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Kill Every Monster

Kill Every Monster is an award-winning Dungeons and Dragons podcast about every monster in the manual. Co-hosts Dylan and Aram are joined by a guest for a DM-deep-dive into a classic D&D monster. The first part is a discussion, and the second is a one-shot actual play where our guest takes on the role of the monster. Dungeons & Dragons is many things to many people, but at its heart lies a system that rewards players for killing monsters. In each episode we ask three central questions: What is this creature? Are they really a monster? How would you change them in Dungeons and Dragons? Each episode of Kill Every Monster is a contained story, so you never have to worry about being caught up or listening out of order. Pick any monster you like and dive right in! The show is free and available anywhere you get your podcasts. We are supported by listeners like you via Patreon where you can get ad-free versions of each episode a week early, and Patreon-exclusive bonus episodes like our DM Notes and and Cutting Room Floor series.

Copyright: © Dead Ghost Productions, LLC

Latest Episodes:

Season 3 Mailbag Dec 18, 2023

Show notes

Dylan and Aram answer your questions about season 3 of Kill Every Monster.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

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Does It Murder? Season 3 Dec 04, 2023

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As is our tradition with each batch of creatures, Dylan and Aram run through all the monsters from season 3 and debate if they would do a murder.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

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Dinosaurs Nov 21, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Trevor Valle⁠.

Trevor is a part-time field paleontologist who specializes in the recovery and preparation of fossils, and making sure construction crews don't accidentally dig up mammoths. You might have seen him on the History Channel, or maybe on NatGeo digging up mammoths in Siberia, or a bunch of other shows talking about dead stuff and different catastrophic ways the world can end. He is a cast member of Negative2Charisma's “A Sinner's Dream”, the paleontology consultant and dinosaur creator for the new primeval D&D 5E campaign setting Planegea from Atlas Games, and the Creative Director of the upcoming Official D&D Hockey Jersey line from GeekyJerseys. He can be found on Twitter @tattoosandbones.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

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Mephit Oct 29, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Juni Ruiz⁠.

Juni is a Pro GM, content creator, and very nerdy dad. When he's not running after his adorable toddler or co-hosting ⁠Warlocks & Waffles⁠, the *only* 8 a.m. TTRPG morning show, he brings characters to life on TTRPG streams and podcasts. Inexplicably, he still finds time to watch too much anime and keep up with his other favorite fandoms/hobbies, such as Pokemon, Power Rangers, more anime, and board games.

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

COMMUNITY

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People Oct 09, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Haley Whipjack⁠ and ⁠Gus Rachels⁠.

Haley Whipjack is an educator, podcaster, and passionate fan of making fun things. They are a cohost, GM, and player on TTRPG actual play podcast ⁠Unprepared Casters⁠, while also pursuing personal creative projects on her TikTok and YouTube channels.

Gus Rachels is a multidisciplinary artist with a fascination for games and game design. He is a co-founder of the TTRPG actual play podcast Unprepared Casters, a motion designer, a rock musician, an occasional Twitch streamer, and a proud cat dad.

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

COMMUNITY

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Welcome to Replay and DIE RPG Sep 24, 2023

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Twenty years ago, we played a game. We recorded that game and shared it over the airwaves of our high school radio station, WKEY AM 1360.

People listened. So did other things.

Twenty years later, we were invited to play a live reunion show for the hardcore fans. Little did we know, this time the game was real.

Dead Ghost Productions is an award-winning podcasting collective for storytellers. Dead Ghost is focused on telling immersive stories while uplifting queer and PoC voices.

Currently part of the Dead Ghost network are the award-winning podcasts ⁠Godsfall⁠, ⁠Kill Every Monster⁠, ⁠Podspeak⁠, and ⁠Of Now and Then⁠.

Find out more and listen to the full episode of Replay at ⁠deadghostpro.com

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Modron Sep 18, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Jeff Stormer⁠.

Jeff is an award-winning podcaster and game designer living in Philadelphia, PA. His podcasting experience began in 2015 with ⁠Party of One⁠, a still-running TTRPG actual play podcast focused on two-player roleplaying experiences. He has additionally co-produced shows including ⁠All My Fantasy Children⁠ and Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, which won Best of the Best in Fiction Podcasting at the 2022 New Jersey Web Fest.

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

COMMUNITY

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Qilin Sep 03, 2023

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Monsters of the Multiverse describes Qilin as “noble, celestial creatures. In the Outer Planes, Qilin in service to benevolent deities take a direct role in the eternal struggle between good and evil. In the mortal world, Qilin are celebrated far and wide as harbingers of destiny, guardians of the sacred, and counterbalances to the forces of evil.

We are joined by ⁠Connie Chang⁠.

Connie is a queer and trans Chinese-American Game Master and Narrative Designer. They are the GM and Creative Producer for Transplanar RPG, an all-transgender, people of color-led dark fantasy TTRPG show set in an original, non-colonial, anti-orientalist multiverse. They are also the writer behind GODKILLER, an original holypunk duet Powered by the Apocalypse game for one player (the Godkiller), and one GM (God). Connie is passionate about threading queer drama with black-hearted apocalyptica and their own diasporic Chinese background.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Drift" by Scott Holmes
"Mangata" by Jon Luc Hefferman
"Brittle Rille" by Chris Zabriskie
"Out of the Skies Under the Earth" by Chris Zabriskie
"One Moment" by Borrtex
"Laburnum" by Kai Engel
"I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor" by Chris Zabriskie
"The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" by Chris Zabriskie
" Cylinder Two" by Chris Zabriskie

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Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Bonus - Planet Unicorn Jul 23, 2023

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Hey people, this is Aram.

I wanted to check in and update our listeners about what has been going on behind the scenes of Kill Every Monster. We are currently on our mid-season break and will be back in September with TTRPG designer Connie Chang and the chimerical Chinese creation known as a Qilin.

Patreon supporters will get an early preview of the Qilin episode next week.

Speaking of our amazing supporters, we were recently invited to be part of the Realm network and unfortunately part of that transition meant we had to cancel our Apple Podcasts Subscribers. If you listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, you will no longer have access to ad-free episodes and bonus content. If we cancel your subscription, you will get an automatic refund from Apple.

We are sorry for the hassle and very thankful for your support. We tried to find a way around this, but in the end there was no way to transfer the subscriptions over to Realm.

The good news is that we are gathering bonus content from all of our shows under one Patreon: Dead Ghost Productions. Current subscribers to Kill Every Monster do not have to do anything; you’ll just notice that the name of our Patreon has changed from Kill Every Monster to Dead Ghost productions. You’ll get all of the content we currently post, along with early, ad-free episodes from Of Now And Then and our upcoming DIE RPG campaign, “Replay.”

Dylan and I are excited and a tad overwhelmed by all of these changes, and we thank you for your continued support in making our stories possible. We’ll see you in September for the Qilin, and until then please enjoy this bonus mini-episode: Planet Unicorn.

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Tarrasque (Part 2) Jul 03, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Harli Kane⁠.

Harli—whose pronouns are she/they—is a performer, cosplayer, streamer, TTRPG aficionado, dungeon master, dice fairy, and Brandon Sanderson superfan. She's best known as Luos on The World's Guild, Kayori on Creative Crits, Nezetta on Worldbuilders, and Leo in various other one-shots and stories.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Epic Cinematic" by Scott Holmes
"Visum" by Kai Engel
"Seeker" by Kai Engel
"Griffinport" by Novak Cuic
"Low Horizon" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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