Mastering Dungeons

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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    Best of Acquisitions Incorporated: Orrery of the Wanderer!

    Episode 306 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Best of Acquisitions Incorporated: Orrery of the Wanderer! Completely unbiased coverage of the best and most perfect adventure ever written! You will love this show, or your money back. News: D&D’s Secret Survey, Universes Beyond Hiring, Warlock Gameplay, End of Burning Wheel, and more! Contents 00:00 Hear Us on Other Podcasts 02:39 Turn Off DM Brain? 07:00 Go Back in Time to Which Classic? 08:59 Linear Easier with Published Advs? 12:41 D&D's Secret Survey 15:24 Q4 DDB Partner Releases 17:31 D&D Hiring for Universes Beyond 19:05 Warlock Video Game Preview 21:42 Long Rest Tavern 22:11 Hasbro Data Breach 23:28 Random Weather at Mooncastle 24:51 New EU Packaging Law 26:58 The End of Burning Wheel? 30:08 Crows Hits $1M 31:19 Acquisitions Incorporated Orrery of the Wanderer 32:51 What is Acq Inc? 37:02 Wild Story of This Project 42:47 Premise and Approach 49:25 New Rules! 54:36 Mixup in Waterdeep 01:03:36 Fun in Phandalin 01:09:45 Darkness at the Lighthouse 01:14:40 Luskan and Dran Enterprises 01:21:36 Why Humor Engages 01:23:27 Wedding Parties and Lich Casinos 01:28:41 Showdown With the Six 01:31:50 Design Thoughts 01:36:24 Shout-Outs 01:40:49 What Are We Gonna Do Now? 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.

  2. 26. Aug.

    Keys to Success from Tomas Härenstam of Free League!

    Episode 305 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Tomas Härenstam of Free League! Free League’s CEO and frequent designer discusses how the company began and grew, how they tackle crowdfunding, IPs, partnerships, organized play, and more! News: D&D Gives You Ceremorphosis, Wizards Polls Your Trust, Underdark UA Subclasses, DMing High Level and more! Contents 00:00 Intro 01:19 Run Published Epic-Level? 08:55 Underdark Options UA 11:56 Barbarian Path of Unlight 19:18 Rogue House Agent 28:14 Wizard Imaskarcanist 36:08 Path of Ceremorphosis 43:04 Do You Trust Wizards? 47:25 D&D Encounters Update 48:47 D&D Beyond Roadmap Update 50:46 Crows: Fortune or Death! 51:34 Amazing Adversaries & Environments 52:45 Tomas Härenstam of Free League 53:30 Origin Story 56:14 Swedish Influences 01:01:31 Free League's Growth 01:09:05 Multi-RPG Strategy 01:12:46 High Art Quality 01:17:16 Game Lines and Audience 01:20:30 IPs and Partnerships 01:24:52 Crowdfunding and Tariffs 01:28:29 Organized Play 01:31:07 Open Gaming License 01:34:36 Free League's Future? 01:36:36 Free League Unbound 01:38:29 Find and Follow Free League 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.

  3. 19. Aug.

    Best of Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen!

    Episode 303 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Best of Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen! Dragonlance is Back! Come see why this adventure deserves a second chance. News: Critical Role Lands Emmy, D&D Drops Oozes and Errata, Pathfinder on DriveThru, and more! Contents 00:00 Gamehole with Teos and James? 04:21 Announcements vs Playtesting? 10:59 Licensed IPs Exclusive? 16:09 D&D Drops Oozes for August 23:04 New Drops Errata 26:55 Frontiers of Eberron on DDB 27:56 D&D on Szass Tam 30:28 Pathfinder/Starfinder on DriveThru 32:20 Critical Role Lands an Emmy 33:11 Union for Rowan, Rook, and Deckard 34:51 Springfield School of Worldbuilding 38:09 RPGs and Starting Communities 40:44 Not All D&D is for Everyone 43:26 Game Development Resources 45:49 Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen 47:22 Dragonlance as a Special Setting 01:00:30 5E's Dragonlance and Board Game 01:06:58 Adventure Premise and Approach 01:10:17 War Comes to Krynn 01:11:46 Characters and Pre-War Preludes 01:19:05 Vogler and Dragon Army 01:31:09 Kalaman Missions and Soth 01:38:13 Exploring Northern Wastes 01:40:21 City of Lost Names 01:45:09 Inflitrate Soth's Flying Castle 01:52:09 Shout-Outs 01:56:28 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.

  4. 12. Aug.

    Adam Bradford, from D&D Beyond to Free League Unbound!

    Episode 303 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Adam Bradford, from D&D Beyond to Free League Unbound! Adam Bradford joins us to discuss Free League's amazing Unbound platform and his voyage to and from D&D Beyond, including his design projects like Invincible and Forgotten Odysseys. News: Diamond Gives Inventory Back, Gamehole PoC Event, PAX West Needs DMs, and more! Contents 00:00 3E Turns 26 03:32 Audio in Adventure Products? 07:24 Bloated Character Sheets? 17:17 Diamond Gives Back Inventory 19:45 PAX West Call for D&D DMs 20:42 GameHole Con PoC Industry Dinner 23:19 Adam Bradford, Probably 24:30 Adam's Backstory 28:51 The Path to D&D Beyond 32:34 D&D Beyond 39:04 Why D&D Beyond Succeeded 43:27 Digital Reader Surprise 46:10 Demiplane and Fantasy Grounds 52:58 Lessons Carried Forward 57:41 Free League Unbound 01:07:04 Invincible and RPG Design 01:13:52 Forgotten Odysseys 01:19:21 Adam's Future Plans 01:21:32 Find Adam 01:24:54 Shout-Outs 01:28:51 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.

