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Mastering Dungeons Mastering Dungeons
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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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Planescape’s 5E Adventure – Casino and Outlands (MD 167)
Episode 167 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Turn of Fortune’s Wheel: Casino and Outlands!
Casino games are more fun when player goals align. This and the villain present challenges for the DM, if not the players. We venture into the Outlands and experience a castle out of a Miyazaki film.
News: D&D Move Sequel, Peril Design, Gygax Shoes, PAX U Events, and more!
Contents00:00 Holiday System Shock02:32 Is Death the End?16:50 Peril Design?32:27 D&D PAXU Events37:29 Heroes’ Feast Adventure39:57 New Deck Date40:39 Playtest Packet 842:53 D&D Movie Sequel?44:49 Enchanting Emporiums46:19 Gygax Shoes47:01 Scale Tail & Claw47:26 Stormlight RPG Team49:08 Fortune’s Wheel50:02 Our Story So Far50:48 Chapter 3 Casino53:29 Games vs Goals59:30 Meeting Shemeska1:03:21 Levels and Story1:10:13 Into the Outlands1:13:49 Walking Castle1:18:13 Mosaic Mimir Quest1:28:09 Closing Thoughts1:29:55 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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/). -
Planescape’s 5E Adventure – Turn of Fortune’s Wheel (Mastering Dungeons 166)
Episode 166 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Turn of Fortune’s Wheel!
A tale of two chapters! A spoiler-filled discussion reviews the key twists to the adventure and finds a great disparity between the play experience in the first two chapters!
News: Free D&D for Teachers, Maps Adds Features, Running Towns, and more!
Contents00:00 No Grandparents Harmed02:26 Black Friday Deals?05:24 Monstrous PC?15:20 Multiple DMs?20:18 D&D Maps Adds Features22:43 Free Adventure for Teachers29:17 Harmless Denizens31:05 Running Towns33:38 Fernbloom's Guide34:46 Amazing Encounters & Locations35:46 Turn of Fortune’s Wheel42:43 Glitch PCs44:42 Introducing Incarnations54:26 Our Glitch Ideas1:00:29 Mortuary Start1:11:50 Explore Sigil’s Railroad1:18:34 Suggestions 1:20:05 Farrow and Undercity1:24:54 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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/). -
Planescape’s Monsters – Morte’s Planar Parade (Mastering Dungeons 165)
Episode 165 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Monsters in Morte’s Planar Parade!
We take a look at Planescape’s monster book. We get traits to add to monsters, faction agents, and creatures from across the planes. Hear what we like and what we would change.
News: Free Inspiration Deck, VTT at PAXU, GameHole Panels, and more!
Contents00:00 Explore the Space01:34 Unsafe Gate Towns?08:34 Best Planar Adventures?14:13 Free Inspiration Deck Handout18:28 D&D VTT at PAXU20:57 2 GameHole Panels23:29 Simple Reputation System26:31 Seeker’s Guide to Enchanting Emporiums28:00 Free Sigil 2E Locations29:01 AL Planescape 31:08 Morte’s Planar Parade32:01 Introduction37:00 Included CRs39:12 Petitioners47:54 Planar Influences50:07 Monster Traits58:27 Encounter Tables1:04:49 Notable Monsters1:08:25 Faction Agents1:12:13 Final Verdict1:15:49 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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/). -
Planescape 5E – The Outlands of Sigil! (Mastering Dungeons 164)
Episode 164 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: The Outlands!
Outside of Sigil are the Outlands, marked by fantastic and intense gate towns reflecting the plane beyond. Find out why we would change these up and how!
News: D&D TV Launches, Chains of Asmoeus, Biggest Crowdfunders, and more!
Contents00:00 Scary Candy01:58 Span the Ages?07:23 Reduce HPs?14:01 Session Length?21:13 Buck Stops Here?29:08 FAST D&D Adventures31:43 Autism and Many Things34:16 B&G Encounter Cards35:42 Chains of Asmodeus40:38 Planar Adventures Blogs41:52 Top Crowdfunders46:39 Forge of Foes Available48:44 Planescape – The Outlands52:45 Cosmic Realignment1:00:49 Outland Characteristics1:06:17 Gate Towns and Automata1:07:54 Bedlam1:08:30 Is It Too Much1:16:38 Faunel Post-Realignment1:18:05 Fortitude and other Gate Towns1:23:00 Other Realms1:25:44 This Book Overall1:28:07 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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/). -
Planescape 5E – Sigil’s Factions and Wards! (Mastering Dungeons 163)
Episode 163 of Mastering Dungeons!
This week's main topic: Planescape: Sigil’s Factions and Wards!
The City of Sigil’s factions can be hard to grasp, but they play a critical role and shape the city itself, turning the city’s neighborhoods into reflections of their philosophies.
News: WotC Recalls Many Things, Rough Hasbro Q3, D&D Anthology, and more!
Contents00:00 Back from GameHole!03:28 Social System?11:42 Skill List Creativity?20:14 Slipcase Format?26:24 WotC Recalls Many Things29:43 Rough Hasbro Q3 36:00 D&D Anthology Glimpses43:46 AL Update45:08 Sigil’s Factions and Wards47:00 Role Factions Play1:01:56 Ascendant Factions1:12:09 Minor Factions1:14:22 City Wards1:19:06 Adventures in Sigil1:24:19 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. -
Live at Gamehole 2023! Pronouncing Sigil, Setting Products, D&D Digital Releases
Episode 162 of Mastering Dungeons!
This week's main topic: Live at Gamehole 2023 – Setting Products!
We discuss settings with our live audience! What do you want from a setting? Paper or digital? And is it Sigil or Sijil?
Contents00:00 Live at GameHole!00:47 Sigil or Sijil?05:09 What Do We Want from Settings?06:23 Adventure Atlas: the Mortuary10:20 Another Mortuary?13:11 Audience Interest14:24 Purchase Planescape?15:02 Planebreaker Compatibility16:38 Shifting RPGs18:27 Books vs Small Supplements20:11 Tools We Use21:12 Rereleasing Settings23:32 Digital Format31:25 Ideal Setting Product33:42 Included Adventure?34:36 Ratio of Player Content37:58 Player Guides44:15 Production Challenges49:57 Setting Breadth?Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
Customer Reviews
Happy to Listen
The hosts are informative, well-researched and consistent. In a world where any dice-roller kissing a microphone can make a podcast, I look forward to the dialog of these multi-classed creatives (they are accomplished writers, players AND DMs) who pleasurably roll around in the nuts-and-bolts drawer of DND whilst maintaining focused banter. (Dear Shawn, please remember: You hold vigil in Sigil as we wriggle and giggle.😂❤️)
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Shawn and Teos are knowledgeable and funny, and they cover thoughtful topics of interest to anyone in the tabletop roleplaying game world.
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I love listening to Mastering Dungeons; Teos and Shawn have a lot of insight into game design and the RPG industry which is valuable to me. They have a very “been there, done that” view which is a great counterbalance to the overreactions of Twitter and the clickbait of Youtube.
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