Episode 257 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Draw Steel Character Generation!
Shawn and Teos discuss character generation approaches, then plunge into Draw Steel’s first character generation steps!
News: Wizards CEO on Franchises, AI, and Video Games. Starter Set Previews, Kobold Press on Multiple RPGs, and more!
Contents
00:00 One of Us is Rested
02:32 Daggerheart Simplicity Redux
10:19 Rules-Lite Spellcasting?
19:19 John Hight on Franchises and Video Games
26:19 Hight on AI
30:38 Hight on MMOs
34:16 Starter Set Previews
39:08 Dark Sun on Tabletop Journeys
39:44 Apocalypse World Burned Over
40:45 Kobold Press Unprecedented Times?
48:04 Aetherial Expanse Drowned God
48:39 Surviving Strangehollow on GameFound
50:53 Draw Steel Character Creation
51:15 CharGen in General
01:05:31 Draw Steel General Guidance
01:09:43 Step 1, Think
01:16:15 Step 2, Ancestry
01:22:27 Shout-Outs
01:27:02 What Are We Gonna Do?
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Treantmonk and Mike Balles! (MD 256)
Episode 256 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Mike Balles and Spanish Language RPGs!
Mike Balles and Teos examine the state of Spanish-language play and support across companies, conventions, and creator spaces. Mike shares the programs he is involved in and how you can support those efforts!
News: Treantmonk on UAs! Acq Inc Switches to Daggerheart, Stranger Things at Target, and more!
Contents
00:00 Chris Honkala aka Treantmonk!
01:16 Premiere Organizers
02:05 Pick One RPG?
03:47 Daggerheart Too Simple?
07:23 Acq Inc Rewrites Reality to Daggerheart
09:51 Stranger Things Target Exclusive
13:20 Chris' Origin Story
16:11 Chris on WotC UAs
31:09 Should WotC Respond to Fans?
38:55 5E Subclass Design
42:52 Analyzing the Apocalyptic UA
56:42 Survey is Live
58:26 Find Chris!
59:00 What Are We Gonna Do?
59:38 Mike Balles!
01:00:59 PAX Unplugged
01:02:21 Mike's Origin Story
01:08:48 Streaming and Wizards of the Coast
01:13:29 Improving Gen Con and PAX
01:21:57 San Diego Comic Con
01:24:33 Connecting Creators
01:27:18 Gamehole Con PoC Program
01:35:38 Localizations and Translations
01:50:37 Translated 5E Character Sheets
01:54:51 Exploring Regional Opportunities
01:59:33 Spanish Language Creators and Games
02:10:57 Support Latine Lounge
02:17:09 Find Mike and Claudia
02:19:29 What Are We Gonna Do?
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Draw Steel Negotiations and Montages! (MD 255)
Episode 255 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Draw Steel Negotiations and Montages!
Shawn and Teos discuss how the new Draw Steel RPG’s systems for montages and negotiations felt during their recent game, reviewing the lofty goals and interesting design.
News: Is Dark Sun Coming? Critical Role Chooses D&D West Marches, Shadowdark Org Play, Why Crawford and Perkins Joined CR, and more!
Contents
00:00 Teos at PAX West
02:28 Dan Ayoub Confidence in 2024?
12:03 Insight Check as Lie Detector?
22:36 Unearthed Arcana - Dark Sun?
25:59 CR Chooses 5E West Marches
33:00 Crawford and Perkins' Motives
39:41 Shadowdark Org Play
41:01 Draw Steel Summoner Playtest
42:01 Free Draw Steel Minis
42:22 Pirate Borg Localizations
44:10 Exodus RPG Encyclopedia
45:17 ARPIA Award Finalists
46:21 Grim Hollow Transformed on D&D Beyond
48:30 Negotiations and Montages
51:19 Montage Rules
54:05 Negotiation Rules
56:43 Larger Gameplay Concepts
01:07:23 Our Play Experience
01:18:39 Montage Outcomes
01:26:17 Negotiations in Our Game
01:34:59 Considering Alternate Systems
01:40:57 Shout-Outs
01:44:54 What Are We Gonna Do?
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Draw Steel at Level 1! (MD 254)
Episode 254 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Draw Steel RPG at Level 1!
Shawn and Teos play Draw Steel on the D20 Play channel. We discuss how the game plays at level 1, including the goals of the RPG and how well they worked. We also discuss how it felt to play a Talent (psion) and Troubadour.
News: D&D in the Heart of London, D&D at the Ballpark, Starter Set Delays, and more!
Contents
00:00 Beloved Corrections
04:36 Future of Organized Play?
18:35 Wild West Campaign?
21:43 Is Complexity Good?
27:03 How to Hook Friends and Family on D&D
39:41 Starter Set Delayed in EU and UK
41:05 Baseball and D&D
43:22 D&D in London
44:36 Legends of Greyhawk Videos
45:50 Cosmere Print Date
46:18 Battlezoo Secret Tomes
47:07 Surviving Strangehollow on Gamefound
48:09 Aetherial Expanse: Dreasm of the Drowned God
49:25 Draw Steel at Level 1
50:42 We Love Games!
53:33 Tactical Heroic Cinematic Fantasy
56:28 Tactical and Heroic Play
59:51 Cinematic Play
01:03:09 Talent at Level 1
01:09:00 Troubador at Level 1
01:15:56 Complexity
01:23:03 Monsters in Draw Steel
01:28:51 Designed to Make Players Into DMs
01:31:57 Shout-Outs
01:35:08 What Are We Gonna Do?
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How to DM Parenting with Shelly Mazzanoble! (MD 253)
Episode 253 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: How to DM Parenting with Shelly Mazzanoble!
D&D’s Shelly Mazzanoble joins us to discuss her new book: How to Dungeon Master Parenting! This hilarious and insightful book offers a lot for DMs and parents. We discuss how the two compare and Shelly’s storied past where she has worked to promote women in D&D and D&D’s philanthropic efforts.
News: Japan’s D&D Initiative, Diablo RPG, Tropes that Ruin RPGs, and more!
Contents
00:00 We're 159!
03:18 Is D&D Scrutiny New?
07:55 RPGS Cannibalizing Each Other?
14:48 If We Knew 1 Spell?
18:28 Criminally Overlooked Game Design?
26:14 D&D in Japan
28:04 New Fallbacks Novel
29:27 5 Tropes Ruin D&D
33:36 Stranger Things Minis
35:11 Metaphor vs Mechanics
39:00 Diablo RPG
40:21 Shelly Mazzanoble
41:15 Shelly's Amazing D&D Contributions
43:45 Shelly's and Global Philanthropy
48:59 Women and New Players in D&D
57:37 How to DM Parenting
01:10:07 Child Stat Blocks
01:13:10 DM and Parenting Styles
01:21:06 Find Shelly and Her Book
01:24:24 Shout-outs
01:28:45 What Are We Gonna Do?
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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!