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.

Mastering Dungeons 160: Planescape 5E – Character Options!

Episode 160 of Mastering Dungeons! 
This week's main topic: Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse!
5E finally has Planescape! We take a look at Sigill and the Outlands, the first book introducing the setting and offering character options.
News: The End of Everything, D&D Adds Bastions, WotC Drops Penguin, and more!
Contents00:00 Alex Kammer!01:15 What is Gamehole Con?09:30 Our Gamehole Plans12:36 Introduce New RPG?23:10 Bastions and Cantrips35:12 End of Everything44:41 WotC Drops Penguin49:32 Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse51:09 Planescape History52:10 2024 Multiverse Focus53:50 Sigil and the Outlands55:12 Definitions and Truths1:08:04 Character Backgrounds1:12:52 Feats1:16:02 Spells1:20:15 Magic Items1:24:11 ClosingThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Mastering Dungeons 157: DM’s Workshop – Firearms, Plot Points, Initiative and Action Variants!

Episode 157 of Mastering Dungeons! 
This week's main topic: DMG Chapter 9 part 2: Firearms, Plot Points, Initiative and Action Variants!
The 2014 DMG provides many optional rules. Which ones would we use, and what should the 2024 DMG bring forward or change?
News: Latest Playtest Backtracks, Prison Wish Lists, D&D Upcoming Release News, and more!
Contents00:00 Chainsaw Runner02:59 What’s Up with Mounts?11:11 WotC Non-D&D?15:55 Slog Tactics?23:14 Daisy Goes Missing28:57 Perkins Secrets of DMing30:36 Roll20 Adding Dungeon Scrawl33:09 DM David Ranks Controversies 37:28 Acq Inc Murders Babies38:54 Thunder Road at Gamehole40:43 Festival of Tombs41:50 Bone Stone and Obsidian42:57 DMG Chapter 9 part 244:08 Firearms, Explosives and Alien Tech49:58 Plot Points56:00 Initiative Variants1:03:56 Action Options1:14:44 Injuries1:15:59 Morale1:18:50 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Mastering Dungeons - Adventure Environments!

Episode 144 of Mastering Dungeons! 
This week's main topic: The 2014 DMG Chapter 5 – Adventure Environments!Shawn and Teos revisit the 2014 5E DMG by following Chapter 5 and rolling up a random dungeon. Is the result satisfying or does it fall apart?
News: Reddit Woes, Renegade Oversteps, Freelancer Pay Survey, Gamehole Events, and more!
Contents00:00 Whole Enchilada02:11 Memorable Campaign?08:42 Swingy d20? 15:43 Dice Design?20:40 Shine as a Player?24:35 Favorite RPGs?25:54 Raiding Mechanics?27:27 Gamehole Events29:08 Reddit Woes24:38 Renegade Oversteps38:56 Freelancer Pay Surveys41:38 Aetherial Expanse42:48 DMG Adventure Environments44:52 Dungeons49:07 Let’s Roll55:55 Inhabitants58:33 Ecology1:02:15 Mapping a Dungeon1:06:55 Left Out1:12:35 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Mastering Dungeons - 5E Revisited - Equipment

Episode 113 of Mastering Dungeons! 
This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Equipment! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at the D&D Movie rescheduling, the first FR map, NFL player on the DMs Guild, and more! Listeners ask us about non-D&D RPGs and fulfilling campaigns.
News Segment and Listener Questions 00:00 Thank you02:00 Other RPGs? 09:00 Alex Kammer on Campaigns12:23 Movie Rescheduled13:40 Original FR Map16:18 Roll20 Looks Back19:20 Johnny Stanton22:52 Sandy Pug School24:21 Eternal Night
Main Segment: 
5E Revisited - Chapter 5: Equipment!We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold?
27:57 Why Equipment?38:25 Starting Equipment43:09 6E Options47:38 Living Accounting49:40 Wealth53:41 Armor and Weapons01:06:10 Adventuring Gear01:10:50 Lifestyle01:12:41 Shout-Outs
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Mastering Dungeons - 5E Revisited - Inspiration and Backgrounds

Episode 112 of Mastering Dungeons! 
This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Inspiration and Backgrounds! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at new D&D movie toys, D&D digital bundles, Flumph shirts, Dragonlance sneak peak, and more! Listeners ask us about Inspiration and One D&D's design audience.
News Segment and Listener Questions 00:00 MD Goes Indy!03:53 Inspiration Problem?07:18 Design for Players?14:06 Expert Survey Live17:25 New Digital Bundles22:50 Flumph Shirt!24:22 Dragonlance Preview25:50 Movie Toys28:37 Tabletop in Iran29:47 Dicebreaker Awards 
Main Segment: 
5E Revisited - Inspiration and Backgrounds!We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold?
31:52 Intro33:09 Inspiration57:10 Backgrounds1:10:40 Where to Find Us
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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.

Mastering Dungeons – Dark Fantasy and Horror Panel Gamehole Con

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Mastering Dungeons – LIVE at Gamehole Con!

With all the news coming out of everywhere, the Masters of Dungeons decided to discuss it in front of the audience at Gamehole Con! This Episode’s Links Wired Magazine on […]