Stay ConnectedWelcome to Detentions and Dragons, a podcast dedicated to introducing Dungeons and Dragons into the classroom experience!
Not a teacher? Don’t worry! Hosts Josh and Matt are confident that new players, new Dungeon Masters, and fans of Dungeons and Dragons will find this enjoyable and informative as well!
Podcast updates biweekly weekly. We are off during the summer!
Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network!!
Lesson # 17 Agenda
To celebrate the holiday, Matt gives Josh the present he wants most: a chance to talk about fun stories from his D&D games. Listen as Josh and Matt ramble on and embellish their fun stories and inside jokes from their personal campaigns around the fireplace!
Music: Brother Christmas by Lemon Yellow Hayes (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lemon_Yellow_Hayes/)
Fireplace Sound Effects: hansende (https://freesound.org/people/hansende/sounds/263994/)
Happy Holidays!! And thank you for all of your support throughout the year!
I need you to roll a...gingerbread check??! In this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss holiday world building tips and some recommendations regarding how to engage your students or players in the fantasy holiday setting.
Important Update: Dice Drive. When you buy a set of dice from http://tabletoploot.com/ from Dec. 14th - Dec 26th 2017, they will donate two sets to a school group. Ultra rad.
Smeagle Bobson returns.
Weaselmas I guess could be a thing now.
Lesson # 15 Agenda
Boot up your flux capacitors, grab a snack, and head into the past with Josh and Matt. In this previously unreleased lesson, Josh and Matt meet to record their pilot episode of Detentions and Dragons. The theme: their top 5 tips for running at D&D game at school.
Proto-Item Review: Matt and Josh review a few different items. Some pretty boring. Some pretty awesome!
Thanks again for joining us on this trip down memory lane!
Lesson # 14 Agenda
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JK! In this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss techniques to encourage participation in your classroom or traditional D&D game. Again, it is hard to believe people wouldn't want to try, but it happens!
Exit Ticket: Gold Star Winner - DM and Blogger @grand_dm. This person has been DMing for three decades and is filled with boundless knowledge to improve your game!
Thanks for subscribing and the awesome iTunes reviews!
Lesson # 13 Agenda
Josh and Matt discuss the pros (there are a lot) and cons (just a few) of the new D&D 5E resource book.
Exit Ticket: Gold Star Winner - R.N.W for her awesome papercraft manipulatives for D&D. Adds a fun tangible dimension to any D&D game.
Thanks for subscribing and the awesome iTunes reviews!
Lesson # 12 Agenda
Do you think D&D in the classroom is impossible? Well in this episode, Josh talks about how he makes the impossible possible through a modified D&D 5E system called Havoc. Matt is there too to ask questions.
Josh discusses how his students develop important social, cognitive, and creativity skills through yearlong classroom collaborative story telling.
Exit Ticket: Gold Star Winner - Matt and Josh give Will and Brian of The Dungeoncast Podcast a gold star. The Dungeoncast is like the Magic School Bus of D&D Podcasts, except more extreme. Check them out!
Lesson # 11 Agenda
-Loot. Is it pretend fantasy treasure? Yes. Do we still want it? You better believe it! In this episode, Josh and Matt discuss the gold and magic items players yearn for.
-Matt and Josh discuss their philosophies behind loot distribution, including how loot can help provide player/student agency in your campaign.
-Smeagle Bobson learns how to use a loot table.
-Exit Ticket: Gold Star Winner - Polymorph Crafts. These artisans are providing D&D organizational supplies unlike anything the world has seen. Super rad. Check them out. Support the tabletop community!
-Recompense is a word.
Lesson # 10 Agenda
-Back to Basics! Matt and Josh discuss the basics components and elements of battle in a Dungeons and Dragons 5e campaign.
-Need to know about AC, attack rolls, and death saving throws? Josh and Matt review all of the mainstays of battle
-Exit Ticket: Item Review. Matt and Josh discuss the Robe of Useful Items. It is kind of like the junk drawer in your kitchen. But you wear it. And sometimes it has a dog or a rowboat in it.
-Thanks again for listening and subscribing to the Car Talk Guys of Dungeons and Dragons. :-)
Lesson # 9 Agenda
-It is Halloween time so let's get spooky! Matt and Josh discuss tips on how to make your campaign a little spookier.
-Spooky creatures, spooky narrative, spooky plot hooks. All the recommendations to make D&D spooky!
-Exit Ticket: Item Review. Matt and Josh discuss the Bag of Devouring. It is like the Bag of Holding. Except.... it will try to eat you.
Happy Halloween!
Lesson # 8 Agenda
-Matt and Josh discuss some of the most useful Dungeons and Dragons vocabulary. Do they slay it? YASSSSSSSSS. (sorry not sorry about the annoying use of slang tbh)
-Matt has a new passion and obsession: he wants him and Josh to become the Car Talk guys of Dungeons and Dragons.
-Exit Ticket: New Hires. Our hosts welcome @heartless_pe to the international community of teacher DMs. You and your colleagues are going to be great!
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