Dead Before It Started: Bald & Bearded Chronicles

We are b ack from a long long hibernations or is it a hiatus. We were in the adulting plan, but we are back with a vengeance providing tips and tricks for resurrecting your campaign.

We discuss how we became the bald and bearded chronicles, why we choose to be bald and bearded. We discuss campaign droughts and how to navigate through them and keep your campaign running. Best Amazon Deal of the day yet and thank you for supporting us through this process.

Take a step into our shoes and learn how rules can ruin your game or make you think on how to improve. See how pop culture is influencing the future of DND and how that will impact the future.

We talk about the forgotten monsters of the DND universe that you could use in your next campaign and how my personal character got a bag of holding and potential issues for my character in the future because of that. Amazon Finds of the Day and Monsters what could go wrong!

We discuss homebrew campaigns, one off's and pre-made campaigns. We give tips and tricks for immersing your players from our table to yours! Amazon deal of the day and a unique free tool at the end.

Welcome back, adventurers! In this second episode of Dead Before It Started , Michael and Matt dive deep into their latest D&D sessions, filled with chaotic moments, epic fails, and unexpected victories. Join them as they recount their battle with 50 goblins, close calls, and what it’s like to have a cursed dice of destiny. From hilarious table talk to in-depth campaign strategies, this episode is...

We are back for another Season of Dead Before It Started. We assume it is already Dead. But nevertheless we are bringing you the Dice of Destiny, Information on our next campaign and a unique amazon item that we found based on our dice of destiny roll this week. Keep coming back for all the great times that we have and provide. Season 2 Episode 1 is here!

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In this episode of Dead before it started: Bald and Bearded Chronicles, hosts Michael and Matt discuss the importance of maintaining a D&D group through team building, conflict resolution, and engaging new players. They highlight the role of snacks in creating a welcoming atmosphere, offer tips for resolving disputes within the group, and explore ways to keep engagement and momentum going. The hos...

In this episode, Michael and Mat share a captivating story called Whispers of the Forgotten Grove: A Tale Woven by Fate. They take the listeners on a journey through an ancient grove shrouded in mystery and magic. As the wanderer Elandor explores the grove, he encounters shadows that whisper forgotten tales and learns of the grove's tragic history. Guided by the dice of destiny, Elandor faces chal...

In this episode, Michael and Matt, the Bald and Bearded Chronicles hosts, delve into the exciting world of roll tables and the Dice of Destiny. They discuss how roll tables can be used to add unique twists and turns to campaigns, create memorable NPCs and alliances, and generate unexpected storylines. The hosts explore the risks and rewards of using roll tables as DMs, as well as how players can i...

We dive into a unique story to pique your interest in how to RP characters and how to interact with other players as well as how to play your alignment!

Embark on a legendary journey into the New Year with Dead Before It Started! In this special episode, titled \"New Year's Resolutions\" your hosts are donning their adventurer's caps and diving deep into the realm of tabletop RPGs. Join the dynamic duo as they reflect on the highs and lows of the past year's campaigns, sharing their favorite moments and the invaluable lessons learne...

We discuss Christmas and holiday one-shots and incorporating them into your campaign. Another Dice of Destiny with NPC's and unique Christmas DND from Amazon discussion. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We discussed our current campaign and bringing in the BBFG as a PC and how that went. How to implement it yourself and Amazon finds. Dice of Destiny Returns with Improve as a DM. 

We discuss campaigns and how to keep your campaign going through burnout, setup and the finale. We also discuss an amazon item that is most interesting to use as a player for your next campaign. 

Do you need help with understanding the types of campaigns? Do your campaigns feel like one-offs and not interconnected? We discuss how to make them more interconnected while we have unlucky tech issues with our first long-distance podcast recording. Join us every week or other week for your dnd podcast fix and learn something new as either a DM or a player. Reach out to us to provide your own sto...

Learn about what makes a campaign legendary and the steps for you as a DM to do in order to make yours legendary. Campaigns are great, but they need specifics in order to become just like the tales of old. They need to be Dead Before It Started! Our tales as well as strategies will help you craft your current or next campaign and potentially make it legendary!

We dive into a unique campaign idea that is spooky and includes mystery, puzzles, traps, and a unique monster. We hope you enjoy our wacky and unique Halloween special. We also discuss how to keep players coming back for your sessions so that a campaign is not Dead Before It Started. Keep rolling those dice and share with us your stories.

Leap into the world of the Aethersphere, in which your hosts created and are playing as mercenaries. Every 10th episode we will do something unique and play through our campaign that we created in a SteamPunk world. We love DnD so much and we do not play enough, that we thought we would play for you, so you can get ideas, use a duet campaign yourself, or just get interested in a steampunk version....

Twigfen (Matt) discusses how he will be handling parts of the campaign with the other players in our session, which is currently Dead Before It Started since we haven't had session 1 and only session zero. Teasers galore in this episode.  Tune in for Episode 10, our unique, different, and special episode that will leave you wanting even more content from us here at Dead Before It Started.

Want to be a better DM? Want to create unique content in seconds and not hours. We discuss how to use ChatGPT as a DM and how it can create unique, special, and descriptive parts of your campaign or sessions. With examples built right into our episode. ChatGPT to help you as a DM be even better than you already are. 

We discuss teasers for the upcoming campaign that we are starting with our friends. In this episode you get exclusive content that was built during a previous episode with the Game Masters Toolkit. We dive into the connections that we are making, how we are setting up the campaign. In our next episode we will discuss what happened and how we are going to move forward. Yes there are spoilers, howev...

In this episode we tell stories from the dice rolls of destiny and how we chose our name. We use our podcast roll table to determine what we discuss in this episoide and tell unique stories around NPC's and unique situations that we have had occur during our sessions. 

We dive into the Fantasy Character Kit and build a character for the world we generated in the past 2 episodes. Check back for new information from this campaign and other DnD tools, tips, and stories!