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Did you want every single WotC book (from bonus bestiaries to campaign guides) ranked? DMs Rob and Matt hope you do because that's exactly what we did! Think of this as a reference list if you need a quick guide to decide where you may or may not want to invest your DM time and money. Don't forget that we have review episodes of almost all of these books in our back catalogue! Follow  Dungeon Mast...

Matt and Rob talk about all the various and wonderful ways to reward your players beyond just loot and experience. https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone   Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Every couple of years , DMs Matt and Rob get curious about what systems people are playing. While there isn't a lot of data out there over the last couple of months, we've been blessed with a couple interesting new TTRPG datasets: Bob the World Builder's RPG Poll Foundry VTT's System Percent Installed Time-Series (2024-2026) ratInASuit's Reddit /rpg TTRPG Community in 2025 Poll GenCon's Latest Eve...

Matt and Rob work through some thorny issues in Rob's ongoing West Marches-style Mothership campaign. We talk about balance, character progression, loot, combat, and more! Remember, in space, no one can hear you scream (unless you pay your monthly scream subscription). https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53237/roleplaying-games/tempest-cluster   https://smamwise.itch.io/weapon-stat-block-gen Foll...

Sometimes a Game Masters needs something open, full of possibilities, a mother sauce for a GM and players to build on. Join DMs Matt and Rob to explore six generic universal role-playing games systems for when you need something vanilla for your campaigns. Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone   Joi...

Matt and Rob do some actual prep, but this time it's a linear adventure (boo! hiss!) We sketch out a quest to bring down a decadent nobleman who is cheating death and causing mayhem with his party that never ends! Can the intrepid DMs beat the odds and make a direct line a little bit more interesting? Listen and find out! Magnolia's Blog

Get ready to grind, because this installment of the Dungeon Master Book Club is entering Dungeon World: Earth (no, not that Dungeon World ) to discuss the first several installments of DCC (no, not that DCC ), the new hit LitRPG (no, not that LitRPG ) series by author Matt Dinniman . Join Crawler #7137 Matt and Crawler #5039 Rob and listen, listen, listen! Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman Dun...

Matt and Rob discuss a very good blog post about old-school renaissance games: The OSR Onion . We ask important questions like: What is the philosophy of OSR? What kind of games does this philosophy enable? What does 'old' mean? Does anyone read blogs anymore? Further reading: Principia Apocrypha A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming (And many more linked in the blog, check it out!)

Feeling down in the DM dumps? DMs Rob and Matt conclude the big 400 with a discussion of campaigns, worlds, cities, places, and even histories that delight us as Game Masters.  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

Matt and Rob continue to celebrate the big 400 by talking about some more of the many activities and delights of being a game master! Mysteries and mapping and secrets 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! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Hey, it's our 400th numbered episode! Check it out. Big announcements about the podcast, plus the 400 (or so) reasons/feelings/vibes why we love being Dungeon Masters. The Oracle: https://open.spotify.com/show/6imtB64oHORHtrxVVoyZOm   Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social    https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Discord...

Matt and Rob sit down to talk with Tim Denee, designer of Deathmatch Island and the upcoming Blades '68! We all get groovy and talk about the electroplasmic cold war, bell bottom jeans, and cool spy heists with weird gadgets! 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:...

Brando Sanderson's multiverse of madness begins now! We review the Most Successful Crowdfunded Tabletop Roleplaying Game of All Time: Cosmere! Join our Patreon for the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone  

Are your players gamers ? Do they enjoy digital entertainments like Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, or Grand Theft Auto? Are they constantly badgering you about bringing such delights into your TTRPG sessions? Well never fear, we've got the episode for you! Planet Fist Cowboys With Big Hearts Over War Adrenaline Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky....

Slips. Cicadas. Science-Fantasy. Welcome to the world of  Cloud Empress , an ecological far-future fantasy TTRPG. DMs Rob and Matt love Mothership 's PANIC Engine, and this game applies it a weird world of far-future environmental change, magic, and hyper-intelligent wizard giant bugs. Oh, and the rules are free!  https://cloudempress.com/   Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bs...

Matt and Rob talk about the Havoc System from Rowan Rook and Deckard , best known for Eat the Reich but also the framework for last month's Havoc Game Jam , which Rob (and a couple friends of the show) participated in! Come hear about this super simple, modular, high-energy system and how you could design your own Havoc game or just use it to come up with ideas! Agents of FREAK by RiftKidGames Fre...

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft The Bright Sword from the bosom of author Lev Grossman , signifying by divine providence that DMs Matt and Rob, were to discuss knights, faeries, quests, questing beasts, and mythic fantasy. THAT is why this is your podcast episode. Follow  Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky :  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.soci...

The soft boys teach you how to win friends and influence people. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   More socials Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Discord!

The Neopets Role-Playing Game is the ideal kickstarter. It's got it all: licensed IP, lazy 5e mechanics, nostalgia mining, kitchen sink promises, missed deadlines, alleged missed wages, a combat system for a cozy setting, potential OGL violations, and drama! DMs Rob and Matt try their best to chart the history of Neopets, Geekify's missteps, the system, the playtest adventures, and the fallout. Pl...

Matt and Rob return to the world of GAMERTHRONES to talk about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which dares to ask "What if a Game of Thrones show was good?" Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   More socials Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone    Join the DMofNone Disco...

We don't have games, we got family.  Have you ever wanted to play a Fast & Furious- inspired TTRPG? John Harper (of Blades in the Dark , Lady Blackbird , and Agon fame) has got you covered. Welcome to  Ride or Die , a fast-paced, double-clutching game where you are invulnerable as long as you are in your car. Look at this dope draft character sheet ! If are ready to jump into your souped-up Honda...

Matt and Rob sit down with Cristina of I Seduce the Dragon to talk about Knife Theory -- a way to think about character creation and a tool for DMs to use to create drama. Have fun! Stab your friends! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   More socials Join our Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/Du...

It's back to the archives of Dragon magazine for DMs Rob and Matt. When is giving characters too much information too much of a good thing? Tune in to find out! Dragon Magazine #161: https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine161/page/20/mode/2up   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social   More...

Matt and Rob go to hell! Hell-lite, anyway, specifically the nation of Cheliax, in Paizo's twin APs, Hell's Rebels and Hell's Vengeance. One of them is good and one of them is not so good, and you probably don't need to even listen to the episode to guess which is which (but you should listen to it anyway). Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app...

DMs Rob and Matt are joined by a special guest: a random table! But this isn't just any random table, but a table of your over-used, loved or hated, fantasy tropes. Listen in as Matt and Rob attempt to remix and reuse these tropes into a workable bit of region, adventure, and faction prep.  d12 Fantasy Trope 1 The Dark Lord in his Dark Tower Ruling his Dark Land 2 Metal, Elemental, Color-Based Pow...