Best Matt Drwenski & Rob Guthrie Podcasts (2025)

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362 - Actual Prep: Sandbox 1:13:44

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2d ago1:13:44

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Matt and Rob do some campaign prep live, this time with a sandbox. We get a little weird with it and only make it about halfway, so stay tuned for part two! Past Actual Preps: The Best Starting Adventure (Part 1) The Best Starting Adventure (Part 2) Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www…

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UNLOCKED - Greyhawk Tuah 50:18

7d ago50:18

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Matt and Rob return to Greyhawk to talk about the setting guide included in the new 2024 DMG, discuss what's there, and what you can use for your games. Our discussion of the Greyhawk setting: https://dmofnone.libsyn.com/ep-80-greyhawk Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/D…

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361 - Letters from Orc City 1:06:51

15d ago1:06:51

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The savage cries of its defenders now silent and still as its ruin was overseen by the architect of its very destruction. A 16 HP Dragon - Sage LaTorra Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice.…

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TEASER - Someone in Camp Wishes to Speak With You 5:15

24d ago5:15

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Join Matt and Rob for an episode of actual design, where the GMs try to hash out a framework for encouraging interparty conversation and downtime interactions -- with as little input from you as possible. Want your players to argue? Build something? Make love? Fight? Let's see if we can't make that happen. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:…

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360 - Gary's Lament 59:29

25d ago59:29

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GenCon! Rebel Scum! WotC layoffs! Plus, DMs Rob and Matt give a gaming update. Then, a call to arms and to battle from Founding Father Gary E. Gygax of the upmost importance. Gamers rise up! Rebel Scum delisted by Roll20 & DriveThruRPG - Chase Carter, Rascal News Rebel Scum 2nd Edition Our reading today, comes from Dragon Magazine #65, from Septemb…

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359 - Pathfinder: Reign of Winter and Wrath of the Righteous 1:17:52

1M ago1:17:52

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Matt and Rob discuss Pathfinder Adventure Paths #67-78, Reign of Winter and Wrath of the Righteous! We are almost through 2014 folks! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice.…

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358 - Daggerheart GM Advice and Worldbuilding 1:14:49

1M ago1:14:49

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It's part 2 of our review of the final release of Daggerheart, covering the Game Master and campaign advice in the new system. DMs Rob and Matt review GM advice, GM moves, adversaries, environments, and the six campaign "frames" published as part of the system: the Witherwild, Five Banners Burning, Beast Feast, Age of Umbra, Motherboard, and Coloss…

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357 - What's in a Name? 58:58

1M ago58:58

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Matt and Rob talk about names! Generating lists, how to come up with interesting ones, how to use them in your games, some ideas for saving time, and more! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! 1994 Fighting Baseball Rosters htt…

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356 - Daggerheart 1:10:55

2M ago1:10:55

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The full and final release of Daggerheart, a new TTRPG System from Critical Role and Darrington Press, is here. DMs Rob and Matt review it's "fiction first" approach, good math, smooth design, effortless character creation, and still hefty bit of crunch. Is it the fabled 5e dragon slayer? Daggerheart SRD Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: h…

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TEASER - Lessons from Baldur's Gate 3, Act 1 5:25

2M ago5:25

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Matt and Rob talk through the masterfully designed first act of the critically acclaimed CRPG, Baldur's Gate 3. The DMs cover what you can learn, what you can steal, and what's not so easy to do in a video game that you can effortlessly do at your table. For the full episode, head to patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone !…

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355 - 5e Heartbreakers (Episode II: Attack of the Clones) 1:21:15

2M ago1:21:15

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Matt and Rob continue to talk about the even more of the 5e hacks/clones/heartbreakers published over the last year. This time we review Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and Tales of the Valiant in Part 2 of 5e Heartbreakers series. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/Dungeo…

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354 - 5e Heartbreakers 1:24:25

2M ago1:24:25

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Matt and Rob talk about the explosion of 5e hacks/clones/heartbreakers, including what's good, what's bad, and what's this all about? We talk about Nimble 5e and DC20 in this episode, but there's more to come! Fantasy Heartbreakers Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/Dunge…

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353 - Random Genre Worldbuilding 1:10:48

