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Ben Byrne, Dael Kingsmill, Shawn Merwin, and Todd Kenreck bring you the latest tabletop hobby news, discussions on roleplaying game design, ideas for players and GMs, and share their passion for tabletop roleplaying games and the community!
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#238. Is the OFFICIAL D&D Liveplay About to End Critical Role?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#237. Is D&D 5.5e Abandoning Full Adventure Modules?
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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#236. How D&D's New UA Misses the Point of Playing Evil Characters!
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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#235. The D&D Digital Era Continues with the Quickbuilder
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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#234. WotC Announces ANOTHER D&D Setting Book!
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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#233. Top 10 Selling TTRPG's of 2025... #04 is SHOCKING!
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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#232. A D&D Roadmap FINALLY Arrives and It Looks... Sick?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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#231. D&D Beyond FINALLY Fixes the 5.5e Confusion!
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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#230. Can a D&D Beyond Roadmap Save the Platform?
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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#229. The D&D 2014 Finale We ALMOST Got!
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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#228. D&D's Sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Announced!
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#227. Demiplane OVERTAKES D&D Beyond with New Features?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#226. Deciding the GREATEST D&D 5e Adventure Module!
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#225. Why are D&D Books Getting Smaller!?
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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#224. The REAL Reason We Only Talk D&D (and Daggerheart)
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#223. New Year, New Co-Host, but Where's D&D in 2026?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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#222. Should the #1 D&D Podcast Finally Call it Quits?
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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#221. Looking Back on the BIGGEST 2025 D&D News!
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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#220. Does Paying Your DM Ruin the D&D Hobby?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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#219. Is D&D's Biggest Competitor Already Dead?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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#218. We've Been LIED To About D&D Sales!
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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#217. How Daggerheart is RESHAPING the TTRPG Industry!
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#216. Why are D&D Shows So Hard to Make? (and rarely good!)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#215. TTRPG Fans DIVIDED by Hero Forge Pricing Controversy!
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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#214. Fear Reigns in Daggerheart's First Adventure Module!
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#213. D&D 5e has a New OFFICIAL VTT!
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#212. D&D's NEW Way to Cast Spells Together!
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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#211. DON'T Start Your D&D Liveplay Without Knowing This!
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#210. Is Daggerheart Pulling 3rd Party Publishers from D&D?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#209. Why the Hellfire Club is for EXPERIENCED D&D Players Only!
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#208. D&D Has an Unearthed Arcana Problem!
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#207. Is the New D&D Starter Set the BEST Way to Learn to Play?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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#206. STOP Trying to Balance Your D&D Game!
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#205. Are ALL D&D Adventures DESIGNED to be Linear?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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#204. Why Would Critical Role Choose D&D over Daggerheart?
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#203. Is D&D ACTUALLY Better Off After 3 years?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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#202. Who Should WotC Choose to Decide D&D's Future?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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#201. How Brennan Lee Mulligan Could Reshape Critical Role!
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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#200. Is WotC Bringing Microtransactions Back to D&D Beyond?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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#199. Is This the Critical Role Video Game We Wanted?
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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#198. D&D isn't a Game, Anymore! It's a Brand.
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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#197. Do Characters EVER Die in Daggerheart?
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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#196. Daggerheart Playtest Rules Ruin Friendships!
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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#195. We Could Have Had ANOTHER Baldur's Gate 3!
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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#194. Has D&D Taken a Dagger to the Heart?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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#193. WotC Tries Replacing the D&D Design Team
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#192. What Does the Psion Add to D&D 2024?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#191. Which of D&D's Biggest Rivals is for You?
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May 28, 2025 |
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#190. The Secrets to Running D&D With Only 1 Player!
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May 21, 2025 |
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#189. Rating D&D's Horror Subclasses from Unearthed Arcana!
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May 14, 2025 |
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#188. Is Sage Advice Needed to Fix D&D 2024?
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May 07, 2025 |
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#187. Why Your D&D Players Sleep Through Session 1
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#186. Are WotC Finally Fulfilling Their Promises?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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#185. Daggerheart Releases EARLY Down Under!
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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#184. Could Tariffs DESTROY the TTRPG Industry?
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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#183. Deal with Selfish TTRPG Players Like This!
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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#182. Has the Roleplaying Satanic Panic Returned?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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#181. Is the MCDM VTT Going to DESTROY Project Sigil?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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#180. Is D&D in TROUBLE?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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#179. Why has Project Sigil Launched in Secret on D&D Beyond?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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#178. Is D&D Beyond Leaving Book Owners Behind?
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#177. Do Romance Rules Belong in a TTRPG?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#176. There's Already Updates to the 2025 Monster Manual
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#175. WotC Reveals their Entire D&D 2025 Release Slate!
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#174. Protesting AI Dungeon Masters!
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#173. How Alignment Will Destroy Your D&D Campaign!
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#172. The D&D 2024 Monster Manual is a Horror Show!
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#171. How D&D 2024 Reforges or Ruins the Artificer?
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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#170. Unique Ways to Roleplay D&D Familiars & Followers!
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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#169. Why 2024 Was a Better Year for TTRPG's
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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#168. How to Find Compatible Players for Your D&D Table?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#167. An Honest Discussion about D&D Safety Tools
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#166. D&D Beyond Publishes a Non-DnD Game!
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#165. Dimension 20's EXPLOSIVE New TTRPG has Problems...
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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#164. Bastions Are Good, Actually? Here's Why!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#163. How Much D&D Prep is Too Much, and Why It’s Never Enough!
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#162. MASSIVE D&D Monster Changes Hinted on D&D Beyond!
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#161. MASSIVE Shakeups at Hasbro Change D&D's Future!
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#160. What's So Great About the D&D 2024 DMG?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#159. How YouTube Destroys the Mental Health of Creators
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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#158. Are Bastions Better than Strongholds & Followers?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#157. Is Less Detail Better for Building TTRPG Settings?
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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#156. Reinventing Strahd for the Modern World!
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#155. We Need to Talk About AI in D&D... Yes, Again!
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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#154. The Ethics of RPG's Used as Military Training Tools
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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#153. Is Project Sigil a D&D Game Changer or a Gimmick?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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#152. Why Every TTRPG Should Be Publicly Developed
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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#151. What Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Us All About D&D
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#150. Mistakes Were Made...
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#149. Talking D&D 2024 with the WotC Design Team
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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#148. We Spent an Hour Fixing D&D Exploration and Crafting
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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#147. How To Get the D&D 2024 PHB Early!
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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#146. Why the New D&D Monk Isn't on Dael's Spangley List...
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#145. D&D's 3D VTT is Closer Than You Think!
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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#144. The D&D 2024 Ranger is... Well... It's a Thing!
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#143. D&D 2024 is Looking Pretty Good... well, Except That!
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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#142. Fans Notice D&D Beyond Differences in Vecna: Eve of Ruin!
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#141. The Influencer-fication of the TTRPG Industry
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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#140. Will the WotC Controversies Ever STOP!?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#139. Are these D&D Settings too Problematic to Return?
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May 29, 2024 |
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#138. Details in WotC's New Art shows D&D's Future!
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May 22, 2024 |
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#137. Is Critical Role Repeating Geek & Sundry's Mistakes?
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May 15, 2024 |
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#136. Is D&D Beyond Ending Microtransactions a Good Thing?
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May 08, 2024 |
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#135. How to Design a Class like the DnD Monster Hunter
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May 01, 2024 |
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#134. Are New TTRPG's Crowding Out Smaller Indie's?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#133. Does Initiative Make Daggerheart Better or Worse?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#132. What Loot Is Hiding in the D&D LEGO Dungeon?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#131. D&D Sales Have Dropped in 2023! What Now?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#130. Baldur's Gate 4 is Cancelled. Here's Why!
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#129. Daggerheart Doesn't Want You to Roll for Initiative
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#128. 5e Adventurer's League Absorbed by D&D Beyond!
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#127. How to Playtest Daggerheart for Darrington Press!
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#126. How Many D&D Characters Can You Name?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#125. Has D&D Cross Marketing Gone Too Far!?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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#124. Will Release Dates Build Excitement for D&D 2024?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#123. The Rage Bait Meta is Taking Over D&D YouTube!
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#122. The First D&D VR Game! Would You Join the Adventure?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#121. How Nightshade Inflicts Poison Damage on AI Art
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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#120. Avoid the Pitfalls when Introducing New D&D Players
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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#119. The Inevitable Rise of AI Art in TTRPG's
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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#118. How to Choose a 5e Adventure for the New Year?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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#117. How to Publish a TTRPG from Homebrew to Hardcover
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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#116. Was 2023 the Best or Worst Year for TTRPG's?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#115. Could The MCDM RPG Launch be Any More Wild?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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#114. D&D Beyond Unleashes Surprise 3rd Party 5e Content!
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#113. Mo' Monk, Mo' Problems - Stunning Strike is Broken!
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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#112. STOP Making Boring D&D Shopping Sessions!
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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#111. Why the Brawler Got KO'd from the D&D Playtest!
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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#110. Why is EVERYONE Talking About This D&D Adventure?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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#109. D&D's Beautiful Catastrophe!
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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#108. Planescape's Surprise Update & Pathfinder's Dilemma!
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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#107. Why is D&D Returning to Magazines and Print Media?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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#106. We Play Tested the MCDM TTRPG! We Have Thoughts...
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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#105. Powerful New Fey Stat Blocks Hit D&D Beyond
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#104. D&D Beyond Surprise Launches New VTT!
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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#103. 3rd Party Publishers Arrive on 5e Nexus!
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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#102. Barbarians Are D&D's Best Spellcasters, After All!
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#101. Phandelver and Below is NOT Child Friendly!
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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#100. The #1 TTRPG Podcast in All The Realms!
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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#99. D&D Beyond Publishes 3rd Party Content
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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#98. Daggerheart's Radical Divergence from D&D 5e!
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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#97. AI Art 'Lends a Hand' to D&D's Giants Book
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#96. Is Kickstarter Killing the TTRPG Industry?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#95. Will MCDM's New TTRPG Change the Industry?
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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#94. Bigby Presents- Hold on, is Gandalf a Paladin?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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#93. How Much D&D Romance is Too Much?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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#92. Is New D&D 5e too Focused on Player Success?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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#91. Valiant Tales About TTRPG Publishing
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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#90. Favorite 5e Monsters to Make Formidable!
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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#89. The REAL Reason D&D isn't Changing Editions!
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#88. Pathfinder Refresh Moves out from D&D's Shadow
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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#87. Is Candela Obscura a TTRPG Clone?
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May 31, 2023 |
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#86. You'll Like Feats if We TELL YOU to Like Feats
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May 24, 2023 |
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#85. A New 5e Setting on a Sea of Starlight!
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May 17, 2023 |
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#84. D&D Beyond Misplaces Monsters for Charity!
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May 10, 2023 |
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#83. Are D&D Classes System or Content?
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May 03, 2023 |
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#82. Is Critical Role Finished With D&D?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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#81. Marisha Ray And Never Giving Up!
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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#80. The D&D Creator Summit's Unmet Expectations
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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#79. Will the D&D VTT Change Tabletop Gaming?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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#78. Pondering our 'D&D Direct' Predictions
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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#77. First Look at Black Flag's Fighter & Wizard
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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#76. Wine & Dine Me, Wizards of the Coast!
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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#75. Did WotC just Spoil Honor Among Thieves?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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#74. Ardling Any Point to One D&D Right Now?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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#73. All Your Tabletop News in One Place!
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#72. Will Black Flag be Better than D&D 5e?
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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#71. The Sundering of D&D 5e!
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#70. The Aftermath of the 5e OGL Wars...
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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#69. How Should We Respond to OGL 1.2?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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#68. Everything's Fine, Why Do You OGL... I mean ask?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#67. It's Not Too Late to Start Your Dungeon23!
