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Paul & Dan are joined by Peter Bebergal, author of the amazing anthology Appendix N: the Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons! We loved this book, and we're looking forward to a deep dive into Peter's knowledge of the texts, why he picked the stories he did for inclusion, and why other ones got left out. Featuring short stories from fantasy writers like Lovecraft, Howard, Vance, Anderson, Carter, Smith, Moorcock, Campbell, and more. Discover some new stuff you didn't know you loved!

Get Peter's Appendix N Anthology

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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Dan & Paul are joined by Goodman Games' Julian Bernick and Bob Brinkman -- to talk about their upcoming magnum opus for the DCC Dying Earth game! D&D wouldn't be a thing without Jack Vance's Dying Earth, and Dungeon Crawl Classics has long crushed it with old-school gaming, so we couldn't be more excited by their new Kickstarter. With joint work by Julian, Bob, Marc Bruner, Michael Curtis, Doug Kovacs, Erol Otus, and more… get your Overworld-Eyes on and check out the magnificence!

Join the DCC dying Earth Kickstarter 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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The exciting finale of our end of season 3 special - GoGoGolf GMed by Christian! Will our group of dungeon inspectors find where they put the golf in this dungeon? Or at least figure out where the pool is? And was that a duck?

Check out GoGoGolf! here: https://gumroad.com/l/gogogolf

Join us in the latest installment of our Original Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer Fantasy mash-up, and delight in the shenanigans of a group of so-called adventurers continuously find themselves in over their heads.

Dan, Paul, and our viewers hold a round-table to discuss our favorite procedural-content-generators to save time for the burdened DM. Books, tables, and programs that create characters, monsters, encounters, treasures, dungeons, caves, cities, countries, and whole worlds -- we've got it all!

Check out some of the products & web tools we highlighted:

• Paul's OED Character Generator
• Dan's OED Arena Tool Suite
• Dyson Logos' Geomorphs
• Paul's Geomorph Painter
• Matt Finch's Tome of Adventure Design
• Tony Dowler's How to Host a Dungeon
• Stephen Wendell's Flying Dungeon Stocking Tables
• Emily's Fantasy Name Generators
• Gozzy's Dungeon & Cave Generators
• Watabou's City & Village Generators
• Alex Schroeder's Hex Describe
• Inspiration Pad Pro

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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Dan & Paul investigate the history of Bards throughout the editions of D&D. Did you know that in 1st Edition Bards were considered the apex predator, the peak of powergamers dreams? What level of strength is appropriate in the game? How did that idea inspire Prestige Classes in the 3E/d20 System/Pathfinder? And what bits from real history have yet to be delved into?

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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At the end of season 3 we decided to play a quick special game of GoGoGolf GMed by Christian! Check out this silly romp with plenty of golf related puns, talking inanimate objects (and goo!), and our typical nonsensical shenanigans.

Check out GoGoGolf! here!

Join us in the latest installment of our Original Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer Fantasy mash-up, and delight in the shenanigans of a group of so-called adventurers continuously find themselves in over their heads.

Paul & Dan are excited to be joined by Jim Davis and Jonathan Pruitt, co-hosts and co-creators of Web DM! Where we'll get the chat all about their new book -- Worlds of Web DM: Weird Wastelands, a location-based toolkit that gives the DM a trove of ideas to play games in places adversely affected by magical forces. Their new Kickstarter has smashed its goal and beginning tiers on just the first day. Join us of we delve into more secrets of the wastelands!

• Back the Weird Wastelands Kickstarter here
• Follow Web DM 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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Dan & Paul are joined by famed OSR Grognardia blogger James Maliszewski, to talk about mixing Science Fiction in your Fantasy. An expert in both classic D&D and M.A.R. Barker's Tekumel (Empire of the Petal Throne), we can't wait to hear James' best-practice experience, advice, and what he has planned for upcoming campaign releases. Is it even true not long ago fantasy & science weren't considered separate genres?

• Read James' blog at Grognardia
• Get the latest issue of The Excellent Travelling Volume on Tekumel here
• More classic TETV issues here

• And read Dan's blog on Lovecraft as the Root of Appendix N

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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Dan is joined once again by Brooklyn-based artist Isabelle Garbani for another chapter in their ongoing exploration of the history of art in Dungeons & Dragons. It's sure to be another discussion full of surprises: a study in contrasts between Dan, who's drenched in the works of his lifelong study, and Isabelle, who brings a top-trained artist's eye to the work for the very first time. Featuring the 1980's work of Larry Elmore, Clyde Caldwell, Keith Parkinson, and more.

• View Larry Elmore's website
• View Clyde Caldwell's website
• View Keith Parkinson's website

• View Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA

• Visit Isabelle's art website here

• Watch Art of D&D Vol. 1 (The 70's) here
• Watch Eat, Plague, Love with Isabelle here

• And watch Isabelle play in the Book of War series

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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In the season 3 finale the gang finds themselves fighting a large group of skaven and beastmen, with the help of a few of Middenheim's own military leaders, and bar-hopping across town in the company of the ever colorful Doctor Luigi Pavarotti. Will they take advantage of their newfound notoriety and well connected friends to untangle the mysteries plaguing Middenheim, or fall to squabbling and in-fighting?

Join us in the latest installment of our Original Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer Fantasy mash-up, and delight in the shenanigans of a group of so-called adventurers continuously find themselves in over their heads.