by Mastering Dungeons
RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
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April 23, 2025
Mastering Dungeons explores how to use environmental elements like elevation, terrain, and lighting to enhance Dungeons and Dragons encounters, specifically with dragons.
April 16, 2025
Episode 237 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Teaching a New Generation! We ponder how learning RPGs has changed over the years and the best way to teach new players and DMs today. News: Jeremy Crawford Leaves WotC, Dragon Delves 1-on-1 Play, Atlas Games Recycling, and more! Contents00:00 Get Outside02:22 Make Equipment Matter?12:48 Which Upcoming Release Excites Us?16:38 Jeremy Crawford Departs WotC25:02 James Wyatt on Dragon Delves Solo Play32:47 Tariffs - Who Knows?36:49 Atlas Games' Recycling Plastics38:42 Exploring Creative Play41:20 Hits the Fan43:10 Teaching a New Generation45:39 How We Learned to Play and DM56:22 How Teaching Has Changed01:07:53 Tips for Teaching New Players01:19:27 Tips for Teaching New DMs01:30:16 Shout-Outs01:33:38 What Are We Gonna Do?Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.
April 9, 2025
Episode 236of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Rules-Light D&D Characters! We consider how D&D can be simplified and the goals and tradeoffs involved in creating a rules-light version. News: Chris Perkins Retires, Greg Bilsland Returns, Tariffs and Tabletop, and more! Contents00:00 Reflecting on Sorrow02:41 2 Campaigns in Same Setting?13:03 Convert 4E Monsters to 5E?16:08 Chris Perkins Retires23:57 Greg Bilsland Returns to D&D27:08 Tabletop and Tariffs35:37 GAMA is Broken37:47 Monte Cook Narrative vs Math45:03 Rules-Light D&D Characters47:34 Motivation for Lighter Rules52:48 Mathematical Side01:02:14 Ease for New Players and DMs01:04:25 What to Keep01:06:48 Arora Trait System01:09:56 Iterative Approach01:11:49 Choice Menus01:15:55 Spellcaster Complexity01:17:47 Healing and Resting01:20:49 Shout-Outs01:24:35 What Are We Gonna Do?Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.
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