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!
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Lesson # 7 Agenda
-Economics! There are only so many actions you can make in one turn. Matt and Josh discuss each player character and creature's action economy.
- Ever needed clarification on what you can do with a bonus action or reaction? Matt and Josh answer that question and many more.
-This is the first time (and probably not the last time) Matt discusses why he hates the "Hide" action in 5e.
-Exit Ticket: Gold Star. Our hosts award a gold star to Frances S (twitter handle: @highlandl4ss). She is a librarian and has run a D&D club at school for 15 years. She is textbook ballersauce.
-Spend those tickets wisely!
Lesson # 6 Agenda
-After an intense fifth lesson, Josh and Matt have a fun and light discussion on the different dice and their functions in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.
-Matt has dumb but clever(?) names to help students find their dice more easily.
-There are a lot of bad jokes and puns. Things fly off the rails a bit. Josh sometimes yells into the microphone. It is all in good fun though.
-Exit Ticket: Gold Star. Our hosts award a gold star to Michael Mordor, fantasy miniature figurine artist.
Lesson # 5 Agenda
-Josh and Matt discuss their most important topic to date: how to prepare for your first day of running Dungeons & Dragons at school.
-They go over eight steps to follow to help increase your likelihood of success on that first day.Hint: These tips can also help new DMs or DMs introducing new players to the game.
-Exit Ticket: Is the Bag of Holding a good item for your classroom or club campaign?
-What is the Bag of Molding?
-Remember: You can do anything with a D20.
Lesson # 4 Agenda
-Josh and Matt discuss how begging, borrowing, and stealing (with permission) campaign ideas will help teacher DMs survive in the classroom setting. Note: These are helpful for any new DM!
-They talk about excellent sources of free and purchasable campaigns and D&D modules available to DMs.
-Exit Ticket: Matt passes back papers and the hosts award a gold star to The Raging Swan Press and their contributions to the gaming community.
Note: At the time of recording, the module Mines of Madness was a free downloadable dungeon crawl on dmsguild.com . It has since been removed. It may still be possible to find to find it online from unofficial sources. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Lesson # 3 Agenda -Josh and Matt discuss the benefits of using pre-generated character sheets for D&D in the classroom or club setting. -They discuss the best starting classes for new players. -They introduce helpful online resources to obtain pre-generated character sheets. -Exit Ticket: Is the cloak of Arachnida an effective item for your classroom D&D campaign? -This episode introduces what will probably (and sadly) be the reoccurring character, the Dutch-German boy.
Lesson # 2 - Lesson Plan
-Josh and Matt discuss their top 5 (maybe more?) materials needed to run Dungeons and Dragons with students at school.
-Exit Ticket: Is the Wand of Wonder a good item for your school campaign?
-Matt really loves deals on folders.
-This begins a trend of really bad puns.
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Welcome to Detentions and Dragons, a podcast dedicated to introducing Dungeons and Dragons into the classroom experience!
Matt and Josh are highly educated and experienced American public school teachers who want to help provide tips and techniques to effectively run Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition with students.
They are also confidant that new players, new dungeon masters, and fans of Dungeons and Dragons may enjoy this as well.
Lesson # 1 Agenda
-Josh and Matt discuss the importance of developing a D&D "syllabus."
-Josh and Matt talk about their most important philosophy for running a D&D campaign.
-Pepperidge Farm remembers....
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