355 episodes
Dungeon Master of None Robert Guthrie & Matt Drwenski
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4.4 • 136 Ratings
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A general interest podcast for fans of Dungeons and Dragons and RPGs
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306 - Brindlewood Bay
Brew your tea, pack your knitting needles, and put on your most comfortable jogging suit because DMs Matt and Rob are off to solve the coziest murder this side of Cape Cod!
Brindlewood Bay is a mystery RPG that combines the Golden Girls with Call of Cthulhu using an innovative set of mechanics to sidestep the frustration of running a whodunit. Then, head across the pond to gothic London for The Between, an anti-cozy game using the same "Carved From Brindlewood" mechanics.
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Links:
Brindlewood Bay: A Dark and Cozy Mystery Game by Jason Cordova
https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/brindlewood-bay.html
The Between: A Game of Monster Hunters in Victorian London
https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/the-between.html
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; John Addison - Murder, She Wrote Theme.
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PREVIEW - The Best Megadungeon and Hexcrawl
Here is a preview TWO of our subscriber episodes reviewing what could be the best published megadungeon and the best published hexcrawl. To listen to the full episodes subscribe below and check out these adventures for yourself.
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Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls by Michael Curtis
The Dark of Hot Springs Island by Jacob Hurst, Evan Peterson, Donnie Garcia, and Gabriel Hernandez -
305 - Disk Horse
DMs Matt and Rob wade into The Discourse discussing if “system matters” and “rules elide.”
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Links:
Fireside Chat for Chapter 2 of World Beyond Number - Dimension 20
Detours and Lies (1, probably) - “What Is A D&D Anyway? - Combat Orientation and Stoves” - The Daily Blade
Rules Elide - Jared.blot (Archived)
The Baker-Care Principle - Emily Care Boss
The Fruitful Void - Lumpley Games
Stance Theory - Socratic Design
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Bruce Springsteen - Pony Boy. -
BONUS - Game Design With Andy Pressman
Rob sits down with designer Andy Pressman to talk about, well, design, but also about games! The conversation ranges from Andy's active projects to onboarding players to mechanics to game jams and hacks and more.
Andy's Itch
Patchwork World
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304 - Daggerheart Playtest Part Two
Matt and Rob cover the REST of the Daggerheart playtest, including the GM section, adversaries, maps, worldbuilding, and the included starting adventure -- there's a lot going on here!
Download the playtest materials here for free:
https://darringtonpress.com/daggerheart/
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Luca Turilli - Demonheart
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303 - Daggerheart Playtest (Part 1)
DM "Dagger" Matt and DM "Heart" Rob are here to chat about the recently released playtest of Daggerheart, a fantasy TTRPG by Darrington Press and Critical Role.
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https://darringtonpress.com/daggerheart/
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Blondie - Heart of Glass.
Customer Reviews
Great and fun show with some mine flaws
I’ve really enjoyed this podcast over time. Matt and Rob have a lot of good advice and are smart enough to go outside of DnD lore to look for inspiration in their games. They explore genre and different game systems in depth and insightfully. They definitely seem to have a style and yours might not always agree with theirs, mine doesn’t frequently, but it’s still beneficial to hear the conversation, imho. I particularly have enjoyed their explorations of the origins/inspiration of different classes, and the problematic nature of some of those origins.
Two bits of things I’ve disliked over time:
1. The review episodes have devolved towards “10 ways WOTC could have formatted the book differently.” Instead of talking in depth about the content, I found the last few to spend a lot of time on small nitpicks about the book they disliked, like a particular piece of lore or some writing choice they made like notes from a fictional author. Personally, I want to hear about the DM content and if the subclasses/monsters/spells are interesting or ideas with them, and less about the layout of the book.
2. They very well may know this already and account for it, but - Matt interrupts Rob a lot. Noticeably so. Not on purpose I believe, he just has a thought he wants to share and starts talking over Rob. It’s been disappointing a few times when Rob was on a roll with something I found interesting only for Matt to cut him off and go in a different direction. This is a habit many people have and it can be tough to break, but for the sake of the show and good discussion I think Matt needs to work on it a bit.
Overall still a very fun show that I think you should definitely check out!!
No punches pulled!
These guys give a great “no holds barred” look at the rpg hobby. They’re smart and experienced, funny and extremely interesting
Great GM podcast (for any system)
Excellent podcast about TTRPG’s and GMing. Not all 5e content (which is a good thing!) but even when they’re on about something other then “your game” you can always take-away something useful or intriguing.
The hosts have good chemistry (will they? Won’t they!?) and feel like genuinely good guys. Give it a listen.