
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 Mar 19, 2025
Let’s Build Encounters! (MD 233)
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Episode 233 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Let’s Build Encounters!
We build encounters based on goblin and pirate monster groups as found in the revised Monster Manual. See our process for creating fun and engaging encounters!
News: Electric State on Netflix, SVP Leaves WotC, Origins Award Finalists, and more!
Contents
00:00:00 Duke Ranks Higher Than Our Show
00:01:17 D&D at ECCC
00:05:52 D&D vs PBtA Story Loop
00:14:55 Removing D&D Subclasses?
00:17:40 Favorite Settings or Genres?
00:22:00 Digital and Licensing SVP Departs WotC
00:24:38 Electric State on Netflix
00:26:14 LoG Battle of Emridy Meadows
00:29:25 Origins Award Finalists
00:31:03 Running D&D for Kids
00:32:33 Florida Judge Cites D&D Not Making Him Satanic
00:33:57 Shadowdark Western Reaches
00:37:52 Jeff Stevens Villains & Lairs
00:38:30 LATAM RPG Jam
00:39:32 Let's Build Encounters
00:40:30 What's Our Process?
00:42:47 When Do We Care About Math?
00:46:07 Adventure Rhythm
00:48:15 What Makes an Encounter Fun?
00:55:19 What Is Our Story?
00:58:13 Let's Build a Goblin Encounter!
01:12:13 Let's Build a Pirate Encounter!
01:21:28 Rewards
01:23:52 Shout-Outs
01:27:07 What Are We Gonna Do?
Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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