3M ago1:10:48

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Open your Cortex RPG books to page 128, and get ready to rock, roll, and worldbuild. DMs Rob and Matt follow take three random genres and attempt to mash them together into settings and campaigns that are ready to run as TTRPGs. The Genre Table: 1 Comedy 2 Dark Fantasy 3 Espionage 4 Giant Robots 5 High Fantasy 6 High School 7 Horror 8 Military 9 Po…

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TEASER - DM Clinic with Jess Parks 6:46

3M ago6:46

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Jess Parks of the actual play, I Seduce the Dragon, is back with a Dungeon Master pickle. The best way to work through planning an arc is often to talk through the situation with some other DMs. And that's what DMs Rob and Matt are here to do for DM Jess. To listen to full episode, sign up at https://patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone You can listen t…

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352 - DM Book Club: the Teixcalaan Series 1:15:29

3M ago1:15:29

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Matt and Rob discuss the works of Arkady Martine, particularly her Teixcalaan Duology, A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace. We're big fans, and these are great books to read for inspiration on worldbuilding, politics, intrigue, culture, language, and much more! Everyone's World is Ending All the Time Follow Dungeon Master of None o…

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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Regarding Spotify 2:19

3M ago2:19

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Spotify is removing some of our old episodes, but don't worry intrepid listener, you can still find them everywhere else. Pardon our dust while we work through the issue.

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351 - iHunt: Dollars and Draculas 1:05:39

3M ago1:05:39

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"The average American spends $10,345 a year on healthcare. That's two vampires." DMs Rob and Matt are joined by Olivia Hill of Machine Age Dreams to chat about the new pay-what-you-want quickstart iHunt: Dollars & Draculas. Gather your precariat crew and swipe through the apps because it's time to bring monster hunting in the gig economy to the mas…

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350 - Unbalanced Encounters! 1:06:31

3M ago1:06:31

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Matt and Rob talk with Patrick and Emily of Unbalanced Encounters! The DM quartet talks inspiration, running games, choosing your players, the state of actual play, choosing systems, and more! Unbalanced Encounters The Cunning Folk Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/Dunge…

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349 - Springtime for Dungeon Masters 1:10:58

4M ago1:10:58

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Letters! DMs Rob and Matt are here to answer your TTRPG questions and provide some wanted and unwanted advice for your game mastering. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice, The Avett Brothers - Te…

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BONUS - John Wick: Play Dirty (Part 2) 3:29

4M ago3:29

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Matt and Rob delve even deeper into the twisted mind of one John Wick (no, the other one). We invite you to imagine, if you will, a 35 year-old man winking and smirking at his 19 year-old female co-worker in the Neopets office... Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/Dungeon…

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348 - Solo TTRPGs: 1000y Vampire, Ironsworn, Captain's Log, Anamnesis 1:03:56

4M ago1:03:56

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DMs Rob and Matt are all by themselves! Get into to your gaming isolation tanks and get ready to play some great solo TTRPGs: Thousand Year Old Vampire Ironsworn Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log Anamnesis Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the …

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347 - Monster Manual 2025 59:08

4M ago59:08

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Matt and Rob complete the trifecta and review the final core rulebook of the 2024/2025 5e update: the Monster Manual! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

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346 - Project Sigil 1:14:47

5M ago1:14:47

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Wizards of the Coast finally realized its 3d virtual tabletop for 5.5e Dungeons and Dragons: Project Sigil. While DMs Rob and Matt agree it is technically 3d and virtual and a tabletop...is Project Sigil a good VTT? Also, are you Gleemaxing? Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon…

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345 - DMofNone x I Seduce the Dragon! 1:14:12

5M ago1:14:12

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Matt and Rob sit down with Jess, Cristina, and Ryan of I Seduce the Dragon to talk about D&D, actual plays, rockets, pornography, home games, dungeon mastering, and more! Thanks to the ISTD for coming on and talking with us! https://www.istdpod.com/ YouTube Patreon

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344 - Triangle Agency 1:02:46

5M ago1:02:46

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WARNING: The second half of this episode is for GENERAL MANAGERS ONLY. DMs Rob and Matt understand that your boss is a S.O.B. Triangle Agency is weird game (X-Files meets Severance meets 2025 capitalism). It is a great game. It may be one of the best designed TTRPGs we've ever read. Clock in. Save the world? Triangle Agency https://www.hauntedtable…

