206 - Rob Talks to DM Steve!
/Rob sits down to talk DMing, actual plays, cosplay, lifting, and so much more with Asians Represent co-host DM Steve!
205 - Orion D. Black
/Dungeon Master, game designer, and actual play creative director Orion D. Black joins the show to talk about game design, creating actual plays, and world-building, and shows us what we can learn from the current wave of creative and inspiring DMs and RPG shows.
204 - Dungeon Master Resolutions
/New year, same Dungeon Master of None
DMs Matt and Rob discuss their game mastering New Year's resolutions and say goodbye to our favorite fantasy TV series of 2021 (spoilers for the Witcher and Wheel of Time end at 27 minutes).
Then, on to some DM advice...loving the brain mole...finding ways to fix publish modules...getting campy with it...using political factions...breaking the interplanar economy.
203 - Fallout!
/War never changes folks, except when it does. Rob talks to Matt about the Fallout franchise, hopefully explaining who that little guy is, why everything looks like that, and what's cool (and not so cool) about these games that you can borrow for your own worldbuilding!
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set The World on Fire
Bing Crosby - Something's Gotta Give
Sheldon Allman - Crawl Out Through the Fallout
Dion - The Wanderer
TEASER 202 - Patreon Q&A
/Matt and Rob answer patron questions about copyright, PC rerolls, sound waves, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and more!
201 - 200 Dungeon Master Inspirations (Part 2)
/Complete the mindmeld with DMs Matt and Rob with the epic conclusion to our 200 DM Inspirations for your campaigns and adventures.
200 - 200 Dungeon Master Inspirations (Part 1)
/200 Dungeon Master inspirations—films, books, shows, historical events, old modules, and sourcebooks—to keep your D&D tank running at full.
199 - Strixhaven (Part 2 - Running the Adventure)
/DMs Matt and Rob do a deep, deep dive into running the adventure in Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. Think of this as your Dungeon Master syllabus for creating and running this campaign. And the information you need is ALWAYS IN THE SYLLABUS.
198 - Strixhaven (Part One)
/Matt and Rob discuss Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, the newest Wizards of the Coast adventure! No spoilers for this one, we got distracted talking about dialectics and didn't get to the actual adventure.
197 - Running Con Games
/Get your lanyard on and your schedule ready, because DMs Rob, Matt, and Andy are off to your friendly local gaming convention. Let's learn how to prep and run a con game, how cons can help you experience new RPG systems and new types of play, and how to keep yourself and your players safe at the con table.
196 - Worldbuilding Holidays TEASER
/Pack your bags and stuff your turkeys! Let's discuss building calendars and holidays for your campaigns and one-shots.
Attached below (for patrons) is our set of tables and hooks for various types of holidays to throw into your current game.
195 - The Wheel of Time
/The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, friends! DMs Matt and Rob get out their ter'angreal, tug on their braids, and swear on the Oathrod to speak no word that is not true about the new Amazon The Wheel of Time TV show and the classic fantasy doorstoppers by Robert Jordan.
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Robert Berry - Ladies of the Tower; Robert Berry - Theme for the Wheel of Time.
193 - DragonRaid: The Christian D&D
/Hey, the boys are back in town! DMs Rob and Matt are recording in the same room and they have a treat for you! Today, it's time to grab your StarLot and practice your WordRunes as we dive into DragonRaid Adventure Learning System, the RPG written by your cool Youth Pastor. It's a blast from the 1980s past, so come with us to Sunday School to play a Biblical D&D.
192 - What is the Dungeons and Dragons Genre?
/Get out your textbooks everyone because Matt and Rob are talking about what the D&D genre is -- is it fantasy? Is it something else? How does the structure of the game affect the stories you tell? Does any of this matter?
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
James Horner - Pagemaster Theme
James Horner - Storyteller Theme
Earth, Wind, and Fire - Fantasy
191 - Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
/Fizban, your favorite fourth wall-breaking, wise-cracking DMPC is here to sing, stat, and chat about dragons in our review of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons.
190 - Paizo Workers Union
/Don't Split the Party! We are honored to be joined by two members of the Paizo Workers Union: Jason Tondro and Andrew White. They tell us about the unionization drive at Paizo and how everyone can help support Paizo writers, editors, artists, designers, engineers, warehouse workers, and freelancers.
To help, you should:
Email the Paizo executives (Jeff Alvarez, Erik Mona, and Lisa Stevens) politely requesting that they voluntarily accept the union.
Post your support for the union on the Paizo forums.
Share your support under the #UnionizePaizo and follow @PaizoWorkers for updates. Visit the union website for logos, art, a FAQ, and daily updates.
Contact your players, game masters, and friends to do the same ASAP!
DO NOT boycott Paizo at this time.
Read the "How do I Help" for more information.
Be ready to keep the pressure up in case this goes to a NLRB election.
Solidarity forever!
189 - Spooky Season DM Q&A
/DMs Matt and Rob answer the silliest spooky season RPG questions. First, we take a look at the new Unearthed Arcana: Travelers of the Multiverse and the new revised monster stat blocks.
188 - Mutants and Masterminds!
/Matt and Rob finally get around to talking about superheroes, which they somehow haven't managed to do yet? They discuss MUTANTS AND MASTERMINDS by Green Ronin games, how to run a superhero game, lycra vs. spandex, and more!
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
Nickelback - Hero
David Guetta & Bowie - Just for One Day
Seal - Kiss from a Rose
187 - The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
/Celebrate! Good times! Come on! DMs Rob and Matt discuss the future releases from Wizards of the Coast and 50th anniversary edition update to 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons before tumbling through the looking glass into the newest hardcover adventure for D&D: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight.
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight