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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Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Episode 239 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Embarking on A Nautical Campaign !
Nautical campaigns offer exciting options different from other campaign types. Join us as we voyage into the strengths and challenges of these campaigns!
News: WotC’s Strong Q1, SRD 5.2 Review, Alliance Rejects Diamond, Best Campaign Setting, and more!
Contents
00:00 Play Every Day
03:03 Digital Response to Tariffs?
10:11 Changes for Exhausted Players?
19:12 Hasbro Q1 2025
23:04 How Big is D&D?
26:23 Hasbro and Tariffs
30:36 SRD 5.2 Released
35:36 SRD Localizations
38:50 Best Campaign Setting
40:39 Alliance Drops Diamond
42:45 Tariff Update
44:53 Andrew B on Writing Process
49:00 Fury of the Forsaken
49:51 Newbie DM's Iomandra
51:05 Embarking on a Nautical Campaign
53:38 Strengths of a Nautical Campaign
01:00:31 Campaign Differences
01:09:39 Challenges
01:15:29 Themes
01:18:05 Ship Combat
01:20:35 Shout-Outs
01:24:37 What Are We Gonna Do?
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