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343 - Crimson Skies! 1:13:34

5M ago1:13:34

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Matt regales Rob with tales from his favorite (now abandoned) setting: Crimson Skies! Flying aces take on sky pirates over the plains of a shattered America in a cool dieselpunk environment. We talk about what's cool, what you can take away, and how you might adapt Crimson Skies for a game of your own. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: htt…

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TEASER - Play Dirty (Part 1) 4:56

6M ago4:56

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Recorded this whole podcast in an hour. Cool down. Cool down. Rob and Matt suffer through one of the edgiest and worst books of Game Master ever published, John Wick's Play Dirty. Head over to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone) to hear the full episode!

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342 - Chases 1:03:38

6M ago1:03:38

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Matt and Rob talk about how to run chases -- whether it's pursuing a suspect through a crowded market, blazing down the highway in your cybercar, or weaving through asteroid canyons in your trusty starfighter, we've got you covered. Systems: D&D 4e/5e Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition Blades in the Dark Genesys Pathfinder 2e Call of Cthulhu 7e Night…

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341 - Zephyr 1:07:16

6M ago1:07:16

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Put on your scarves, cook some curry, and launch your wind gliders into the skies of Ophoi, because DMs Matt and Rob are reviewing Zephyr: An Anarchist Game of Fleeting Identities, a fascinating game that is radical different in its world-building, goals, and mechanics from most TTRPGs. Zephyr Rules Preview Zephyr Store at Araukana Media Follow Dun…

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340 - Frontiers of Eberron 1:08:39

6M ago1:08:39

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Matt and Rob strap on their spurs and ride off into the sunset with Keith Baker and the Eberron crew, reviewing Frontiers of Eberron, the latest (and maybe last?) Eberron splatbook for 5e. It's got a gazetteer, a starting town, an adventure, monstrous races, warforged cowboys, and more! Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone https://www.dmsguild.com/prod…

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339 - Metacurrencies 1:05:05

7M ago1:05:05

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What if a currency was meta? DMs Rob and Matt discuss the systems, strategies, tips, and tricks for deploying your TTRPG's bennies/fate/destiny/power/plot/hero points effectively. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac…

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338 - DMG 2024 (Part 2) 1:21:36

7M ago1:21:36

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Matt and Rob dig deeper into the 2024 edition of the Dungeon Master's Guide! Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord!

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337 - The 2025 Dungeon Master Gift Guide 58:46

7M ago58:46

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Or, anti-gift guide...look, we all, as game masters, get nice gifts from our players, but in this episode, we take a look at the mostly cheap stuff that is nice to buy for yourself. Join DMs Rob and Matt and head over to the art supply store, the craft store, the office store, and maybe, the game store for our first "shopping episode." Plus, a secr…

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TEASER - Secret Level: Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle 5:55

7M ago5:55

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Matt and Rob talk about the new Amazon Prime short film anthology, Secret Level, especially the episode about Dungeons and Dragons! It's got dragons, it's got paladins, it's got spells (it does NOT have dungeons) -- come find out how we managed to talk for an hour about a fifteen minute short. Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky: https://bsky…

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336 - Letters from the Infinite Tavern 1:07:41

7M ago1:07:41

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DMs Rob and Matt are here to wish you a happy holiday season and to answer your Dungeon Master and TTRPG questions and letters: how to start a campaign collaboratively, dealing with identity with games and SF&F, reading RPG books quickly, learning new systems. and a dozen or so ideas for weird space worlds! Then, Matt and Rob are invited to test ou…

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TEASER - Greyhawk Tuah 5:05

8M ago5:05

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Matt and Rob return to Greyhawk to talk about the setting guide included in the new 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide, discuss what's there, and what you can use for your games.

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335 - Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts 55:32

8M ago55:32

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John Harper is back in Doskvol with an expansion set of rules, lore, and systems for Blades in the Dark. DMs Matt and Rob discuss the great set of ideas for anyone who runs a Forged in the Dark game, or is just interested in good TTRPG design. Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts https://johnharper.itch.io/deep-cuts https://bladesinthedark.com/ Previous B…

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BONUS - GAMER ZONE: Pillars of Eternity 44:29

8M ago44:29

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Rob talks about Pillars of Eternity, one of the best CRPGs of the last twenty years, what's cool about it, what you can learn from it, and how to incorporate it into your games. https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice

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UNLOCKED - Worldbuilding Holidays 1:09:23

8M ago1:09:23

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Pack your bags and stuff your turkeys! Let's discuss building calendars and holidays for your campaigns and one-shots.

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334 - The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide 1:16:13

8M ago1:16:13

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DMs Rob and Matt are back to discuss the good, the bad, and baffling of the new 2024 5th edition (revised!) Dungeon Master's Guide. https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Weezer - In the Garage.

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333 - Rolling Alone 1:03:33

8M ago1:03:33

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Matt and Rob talk about some exciting news in the TTRPG world, talk through some sticky bits in their games, and reflect on the state of the world and the hobby (but in a chill way, we promise) https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I F…

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332 - The TTRPG Mixtape (Music to Plan and Play By) 59:26

8M ago59:26

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The making of great TTRPG mixtape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You got to kick it off with a killer, to grab attention. Then, you got to take it up a notch, but you don't want to blow your wad. So, then you've got to cool it off a notch. Like anything with role-playing games, there are a lot of rules. Anyway, we've started to make a tape, on t…

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331 - Sci-Fi Monster Mash 59:37

9M ago59:37

59:37

Hey, we were working in the lab late one night...well, you know the rest! DMs Matt and Rob are here to discuss some of the best science fiction creatures, NPCs, allies, and antagonists to drop into your TTRPG, no matter what the genre. We've got aliens, things, shrikes, slake moths, bioraptors, and more! https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone …

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TEASER - Art of the Player's Handbooks 5:58

9M ago5:58

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Ready your vans and your airbrushes, because we are back to video and trip down memory lane to put into context the art of the new 2024 D&D Player's Handbook: cool art, bad art, trends, nitpicks, and more! Listen to the full video episode at https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; David…

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330 - Gradient Descent 1:03:51

9M ago1:03:51

1:03:51

Matt and Rob discuss Gradient Descent, a module for Mothership and the greatest sci-fi megadungeon made out of an abandoned android manufacturing facility in deep space (and also maybe the best sci-fi megadungeon period). https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Soen - Monarch…

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329 - New Mechanics in 2024 Dungeons and Dragons 1:04:39

10M ago1:04:39

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Hey bud, listen up. Your D&D edition is going through some changes. Changes can be scary! But changes can also be good for us. The Ranger? No, not for the Ranger, but good for other better classes. Look, changes are how we grow. You can use Sleight of Hand to pick a lock now? Maybe! We don't actually know. In conclusion, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Ed…

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TEASER - Dungeon Masters (an audio drama) 6:17

10M ago6:17

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Matt and Rob review DUNGEON MASTERS, a very slickly produced audio drama podcast starring Wil Wheaton and Jon Hamm, which is even more confusing than it sounds. Spoiler: it's not very good! Listen to the whole episode at https://www.patreon.com/dungeonmasterofnone

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328 - AI in TTRPGs with Chase Carter 1:01:23

10M ago1:01:23

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Matt and Rob talk with Chase Carter of Rascal News about how Hasbro is trying to integrate AI into Dungeons and Dragons and what, if anything, we need to be worried about. rascal.news Corporate AI Will Save Creatives for Last Subscribe to the DMofNone Patreon for bonus episodes and homebrew! https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMof…

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327 - Player's Handbook (2024) Review 1:15:23

10M ago1:15:23

1:15:23

This review "is a nonliving, distinct thing." After ten years of Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons, several years of playtesting and teasing, and many months of hype, the 2024 Revised Player's Handbook is here. Is it a perfect triumph? A tour de force? Slightly better than the 2014 one? Actually 5.5e? A missed opportunity? A sign of the stagnation…

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326 - Draw Steel Playtest 1:09:21

10M ago1:09:21

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Draw Steel? Yes, we will! DMs Matt and Rob review the first backer playtest for MCDM's tactical heroic cinematic fantasy role-playing game, Draw Steel! Draw Steel Backerkit & Pre-Order MCDM Productions Subscribe to the DMofNone Patreon for bonus episodes and homebrew! https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac…