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DM Matt and Rob discuss their favorite spacepunk/scifi/exploration/magitech/sequel/OGL role-playing game: Starfinder . Roll up a rat-person technomancer star pilot with necrograft tail, a spellbook, and freeze ray pistol and join us! Starfinder SRD (Free Rules) Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob blast off into the 25th century -- or something like it, in any case, in their review of Light of Xaryxis , an adventure for 5th-level players included in the new Spelljammer boxed set. This one needs some work, but there's a lot of good ideas as well. Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Stu Phillips - Battlestar Galactica Main Theme Stu Phillips - Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Main Theme

Crank up the volume on  Ziggy Stardust and gaze into your favorite Christian Reisse Lassen print, because we are heading back to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism...Wildspace! It's DM Rob and Matt's review of the new Spelljammer boxed set for 5e!  Spelljammer: Adventures in Space Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob return to one of their favorite topics -- the many works of J.R.R. Tolkien, in anticipation of Amazon's new billion-dollar boondoggle, The Rings of Power! Listen to two dorks ramble about obscure lore that no one cares about and will likely be discarded on episode one of the new show.

It's a (sort of) new (sort of) edition of Dungeons and Dragons: One D&D . Here's DM Matt and Rob's hot takes on the good (some nice things!) and bad (one major whiff) from the first set of playtest rules on character origins.  Get the playtest rules and submit feedback to Wizards here. Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Three Dog Night - One.

DMs Rob and Matt are still on a bogus journey through the Radiant Citadel. Part 2 has 10, yes 10 , adventure reviews. Talk to a dying snake god, eat a dream egg, fight infinite stone golems, solve a mystery full of plot holes, traverse a skybridge of dragon bones, debate philosophy in an underwater city, join an anarchist revolution against an angel, put a lava axolotl back to sleep, or just do it...

Matt and Rob review Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, the newest book by WotC and one that features adventures exclusively written by PoC! Locations and inspirations run the gamut from Southern Gothic to pulp western and just about everything in between, so buckle up because this is at least a two-parter. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Mass Effect OST Cuphead - Gnome Way Out Blind Willie Johns...

DMs Matt and Rob are joined by special Krynn correspondent Meaghan J. , host of the The Dragonlance Canticle podcast . We discuss all things Dragonlance : the history of the IP, why you should run a game using this campaign setting, what's coming down the pike for Dragonlance 5e, and how to deal with some of the problematic elements in Krynn. Follow Meaghan's RPG Creations Listen to the Dragonlanc...

Matt and Rob talk about the 80s -- nostalgia, bad haircuts, synthwave, neoliberalism ascendant, it's the decade that has it all folks! We review the RPG Tales from the Loop and talk about how to incorporate it into your games.   Music: Pac Div- Roll the Dice Jefferson Starship - We Built this City A Ha - Take on Me Journey - Separate Ways Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It Metallica - Master...

It's Part 2 of our best and greatest starting adventure for a Dungeon and Dragons campaign.  You can listen to part 1 here in episode 223 and read the first draft of the written adventure by joining our Patreon here . 

Your questions. Our answers. Pirate campaigns, play-by-post advice, good liches, Mechwarrior hacks, and more! Listen to the full episode on our Patreon here!  

Matt and Rob discuss the Lost Omens World Guide and the Golarion setting from Paizo. We talk about what works, what doesn't, what sorts of games you might want to run in Avistan and the Age of Lost Omens, and how you can use this in your own campaigns if not! Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Conan the Barbarian OST Sound of Music - My Favorite Things Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Special guest, DM Sally Tamarkin, joins us to discuss designing magic items, working as a sensitivity reader on RPGs, and publishing your first adventure. Check out all the cool stuff Sally is creating below, including the brand new Cloud Curio project! The Cloud Curio   Arcadia vol. 14 with Sally's module, "The Afterparty" The Talent class open beta   The Storytelling Collective Listen to Oh, I L...

TEASER - Subscribe to the Dungeon Master of None Patreon for the full episode!  Rob takes Matt on a journey through history to talk about when America was great and Satan was real -- the 1980s! We talk about Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons, the Satanic Panic, Andy Rooney, and more! This one's kind of a doozie, hope you enjoy it! D&D 60 Minutes Clip The Pulling Report Role-Playing Games and the...

Have you ever heard of Lost Mines of Phandelver, Sunless Citadel, the Village of Hommlett? Boring. Uninspired. Confusing.  DMs Matt and Rob are back with another actual prep in which they destroy and humiliate all other starting adventures by creating the greatest and best starting adventure in the world. Or, just a tribute.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

DMs Rob and Matt break down how to prepare and run published adventure modules, paths, and campaigns for both new and experienced Dungeon Masters.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Nickel Creek - In the House of Tom Bombadil.

Okay, you are ready to start a new campaign or bring new people into the community...so, how do you do it? DM Matt analyzes the 7 criteria needed to run the best, no, the greatest starting adventure for Dungeon and Dragons for new group, new players, or a new Dungeon Master (or all three).  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

We are at the mountains with the monsters in the multiverse of madness. DMs Matt and Rob review the "Bestiary 2" of Dungeons and Dragons 5e: Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse . Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

You wouldn't steal a map. You wouldn't steal a NPC.  You wouldn't steal a monster. Stealing is against DragonLaw.  Dungeon Mastering. It's a crime.  No jokes in this one; it's a serious episode of solving Dungeon Mastering problems from your letters.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

That's right folks, it's the news! DM's Woodward and Bernstein report on all the latest happenings from throughout the multiverse, from fresh information about Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves , to the latest on Wizards of the Coast's brand expansion plans.

April, 1805. Vlaakith the Lich Queen is master of Astral Sea. Only the Dwarven fleet stands before her. The Crystal Spheres are now battlefields. It's time to build some ship encounter rules to celebrate the announcement of Spelljammer for 5e. We try to create rules for both abstract encounters and tactical grid combat. To listen to the whole episode and get a copy of our ship encounter rules, sup...

It's yearly clip show time! Here are some of our favorite bits from the last year in Dungeon Master of None podcasting: organizing the first TTRPG union with the Paizo Workers Union, discussing Dune 's origins and worldbuilding with Nat of Metamashina, learning GMing tips from  Blades in the Dark , trashing D&D NFTs with Linda of i09, and interviewing Orion of Dimension 20.  Join our Discord Suppo...

Matt and Rob talk with Linda Codega (they/them) of io9 about their article " NFTs Are Here to Ruin Dungeons and Dragons ", which is about Gripnr, the Web3/blockchain company behind The Glimmering , and why maybe that's not such a good idea, actually. Check out our Discord Subscribe to our Patreon Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Meghan Trainor - Lips are Movin' Bush - Glycerine

James Introcaso, Lead Designer of MCDM Productions, joins DMs Matt and Rob to chat about a new monster-focused book, Flee, Mortals! , and designing for 5e D&D.  Flee, Mortals!  Kickstarter and Preview MCDM Productions

DMs Rob and Matt do a  netherdeep  dive into Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep . This campaign has a lot to offer but, like any published module, it needs fixing to work well. We once again take the approach of trying not to just review and critique but to review, critique, and offer suggestions for improvement. Without getting into spoilers, this module has a very high ceiling for very cool s...