  5. 5. Aug.

    Dark Sun, Star Wars, Warcraft, Greyhawk, and All D&D Gen Con News!

    Episode 302 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Dark Sun, Star Wars, Warcraft, Greyhawk, and All D&D Gen Con News! Wizards of the Coast goes all-out with a D&D Tower, Carnival, Drone Show, and tons of peaks at upcoming releases. News: Wizards President Departs, Free League Unbound, Daggerheart Plans, ENnies, and more! Contents 00:00 Gen Con Happened! 02:46 Spoiler Descriptions? 06:10 Is Bloat Bad? 18:00 John Hight Departs as WotC Pres 21:25 Starter Set and Big Box Stores? 23:24 Free League Unbound 27:48 Daggerheart 3-Year Plan 34:45 Cosmere and Plotweaver 36:31 Monte Cook Games 36:49 Diana Jones Award 38:13 ENnies Award Recipients 41:33 Tabletop Show is Back? 44:00 Doom-Dust of the Disintegrator 45:01 Leveled Lairs - Aboleths 46:09 D&D's Huge Gen Con Reveals 47:48 Keynote Roadmap 49:13 Season of Magic 50:48 World of Warcraft 58:42 Dark Sun Confirmed! 01:05:25 No DMAP for Dark Sun 01:08:16 Greyhawk Crown of the Witch Queen 01:11:04 Star Wars D&D 01:15:39 D&D Icons 01:21:31 Partnerships 01:27:41 Universes Beyond for D&D 01:31:22 Warlock 01:32:55 D&D Beyond News 01:36:39 D&D Designer Talks 01:38:44 Drone Show 01:41:10 Overall Thoughts 01:45:11 Shout-Outs 01:49:21 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.

  6. 29. Juli

    Best of Spelljammer Light of Xaryxis!

    Episode 301 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: The Best of Spelljammer Light of Xaryxis! An adventure crafted to feel like an old sci-fi TV show? We look at how well it captures the classic Spelljammer setting. News: World of Warcraft and D&D? Hasbro Q2 Growth? D&D Movie Sequel Script? And more! Contents 00:00 Apocalypse Now 02:16 Bound by Blood 04:22 Add to Peril in Pinebrook? 12:51 Right Amount of Lore? 19:19 D&D and Warcraft 24:31 Hasbro Q2 Strong Growth 28:51 D&D Beyond Use 33:14 WotC Growth 34:47 How Big is D&D? 39:01 D&D Movie Sequel Script 41:21 Renegade and Anne Rice 43:35 The Guild Ren Faire'd 45:31 Crediting Creators 51:51 D&D Soaps 52:25 Gen Con DMAP Vinyl 53:16 Spelljammer Light of Xaryxis 54:37 Spelljammer History 01:04:10 D&D in 2022 01:08:50 Premise and Approach 01:15:04 Part 1: Seeds of Destruction 01:22:51 Part 2: Terrors of the Void 01:33:29 Part 3: Chaos in Doomspace 01:36:21 The Dark Sun Rumor 01:40:29 Part 4: Saviors of the Multiverse 01:44:00 Astral Elf Goals 01:47:15 Final Choices and Thoughts 01:50:18 Shout-Outs 01:54:42 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.

  7. 22. Juli

    Sirrangia and Worldbuilding Through Campaign Building!

    Episode 300 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Sirrangia and Worldbuilding Through Campaign Building! Now that we are creating an adventure setting for our top Patreon supporters, we look at worldbuilding through the lens of campaign building. News: Season of Magic Launches, Big D&D Gen Con Plans, Good and Bad Paizo News, and more! Contents 00:00 300th Episode! 04:23 Balance My Vecna? 16:37 No-Win Situations? 21:33 Season of Magic Releases 22:57 D&D Encounters News 27:06 D&D's Big Gen Con Plans 30:21 DMAP Season 2 33:20 Free Play Along Pack 37:18 Sirius Dice for Daggerheart 39:12 Good and Bad Pathfinder News 41:46 Cosmere is Hiring 43:40 NPC Notes 45:43 Thrones & Bones Bundle 46:11 Scipio's New Blog 46:59 Sirrangia and Worldbuilding 48:02 Every Group is Different 51:59 Worldbuilding Basics 57:32 Worldbuilding in RPGs 01:04:35 Top-Down vs Bottom-Up 01:09:59 Designing Sirrangia 01:14:06 Rules and Worldbuilding 01:18:47 Our Patreon Polls 01:23:53 Surviving Strangehollow 01:25:15 Shout-Outs 01:29:42 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.

  8. 8. Juli

    Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster with Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish!

    Episode 299 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster with Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish! Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish joins Shawn to discuss his latest book providing GM advice! News: D&D Fan Expo Canceled, 2026 ENnie Nominees, July D&D Drops, and more! Contents 00:00 Mike Shea AKA Sly Flourish! 05:32 Reuse Our Old Ideas? 10:34 Who Would You Hire? 16:43 Which Idea? 23:30 D&D Fan Expo London Canceled 27:03 July D&D Beyond Drops 39:34 Demiplane and Roll20 Hiring 43:10 2026 ENnie Nominees 47:14 Another Stab at Making Enemies 48:02 A Nightmare Adventure 50:38 Welcome Mike Shea 1:02:03 Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster on Kickstarter 1:02:42 What Does Lazy Mean? 1:06:43 Discrepancy at the Table 1:09:25 Why This Book Now? 1:10:36 8 Steps for Gameplay 1:14:05 Steps in Non-D&D RPGs 1:23:05 Importance of Randomness 1:29:48 Find the Kickstarter 1:30:09 Shout-Outs 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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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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