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#66. Ghostfire Gaming's Future with 5e in 2023?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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#65. The Elly TTRPG Awards for 2022!
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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#64. Breaking Down The Legend of Vox Machina S2 Trailer
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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#63. Wizards Plan to "Monetize" Dungeons & Dragons!
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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#62. Is 'Species' the Right Change for One D&D?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#61. Who Owns the Lore of a D&D Campaign World?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#60. Previewing Dragonlance with D&D Beyond's Amy Dallen
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#59. Will One D&D be the End of 5e Publishers?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#58. The Future of the TTRPG Industry on Twitter
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#57. Spooky, Scary, D&D Adventure Ideas!
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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#56. Could Your DM be Replaced by a Computer in One D&D?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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#55. Are Video Games the Future of D&D?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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#54. More D&D News Than You Can Shake An Owlbear At!
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#53. Is One D&D Repeating The Mistakes of 4e?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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#52. You Can't Make a Mega Dungeon That Big!
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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#51. Did Critical Role Just TPK the Party?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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#50. Sebastian Crowe needs you!
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#49. Exploration Mechanics In One D&D?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#48. Reviewing the D&D 2023 Release Schedule
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#47. Is One D&D the Last Edition of Dungeons & Dragons?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#46. Support For Theatre of the Mind In D&D 5.5e
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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#45. 'Wizards Presents' Predictions with Matt Colville
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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#44. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Owlbears
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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#43. Sebastian Crowe Guides Us Back To Drakkenheim
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#42. Unearthed Wonders of the Multiverse
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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#41. Spelljammer Academy Has Free Tuition!
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#40. The D&D Civil War Heats Up!
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#39. Radiant Citadel's First Chapter Is Free!
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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#38. This One Spell That All D&D GM's Hate!
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#37. The Vecna Dossier and Even Stranger Things
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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#36. Nine Eyes of Lucien and One Eye of Vecna
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#35. Unearthing a Giant Amount of Arcana
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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#34. Mordenkainen's Monsters Multiverse Mash
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May 25, 2022 |
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#33. The Age of Desolation is Upon Us
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May 18, 2022 |
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#32. D&D Miniatures Vs Theatre of the Mind
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May 11, 2022 |
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#31. Travelers of the D&D Metaverse?
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May 04, 2022 |
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#30. D&D Beyond is Bought and Spelljammer Confirmed
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#29. Run Party Followers Your Players Won't Hate
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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#28. Make Dungeons Inspired by The Legend of Zelda
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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#27. Pathfinder is Getting a 5e Adventure Module!
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#26. Critical Role vs Legacy Media
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#25. Alternative Leveling Up Options for 5e!
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#24. The Netherdeep Calls Once More!
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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#23. Are These the Best D&D Campaign Settings?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#22. Are D&D Liveplays Evolving Beyond Critical Role?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#21. Why Are Other Editions of D&D Better Than 5e
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#20. Why NFTs are TERRIBLE for the TTRPG Industry!
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#19. Runesmith Explains the Sunken Isles
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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#18. Reviewing The Legend of Vox Machina
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#17. You Should Railroad Your Players
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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#16. Choosing Monsters & Magical Damage
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#15. Sailing Towards a New 5e Adventure
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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#14. The Future of Tabletop Roleplaying Games
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#13. A Very Grim Hollow Christmas: Part 2
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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#12. A Very Grim Hollow Christmas: Part 1
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#11. All I Want For Christmas is a Cthulhoid Effigy
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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#10. Arcane Anomalies and Studying at Strixhaven
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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#09. Dungeon Dudes Delving into Drakkenheim
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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#08. What's the Best Way to Handle a Critical Hit?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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#07. Aaah!! Designing Real D&D Monsters
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#06. Aesop's Fables Got Nothing on Grim Hollow
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#05. Why YOU should play TTRPGs
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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#04. You All Meet in a Twisted Tavern
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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#03. Talk Netherdeep To Me
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#02. Dragons' Treasure & Multiverse Travelers
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#01. "Pools and Streams" Adventure Design
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Oct 06, 2021 |