Pick - Player's Strategy Guide

Links

Character Builder

RPG Musings - where Aaron contributes

Aaron on Twitter

Sarah Darkmagic

Tracy on Twitter

4Geeks4e Podcast

4e Christmas Special

Wizard's DDI Forum

Tome Show Forum

Where to report bugs for the Character Builder

Dungeons are an iconic part of the game, but Tracy hates them. Mike and I take up the task of teaching Tracy the beauty of the dungeon. We discuss some D&D news, get to know our guests, build a dungeon concept for Tracy's game, and then conclude with some advice on how to be a player in a dungeon game.

Sponsors:

Noble Knight Pick - Dungeon Delve

Links:

Amazon Store

Forum

Home Encounters

Sly Flourish - Mike's site (features a recent article about an artifact by Jeff)

Sly Flourish - Twitter

DM Tips Book - by Mike

Sarah Darkmagic - Tracy's site (features a recent article about an artifact by Jeff)

Sarah Darkmagic - Twitter

Gamecrafters - Brian Engard's blog

Junkalator - Gamma World tool from Critical Hits

4Geeks4e - Tracy's on here

DM Roundtable - podcast that recently featured all of the hosts of this episode

Temporary Hit Points - where Tracy writes and Jeff manages (features a recent article by Jeff about a new artifact)

Mike Shea, Tracy Hurley, and Sam Dillon all join me in this episode where we take a look at the second half of the Essentials line including the DM Kit, Monster Vault, Dungeon Tiles Master Set: The City, and Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdom. Also, we had waaaaay too much fun. Oh, and I'm posting on Thanksgiving. Tome listeners and a great game called D&D to make my life more full. That's what I'm thankful for. Hope you enjoy!

Sponsors:

Noble Knight Pick of the Episode - Dungeon Tiles: Harrowing Halls

Amazon.com Widgets

Links:

4Geeks4e - 4 geeky folk talk about something...4e related (includes Sam and Tracy)

DM Roundtable - a bunch of DMs talk. It's random, it's unedited, it's a wild time.

Sarah Darkmagic - Tracy talks about her game

Sly Flourish - Where Mike dispenses DM advice

RPG Musings - The blog where Sam's contributors all share their gaming thoughts

HoNoToGroABeMo - the beard growing competition raising money for breast cancer research

Jeff's posts on HoNoToGroABeMo

Click here to sponsor Jeff...even a few bucks will help. Remember, as soon as I get to $100 then I get to post a racy picture of Tracy Hurley!

Keith Baker, creator of Eberron and more joins me for this episode where we talk D&D news, find out what he's been up to, and give advice on Worldbuilding, how DMs can do it and how players can be part of it. Tracy Hurley and Mike Shea also tell us a bit about how they go about building worlds.

Sponsors:

Pick of the Episode - The Queen of Stone

The Tome's Amazon Store

Links:

Keith Baker on Twitter

Keith Baker's Website (Have Dice, Will Travel)

Sarah Darkmagic (Tracy's site)

Sly Flourish (Mike's site)

In this episode I am joined by Thadeous Cooper and we build a one shot adventure to show a bit of how such things can be done. What's more, I edited together all our ideas and am providing them for free. It's a short PDF in the post just before this one and I hope you download it, consider running it, and give me feedback on it.

Sponsors:

Picks of the Episode: Ravenloft 2e Module (25th anniversary release), and the new Ravenloft Board Game

Links:

Thadeous on Twitter

4Geeks4e

DM's Roundtable

MyRPGame

The Tome's New Forums

Jeff's Posts on HoNoToGroABeMo