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**Dungeon Master of None**

A general interest podcast for fans of Dungeons and Dragons and RPGs

Latest Episodes:

Ep 59: Genre Talk and Goths who like Brown Jan 30, 2019

Show notes

DMs Matt and Rob answer your questions! Then, let us sit upon the ground. And tell sad stories of the death of genres.

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Aurra - A Little Love

Jeremiah Kane - The Future Past

Ep 58: Do we need a 6th edition? Jan 23, 2019

Show notes

DMs Matt and Rob tackle the ultimate question of life, the multiverse, and everything: should there be a new edition of D&D? Spoilers: we don't. But we will get one...eventually. Your DMs then speculate wildly about what might and should be changed.

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

David Bowie - Cat People (Put Out Fire)

BONUS: Listener Worldbuilding Jan 20, 2019

Show notes

As iron sharpens iron, so one worldbuilder sharpens another. Matt and Rob discuss your homebrew campaign settings and ideas in this special bonus episode! Thank you to everyone who sent us your work!

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock

Princes of the Universe - Queen

Ep 57: Worldbuilding 102 - Gods & Magic Jan 16, 2019

Show notes

The professors are in! It's an advanced worldbuilding class focusing on gods, faith, and magic systems.

Links: Brandon Sanderson's Laws of Magic

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

Gillian Welch - Old Time Religion

Ep 56: Dice Farce Jan 09, 2019

Show notes

Happy New Year! After alienating every listener from the UK, your DMs of None answer some unwanted advice and then use real historical artifacts to build new magic (and mundane!) items for your campaigns.

Image Gallery

Historical Magic Items 2: The Dragon's Maw, the Cyrosiphon, and the Mirror of the Exalted Ancestor

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, and Ty Dolla $ign - Shell Shock

Nicki Manaj and Eminem - Roman's Revenge

Ep 55: The Old School with Special Guest Andy Jan 02, 2019

Show notes

Happy new year! Welcome to a brand new episode of Dungeon Master of None on Old School Rules and mega-dungeons with special guest Andy.

[00:19:20] What is OSR? Andy discusses what types of campaigns and players work best with Old School Rules.

[00:49:00] The art of the mega-dungeon design. Plus, Andy gives his trademarked 1d4 rules for creating a mega-dungeon.

[01:04:45] Matt and Andy riff up some sweet mega-dungeon concepts for you to steal.

[01:10:20] How to raise money for charity at your convention games.

Links:

Goblinoid Games' free Labyrinth Lord rules

Labyrinth Lord rules for purchase

Give to the Houston Food Bank

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

Gravitas - Little People

Old School - 2Pac

Christmas in Hollis - Run-DMC

Texas - Fat Tony

Ep 54: Strongholds and Footnotes Dec 26, 2018

Show notes

It's your mega-episode for the holidays! DMs Rob and Matt review two successful kickstarters that are now available for public purchase: Savage Worlds Adventure Edition [00:11:05] and Strongholds and Followers [00:44:00]. Then, on to your DM questions and letters [01:20:00]!

Gerard asks, "Will I destroy my game giving my players opposing goals?" [01:21:10]

Scott says, "Quidditch is trash." [01:25:45]

Ryan asks, "What are quick tips for creating interesting NPCs and setting their CR?" [01:26:05]

Recommendations:

Strongholds & Followers, MCDM

Running the Game, Matt Colville

Savage Worlds Adventure Edition, PEG Press

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Sweetback's Theme - Earth, Wind & Fire

Seein' Red - Unwritten Law

Power - Kanye West

Marathon - Rush

Ep 53: Hobbit Phrenology Dec 19, 2018

Show notes

DMs Matt and Rob sit down for a deep dive into Tolkien, race, drow, Game of Thrones, and Euro-centric campaign worlds. Listen to a discussion of how to think critically about ideas of race in fantasy RPGs. We hope you will leave with some ideas about to tell anti-racist stories in our games.

You can do your DM of None homework by reading Paul Sturtevant's article on the Public Medievalist, "Race: the Original Sin of the Fantasy Genre."

Recommendations:

Saladin Ahmed - Throne of the Crescent Moon

N. K. Jemisin - The Broken Earth Series

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

Fantastic Man - William Onyeabor

Ep 52: You are a Pirate! Dec 13, 2018

Show notes

WARNING: Spoilers for Skulls & Shackles begin at 37:30!

Have your players ever wanted to acquire a ship? Pirates are the murder-hobos of the sea, so let them!

DMs Rob and Matt discuss how to plan open-ended nautical adventures for your players. Stick around for a review of Skull & Shackles, one of the best pirate modules ever published!

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

Black Is the Color - Lucette

Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid - Luigi Boccherini

You are a Pirate - Lazy Town

Ep. 51: Worldbuilding 101 Dec 05, 2018

Show notes

DMs Matt and Rob cover the essentials of building your own world for RPG campaigns: scale, theme, and conflict!

If you want to join us on this worldbuilding epic quest, then join us on twitter. Let's all build new campaign worlds together!

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div

Drunk as Dragons - The Woodbox Gang