Dungeon Master Diaries: A Podcast About Shadowdark & Other RPGs
Hosted by Jody Kropholler and Matt Bruner and Matt · Matt Bruner & Jody Kropholler
4.9from 75 ratings
- 77
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 75
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 1K
- YouTube views
About Dungeon Master Diaries: A Podcast About Shadowdark & Other RPGs
Dungeon Master Diaries is a podcast about Shadowdark and other role-playing games where two GMs talk about their recent experiences at the table, and hopefully give you something useful that you can take to yours.
- Publisher
- Matt Bruner & Jody Kropholler
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 77 episodes have a transcript.
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Emergent Play
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's just they're unspoken. And that is what I find interesting is we have each player around the table has truths that they're bringing to the table. And what emergent play does is it says the truths that are true are not just the ones that are mine. Like it basically says, I'm going to sort of put mine to the side. Mine as the GM are going to be more important perhaps. Like I still have to like, there's just be like an authoritative voice. You have to curate the world. Right. Right. Yeah. You're the, so that I think is, is of interest to me. It is, it is like, it is allowing for other truths that other people bring to the table. […]
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- YouTube views
- 1,473
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 26 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 49 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Dungeon Master Diaries: A Podcast About Shadowdark & Other RPGs?
Jody Kropholler and Matt Bruner and Matt host the show. Published by Matt Bruner & Jody Kropholler.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Dungeon Master Diaries: A Podcast About Shadowdark & Other RPGs take guests?
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