Dungeon Master of None

Latest Episodes:

303 - Daggerheart Playtest (Part 1) Mar 22, 2024

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DM "Dagger" Matt and DM "Heart" Rob are here to chat about the recently released playtest of Daggerheart, a fantasy TTRPG by Darrington Press and Critical Role.

Download the playtest materials here for free:

https://darringtonpress.com/daggerheart/

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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Blondie - Heart of Glass.

302 - Wandering Blades with Daniel Kwan Mar 15, 2024

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Matt and Rob are joined by Daniel Kwan of Asians Represent to talk about his TTRPG of lethal melodrama, Wandering Blades! We talk wuxia, TTRPG design, playtesting, mechanics, inspirations, and more!

Daniel's Patreon Daniel's Itch.io

301 - How to Learn a New RPG System Mar 08, 2024

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So you want to run an RPG. No, not the one you are running right now, but a different one. DMs Matt and Rob are here to talk through their method and tips for learning a new game system.

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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.

300 - Rascal Dot News Feb 29, 2024

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Matt and Rob sit down with Lin Codega and Rowan Zeoli of rascal.news, the new independent TTRPG news site that is rising, phoenix-like, from the ashes of, well, several other sites. We talk plans, the state of TTRPGs, the death of journalism, and more! In Search of a Hot Pink Bitch Named Breakfast

Harlem Hellfighters Never Die

299 - D&D on Death Row with Keri Blakinger Feb 16, 2024

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DMs Rob and Matt are joined by Keri Blakinger, investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times, to talk about her piece for New York Times Magazine, "The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row," which can be read for free at the Marshall Project, "When Wizards and Orcs Came to Death Row."

Links:

Keri Blakinger - The Marshall Project https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj

Keri Blakinger - Corrections in Ink: A Memoirhttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250272850/correctionsinink

Smriti Mundhra - I Am Ready, Warden at Big Sky Film Festival https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2024-view/i_am_ready_warden/

Books to Prisoners Programs https://prisonbookprogram.org/prisonbooknetwork/

Inside Books Project (Texas) https://insidebooksproject.org/

Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Lead Belly - The Gallis Pole.

298 - The Open Table Feb 09, 2024

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Special West Marches Correspondent Andy joins Matt and Rob to explain a wonderous campaign where all are welcome: The Open Table! Learn what an open table-style game is, why you might want to ditch your old dedicated story-driven campaigns, and how to prepare and GM an open table game. Plus, learn the Five "S"s of Open Tables: Setting, System, Scheduling, Starting, Stopping!

Links:

Andy - Tales of the Iron league https://ironleague.org/

Tales of the Iron League Discord https://discord.gg/xY8K7qS9

Ben Robbins - West Marches https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/

Kelsey Dionne - Shadowdark: The Cursed Scroll https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/products/cursed-scroll-zine-vol-1-diablerie-print

Trial of the Slime Lord https://jordanrudd.itch.io/trial-of-the-slime-lord

Inkwell Ideas - Hexographer https://store.inkwellideas.com/products/hexographer-hexographer-2-pro-version

OwlCon in Houston, Texas https://owlcon.com/

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TEASER: InDesigning RPGs Feb 03, 2024

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Matt and Rob talk about how to make role-playing adventures, player guides, and games look nice. Join us for a journey through design and layout tools from simple to complex.

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Links:

InDesign Template for 5e

DriveThruRPG - Stock Art

Open Access at The Met

297 - How to Run a One Shot Feb 02, 2024

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Matt and Rob talk about how to run a one shot! As it turns out, finishing a whole adventure in one sitting is a lot more complicated than it sounds.

Rat Queens They Want to Be Us Savage Worlds One Sheets Summer in December The Great Grav Train Robbery Bite Sized Dungeons

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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Hamilton - Aaron Burr, Sir Eminem - One Shot, Two Shot Ferran - One Shot

BONUS - Actual Prep: Thunder on the Steppe Jan 25, 2024

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Rob abuses his power to force the podcast audience to listen to him ramble about his unfinished campaign setting, Thunder on the Steppe! We talk through the idea behind the campaign, issues with getting it presentable, next steps and takeaways.

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Link to the Thunder on the Steppe Preview doc.

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Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Hu - Wolf Totem

296 - So You Want to be a Game Master? Jan 19, 2024

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Matt and Rob review So You Want to be a Game Master? by Justin Alexander (of thealexandrian.net), which is exactly what it says on the tin. We talk about Alexander's approach, what you'll find in the book, and what you can use in your games!

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Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice Duck Tales Theme Mission Impossible Theme Jefferson Starship - We Built This City