Apr 13
Hello all, Michael here with what I hope is a first post of many focused, for a change, on the Player. The majority of the posts we have here and our podcasts are aimed at helping new DM’s become better or at least give them something to think about and/or steal for their own games. …
Apr 13
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:03 — 58.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Here is Episode 16 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. The big news this week is that one of frequent commentors and Twitter Followers; @vanRPL, has given us an intro upgrade! So, if …
Apr 10
Every player of DnD can relate a story of a perfectly planned combat action or skill check that has failed simply due to a bad roll of the dice. As GMs, you obviously experience this much more frequently as you have to roll for every monster, NPC, and opponent you put into the game. In …
Apr 06
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:50 — 53.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, So, here is Episode 13 of our DnDNext Playtest game. In this Episode the PC’s brave out into the Wastelands in an effort to reach the Old Stone Fort Tower. As I cover in my Intro; …
Apr 03
Ok, so you’ve decided to work a recurring enemy into your campaign. You’ve crated a great story to bring your players into contact with the enemy and you’ve prepared the combat encounters and dungeons for the future battles. But, with the endless resources and options available to you for character creation, where exactly do you …
Mar 30
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:12 — 60.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Here is Episode 15 of our Dungeon Talk Podcast. We kept to the segments again, but we added some special guests; Niko, who you may know as Grexil, and Jared, who played Wang for a few …
Mar 27
When planning a campaign, it is important to consider both the ultimate goal and how to get your players to that point. Every DnD adventure is different, but we can identify certain themes that repeat themselves. Usually games revolve around getting to a specific location, finding a specific item, or killing a specific person or …
Mar 24
A few days back, I had a half-formed idea. What if I bought a pack of MTG cards and used the cards in that pack as inspiration to design a session or start a new D&D campaign? I didn’t think it through very well but threw the idea out on Twitter to see if …
Mar 23
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:01 — 45.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Here is Episode 12 of our Made Men DnDnext actual play podcast. Had a return of a few technical glitches this episode. Lots of background noise and pops and clicks. Also, in two different places there …
Mar 22
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:19 — 59.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello all, Here is Episode 14 of Dugeon Talk. Evan and I are still experimenting with the format and in this Episode we tried out a more formalized format with specialized segments. We liked it a lot. Hope you …
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