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DMs Matt and Rob are joined by special guest Olivia Hill to discuss her new tabletop RPG, iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy .  Stay tuned for a discussion of RPG design, FATE mechanics, writing games for working and marginalized people, and some great game master insights from our guest! Can you guess who the real monster is? (Hint: It begins with "capitalist..." and ends with "...mode of...

DMs Matt and Rob discuss the character options in the most recent Dungeons and Dragons Unearthed Arcana on Feats ! Links: Unearthed Arcana - Feats Matt's Half-Feat Rules   Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow 

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! DMs Matt and Rob take you on a tour of both host and listener created one-page Role-Playing games. Thank you to everyone who submitted a game! Then, it's on to some Dungeon Master advice: how to deal with a party that has a magical solution to every problem, how to set prices for magical stuff in 5e, and how should we think about Tolkien's racism and colonialism? ...

DMs Matt and Rob attempt to take stock of the failures of the corporations that control Dungeons and Dragons (Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and OneBookShelf) over the past decade and discuss recent goings on in both D&D and Magic: The Gathering. Then, we answer your letters on dealing with overpowered homebrew classes and speeding up combat with large parties!  Links of stuff discussed: Orion D. B...

DMs Matt and Rob journey to the mystic realm of  Avatar: The Last Airbender for inspiration for world building and characters. Time to get bent! 

DMs Matt and Rob discuss successes and limitations of Wizards of the Coast's recent statement . Then, we discuss  One Page Role-Playing Games ! Perfect for breaking you out of a quarantine Dungeon Mastering rut.  Share your One Page RPG with us here: dmofnone@gmail.com   Links: BIG GAY ORCS Lasers and Feelings Everyone is John Honey Heist   All Outta Bubblegum   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Figh...

Matt & Rob answer more letters! We've got fire! We've got edition wars! We've got cool initiative stuff! Plus your regular tangents on vaguely related topics. Also make sure to check out the Black AF Roundtable ! Fate Worlds Volume One: Worlds on Fire Perilous Wilds Music: Pac Div -- Roll the Dice Billy Bragg -- The World Turned Upside Down Anna Mae - Can't Knock Me Down

Howdy Dungeon Masters, in this  bonus episode, DM Matt walks listeners through some homebrew magic item (0:02:45), spell (0:25:30), and monster (0:44:00) creation before reflecting on revising the Advanced Artificer (0:57:00) and reviewing a listener undead supplement (1:11:00) and adventure anthology (1:18:00). It's a MEGA-EPISODE. Let us know if you like it!  Links: BlackAF Round Table   Throne...

Dungeons and Dragons is back with another  Magic: The Gathering  crossover campaign setting: Mythic Odysseys of Theros . Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob review the ideas that we love and critique the executions of those ideas that falls woeful short. Strap on your winged sandals, burnish your shield to a mirror shine, and grab your friendly Bubo, because it's time to get Greek with D&D!  Links: Mysti...

This week DMs Matt and Rob read  Throne of the Crescent Moon  by Saladin Ahmed. Dungeon Master of None highly recommends this excellent novel! Come for a discussion of action and adventure in a world modeled on D&D ideas, and stay for the great characters, items, and world-building to steal for your own campaigns. Links: Throne of the Crescent Moon  by Saladin Ahmed "Judgement of Swords and Souls"...

Sit down by the fire and stoke your pipe, because today Matt & Rob put on their academics' robes and read a classic of D&D history. We revisit the halcyon days of the Satanic Panic with " A Christian Response to Dungeons & Dragons: A Catechism for the New Age ". Come learn why D&D is "the most effective introduction to the occult in man's recorded history". Fun AND educational!

DMs Matt and Rob dive deep into the Dungeons and Dragons introductory adventure from the 5e Starter Set, Lost Mine of Phandelver . Tune in for a discussion of how to prep, how to make the module your own, and how to punch up the key NPCs of LMoP! 

Matt and Rob talk about the news, answer some mail, and dispense questionable advice, as usual. Rob has his best game of "real or woe" yet!

Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob brave the lowest point in D&D history: the 2000 New Line film by Courtney Solomon. Joined by guests Adam, Katie, and Sam we watch this entire film full of Garbage Dwarves, Stuffed Cats, and Jeremy Irons' O-face.  The instructions for watching along with us are in the show so you can experience the beautiful pain along with us! 

DM Matt and special guest Andy discuss every aspect of Dungeon Mastering D&D and other RPGs for kids and teens.  Links: Jamboard Ryuutama RPG The Quiet Year Dungeon World ( SRD ) ( Review Episode ) Amazing Tales Beyond the Wall Hero Kids RPG Black Hack 2e ( Open Game Content ) Tiny d6 BASH RPG Fate Accelerated ( SRD )   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Kim Wilde - Kids in America P.O.D. - Youth of t...

Matt and Rob build out the sleepy little town of High Cyre and come up with some truly terrible names in the process. Get some tips on building settlements for fun and profit (well, maybe not profit). Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Will Smith - Wild, Wild West Linda Ronstadt - Desperado The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold

DMs Matt and Rob roll for initiative! Let's talk everything initiative and turn order: when to use it, why to use it, and how to track it. Plus, six different variants to the system you can use in your game!  Unearthed Arcana: March 2020 - Spell Tattoos and Summon Spells April 2020 - Psionics (Again!) Links: Matt's Psionics Rules Marvel Heroic Roleplaying initiative aka "popcorn" Pathfinder 2e ini...

Matt and Rob talk about the news, free stuff, and answer some letters. Here's the links! https://dnd.wizards.com/remote/freematerial https://blog.roll20.net/post/612497773955350528/stay-at-home-play-at-home https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lmop/ https://www.myth-weavers.com/ https://beyond20.here-for-more.info/    

Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob are here to walk you through everything you need to know to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons ONLINE. Free Adventures: The Celestial Job Rumblings Links: Maptools Token Stamp Foundry Virtual Table Top Fantasy Grounds Roll20 Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Rodriguez - Sugar Man Right On - Marvin Gaye  Adam Schlesinger (R.I.P.) - That Thing You Do

Quarantined Dungeon Master Matt and Quarantined Dungeon Master Rob are here with advice and answers to RPG questions. May this podcast be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Keep sending us letters at dmofnone@gmail.com or leave us a message on the Dungeon Master Hotline at ‪(774) 203-4629‬. Links: Dark Sun 5e Homebrew that Rob likes Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; M.I.A -...

DMs Matt and Rob review the first new official Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting in two (?) decades: Critical Role's Explorer's Guide to Wildemount !  Links: Salt in Wounds Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Killers - All These Things That I've Done Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual City of Heroes: Freedom - Main Theme Yusuf - Wild World 

Matt and Rob sit down and try to figure out what the hell is happening with Magic: The Gathering lore and how you can use it for your own worldbuilding. Please ignore the coughing. We're fine. Music: Roll the Dice - Pac Div Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful Santana - Black Magic Woman Heart - Magic Man B.o. B. - Magic

Dungeon Masters Rob and Matt are back to to talk briefly about the new hardcover for 5e and everyone's favorite TCG before diving into some Dungeons and Dragons questions and solutions, such as:  Could Theros be cool? How do I introduce an unusual underdark villain? How do you roleplay subclass changes? What is the best way to keep a BBEG hidden? How can I make planetouched species more interestin...

Matt & Rob combine a discussion of Unearthed Arcana, some news about the new D&D book, and some mail into an unholy Unearthed Newsbag (CR 5 aberration)! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Clash of the Titans (1981) End Credits The Dils - Class War

DMs Matt and Rob are back to work finishing their new class for Dungeons and Dragons 5e. It's now called the "Paragon" instead of the "Warlord," but it is finally ready for you to playtest or use in your own home campaign. Let us know what you think! The Paragon Class for DnD 5e   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice OutKast - Prototype Ho99o9 - War is Hell