Wandering DMs

We continue our game of Kids on Bikes run by Colleen. What is this strange new dark video game in the arcade? Perhaps the closing of the arcade is not the scariest thing the kids must face.

Check out Kids on Bikes here

The TDR crew play short series of unique roleplaying games, then analyze what worked and what needs work at the end of each game. The GM changes but the fun remains the same every week on TDR!

Paul & Dan have a spirited discussion on Challenge Ratings -- as well as Monster Levels from classic D&D, the Monster Mark system from White Dwarf, Equivalent Hit Dice, and other ways of measuring a monster's threat. Do they address any useful goal in D&D? How hard or easy is to compute them for a new monster? Can they ever be reliable, or are they just random noise?

• Get Dan's Monster Database for OD&D and software tools for measuring risk level
• Read Dan's thesis on simulation for game design balancing

Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time.

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We continue our game of Kids on Bikes run by Colleen. Can Stan and Stan save the Arcace / Tackle Shop? Will Walleye Vance win the Crocaqotaqua Fishing Festival again? And will we find out what exactly is at the bottom of the old gorge?

Check out Kids on Bikes here

The TDR crew play short series of unique roleplaying games, then analyze what worked and what needs work at the end of each game. The GM changes but the fun remains the same every week on TDR!

Dan hosts special guests Greg Svenson (a.k.a "The Great Svenny" from Dave Arneson's Blackmoor) and D&D archaeologist D.H. Boggs to talk about their presentation of "The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg". How can there be a D&D dungeon that predates D&D ever being published? Because Greg was in on the ground floor and made his dungeon before the public knew D&D was coming to change the world. Let's dig into that early creation and the story of its rediscovery!

Order a copy of the Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg here

Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time.

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This week we kick off our game of Kids on Bikes run by Colleen! Radical!

Check out Kids on Bikes here

The TDR crew play short series of unique roleplaying games, then analyze what worked and what needs work at the end of each game. The GM changes but the fun remains the same every week on TDR!

Dan & Paul dive back into AD&D 1st and 2nd Edition for examples of adventures that played out edition-shifts in real-time in the campaign world of the time. In Greyhawk we had "Fate of Istus"; in Forgotten Realms we had the "Avatar Trilogy". How well did these adventures work? Was it really necessary to play out the rules-change events in-game? Should we do it again the future (like post-5E D&D)?

Watch our prior show on Changing Editions in D&D

Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time.

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The Wandering DMs host the guys from Nerdarchy -- Ted, Dave, and Doug -- to tell us about their new product for D&D 5E: Mage Forge! Over 250 new magic items with full descriptions and art, in a handy tarot-card size format. We're big fans of card-style accessories to make passing info at the table easy, so want to hear their ideas and future plans.

• Join the Mage Forge Kickstarter
• Subscribe to Nerdarchy on YouTube

Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time.

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There's a new edition of D&D on the horizon. Dan & Paul discuss the issues & experiences of prior edition switches to the game. Should changes be widespread, or more restrained? Is back-compatibility possible, or a reasonable goal? Can PCs be converted between editions?

• WOTC announces the next D&D
• Quote by Ray Winninger
• New back-compatible book

Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time.

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For the season opener of TDR we review the Ten Dead Rats campaign that spawned this show! And we'll announce the GM and system for our first game of the season!

The TDR crew play short series of unique roleplaying games, then analyze what worked and what needs work at the end of each game. The GM changes but the fun remains the same every week on TDR!